United States · New Jersey
Villas – Cox Hall Creek WMA
263 species and 193,646 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus116 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 263 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMA – Dike/Morning Flight Songbird Count4 km311 species
- Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMA5 km331 species
- Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm6 km301 species
- Cape Island6 km357 species
- Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows7 km347 species
- Cape Island – CMP7 km366 species
All 263 species recorded here
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Villas – Cox Hall Creek WMA?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Villas – Cox Hall Creek WMA?
263 species, from 193,646 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Villas – Cox Hall Creek WMA in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue Jay, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Northern Flicker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.