United States · California
Pt. Pinos – seawatch only
273 species and 380,874 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 208 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Common MurreUria aalge
Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
California GullLarus californicus
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Pinos0 km349 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 273 species recorded here
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Nazca Booby Sula granti
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Scripps's Murrelet Synthliboramphus scrippsi
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma sandwichensis
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Least Storm Petrel Hydrobates microsoma
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- 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 – seawatch only?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 208 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pt. Pinos – seawatch only?
273 species, from 380,874 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pt. Pinos – seawatch only in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Gull, Brandt's Cormorant, Brown Pelican, Heermann's Gull and Surf Scoter.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.