United States · California
Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave
303 species and 312,860 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–May, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American CootFulica americana
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Great EgretArdea alba
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hansen Dam13 km299 species
- Ballona Freshwater Marsh23 km260 species
- Descanso Gardens24 km211 species
- Malibu Lagoon – State Beach including Lagoon25 km321 species
- Hahamongna Watershed Park27 km271 species
- Madrona Marsh41 km287 species
All 303 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Black Siskin Spinus atratus
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave?
September–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave?
303 species, from 312,860 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sepulveda Basin – East of Woodley Ave in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Double-crested Cormorant, American Coot, Pied-billed Grebe and Black Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.