United States · Florida
J. N. Ding Darling NWR – Wildlife Drive
258 species and 264,420 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 191 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
OspreyPandion haliaetus
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Great EgretArdea alba
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
WilletTringa semipalmata
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga123 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 258 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- San Carlos Bay/Bunche Beach Preserve15 km230 species
- Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve32 km220 species
- Harns Marsh48 km226 species
- Babcock-Webb WMA48 km218 species
- Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary52 km263 species
- Eagle Lakes Community Park58 km245 species
All 258 species recorded here
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at J. N. Ding Darling NWR – Wildlife Drive?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 191 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at J. N. Ding Darling NWR – Wildlife Drive?
258 species, from 264,420 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at J. N. Ding Darling NWR – Wildlife Drive in November?
The most recorded in November: American White Ibis, Little Blue Heron, Double-crested Cormorant, Osprey and American White Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.