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.
2026 Scheduled Tour Dates:
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
- Saturday, November 14, 2026
- Saturday, December 12, 2026
2027 Scheduled Tour Dates:
- Saturday, January 9, 2027
- Saturday, February 13, 2027
- Saturday, March 13, 2027
- Saturday, April 10, 2027
- Saturday, October, 9, 2027
- Saturday, November 13, 2027
- Saturday, December 11, 2027
Reservations
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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:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
American Pipit
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Barn Swallow
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- April 13, 2024
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Black Phoebe
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 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
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Black-Crowned Night-Heron
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Bufflehead
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- 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
California Gull
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Canada Goose
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- 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 11, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- April 8, 2023
Common Raven
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- April 11, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- 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:
- November 8, 2025
- 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:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- 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
European Starling
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- April 12, 2025
- October 14, 2023
Eurasian Collared Dove
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December, 13, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Ferruginous Hawk
Photo by Kathryn McGiffen on 2-11-2023
Dates Spotted:
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- February 11, 2023
Gadwall
Dates Spotted:
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Great Blue Heron
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- 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
Horned Lark
Dates Spotted:
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
House Finch
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Killdeer
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- 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
Loggerhead Shrike
Dates Spotted:
- December 13, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- February 11, 2023
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Marsh Wren
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Mourning Dove
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- 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
Northern Harrier
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
Northern Shoveler
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- 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:
- January 10, 2026
- April 12, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- February 11, 2023
Pied-Billed Grebe
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- 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-Shouldered Hawk
Dates Spotted:
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- November 9, 2024
Red-Tailed Hawk
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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:
- April 11, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- 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 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
Savannah Sparrow
Dates Spotted:
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- October 14, 2023
Say’s Phoebe
Dates Spotted:
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 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
Snowy Egret
Dates Spotted:
- February 14, 2026
- November 8, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- October 12, 2024
- December 9, 2023
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Song Sparrow
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- April 12, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- January 11, 2025
- December 14, 2024
- November 9, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
Tree Swallow
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- April 12, 2025
- March 8, 2025
- February 8, 2025
- April 13, 2024
- April 8, 2023
Turkey Vulture
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- March 14, 2026
- February 14, 2026
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 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
White Crowned Sparrow
Dates Spotted:
- January 10, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- November 8, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- 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
White-Faced Ibis
Dates Spotted:
- April 11, 2026
- December 13, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- April 12, 2025
- November 9, 2024
- October 12, 2024
- November 11, 2023
- October 14, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- February 11, 2023