Bird AlbumUnited States · Connecticut
Sherwood Island State Park
307 species and 264,246 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 184 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Rock DoveColumba livia157 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 307 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Milford Point, CT Audubon20 km311 species
- Marshlands Conservancy36 km268 species
- Rockefeller SP Preserve43 km206 species
- East Rock Park43 km210 species
- Croton Point Park47 km262 species
- Robert Moses SP55 km312 species
All 307 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sherwood Island State Park?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 184 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sherwood Island State Park?
307 species, from 264,246 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sherwood Island State Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, American Herring Gull, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow and American Black Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.