Bird AlbumUnited States · Pennsylvania
Middle Creek WMA (IBA)
289 species and 397,022 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 202 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis130 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 289 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Noel Dorwart Park25 km200 species
- Wildwood Lake Park54 km231 species
- Exton Park61 km222 species
- Green Lane Park – Church Rd. Bird Sanctuary63 km240 species
- Bucktoe Creek Preserve67 km224 species
- Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch73 km223 species
All 289 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Middle Creek WMA (IBA)?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 202 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Middle Creek WMA (IBA)?
289 species, from 397,022 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Middle Creek WMA (IBA) in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Great Blue Heron and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.