United States · Texas
White Rock Lake & Old Fish Hatchery
294 species and 147,354 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 189 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American CootFulica americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Great EgretArdea alba
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
GadwallMareca strepera
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dallas Southside WTP21 km279 species
- Village Creek Drying Beds (PPW-W 083) – ACCESS CLOSED July 202538 km313 species
All 294 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at White Rock Lake & Old Fish Hatchery?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 189 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at White Rock Lake & Old Fish Hatchery?
294 species, from 147,354 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at White Rock Lake & Old Fish Hatchery in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, American Coot, Double-crested Cormorant, Franklin's Gull and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.