United States · Oregon
Philomath Sewage Ponds
255 species and 308,633 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
American CootFulica americana
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American WigeonMareca americana
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis136 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 255 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fern Ridge WMA – Royal Ave. area50 km261 species
- Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail57 km262 species
All 255 species recorded here
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Philomath Sewage Ponds?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Philomath Sewage Ponds?
255 species, from 308,633 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Philomath Sewage Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Ring-necked Duck 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.