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Village Creek Drying Beds (PPW-W 083) – ACCESS CLOSED July 2025
313 species and 426,851 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October, with up to 213 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American KestrelFalco sparverius
GadwallMareca strepera
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American CootFulica americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American WigeonMareca americana
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- White Rock Lake & Old Fish Hatchery38 km294 species
- Dallas Southside WTP48 km279 species
All 313 species recorded here
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Village Creek Drying Beds (PPW-W 083) – ACCESS CLOSED July 2025?
April–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 213 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Village Creek Drying Beds (PPW-W 083) – ACCESS CLOSED July 2025?
313 species, from 426,851 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Village Creek Drying Beds (PPW-W 083) – ACCESS CLOSED July 2025 in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, American Kestrel, Gadwall, Northern Pintail and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.