Bird AlbumUnited States · California
IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine
343 species and 909,826 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–January and April–May, with up to 207 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley11 km273 species
- Huntington Central Park – East15 km314 species
- Irvine Regional Park17 km253 species
- Laguna Niguel Regional Park18 km253 species
- Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay19 km260 species
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve20 km299 species
All 343 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine?
August–January and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 207 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine?
343 species, from 909,826 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Black Phoebe and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.