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Blandy Experimental Farm/State Arboretum of Virginia
226 species and 161,757 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 138 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA57 km253 species
- Algonkian Regional Park59 km229 species
- C&O Canal – Riley's Lock62 km233 species
- C&O Canal – Violette's Lock63 km268 species
- C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock67 km228 species
- Great Falls Park70 km204 species
All 226 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Blandy Experimental Farm/State Arboretum of Virginia?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 138 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Blandy Experimental Farm/State Arboretum of Virginia?
226 species, from 161,757 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Blandy Experimental Farm/State Arboretum of Virginia in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird and Eastern Bluebird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.