United States · Michigan
Nichols Arboretum
219 species and 368,579 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kensington Metropark – Livingston Co. only28 km213 species
- Kensington Metropark28 km235 species
- Robert H. Long Park35 km214 species
- Heritage Park35 km194 species
- Lake Erie Metropark49 km268 species
- Pte. Mouillee SGA52 km298 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nichols Arboretum?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nichols Arboretum?
219 species, from 368,579 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nichols Arboretum in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, American Crow, Northern Cardinal and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.