Bird AlbumUnited States · Michigan
Kensington Metropark
235 species and 183,350 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 159 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis96 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 235 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only0 km213 species
- Robert H. Long Park18 km214 species
- Heritage Park24 km194 species
- Nichols Arboretum28 km219 species
- Belle Isle61 km255 species
- Lake Erie Metropark64 km268 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kensington Metropark?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 159 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kensington Metropark?
235 species, from 183,350 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kensington Metropark in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Blue Jay and Sandhill Crane.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.