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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail
262 species and 173,669 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American WigeonMareca americana
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Western GullLarus occidentalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Common LoonGavia immer
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Philomath Sewage Ponds57 km255 species
All 262 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail?
262 species, from 173,669 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.