United States · Arizona
Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area
276 species and 146,643 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
American CootFulica americana
Abert's TowheeMelozone aberti
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
VerdinAuriparus flaviceps
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Gila WoodpeckerMelanerpes uropygialis
American WigeonMareca americana
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Great EgretArdea alba
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos151 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 276 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Riparian Preserve at Gilbert Water Ranch18 km339 species
- Desert Botanical Garden25 km204 species
- Veterans Oasis Park32 km249 species
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum55 km289 species
- Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands55 km286 species
- Glendale Recharge Ponds56 km300 species
All 276 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Abert's Towhee Melozone aberti
- Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Crissal Thrasher Toxostoma crissale
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bendire's Thrasher Toxostoma bendirei
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chihuahuan Meadowlark Sturnella lilianae
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area?
276 species, from 146,643 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salt River – Granite Reef Recreation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, Great-tailed Grackle, American Coot, Abert's Towhee and Black Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.