Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Halibut Point SP
277 species and 132,314 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Black ScoterMelanitta americana
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
Common LoonGavia immer
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parker River NWR16 km355 species
- Plum Island19 km354 species
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation21 km286 species
- Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary25 km234 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary28 km242 species
- Odiorne Point SP, Rye40 km303 species
All 277 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Halibut Point SP?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Halibut Point SP?
277 species, from 132,314 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Halibut Point SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.