United States · California
Rodeo Lagoon
315 species and 388,927 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 216 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American CootFulica americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Great EgretArdea alba
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Golden Gate Park – North Lake7 km222 species
- Golden Gate Park – Blue Heron Lake & Strawberry Hill9 km212 species
- Golden Gate Park – Arboretum9 km216 species
- Fort Mason10 km251 species
- Heron's Head Park17 km208 species
- South Richmond Marshes (Stege, Hoffman) and Meeker Slough20 km232 species
All 315 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Ashy Storm Petrel Hydrobates homochroa
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rodeo Lagoon?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 216 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rodeo Lagoon?
315 species, from 388,927 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rodeo Lagoon in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, White-crowned Sparrow, Black Phoebe, Double-crested Cormorant 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.