United States · Minnesota
Sherburne NWR – Wildlife Drive
246 species and 150,546 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 202 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Wood Lake Nature Center74 km231 species
- Minnesota Valley NWR – Bass Ponds80 km258 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sherburne NWR – Wildlife Drive?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 202 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sherburne NWR – Wildlife Drive?
246 species, from 150,546 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sherburne NWR – Wildlife Drive in November?
The most recorded in November: Bald Eagle, Blue Jay, American Crow, Trumpeter Swan and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.