Bird AlbumUnited States · Pennsylvania
John Heinz NWR – impoundment
301 species and 982,720 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 211 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Palmyra Cove Nature Park22 km284 species
- Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust32 km222 species
- Exton Park34 km222 species
- Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch36 km223 species
- Bucktoe Creek Preserve40 km224 species
- Middle Run Natural Area44 km222 species
All 301 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at John Heinz NWR – impoundment?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 211 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at John Heinz NWR – impoundment?
301 species, from 982,720 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at John Heinz NWR – impoundment in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, White-throated Sparrow and Great Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.