United States · New York
Jones Beach SP – West End
310 species and 184,222 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 189 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura165 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 310 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station1 km295 species
- Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area8 km263 species
- Hempstead Lake SP – south end13 km217 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge23 km322 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond24 km293 species
- Robert Moses SP25 km312 species
All 310 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jones Beach SP – West End?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 189 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jones Beach SP – West End?
310 species, from 184,222 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jones Beach SP – West End in November?
The most recorded in November: American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Northern Mockingbird, Brant Goose and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.