United States · New York
Bashakill State WMA
253 species and 307,043 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 189 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Halifax Road58 km213 species
- The Celery Farm65 km255 species
- Croton Point Park65 km262 species
- Rockefeller SP Preserve74 km206 species
- Garret Mountain Reservation76 km232 species
All 253 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bashakill State WMA?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 189 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bashakill State WMA?
253 species, from 307,043 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bashakill State WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and American Goldfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.