United States · Washington
Theler Wetlands
203 species and 189,825 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and August–September, with up to 131 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Discovery Park40 km291 species
- Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR41 km264 species
- Green Lake46 km178 species
- Carkeek Park46 km228 species
- Union Bay Natural Area/Montlake Fill48 km267 species
- Magnuson Park52 km225 species
All 203 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Theler Wetlands?
March–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 131 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Theler Wetlands?
203 species, from 189,825 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Theler Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Song Sparrow, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Belted Kingfisher and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.