United States · Delaware
Middle Run Natural Area
222 species and 170,003 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ashland Nature Center and Hawk Watch11 km223 species
- Bucktoe Creek Preserve12 km224 species
- Exton Park38 km222 species
- Swan Harbor Farm Park40 km268 species
- John Heinz NWR – impoundment44 km301 species
- Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge54 km326 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Middle Run Natural Area?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Middle Run Natural Area?
222 species, from 170,003 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Middle Run Natural Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Cardinal, White-throated Sparrow, American Robin, Blue Jay and Carolina Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.