Bird AlbumUnited States · Delaware
Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch
223 species and 262,161 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bucktoe Creek Preserve6 km224 species
- Middle Run Natural Area11 km222 species
- Exton Park28 km222 species
- John Heinz NWR – impoundment36 km301 species
- Swan Harbor Farm Park49 km268 species
- Palmyra Cove Nature Park57 km284 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch?
223 species, from 262,161 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch in November?
The most recorded in November: Downy Woodpecker, Carolina Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Goldfinch and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.