Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
234 species and 155,641 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary17 km242 species
- Parker River NWR18 km355 species
- Plum Island21 km354 species
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation23 km286 species
- Halibut Point SP25 km277 species
- Horn Pond Recreation Area27 km234 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary?
234 species, from 155,641 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Tufted Titmouse, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Blue Jay and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.