Bird AlbumUnited States · Virginia
Occoquan Bay NWR
254 species and 470,231 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 187 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Leesylvania State Park6 km226 species
- Huntley Meadows Park – Hike and Bike Trail16 km223 species
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK17 km251 species
- Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve21 km264 species
- Monticello Park25 km160 species
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.31 km261 species
All 254 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Occoquan Bay NWR?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 187 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Occoquan Bay NWR?
254 species, from 470,231 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Occoquan Bay NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Wren 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.