Bird AlbumUnited States · Maryland
Lake Artemesia
227 species and 177,337 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens8 km250 species
- Patuxent Research Refuge – South Tract12 km232 species
- Rock Creek Park – Maintenance Yard12 km180 species
- Wheaton Regional Park – Shorefield/mini-train tracks/Pine Lake13 km193 species
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.16 km261 species
- Theodore Roosevelt Island16 km219 species
All 227 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Artemesia?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Artemesia?
227 species, from 177,337 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Artemesia in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Pied-billed Grebe, Mallard, Ring-necked Duck and White-throated Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.