United States · Colorado
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat – Walden & Sawhill Ponds all together
295 species and 284,725 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 202 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American WigeonMareca americana
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve8 km269 species
- Lagerman Agricultural Preserve – Lagerman Reservoir10 km251 species
- Wheat Ridge Greenbelt30 km262 species
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR37 km274 species
- Barr Lake SP38 km343 species
- Bluff Lake Nature Center42 km236 species
All 295 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
- Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat – Walden & Sawhill Ponds all together?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 202 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat – Walden & Sawhill Ponds all together?
295 species, from 284,725 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat – Walden & Sawhill Ponds all together in November?
The most recorded in November: American Wigeon, Mallard, Canada Goose, Gadwall and Ring-billed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.