Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks
312 species and 136,463 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 208 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Common LoonGavia immer
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon14 km293 species
- Pt. Reyes Bird Observatory – Palomarin22 km278 species
- Southeast Farallon Island33 km432 species
- Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity37 km332 species
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District41 km251 species
- Shollenberger Park42 km243 species
All 312 species recorded here
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks?
September–October. 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. Reyes – Fish Docks?
312 species, from 136,463 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Phoebe, White-crowned Sparrow, Surf Scoter, Common Loon and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.