United States · California
Putah Creek Riparian Reserve
227 species and 244,219 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Yellow-billed MagpiePica nuttallii92 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 227 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area15 km268 species
- Woodland WTP16 km211 species
- Cosumnes River Preserve43 km252 species
- American River Parkway – Sailor Bar50 km219 species
- Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility76 km229 species
- Shollenberger Park78 km243 species
All 227 species recorded here
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- California Gull Larus californicus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Putah Creek Riparian Reserve?
April and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Putah Creek Riparian Reserve?
227 species, from 244,219 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Putah Creek Riparian Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, Black Phoebe, California Scrub Jay, American Robin and Northern Flicker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.