United States · Maryland
Masonville Cove
270 species and 134,907 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fort McHenry NM2 km261 species
- Patterson Park5 km223 species
- Swan Creek Wetland – Cox Creek DMCF8 km276 species
- Fort Smallwood Park13 km266 species
- Hart-Miller Island20 km294 species
- Cromwell Valley Park20 km215 species
All 270 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Masonville Cove?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Masonville Cove?
270 species, from 134,907 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Masonville Cove in November?
The most recorded in November: Song Sparrow, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, Northern Mockingbird 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.