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Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park – Darby Plains Wet Prairie Restoration
243 species and 164,326 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and July–October, with up to 140 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American CootFulica americana
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
DunlinCalidris alpina
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kiwanis Riverway Park22 km209 species
- Blendon Woods Metro Park33 km225 species
- Buck Creek SP46 km270 species
All 243 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park – Darby Plains Wet Prairie Restoration?
April–May and July–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 140 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park – Darby Plains Wet Prairie Restoration?
243 species, from 164,326 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park – Darby Plains Wet Prairie Restoration in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Harrier, Song Sparrow, Mallard, Northern Shoveler and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.