United States · New York
Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout
280 species and 162,735 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 203 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Common LoonGavia immer
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata123 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 280 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Prince Edward Point NWA – Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory68 km301 species
- Prince Edward Point NWA69 km293 species
- Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive73 km260 species
- Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area74 km244 species
- Amherst Island78 km281 species
All 280 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 203 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout?
280 species, from 162,735 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-breasted Merganser, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Common Loon and White-winged Scoter.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.