Bird AlbumUnited States · Maryland
Blue Mash Nature Trail
229 species and 230,088 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wheaton Regional Park – Shorefield/mini-train tracks/Pine Lake17 km193 species
- C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock22 km228 species
- C&O Canal – Violette's Lock24 km268 species
- Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy24 km208 species
- C&O Canal – Riley's Lock25 km233 species
- Great Falls Park26 km204 species
All 229 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- 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 Blue Mash Nature Trail?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Blue Mash Nature Trail?
229 species, from 230,088 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Blue Mash Nature Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.