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Ensley Bottoms – Maxson Wastewater Lagoons/Earth Complex
305 species and 167,378 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 216 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis137 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 305 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 305 species recorded here
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ensley Bottoms – Maxson Wastewater Lagoons/Earth Complex?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 216 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ensley Bottoms – Maxson Wastewater Lagoons/Earth Complex?
305 species, from 167,378 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ensley Bottoms – Maxson Wastewater Lagoons/Earth Complex in November?
The most recorded in November: Killdeer, Least Sandpiper, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.