United States · Wisconsin
UW Madison Arboretum
246 species and 267,551 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 185 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Owen Conservation Park6 km182 species
- Nine Springs Natural Area6 km259 species
- Pheasant Branch Conservancy9 km227 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at UW Madison Arboretum?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 185 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at UW Madison Arboretum?
246 species, from 267,551 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at UW Madison Arboretum in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, American Crow, Northern Cardinal and Dark-eyed Junco.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.