United States · Oregon
Whitaker Ponds Nature Park
188 species and 177,637 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and October, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
GadwallMareca strepera
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
California Scrub JayAphelocoma californica
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Great EgretArdea albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mt. Tabor Park7 km191 species
- Pittock Mansion10 km149 species
- Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge11 km213 species
- Koll Center Wetlands Area19 km198 species
- Steigerwald Lake NWR23 km218 species
- Ridgefield NWR – River 'S' Unit27 km235 species
All 188 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Whitaker Ponds Nature Park?
March–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Whitaker Ponds Nature Park?
188 species, from 177,637 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Whitaker Ponds Nature Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Hooded Merganser, Mallard, American Wigeon, Belted Kingfisher and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.