United States · New York
Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area
263 species and 414,538 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hempstead Lake SP – south end6 km217 species
- Jones Beach SP – Coast Guard Station7 km295 species
- Jones Beach SP – West End8 km310 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge17 km322 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond17 km293 species
- Floyd Bennett Field23 km281 species
All 263 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area?
263 species, from 414,538 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, Northern Mockingbird, Song Sparrow, Mallard and American Herring Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.