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Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079)
322 species and 226,247 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October–December, with up to 230 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Green JayCyanocorax yncas
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Altamira OrioleIcterus gularis
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalaris
Grey HawkButeo plagiatus
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Audubon's OrioleIcterus graduacaudaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Salineño Wildlife Preserve4 km320 species
- La Gloria – a través de Salineño4 km227 species
- Falcon State Park—SE portion (Starr Co.)12 km309 species
- Bentsen-Rio Grande Val. SP WBC (Mission)78 km358 species
- National Butterfly Center – General & area North of Levee80 km304 species
All 322 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mexican Duck Anas diazi
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Elf Owl Micrathene whitneyi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079)?
March–April and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 230 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079)?
322 species, from 226,247 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Santa Margarita Ranch (LTC 079) in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Kiskadee, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Osprey and Northern Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.