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Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail
223 species and 140,861 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK2 km251 species
- Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve6 km264 species
- Monticello Park9 km160 species
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.15 km261 species
- Theodore Roosevelt Island16 km219 species
- Occoquan Bay NWR16 km254 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail?
223 species, from 140,861 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal and Red-bellied Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.