United States · Massachusetts
Fort Hill, Eastham
293 species and 178,309 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 182 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary8 km304 species
- Manomet Conservation Sciences49 km307 species
- Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary66 km269 species
All 293 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fort Hill, Eastham?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 182 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fort Hill, Eastham?
293 species, from 178,309 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fort Hill, Eastham in November?
The most recorded in November: American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron and Northern Cardinal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.