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Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin
278 species and 317,600 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 140 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca103 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 278 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rodeo Lagoon21 km315 species
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District22 km251 species
- Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks22 km312 species
- Golden Gate Park – North Lake27 km222 species
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon28 km293 species
- Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill29 km212 species
All 278 species recorded here
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 140 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin?
278 species, from 317,600 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Anna's Hummingbird, California Scrub Jay, Wrentit and Spotted Towhee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.