United States · Ohio
Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive
265 species and 193,770 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 224 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius71 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Magee Marsh – Boardwalk3 km269 species
- Ottawa NWR – Crane Creek Estuary Trail3 km254 species
- Magee Marsh3 km271 species
- Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area4 km282 species
- Howard Marsh Metropark6 km255 species
- Maumee Bay SP – Boardwalk15 km249 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 224 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive?
265 species, from 193,770 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ottawa NWR – Wildlife Drive in November?
The most recorded in November: Trumpeter Swan, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Canada Goose and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.