United States · California
Legg Lake
263 species and 146,434 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Rock DoveColumba livia
American WigeonMareca americanaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Peck Rd. Water Conservation Park9 km292 species
- Hahamongna Watershed Park21 km271 species
- Descanso Gardens24 km211 species
- Frank G. Bonelli RP/Puddingstone Reservoir and vicinity24 km312 species
- Los Angeles River – Willow St.29 km266 species
- Madrona Marsh35 km287 species
All 263 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Legg Lake?
October–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Legg Lake?
263 species, from 146,434 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Legg Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Mallard, Myrtle Warbler, Black Phoebe and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.