Bird AlbumUnited States · Virginia
Great Falls Park
204 species and 190,200 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Black VultureCoragyps atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock7 km228 species
- C&O Canal – Violette's Lock10 km268 species
- C&O Canal – Riley's Lock11 km233 species
- Algonkian Regional Park13 km229 species
- Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA16 km253 species
- Rock Creek Park – Maintenance Yard18 km180 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Great Falls Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Great Falls Park?
204 species, from 190,200 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Great Falls Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Downy Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.