United States · Maryland
Hart-Miller Island
294 species and 160,064 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
GadwallMareca strepera
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris151 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 294 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fort Smallwood Park14 km266 species
- Swan Creek Wetland – Cox Creek DMCF16 km276 species
- Fort McHenry NM18 km261 species
- Patterson Park19 km223 species
- Masonville Cove20 km270 species
- Cromwell Valley Park24 km215 species
All 294 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hart-Miller Island?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hart-Miller Island?
294 species, from 160,064 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hart-Miller Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, American Black Duck and Great Black-backed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.