United States · Florida
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
220 species and 213,243 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue-grey GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American White IbisEudocimus albus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great EgretArdea alba
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Harns Marsh16 km226 species
- San Carlos Bay/Bunche Beach Preserve18 km230 species
- Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary31 km263 species
- J. N. Ding Darling NWR – Wildlife Drive32 km258 species
- Babcock-Webb WMA34 km218 species
- Eagle Lakes Community Park56 km245 species
All 220 species recorded here
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve?
March–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve?
220 species, from 213,243 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue-grey Gnatcatcher, Anhinga, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American White Ibis and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.