Bird AlbumUnited States · Maryland
Patuxent Research Refuge – North Tract
225 species and 149,335 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 166 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens90 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 225 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Patuxent Research Refuge – South Tract6 km232 species
- Lake Artemesia16 km227 species
- Wheaton Regional Park – Shorefield/mini-train tracks/Pine Lake23 km193 species
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens24 km250 species
- Masonville Cove24 km270 species
- Swan Creek Wetland – Cox Creek DMCF24 km276 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Patuxent Research Refuge – North Tract?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 166 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Patuxent Research Refuge – North Tract?
225 species, from 149,335 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Patuxent Research Refuge – North Tract in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, Carolina Chickadee, Northern Cardinal and Carolina Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.