Bird AlbumUnited States · District of Columbia
Theodore Roosevelt Island
219 species and 165,060 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- East Potomac Park – Hains Pt.4 km261 species
- Rock Creek Park – Maintenance Yard7 km180 species
- Monticello Park7 km160 species
- Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens11 km250 species
- Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve14 km264 species
- HUNTLEY MEADOWS PARK16 km251 species
All 219 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Theodore Roosevelt Island?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Theodore Roosevelt Island?
219 species, from 165,060 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Theodore Roosevelt Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Carolina Chickadee and Carolina Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.