United States · Wisconsin
Wehr Nature Center
227 species and 169,037 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Park21 km266 species
- Schlitz Audubon Nature Center30 km257 species
- Illinois Beach SP – South Unit59 km311 species
- Waukegan Beach65 km301 species
- Moraine Hills SP – McHenry Dam71 km248 species
All 227 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wehr Nature Center?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wehr Nature Center?
227 species, from 169,037 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wehr Nature Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker, Dark-eyed Junco and White-breasted Nuthatch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.