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Ventura Settling Ponds

Located in the California, USA area, Ventura Settling Ponds is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall in the area.

326
All-Time Species
134
Sightings (14 days)
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Nov 5, 2026
2
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Nov 5, 2026
20
GadwallMareca strepera
Nov 5, 2026
4
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
8
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Nov 5, 2026
4
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Nov 5, 2026
4
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Nov 5, 2026
10
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Nov 5, 2026
150
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Nov 5, 2026
9
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Nov 5, 2026
1
Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin
Nov 5, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Nov 5, 2026
100
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Nov 5, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Nov 5, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Nov 5, 2026
2
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Nov 5, 2026
3
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
14
California GullLarus californicus
Nov 5, 2026
3
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Nov 5, 2026
29
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Nov 5, 2026
9
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
5
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Nov 5, 2026
3
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Nov 5, 2026
9
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Nov 5, 2026
42
Great EgretArdea alba
Nov 5, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Nov 5, 2026
2
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
30
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Nov 5, 2026
2
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Nov 5, 2026
1
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Nov 5, 2026
3
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Nov 5, 2026
4
Common RavenCorvus corax
Nov 5, 2026
1
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Nov 5, 2026
12
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Nov 5, 2026
1
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Nov 5, 2026
1
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Nov 5, 2026
2
Western Marsh WrenCistothorus paludicola
Nov 5, 2026
2
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Nov 5, 2026
1
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Nov 5, 2026
1
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Nov 5, 2026
2
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Nov 5, 2026
3
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Nov 5, 2026
1
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Nov 5, 2026
1
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Nov 5, 2026
1
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
Nov 5, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Nov 5, 2026
2
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Nov 5, 2026
1
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Nov 5, 2026
1
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
Nov 5, 2026
4
Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
Nov 5, 2026
3
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Nov 5, 2026
2
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
Nov 4, 2026
1
SoraPorzana carolina
Nov 4, 2026
1
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Nov 4, 2026
4
Green HeronButorides virescens
Nov 4, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Nov 4, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Nov 4, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Nov 4, 2026
1
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Nov 4, 2026
1
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Nov 4, 2026
2
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Nov 4, 2026
1
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Nov 4, 2026
7
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Nov 4, 2026
1
Nov 3, 2026
2
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Nov 3, 2026
2
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Nov 3, 2026
1
American WigeonMareca americana
Nov 3, 2026
1
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Nov 3, 2026
1
DunlinCalidris alpina
Nov 3, 2026
1
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Nov 3, 2026
1
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Nov 3, 2026
16
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Nov 3, 2026
1
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Nov 3, 2026
1
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Nov 3, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Nov 3, 2026
2
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Nov 3, 2026
2
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Nov 3, 2026
5
SanderlingCalidris alba
Nov 3, 2026
60
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Nov 3, 2026
4
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Nov 3, 2026
1
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Nov 3, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Nov 3, 2026
1
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Nov 3, 2026
1
Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
Nov 3, 2026
1
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Nov 3, 2026
1
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Nov 3, 2026
1
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
Nov 3, 2026
1
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Nov 2, 2026
X
RedheadAythya americana
Nov 2, 2026
2
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Nov 2, 2026
1
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Nov 2, 2026
2
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
Nov 2, 2026
1
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Nov 2, 2026
1
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Nov 2, 2026
6
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Nov 2, 2026
2
Nov 1, 2026
1
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Nov 1, 2026
1
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
Nov 1, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Nov 1, 2026
1
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Nov 1, 2026
1
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Nov 1, 2026
1
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Oct 31, 2026
3
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Oct 31, 2026
2
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Oct 31, 2026
7
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Oct 31, 2026
1
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Oct 31, 2026
2
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Oct 31, 2026
2
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
Oct 31, 2026
4
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Oct 31, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 31, 2026
8
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Oct 31, 2026
1
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Oct 31, 2026
1
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Oct 30, 2026
1
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Oct 30, 2026
2
Cassin's VireoVireo cassinii
Oct 30, 2026
1
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
Oct 30, 2026
8
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Oct 30, 2026
1
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Oct 30, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Oct 30, 2026
4
Prairie WilletTringa inornata
Oct 29, 2026
1
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Oct 29, 2026
1
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Oct 26, 2026
1
Black-throated Gray WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
Oct 26, 2026
2
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Oct 26, 2026
1
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Oct 26, 2026
1
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Oct 26, 2026
1
Western BluebirdSialia mexicana
Oct 25, 2026
X
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Oct 25, 2026
2
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
Oct 25, 2026
3
Oak TitmouseBaeolophus inornatus
Oct 24, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Oct 23, 2026
2

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