United States · New York
Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive
260 species and 377,067 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 199 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
American CootFulica americana
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American WigeonMareca americana
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
RedheadAythya americana126 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 260 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area2 km244 species
- Myers Point52 km266 species
- Sapsucker Woods61 km235 species
- Stewart Park61 km271 species
- Derby Hill Hawk Watch – North Lookout73 km280 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 199 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive?
260 species, from 377,067 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Northern Shoveler, Gadwall and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.