United States · Michigan
Tawas Point SP
293 species and 622,539 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 258 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nayanquing Point SWA67 km262 species
All 293 species recorded here
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tawas Point SP?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 258 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tawas Point SP?
293 species, from 622,539 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tawas Point SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull and American Tree Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.