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Moss Landing – Jetty Road, north jetty & State Beach
258 species and 246,913 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and April, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
WilletTringa semipalmata
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
SanderlingCalidris albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Moonglow Dairy2 km292 species
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve5 km263 species
- Pt. Pinos – seawatch only24 km273 species
- Pt. Pinos24 km349 species
- Laguna Grande Park24 km261 species
- Natural Bridges SB28 km284 species
All 258 species recorded here
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Moss Landing – Jetty Road, north jetty & State Beach?
September–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Moss Landing – Jetty Road, north jetty & State Beach?
258 species, from 246,913 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Moss Landing – Jetty Road, north jetty & State Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Marbled Godwit, Brown Pelican, Willet, Western Gull and Long-billed Curlew.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.