Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Arlington Reservoir
221 species and 147,769 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Horn Pond Recreation Area5 km234 species
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge6 km234 species
- Mount Auburn Cemetery7 km228 species
- Great Meadows NWR – Concord Unit13 km269 species
- Belle Isle Marsh Reservation17 km268 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary29 km242 species
All 221 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Arlington Reservoir?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Arlington Reservoir?
221 species, from 147,769 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Arlington Reservoir in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Eurasian Teal, Mute Swan and Hooded Merganser.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.