Bird Walks
Join EMWD for a Bird Walk and share the opportunity to view ibises, egrets, blackbirds and many other migratory and resident birds in their natural habitat at the EMWD Wetlands.
Located on the grounds of the San Jacinto Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility, the multi-purpose constructed wetlands “polishes” recycled water before it is distributed to nearby farms, dairies, and the San Jacinto Wildlife Area for irrigation and additional environmental uses.
Bird Walks are hosted on the second Saturday of each month, October through April.
2025 / 2026 Scheduled Tour Dates:
- Saturday, October 11, 2025
- Saturday, November 8, 2025
- Saturday, December 13, 2025
- Saturday, January 10, 2026
- Saturday, February 14, 2026
- Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Saturday, April 11, 2026
Reservations
Make a Reservation for an upcoming Bird Walk Tour
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Note: Reservations are required. Reservations are limited to a maximum of 75 visitors per tour. Reservations are on a first-come/first-serve basis. Once the maximum number of reservations is met, we cannot accept any more reservations for that tour date. No guests will be allowed on-site without a reservation. For groups of 5 or more, please call Allan Freetage at (951) 928-3777 x4226 or send an e-mail to: freetaga@emwd.org
Location
Address
Hemet/San Jacinto Multi-Purpose Constructed Wetlands
770 North Sanderson Avenue
San Jacinto, CA 92582
Time
8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Facility Information
This facility is not open to the public. Guests are only allowed admittance during the designated dates and times. Guests must stay for the duration of the walk.
Gates close at 8:05 a.m. Bird Walk attendees are encouraged to be punctual.
Bird Walks will be canceled during inclement weather.
Bird Walks are not recommended for children under eight years of age.
Bird Walk Tour Safety Video
Contact
For more information please contact Allan Freetage at 951-928-3777, ext. 4226 or via e-mail freetaga@emwd.org
Our Birds
Audubon December 2024 Annual bird Count
American Coot
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
American Kestrel
Dates Spotted:
- December 14, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
American Pipit
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
American Wigeon
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Black Phoebe
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Black-Necked Stilt
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Brown Headed Cowbird
Dates Spotted:
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Bufflehead
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Canada Goose
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- April 8, 2023
Common Raven
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Common Yellowthroat
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Cooper’s Hawk
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
Eared Grebe
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
Photo by Kathryn McGiffen on 2-11-2023
Dates Spotted:
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- February 11, 2023
Great Blue Heron
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- October 14, 2023
Great Egret
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Great Tailed Grackle
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Green Heron
Photo by Kathryn McGiffen on 2-11-2023
Dates Spotted:
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Mallard
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 202
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
Northern Shoveler
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Peregrine Falcon
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Pied-Billed Grebe
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
Redhead
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Red-Tailed Hawk
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Red-Winged Blackbird
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Ring-Necked Duck
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Ruddy Duck
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Say’s Phoebe
Dates Spotted:
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Snowy Egret
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Turkey Vulture
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 12, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Dates Spotted:
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023