United States · New Jersey
Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge
210 species and 132,959 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
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pole Farm7 km222 species
- Baldpate Mountain – Ted Stiles Preserve19 km176 species
- Round Valley Recreation Area37 km257 species
- Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust41 km222 species
- Lord Stirling Park43 km234 species
- Peace Valley Park – Nature Center43 km236 species
All 210 species recorded here
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge?
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 Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge?
210 species, from 132,959 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, American Robin 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.