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MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh
237 species and 230,731 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Ridgway's RailRallus obsoletus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
WilletTringa semipalmata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris149 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 237 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- EBMUD – Valle Vista Staging Area11 km209 species
- Hayward Regional Shoreline12 km302 species
- Heron's Head Park14 km208 species
- Fort Mason20 km251 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough21 km232 species
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum23 km216 species
All 237 species recorded here
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh?
237 species, from 230,731 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, White-crowned Sparrow, Ridgway's Rail, Double-crested Cormorant and Snowy Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.