United States · Michigan
Heritage Park
194 species and 141,445 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis57 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 194 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Robert H. Long Park8 km214 species
- Kensington Metropark24 km235 species
- Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only25 km213 species
- Nichols Arboretum35 km219 species
- Belle Isle36 km255 species
- Lake Erie Metropark48 km268 species
All 194 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Heritage Park?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Heritage Park?
194 species, from 141,445 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Heritage Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, American Robin and White-breasted Nuthatch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.