United States · New York
Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area
244 species and 149,772 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
American WigeonMareca americana
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive2 km260 species
- Myers Point50 km266 species
- Sapsucker Woods59 km235 species
- Stewart Park59 km271 species
- Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout74 km280 species
- Dirty Bird Ranch79 km178 species
All 244 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area?
244 species, from 149,772 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Ring-billed Gull and Northern Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.