Bird AlbumUnited States · Michigan
Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only
213 species and 132,329 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura91 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 213 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kensington Metropark0 km235 species
- Robert H. Long Park18 km214 species
- Heritage Park25 km194 species
- Nichols Arboretum28 km219 species
- Belle Isle61 km255 species
- Lake Erie Metropark65 km268 species
All 213 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only?
213 species, from 132,329 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Blue Jay, Mallard 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.