United States · North Carolina
Jackson Park
217 species and 197,979 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary36 km232 species
- Conestee Nature Preserve61 km222 species
All 217 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jackson Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jackson Park?
217 species, from 197,979 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jackson Park in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Carolina Chickadee 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.