Bird AlbumUnited States · New Hampshire
Pickering Ponds, Rochester
232 species and 214,619 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 176 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Odiorne Point SP, Rye31 km303 species
- Wells Reserve at Laudholm34 km271 species
- Rachel Carson NWR – Timber Point Trail48 km265 species
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation49 km286 species
- Plum Island52 km354 species
- Parker River NWR56 km355 species
All 232 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pickering Ponds, Rochester?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 176 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pickering Ponds, Rochester?
232 species, from 214,619 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pickering Ponds, Rochester in November?
The most recorded in November: American Herring Gull, Black-capped Chickadee, Great Black-backed Gull, American Crow and Blue Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.