United States · Washington
Skagit Wildlife Area – Wylie Slough
235 species and 255,454 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, April–May and August–October, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Point No Point47 km273 species
- Gardiner Beach50 km207 species
- Edmonds Waterfront57 km207 species
- Edmonds Marsh57 km200 species
- Three Crabs59 km249 species
- Railroad Bridge Park63 km166 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Skagit Wildlife Area – Wylie Slough?
December–January, April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Skagit Wildlife Area – Wylie Slough?
235 species, from 255,454 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Skagit Wildlife Area – Wylie Slough in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Song Sparrow, American Robin, Spotted Towhee and Northern Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.