United States · Connecticut
East Rock Park
210 species and 189,142 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Milford Point, CT Audubon24 km311 species
- Hammonasset Beach SP30 km320 species
- Sherwood Island State Park43 km307 species
- White Memorial Foundation – Little Pond51 km221 species
- Marshlands Conservancy79 km268 species
All 210 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- 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 East Rock Park?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at East Rock Park?
210 species, from 189,142 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at East Rock Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, American Robin, Downy Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee and White-throated Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.