Bird AlbumUnited States · District of Columbia
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
250 species and 432,857 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.8 km261 species
- Lake Artemesia8 km227 species
- Rock Creek Park – Maintenance Yard10 km180 species
- Theodore Roosevelt Island11 km219 species
- Monticello Park14 km160 species
- Wheaton Regional Park – Shorefield/mini-train tracks/Pine Lake18 km193 species
All 250 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- 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 Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens?
April–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens?
250 species, from 432,857 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Mallard, Song Sparrow, American Robin and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.