Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
California · Southwest
Moderate
October-May
About This Location
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline is a productive birding destination in California, with 243 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Canada Goose, American Wigeon, and Mallard among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Notable Species
Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
White-winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
Wilson's Warbler
Cardellina pusilla
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Harris's Sparrow
Zonotrichia querula
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Canada Goose
American Wigeon
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Horned Grebe
Birding Tips
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Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.