Antigua & Barbuda · Saint Paul
Bethesda Dam
67 species and 1,141 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, May and September, with up to 29 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
American CootFulica americana
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
Zenaida DoveZenaida aurita
Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Potworks Dam2 km100 species
- Nelson's Dockyard4 km62 species
- Wallings Forest & Reservoir IBA8 km72 species
- Fitches Creek Swamp8 km74 species
- Great Bird Island12 km64 species
- Nevis Street Wetland13 km83 species
All 67 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bethesda Dam?
January, May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 29 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bethesda Dam?
67 species, from 1,141 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bethesda Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, American Coot, Common Gallinule, Pied-billed Grebe and Ruddy Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.