U.S. Virgin Islands · Saint Croix
Southgate Pond
109 species and 12,977 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 61 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
American CootFulica americana
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Great EgretArdea alba
Green HeronButorides virescens
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Buccaneer Golf Course2 km71 species
- Great Pond4 km106 species
- UVI Wetlands10 km77 species
- Frederiksted Pier24 km51 species
- West End Salt Pond – north end25 km67 species
- Virgin Islands NP – Salt Pond61 km77 species
All 109 species recorded here
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Zenaida Dove Zenaida aurita
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pearly-eyed Thrasher Margarops fuscatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Scaly-naped Pigeon Patagioenas squamosa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Southgate Pond?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 61 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Southgate Pond?
109 species, from 12,977 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Southgate Pond in November?
The most recorded in November: Spotted Sandpiper, White-cheeked Pintail, Little Blue Heron, Greater Yellowlegs and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.