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Piute Ponds
320 species and 403,797 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 205 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
American CootFulica americana
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
American PipitAnthus rubescens
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris161 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 320 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hansen Dam63 km299 species
- Descanso Gardens66 km211 species
- Hahamongna Watershed Park67 km271 species
- Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave76 km303 species
- Peck Rd. Water Conservation Park77 km292 species
All 320 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- LeConte's Thrasher Toxostoma lecontei
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Piute Ponds?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 205 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Piute Ponds?
320 species, from 403,797 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Piute Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Harrier, American Coot, Northern Raven, Northern Shoveler and Ruddy Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.