United States · California
UCSB North Campus Open Space
252 species and 131,595 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caeruleaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Los Carneros Park4 km270 species
- Sedgwick Reserve34 km201 species
- Ventura Settling Ponds60 km301 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at UCSB North Campus Open Space?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at UCSB North Campus Open Space?
252 species, from 131,595 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at UCSB North Campus Open Space in November?
The most recorded in November: White-crowned Sparrow, Black Phoebe, American Crow, Myrtle Warbler and Song Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.