Bird AlbumUnited States · New Jersey
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR – Wildlife Drive
316 species and 718,602 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–October, with up to 235 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
DunlinCalidris alpina
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR3 km342 species
- Barnegat Lighthouse SP43 km296 species
- Stone Harbor Point57 km269 species
- Villas – Cox Hall Creek WMA69 km263 species
- Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMA – Dike/Morning Flight Songbird Count73 km311 species
- Cape Island73 km357 species
All 316 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR – Wildlife Drive?
May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 235 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR – Wildlife Drive?
316 species, from 718,602 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR – Wildlife Drive in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Mallard, Canada Goose, American Black Duck and Northern Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.