United States · California
Ulistac Natural Area
211 species and 145,008 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September–October, with up to 121 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttalliiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Charleston Slough/Coast Casey Forebay13 km247 species
- Palo Alto Baylands14 km268 species
- Coyote Hills Regional Park20 km290 species
- Hayward Regional Shoreline31 km302 species
- MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline – Arrowhead Marsh44 km237 species
- Pillar Point Harbor48 km278 species
All 211 species recorded here
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ulistac Natural Area?
March–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 121 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ulistac Natural Area?
211 species, from 145,008 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ulistac Natural Area in November?
The most recorded in November: California Towhee, California Scrub Jay, White-crowned Sparrow, Anna's Hummingbird and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.