United States · Michigan
Muskegon Wastewater System
276 species and 387,413 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 213 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
GadwallMareca strepera
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 276 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Muskegon Wastewater System?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 213 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Muskegon Wastewater System?
276 species, from 387,413 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Muskegon Wastewater System in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.