Salton Sea - Red Hill area
California · Southwest
About This Location
Salton Sea - Red Hill area is a productive birding destination in California, with 251 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Snow Goose, Cinnamon Teal, and Northern Shoveler among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
White-faced Ibis
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Red-winged Blackbird
Burrowing Owl
Mourning Dove
Western Kingbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Gambel's Quail
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Ridgway's Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
- 2
Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
- 3
Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.
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