United States · New York
Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park
266 species and 245,267 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 163 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American WigeonMareca americana
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Plumb Beach2 km261 species
- Floyd Bennett Field3 km281 species
- Prospect Park8 km294 species
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn8 km253 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond8 km293 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge9 km322 species
All 266 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 163 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park?
266 species, from 245,267 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, Mallard, Bufflehead, Song Sparrow and Ring-billed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.