United States · New York
Sapsucker Woods
235 species and 284,559 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Stewart Park5 km271 species
- Myers Point10 km266 species
- Dirty Bird Ranch24 km178 species
- Montezuma NWR – Visitor Center area59 km244 species
- Montezuma NWR – Wildlife Drive61 km260 species
All 235 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sapsucker Woods?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sapsucker Woods?
235 species, from 284,559 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sapsucker Woods in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Canada Goose, Blue Jay, American Goldfinch and Downy Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.