Bird AlbumUnited States · Massachusetts
Salisbury Beach State Reservation
286 species and 155,878 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Common LoonGavia immer
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Plum Island3 km354 species
- Parker River NWR7 km355 species
- Halibut Point SP21 km277 species
- Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary23 km234 species
- Odiorne Point SP, Rye26 km303 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary37 km242 species
All 286 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salisbury Beach State Reservation?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salisbury Beach State Reservation?
286 species, from 155,878 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salisbury Beach State Reservation in November?
The most recorded in November: American Herring Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Northern Mockingbird and Common Eider.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.