United States · Missouri
Loess Bluffs NWR
305 species and 203,301 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 245 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American CootFulica americana
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias138 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 305 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 305 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Loess Bluffs NWR?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 245 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Loess Bluffs NWR?
305 species, from 203,301 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Loess Bluffs NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: Bald Eagle, Mallard, Canada Goose, Red-tailed Hawk and Snow Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.