Bird AlbumUnited States · California
San Diego River mudflats
277 species and 400,006 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April and September–November, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Great EgretArdea alba
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
WilletTringa semipalmata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisSpecies 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 – estuary2 km212 species
- Santee Lakes24 km249 species
- Tijuana River Valley – Bird & Butterfly Garden27 km252 species
- Dairy Mart Ponds28 km264 species
- San Elijo Lagoon – west28 km288 species
All 277 species recorded here
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-masked Parakeet Psittacara erythrogenys
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Diego River mudflats?
February–April and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Diego River mudflats?
277 species, from 400,006 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Diego River mudflats in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Gull, Great Egret, Marbled Godwit, Great Blue Heron and Willet.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.