United States · Missouri
Busch CA
280 species and 170,532 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 192 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tower Grove Park43 km209 species
- Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary52 km310 species
- Horseshoe Lake State Park58 km300 species
All 280 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Busch CA?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 192 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Busch CA?
280 species, from 170,532 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Busch CA in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Robin, Northern Cardinal and White-throated Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.