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Lorain Impoundment Lakeside Landing
278 species and 193,745 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 194 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American CootFulica americana
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sandy Ridge Reservation14 km259 species
- Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve36 km264 species
- Wendy Park, Whiskey Island38 km282 species
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area41 km260 species
- Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve46 km278 species
- Pelee Island – Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve50 km249 species
All 278 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- 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 Lorain Impoundment Lakeside Landing?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 194 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lorain Impoundment Lakeside Landing?
278 species, from 193,745 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lorain Impoundment Lakeside Landing in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, Mallard, Ruddy Duck, American Coot and Bufflehead.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.