Bird AlbumUnited States · Colorado
Wheat Ridge Greenbelt
262 species and 138,183 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 180 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
American CootFulica americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR23 km274 species
- Bluff Lake Nature Center23 km236 species
- Waneka Lake/Greenlee Preserve25 km269 species
- Cherry Creek SP28 km324 species
- Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat – Walden & Sawhill Ponds all together30 km295 species
- Chatfield SP – Audubon Center & Trails31 km276 species
All 262 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 180 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt?
262 species, from 138,183 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wheat Ridge Greenbelt in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Gadwall, Black-billed Magpie, Northern Flicker and Black-capped Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.