United States · Ohio
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area
282 species and 183,197 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 226 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
American CootFulica americana
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius70 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 282 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Howard Marsh Metropark2 km255 species
- Ottawa NWR – Crane Creek Estuary Trail4 km254 species
- Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive4 km265 species
- Magee Marsh – Boardwalk4 km269 species
- Magee Marsh5 km271 species
- Maumee Bay SP – Boardwalk11 km249 species
All 282 species recorded here
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 226 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area?
282 species, from 183,197 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, American Coot 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.