Bird AlbumUnited States · District of Columbia
East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.
261 species and 198,701 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 174 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 261 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Theodore Roosevelt Island4 km219 species
- Monticello Park6 km160 species
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens8 km250 species
- Rock Creek Park – Maintenance Yard9 km180 species
- Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve12 km264 species
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK14 km251 species
All 261 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 174 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.?
261 species, from 198,701 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at East Potomac Park – Hains Pt. in November?
The most recorded in November: Double-crested Cormorant, Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Canada Goose and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.