United States · North Carolina
Pea Island NWR – North Pond Wildlife Trail
270 species and 148,217 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
American WigeonMareca americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Great EgretArdea alba
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American White IbisEudocimus albus133 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 270 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 270 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Little Auk Alle alle
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pea Island NWR – North Pond Wildlife Trail?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pea Island NWR – North Pond Wildlife Trail?
270 species, from 148,217 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pea Island NWR – North Pond Wildlife Trail in November?
The most recorded in November: Tundra Swan, Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Pintail, American White Pelican and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.