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Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

Located in the California, USA area, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Canada Goose, American Wigeon, Mallard in the area.

342
All-Time Species
142
Sightings (14 days)
California
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Nov 5, 2026
6
American WigeonMareca americana
Nov 5, 2026
5
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
4
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Nov 5, 2026
12
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Nov 5, 2026
30
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Nov 5, 2026
3
American CootFulica americana
Nov 5, 2026
20
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Nov 5, 2026
5
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Nov 5, 2026
20
Prairie WilletTringa inornata
Nov 5, 2026
7
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Nov 5, 2026
2
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Nov 5, 2026
50
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Nov 5, 2026
50
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Nov 5, 2026
5
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
6
California GullLarus californicus
Nov 5, 2026
3
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Nov 5, 2026
2
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Nov 5, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Nov 5, 2026
3
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Nov 5, 2026
3
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
3
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Nov 5, 2026
15
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Nov 5, 2026
1
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Nov 5, 2026
1
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Nov 5, 2026
10
Great EgretArdea alba
Nov 5, 2026
15
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Nov 5, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
9
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Nov 5, 2026
6
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 5, 2026
4
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Nov 5, 2026
2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Nov 5, 2026
5
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Nov 4, 2026
38
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Nov 4, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Nov 4, 2026
2
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Nov 4, 2026
100
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Nov 4, 2026
20
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Nov 4, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Nov 4, 2026
3
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Nov 4, 2026
24
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Nov 4, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Nov 4, 2026
1
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Nov 4, 2026
1
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Nov 4, 2026
2
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Nov 4, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Nov 4, 2026
4
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Nov 4, 2026
2
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Nov 4, 2026
4
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Nov 4, 2026
2
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Nov 4, 2026
3
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Nov 4, 2026
3
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Nov 4, 2026
6
Nov 4, 2026
20
Nov 4, 2026
10
RedheadAythya americana
Nov 4, 2026
1
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Nov 4, 2026
1
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Nov 4, 2026
2
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Nov 4, 2026
10
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Nov 4, 2026
10
SanderlingCalidris alba
Nov 4, 2026
40
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Nov 4, 2026
10
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Nov 4, 2026
1
Common LoonGavia immer
Nov 4, 2026
1
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Nov 4, 2026
1
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Nov 4, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Nov 4, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Nov 4, 2026
8
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Nov 4, 2026
4
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Nov 4, 2026
10
Common RavenCorvus corax
Nov 4, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Nov 4, 2026
2
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Nov 4, 2026
10
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Nov 4, 2026
1
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Nov 4, 2026
1
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Nov 4, 2026
1
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Nov 4, 2026
50
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Nov 4, 2026
2
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Nov 4, 2026
8
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Nov 3, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Nov 3, 2026
2
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Nov 3, 2026
2
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Nov 3, 2026
1
BrantBranta bernicla
Nov 3, 2026
13
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Nov 3, 2026
2
DunlinCalidris alpina
Nov 3, 2026
2
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Nov 3, 2026
1
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Nov 3, 2026
3
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Nov 3, 2026
1
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Nov 2, 2026
1
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Nov 2, 2026
4
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Nov 2, 2026
1
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Nov 2, 2026
5
GadwallMareca strepera
Nov 2, 2026
6
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Nov 2, 2026
2
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Nov 2, 2026
1
Green HeronButorides virescens
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Nov 2, 2026
2
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Nov 2, 2026
2
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Nov 2, 2026
10
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Nov 2, 2026
3
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Nov 2, 2026
4
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Nov 2, 2026
4
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Nov 1, 2026
1
SoraPorzana carolina
Nov 1, 2026
1
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Oct 31, 2026
2
Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
Oct 31, 2026
4
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
Oct 31, 2026
2
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Oct 31, 2026
1
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Oct 31, 2026
1
Western Marsh WrenCistothorus paludicola
Oct 31, 2026
1
Rufous-crowned SparrowAimophila ruficeps
Oct 31, 2026
1
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Oct 29, 2026
2
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Oct 29, 2026
3
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Oct 29, 2026
1
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Oct 29, 2026
1
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Oct 29, 2026
2
Ridgway's RailRallus obsoletus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Oct 29, 2026
2
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Oct 29, 2026
1
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Oct 29, 2026
3
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Oct 27, 2026
2
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Oct 27, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Oct 27, 2026
1
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Oct 27, 2026
1
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Oct 27, 2026
1
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Oct 27, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Oct 27, 2026
1
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Oct 26, 2026
1
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Oct 24, 2026
1
MerlinFalco columbarius
Oct 23, 2026
1

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