Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · 44 °F / 7 °C, misty morning · sunrise 6:58 am, sunset 4:48 pm (9 h 49 min of daylight)
At the creek now: low 39° / high 50° over the last 24 h; humidity 99%; wind 0 mph W; dry for 24 h; barometer steady; last quarter moon (34%). Read from the weather station beside the microphone.
New for the creek: Dunlin. Not expected in November (range model under 10%): Blue Jay, Red Fox. Worth a listen before believing. Heard in the dark: Great Horned Owl, Red Crossbill, Barred Owl, Coyote, Dunlin, Common Raven, Belted Kingfisher, American Bullfrog.
15
species today
12 birds, 3 others
90
calls identified
busiest hour 5:00
60
species on the list
since Oct 28
9 18 00:00 — 17 calls 0 01:00 — 4 calls 02:00 — 4 calls 03:00 — 10 calls 3 04:00 — 8 calls 05:00 — 18 calls 06:00 — 18 calls 6 07:00 — 11 calls 08:00 — 0 calls 09:00 — 0 calls 9 10:00 — 0 calls 11:00 — 0 calls 12:00 — 0 calls 12 13:00 — 0 calls 14:00 — 0 calls 15:00 — 0 calls 15 16:00 — 0 calls 17:00 — 0 calls 18:00 — 0 calls 18 19:00 — 0 calls 20:00 — 0 calls 21:00 — 0 calls 21 22:00 — 0 calls 23:00 — 0 calls sunrise sunset Fig. 1. Calls identified in each hour today. Shaded bands are night, when most birds have the decency to be asleep and the owls get the floor.Of note today Last heard
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Unexpected now
at 7:14 am · heard 1× today
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 1 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Most heard
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
heard 35× · 12:00 am – 5:51 am
00:00 — 16 01:00 — 2 02:00 — 2 03:00 — 2 04:00 — 3 05:00 — 10 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Rarest today ★
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Unexpected now
expected here 4% this week · heard 1×
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 1 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Heard today 15 species, most heard first Plate 42
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
heard 35× · 12:00 am – 5:51 am
00:00 — 16 01:00 — 2 02:00 — 2 03:00 — 2 04:00 — 3 05:00 — 10 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 18
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
heard 14× · 12:31 am – 7:10 am
00:00 — 1 01:00 — 1 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 3 05:00 — 1 06:00 — 4 07:00 — 4 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 15
Barred Owl
Strix varia
heard 11× · 3:52 am – 5:55 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 8 04:00 — 2 05:00 — 1 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 1
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
heard 6× · 6:43 am – 6:48 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 6 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 10
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
heard 5× · 6:50 am – 7:05 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 1 07:00 — 4 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
heard 3× · 6:55 am – 7:11 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 2 07:00 — 1 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 44
Coyote
Canis latrans
Mammal
heard 3× · 5:33 am – 5:37 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 3 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 60
no plate yet
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
New for the creek
heard 3× · 5:21 am – 6:35 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 2 06:00 — 1 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 4
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
heard 2× · 6:41 am – 6:42 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 2 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 5
Common Raven
Corvus corax
heard 2× · 2:44 am – 5:16 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 1 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 1 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 13
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
heard 2× · 1:54 am – 7:12 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 1 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 1 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 9
Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
heard 1× · 6:47 am – 6:47 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 1 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 24
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Unexpected now
heard 1× · 7:14 am – 7:14 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 1 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 38
American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Frog
heard 1× · 6:08 am – 6:08 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 0 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 1 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 Plate 49
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Unexpected now Mammal
heard 1× · 2:44 am – 2:44 am
00:00 — 0 01:00 — 0 02:00 — 1 03:00 — 0 04:00 — 0 05:00 — 0 06:00 — 0 07:00 — 0 08:00 — 0 09:00 — 0 10:00 — 0 11:00 — 0 12:00 — 0 13:00 — 0 14:00 — 0 15:00 — 0 16:00 — 0 17:00 — 0 18:00 — 0 19:00 — 0 20:00 — 0 21:00 — 0 22:00 — 0 23:00 — 0 The last 30 days 24 49 Oct 5 — 0 species Oct 6 — 0 species Oct 6 Oct 7 — 0 species Oct 8 — 0 species Oct 9 — 0 species Oct 10 — 0 species Oct 11 — 0 species Oct 12 — 0 species Oct 13 — 0 species Oct 13 Oct 14 — 0 species Oct 15 — 0 species Oct 16 — 0 species Oct 17 — 0 species Oct 18 — 0 species Oct 19 — 0 species Oct 20 — 0 species Oct 20 Oct 21 — 0 species Oct 22 — 0 species Oct 23 — 0 species Oct 24 — 0 species Oct 25 — 0 species Oct 26 — 0 species Oct 27 — 0 species Oct 27 Oct 28 — 15 species Oct 29 — 39 species Oct 30 — 26 species Oct 31 — 45 species Nov 1 — 49 species Nov 2 — 44 species Nov 3 — 20 species Nov 3 Fig. 2. Species heard per day.30 60 Oct 5 — 0 species Oct 6 — 0 species Oct 6 Oct 7 — 0 species Oct 8 — 0 species Oct 9 — 0 species Oct 10 — 0 species Oct 11 — 0 species Oct 12 — 0 species Oct 13 — 0 species Oct 13 Oct 14 — 0 species Oct 15 — 0 species Oct 16 — 0 species Oct 17 — 0 species Oct 18 — 0 species Oct 19 — 0 species Oct 20 — 0 species Oct 20 Oct 21 — 0 species Oct 22 — 0 species Oct 23 — 0 species Oct 24 — 0 species Oct 25 — 0 species Oct 26 — 0 species Oct 27 — 0 species Oct 27 Oct 28 — 15 species Oct 29 — 42 species Oct 30 — 47 species Oct 31 — 52 species Nov 1 — 58 species Nov 2 — 59 species Nov 3 — 60 species Nov 3 60 Fig. 3. The list grows: species recorded to date. It can only go up, which is the nice thing about lists.
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