Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
268 species and 166,411 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
House SparrowPasser domesticusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mount Auburn Cemetery13 km228 species
- Fresh Pond, Cambridge13 km234 species
- Horn Pond Recreation Area16 km234 species
- Arlington Reservoir17 km221 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary17 km242 species
- Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary27 km234 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Atlantic Canary Serinus canaria
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation?
268 species, from 166,411 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in November?
The most recorded in November: Song Sparrow, Mourning Dove, American Herring Gull, American Black Duck and Black-capped 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.