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Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA
253 species and 380,229 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata102 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 253 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Algonkian Regional Park3 km229 species
- C&O Canal – Riley's Lock5 km233 species
- C&O Canal – Violette's Lock7 km268 species
- C&O Canal – Pennyfield Lock10 km228 species
- Great Falls Park16 km204 species
- Blue Mash Nature Trail29 km229 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA?
253 species, from 380,229 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hughes Hollow - McKee Beshers WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Northern Cardinal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.