United States · Florida
Lake Apopka North Shore – Orange County section
350 species and 297,714 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 218 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major212 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 350 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive4 km290 species
- Mead Botanical Gardens26 km206 species
- Orlando Wetlands60 km253 species
All 350 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Apopka North Shore – Orange County section?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 218 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Apopka North Shore – Orange County section?
350 species, from 297,714 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Apopka North Shore – Orange County section in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Common Gallinule, Anhinga and Red-shouldered Hawk.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.