Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley
273 species and 183,410 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–April, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CootFulica americana
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Huntington Central Park – East6 km314 species
- Bolsa Chica – walkbridge/inner bay10 km260 species
- Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve11 km299 species
- IRWD San Joaquin Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine11 km343 species
- Irvine Regional Park19 km253 species
- Los Angeles River – Willow St.26 km266 species
All 273 species recorded here
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley?
August–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley?
273 species, from 183,410 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mile Square Regional Park, Fountain Valley in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, Black Phoebe, Mourning Dove, Canada Goose and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.