United States · Wisconsin
Horicon NWR – Auto Tour and Trails
257 species and 226,909 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 209 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
American WigeonMareca americana
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American CootFulica americana
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 257 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Horicon NWR – Auto Tour and Trails?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 209 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Horicon NWR – Auto Tour and Trails?
257 species, from 226,909 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Horicon NWR – Auto Tour and Trails in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Northern Pintail and Sandhill Crane.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.