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Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
351 species and 567,127 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October–November, with up to 245 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great EgretArdea alba
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
American CootFulica americana
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Crescent Bend Nature Park37 km273 species
- Warbler Woods Bird Sanctuary42 km287 species
All 351 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Verdin Auriparus flaviceps
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Long-billed Thrasher Toxostoma longirostre
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center?
April–May and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 245 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center?
351 species, from 567,127 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, Northern Mockingbird, Great Egret, American White Pelican and Eastern Phoebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.