United States · California
Madrona Marsh
287 species and 333,102 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September–November, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
American BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis151 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 287 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park6 km311 species
- Los Angeles River – Willow St.13 km266 species
- Ballona Freshwater Marsh18 km260 species
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve30 km299 species
- Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay31 km260 species
- Huntington Central Park – East34 km314 species
All 287 species recorded here
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Madrona Marsh?
March–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Madrona Marsh?
287 species, from 333,102 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Madrona Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: White-crowned Sparrow, Black Phoebe, Myrtle Warbler, Mourning Dove and House Finch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.