United States · New York
Tifft Nature Preserve
262 species and 240,656 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September, with up to 191 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier52 km265 species
- Grimsby Wetlands74 km239 species
All 262 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tifft Nature Preserve?
April–May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 191 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tifft Nature Preserve?
262 species, from 240,656 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tifft Nature Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Hooded Merganser and Downy Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.