United States · New Jersey
Sandy Hook
358 species and 674,519 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 266 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brant GooseBranta bernicla
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis214 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 358 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Plumb Beach17 km261 species
- Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park19 km266 species
- Floyd Bennett Field19 km281 species
- Clove Lakes Park23 km221 species
- Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn24 km253 species
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge – West Pond24 km293 species
All 358 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sandy Hook?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 266 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sandy Hook?
358 species, from 674,519 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sandy Hook in November?
The most recorded in November: Brant Goose, American Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Northern Mockingbird and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.