Bird AlbumUnited States · California
San Diego River – estuary
212 species and 133,594 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American WigeonMareca americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
American CootFulica americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Northern PintailAnas acuta
WilletTringa semipalmata
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 212 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Famosa Slough1 km255 species
- San Diego River mudflats2 km277 species
- Santee Lakes22 km249 species
- Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden26 km252 species
- Dairy Mart Ponds27 km264 species
- San Elijo Lagoon – west28 km288 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Diego River – estuary?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Diego River – estuary?
212 species, from 133,594 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Diego River – estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: American Wigeon, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, American Coot and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.