United States · Virginia
Dutch Gap Conservation Area/Henricus Historical Park
229 species and 188,759 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
GadwallMareca strepera
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 229 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dutch Gap Conservation Area/Henricus Historical Park?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dutch Gap Conservation Area/Henricus Historical Park?
229 species, from 188,759 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dutch Gap Conservation Area/Henricus Historical Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Bluebird and Gadwall.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.