United States · New Jersey
Garret Mountain Reservation
232 species and 359,143 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Richard W. DeKorte Park14 km275 species
- The Celery Farm16 km255 species
- Halifax Road21 km213 species
- Inwood Hill Park22 km257 species
- Central Park – North End22 km230 species
- Central Park – The Ramble22 km243 species
All 232 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Garret Mountain Reservation?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Garret Mountain Reservation?
232 species, from 359,143 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Garret Mountain Reservation in November?
The most recorded in November: Dark-eyed Junco, Canada Goose, White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.