Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon
293 species and 175,879 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 206 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CootFulica americana
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
California QuailCallipepla californica
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Great EgretArdea alba
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks14 km312 species
- Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity24 km332 species
- Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin28 km278 species
- Shollenberger Park33 km243 species
- Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility34 km229 species
- Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond38 km233 species
All 293 species recorded here
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 206 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon?
293 species, from 175,879 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: White-crowned Sparrow, Black Phoebe, Turkey Vulture, Great Blue Heron 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.