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Ridgefield NWR – River 'S' Unit
235 species and 410,632 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American WigeonMareca americana
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Great EgretArdea alba
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
American CootFulica americana
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis133 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 235 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Whitaker Ponds Nature Park27 km188 species
- Pittock Mansion31 km149 species
- Mt. Tabor Park34 km191 species
- Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge36 km213 species
- Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve38 km213 species
- Koll Center Wetlands Area38 km198 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ridgefield NWR – River 'S' Unit?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ridgefield NWR – River 'S' Unit?
235 species, from 410,632 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ridgefield NWR – River 'S' Unit in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon and Northern Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.