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Josiah's Bay Pond
72 species and 776 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and December, with up to 29 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Josiah's Bay0 km44 species
- Hlscc2 km23 species
- Guana Island4 km73 species
- Long Bay Beach Lagoon4 km63 species
- Tortola – Beef Island Airport4 km62 species
- Trellis Bay6 km36 species
All 72 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Josiah's Bay Pond?
March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 29 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Josiah's Bay Pond?
72 species, from 776 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.