Bird AlbumUnited States · North Carolina
Lake Crabtree County Park
246 species and 138,131 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Lynn10 km192 species
- Mid Pines Rd.16 km211 species
- Yates Mill County Park17 km212 species
- Mason Farm Biological Reserve20 km205 species
- Brumley Nature Preserve – North31 km176 species
- Guilford County Farm/Howerton Rd.75 km207 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Crabtree County Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Crabtree County Park?
246 species, from 138,131 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Crabtree County Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Ring-billed Gull, Carolina Wren and Pied-billed Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.