United States · California
Sedgwick Reserve
201 species and 141,238 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Los Carneros Park33 km270 species
- UCSB North Campus Open Space34 km252 species
- Oso Flaco Lake65 km289 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- California Condor Gymnogyps californianus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sedgwick Reserve?
March–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sedgwick Reserve?
201 species, from 141,238 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sedgwick Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Acorn Woodpecker, California Scrub Jay, White-crowned Sparrow, Western Bluebird and House Finch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.