United States · Maryland
Big water farm
257 species and 144,463 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center8 km252 species
- Fort Smallwood Park39 km266 species
- Hart-Miller Island43 km294 species
- Swan Creek Wetland – Cox Creek DMCF45 km276 species
- Blackwater NWR – Wildlife Drive50 km272 species
- Masonville Cove52 km270 species
All 257 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Big water farm?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Big water farm?
257 species, from 144,463 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Big water farm in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, White-throated Sparrow, Myrtle Warbler, Northern Cardinal and Northern Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.