Bird AlbumUnited States · Ohio
Howard Marsh Metropark
255 species and 434,124 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 206 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
American CootFulica americana
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
GadwallMareca strepera
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area2 km282 species
- Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive6 km265 species
- Ottawa NWR – Crane Creek Estuary Trail6 km254 species
- Magee Marsh – Boardwalk6 km269 species
- Magee Marsh6 km271 species
- Maumee Bay SP – Boardwalk10 km249 species
All 255 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Howard Marsh Metropark?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 206 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Howard Marsh Metropark?
255 species, from 434,124 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Howard Marsh Metropark in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, Pied-billed Grebe and Trumpeter Swan.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.