Bird AlbumUnited States · New York
Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station
295 species and 179,711 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 166 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
DunlinCalidris alpina
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Black ScoterMelanitta americana
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jones Beach SP – West End1 km310 species
- Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area7 km263 species
- Hempstead Lake SP – south end12 km217 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge23 km322 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond23 km293 species
- Robert Moses SP25 km312 species
All 295 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Razorbill Alca torda
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 166 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station?
295 species, from 179,711 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, Great Black-backed Gull, American Herring Gull, Double-crested Cormorant and American Oystercatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.