Bird AlbumUnited States · Virginia
Leesylvania State Park
226 species and 151,126 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Occoquan Bay NWR6 km254 species
- Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail22 km223 species
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK23 km251 species
- Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve27 km264 species
- Monticello Park31 km160 species
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.37 km261 species
All 226 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Leesylvania State Park?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Leesylvania State Park?
226 species, from 151,126 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Leesylvania State Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Carolina Wren, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee and Ring-billed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.