Where to see
Tringa semipalmata
Padre Island National Seashore leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Willet during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padre Island National Seashore | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 12 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Coiba National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Padre Island National Seashore
In Padre Island National Seashore, United States, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Willet sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve and more
After Padre Island National Seashore, the next-best odds of seeing a Willet are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 60%), El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 50%) and Celestún Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 40%). Outside North America, the best option is Ostional Wildlife Refuge in Central America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July–September and December in Padre Island National Seashore (over 90%), January and October in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (about 80%) and April and August–January in El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Willet on a given day. Each park's Willet page has the full month-by-month chart.
