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Mills Pond at Wells Branch
232 species and 145,516 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 170 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Creek Trail – West10 km281 species
- Commons Ford Ranch Metro Park24 km284 species
- Hornsby Bend26 km359 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mills Pond at Wells Branch?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 170 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mills Pond at Wells Branch?
232 species, from 145,516 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mills Pond at Wells Branch in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, White-winged Dove, Myrtle Warbler, Northern Cardinal 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.