United States · New York
Braddock Bay – East Spit
267 species and 195,172 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 203 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
DunlinCalidris alpina
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Presqu'ile Provincial Park76 km316 species
All 267 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Braddock Bay – East Spit?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 203 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Braddock Bay – East Spit?
267 species, from 195,172 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Braddock Bay – East Spit in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, Mute Swan, American Herring Gull, Mallard and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.