United States · Washington
Magnuson Park
225 species and 357,164 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
GadwallMareca strepera
American WigeonMareca americana
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Juanita Bay Park4 km213 species
- Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake Fill4 km267 species
- Green Lake7 km178 species
- Marymoor Park10 km243 species
- Carkeek Park10 km228 species
- Discovery Park13 km291 species
All 225 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Magnuson Park?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Magnuson Park?
225 species, from 357,164 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Magnuson Park in November?
The most recorded in November: American Crow, Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin and Bufflehead.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.