The Friends of West Pond have compiled the following list of birds you might see at the pond (Birds you are most likely to see are shown in Bold Type):
Here is the current Checklist of Birds at West Pond & the Surrounding Neighborhood, updated for 2019. Print both sides and fold!
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Snow Goose
- Ross's Goose
- Cackling Goose
- Cackling Goose (Aleutian subspecies)
- Canada Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Wood Duck
- Mallard
- Gadwall
- Green-winged Teal
- American Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Cinnamon Teal
- Canvasback
- Redhead
- Ring-necked Duck
- Lesser Scaup
- Common Goldeneye
- Bufflehead
- Common Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- Ring-necked Pheasant
- Wild Turkey
- California Quail
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Eared Grebe
- Western Grebe
- American White Pelican
- Double-crested Cormorant
- American Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Green Heron
- Cattle Egret
- Snowy Egret
- Great Egret
- Great Blue Heron
- Turkey Vulture
- White-faced Ibis
- White-tailed Kite
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper's Hawk
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Swainson's Hawk
- American Kestrel
- Merlin
- Sora
- Common Moorhen
- American Coot
- Killdeer
- American Avocet
- Black-necked Stilt
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Whimbrel
- Long-billed Curlew
- Least Sandpiper
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Wilson's Snipe
- Ring-billed Gull
- California Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
- Barn Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- Vaux's Swift
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Nuttall's Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Eastern Phoebe
- Black Phoebe
- Say's Phoebe
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Western Kingbird
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Cassin's Vireo
- Warbling Vireo
- Western Scrub-Jay
- Yellow-billed Magpie
- American Crow
- Tree Swallow
- Violet-green Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- N. Rough-winged Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Bushtit
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- House Wren
- Bewick's Wren
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Western Bluebird
- Swainson's Thrush
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- American Pipit
- Cedar Waxwing
- Orange-crowned Warbler
- Townsend’s Warbler
- Yellow Warbler
- MacGillivray’s Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Wilson's Warbler
- Common Yellowthroat
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Western Tanager
- Spotted Towhee
- Green-tailed Towhee
- California Towhee
- Fox Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Lincoln’s Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Golden-crowned Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Lazuli Bunting
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Western Meadowlark
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Brewer’s Blackbird
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- House Finch
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- Lesser Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
