United States · Massachusetts
Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge
227 species and 153,555 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Mute SwanCygnus olor
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Silvio O. Conte NWR – Fort River Division34 km204 species
- White Memorial Foundation – Little Pond60 km221 species
All 227 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge?
227 species, from 153,555 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fannie Stebbins Wildlife Refuge in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Blue Jay, American Robin and Black-capped Chickadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.