United States · North Carolina
Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary
232 species and 239,822 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jackson Park36 km217 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary?
232 species, from 239,822 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Carolina Wren, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Crow and Carolina Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.