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Hornsby Bend
359 species and 741,628 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 241 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American CootFulica americana
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black VultureCoragyps atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mills Pond at Wells Branch26 km232 species
- Commons Ford Ranch Metro Park27 km284 species
- Lake Creek Trail – West30 km281 species
All 359 species recorded here
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hornsby Bend?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 241 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hornsby Bend?
359 species, from 741,628 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hornsby Bend in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, American Coot, Eurasian Teal and Killdeer.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.