United States · New Jersey
Round Valley Recreation Area
257 species and 144,949 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 154 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Common LoonGavia immer
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Spruce Run Recreation Area8 km289 species
- Lord Stirling Park29 km234 species
- Baldpate Mountain – Ted Stiles Preserve33 km176 species
- Great Swamp NWR34 km245 species
- Pole Farm35 km222 species
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge37 km210 species
All 257 species recorded here
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Round Valley Recreation Area?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 154 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Round Valley Recreation Area?
257 species, from 144,949 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Round Valley Recreation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Bufflehead, Ring-billed Gull, Canada Goose, Mallard and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.