Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Hayward Regional Shoreline
302 species and 242,957 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 200 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
WilletTringa semipalmata
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Coyote Hills Regional Park11 km290 species
- MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh12 km237 species
- EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area20 km209 species
- Palo Alto Baylands21 km268 species
- Heron's Head Park22 km208 species
- Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay23 km247 species
All 302 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hayward Regional Shoreline?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 200 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hayward Regional Shoreline?
302 species, from 242,957 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hayward Regional Shoreline in November?
The most recorded in November: White-crowned Sparrow, Snowy Egret, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow and American Pipit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.