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Pt. Pinos
349 species and 140,511 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 210 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western GullLarus occidentalis
American CootFulica americana
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
California GullLarus californicus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Pinos – seawatch only0 km273 species
- Laguna Grande Park8 km261 species
- Moss Landing – Jetty Road, north jetty & State Beach24 km258 species
- Moonglow Dairy24 km292 species
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve27 km263 species
- Natural Bridges SB37 km284 species
All 349 species recorded here
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pt. Pinos?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 210 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pt. Pinos?
349 species, from 140,511 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pt. Pinos in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Gull, American Coot, Heermann's Gull, Brown Pelican and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.