Bird AlbumUnited States · New York
Floyd Bennett Field
281 species and 205,639 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Plumb Beach2 km261 species
- Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park3 km266 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond6 km293 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge6 km322 species
- Prospect Park10 km294 species
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn11 km253 species
All 281 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Floyd Bennett Field?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Floyd Bennett Field?
281 species, from 205,639 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Floyd Bennett Field in November?
The most recorded in November: American Herring Gull, Northern Mockingbird, Brant Goose, Common Starling and Song 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.