United States · California
Laguna Lake
260 species and 149,688 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and March–April, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American CootFulica americana
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Western GullLarus occidentalis
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail16 km254 species
- Oso Flaco Lake27 km289 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna Lake?
September–January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna Lake?
260 species, from 149,688 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Phoebe, White-crowned Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, American Coot and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.