Bird AlbumUnited States · Maryland
C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock
228 species and 145,075 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 164 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus78 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 228 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- C&O Canal – Violette's Lock4 km268 species
- C&O Canal – Riley's Lock5 km233 species
- Great Falls Park7 km204 species
- Algonkian Regional Park8 km229 species
- Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA10 km253 species
- Wheaton Regional Park – Shorefield/mini-train tracks/Pine Lake21 km193 species
All 228 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 164 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock?
228 species, from 145,075 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee, White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Carolina Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.