Bird AlbumUnited States · Maryland
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center
252 species and 143,238 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 158 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Big water farm8 km257 species
- Fort Smallwood Park32 km266 species
- Hart-Miller Island35 km294 species
- Swan Creek Wetland – Cox Creek DMCF38 km276 species
- Masonville Cove45 km270 species
- Fort McHenry NM46 km261 species
All 252 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 158 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center?
252 species, from 143,238 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, Mallard, Red-winged Blackbird, Carolina Wren and Carolina Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.