Bird AlbumUnited States · California
Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond
233 species and 171,668 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April and August–November, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bodega Bay – harbor and immediate vicinity24 km332 species
- Shollenberger Park31 km243 species
- Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility32 km229 species
- Pt. Reyes – Abbotts Lagoon38 km293 species
- Pt. Reyes – Fish Docks52 km312 species
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District53 km251 species
All 233 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond?
January–April and August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond?
233 species, from 171,668 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Santa Rosa Creek Trail and Delta Pond in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Myrtle Warbler, Black Phoebe, American Robin and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.