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Playa del Rey/Ballona area

Located in the California, USA area, Playa del Rey/Ballona area is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Rock Pigeon, Marbled Godwit, Prairie Willet in the area.

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All-Time Species
140
Sightings (14 days)
California
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Nov 5, 2026
9
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Nov 5, 2026
3
Prairie WilletTringa inornata
Nov 5, 2026
2
SurfbirdCalidris virgata
Nov 5, 2026
2
SanderlingCalidris alba
Nov 5, 2026
38
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Nov 5, 2026
2
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Nov 5, 2026
2
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
2
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Nov 5, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
2
American WigeonMareca americana
Nov 5, 2026
18
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
3
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Nov 5, 2026
2
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Nov 5, 2026
4
American CootFulica americana
Nov 5, 2026
3
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Nov 5, 2026
2
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Nov 5, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Nov 5, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Nov 5, 2026
2
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
8
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Nov 5, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Nov 5, 2026
X
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Nov 5, 2026
2
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Nov 5, 2026
1
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Nov 5, 2026
2
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Nov 5, 2026
1
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Nov 5, 2026
2
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Nov 5, 2026
2
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Nov 5, 2026
1
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Nov 5, 2026
1
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Nov 5, 2026
2
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Nov 5, 2026
1
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Nov 5, 2026
4
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Nov 5, 2026
1
GadwallMareca strepera
Nov 5, 2026
2
Nov 5, 2026
1
Nov 5, 2026
2
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Nov 5, 2026
2
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Nov 5, 2026
1
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Nov 5, 2026
35
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Nov 5, 2026
4
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Nov 5, 2026
4
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Nov 5, 2026
15
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Nov 5, 2026
5
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Nov 5, 2026
2
DunlinCalidris alpina
Nov 5, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Nov 5, 2026
8
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Nov 5, 2026
1
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Nov 5, 2026
1
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Nov 5, 2026
15
California GullLarus californicus
Nov 5, 2026
12
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Nov 5, 2026
6
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Nov 5, 2026
3
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Nov 5, 2026
3
White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Nov 5, 2026
2
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Nov 5, 2026
3
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Nov 5, 2026
1
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Nov 5, 2026
1
Common RavenCorvus corax
Nov 5, 2026
2
Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
Nov 5, 2026
4
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Nov 5, 2026
2
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Nov 5, 2026
5
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Nov 5, 2026
3
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Nov 5, 2026
1
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
Nov 5, 2026
2
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Nov 5, 2026
4
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Nov 5, 2026
1
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Nov 5, 2026
1
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Nov 5, 2026
1
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Nov 5, 2026
6
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Nov 5, 2026
1
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Nov 4, 2026
1
Ridgway's RailRallus obsoletus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Nov 4, 2026
2
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Nov 4, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Nov 3, 2026
2
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Nov 3, 2026
3
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Nov 3, 2026
1
Common LoonGavia immer
Nov 3, 2026
1
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Nov 3, 2026
6
California GnatcatcherPolioptila californica
Nov 3, 2026
1
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Nov 2, 2026
2
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Nov 1, 2026
18
RedheadAythya americana
Nov 1, 2026
3
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Nov 1, 2026
3
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Nov 1, 2026
55
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Nov 1, 2026
1
American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Nov 1, 2026
1
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Nov 1, 2026
20
Green HeronButorides virescens
Nov 1, 2026
1
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Nov 1, 2026
1
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Nov 1, 2026
1
Least BitternBotaurus exilis
Nov 1, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Nov 1, 2026
1
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Nov 1, 2026
3
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Nov 1, 2026
1
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Nov 1, 2026
2
Western Marsh WrenCistothorus paludicola
Nov 1, 2026
3
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Nov 1, 2026
2
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Nov 1, 2026
1
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Nov 1, 2026
1
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Nov 1, 2026
1
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Nov 1, 2026
1
Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas
Oct 31, 2026
1
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Oct 31, 2026
1
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Oct 31, 2026
12
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 31, 2026
1
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Oct 31, 2026
1
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Oct 31, 2026
1
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Oct 31, 2026
5
SoraPorzana carolina
Oct 31, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Oct 31, 2026
1
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Oct 31, 2026
2
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Oct 31, 2026
4
MerlinFalco columbarius
Oct 29, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Oct 27, 2026
1
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Oct 26, 2026
1
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Oct 25, 2026
1
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Oct 25, 2026
1
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Oct 25, 2026
1
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Oct 24, 2026
4
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Oct 24, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Oct 24, 2026
1
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Oct 24, 2026
X
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Oct 24, 2026
1
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Oct 24, 2026
2
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Oct 24, 2026
1
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Oct 23, 2026
1

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