Fort Tilden   Coordinates: 40° 33' 39'' latitude  73° 53' 30'' longitude Street Map: (click here) Daily Species Counts:   2004 - 2007 Year Lists:   2004,   2005,   2006,   2007,   combined Expected Each Year The species in this list will probably be observed at this site at some point each year. The dates given are those on which the particular species is likely to be observed. Red-throated Loon Jan 1 - Apr 30, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Common Loon Jan 1 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Horned Grebe Jan 1 - Apr 15, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Sooty Shearwater Wilson's Storm-Petrel Northern Gannet Jan 1 - May 15, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Brown Pelican Great Cormorant Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Double-crested Cormorant Mar 1 - Dec 31 American Bittern Great Blue Heron Apr 1 - Nov 30 Great Egret Mar 15 - Oct 15 Snowy Egret Apr 15 - Sep 30 Little Blue Heron Tricolored Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Mar 15 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Glossy Ibis May 1 - May 15, Aug 15 - Aug 31 Turkey Vulture Snow Goose Mar 1 - Apr 15, Nov 1 - Nov 30 Ross's Goose Canada Goose all year round Brant Jan 1 - May 31, Oct 20 - Dec 31 Mute Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Oct 31 American Wigeon Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Oct 31 American Black Duck all year round Mallard all year round Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Northern Pintail Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Green-winged Teal Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Tufted Duck Greater Scaup Mar 1 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Lesser Scaup King Eider Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 White-winged Scoter Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Black Scoter Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Long-tailed Duck Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Bufflehead Jan 1 - Apr 15, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Jan 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Ruddy Duck Mar 15 - Mar 31, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Osprey Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Jan 1 - Apr 15, Sep 1 - Dec 31 Sharp-shinned Hawk Jan 1 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Cooper's Hawk Jan 1 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk American Kestrel Sep 15 - Oct 31 Merlin Sep 15 - Nov 15 Peregrine Falcon all year round Gyrfalcon Black-bellied Plover May 15 - Jun 10, Sep 1 - Oct 5 American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover May 15 - Jun 10, Sep 1 - Oct 5 Piping Plover Apr 1 - Aug 15 Killdeer American Oystercatcher Apr 1 - Oct 15 Greater Yellowlegs Apr 1 - May 15, Aug 1 - Nov 15 Lesser Yellowlegs May 1 - May 15, Aug 1 - Sep 30 Solitary Sandpiper Willet May 15 - Sep 15 Spotted Sandpiper May 15 - Jun 10, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Jan 1 - Jun 10, Sep 5 - Dec 31 Semipalmated Sandpiper May 15 - May 31, Aug 1 - Sep 30 Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper May 15 - May 31, Jul 15 - Oct 15 White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Dunlin May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Parasitic Jaeger Laughing Gull Apr 1 - Nov 30 Little Gull Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Ring-billed Gull Jan 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Dec 31 Herring Gull all year round Thayer's Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull all year round Black-legged Kittiwake Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern May 1 - Oct 31 Forster's Tern May 1 - Oct 31 Least Tern May 1 - Sep 15 Black Tern Black Skimmer May 15 - Sep 30 Razorbill Rock Pigeon all year round Mourning Dove all year round Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barn Owl Snowy Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Chuck-will's-widow Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Sep 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Sep 15 Belted Kingfisher Apr 15 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Sep 30 Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Apr 15 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Sep 30 Downy Woodpecker all year round Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Mar 15 - Nov 30 Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher May 15 - Jun 15, Aug 1 - Aug 31 Least Flycatcher May 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Eastern Phoebe Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Nov 15 Great Crested Flycatcher May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird May 1 - Sep 30 Northern Shrike White-eyed Vireo May 1 - May 15, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Blue-headed Vireo Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 15 - Oct 31 Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Blue Jay Oct 1 - Oct 31 American Crow all year round Fish Crow Horned Lark Purple Martin Tree Swallow Apr 1 - Nov 15 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Apr 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Apr 15 - Oct 31 Cliff Swallow Cave Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Jan 1 - Mar 15, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Mar 15 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Brown Creeper Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Carolina Wren May 1 - Jun 15 House Wren May 1 - Oct 31 Winter Wren Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Sedge Wren Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Apr 1 - Apr 15, Oct 15 - Nov 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Apr 7 - May 15, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Apr 15 - May 7, Sep 1 - Sep 15 Northern Wheatear Eastern Bluebird Veery May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Gray-cheeked Thrush Oct 1 - Oct 15 Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Thrush May 7 - May 31, Sep 15 - Oct 15 Hermit Thrush Apr 1 - May 7, Oct 15 - Nov 30 Wood Thrush May 7 - May 21, Sep 1 - Oct 15 American Robin all year round Gray Catbird May 1 - Nov 30 Northern Mockingbird all year round Brown Thrasher Apr 15 - Oct 31 European Starling all year round American Pipit Cedar Waxwing May 1 - Nov 30 Blue-winged Warbler May 1 - May 15, Aug 15 - Sep 7 Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 21 Northern Parula May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 21 Yellow Warbler May 1 - Sep 30 Chestnut-sided Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 21 - Sep 30 Magnolia Warbler May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Yellow-rumped Warbler Jan 1 - May 15, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Black-throated Green Warbler May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Blackburnian Warbler May 15 - May 31, Aug 21 - Sep 7 Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 21 - Nov 15 Prairie Warbler May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 21 Palm Warbler Apr 7 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Nov 30 Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Apr 15 - May 31, Aug 15 - Oct 31 American Redstart May 1 - May 31, Aug 7 - Oct 31 Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird May 1 - May 31, Aug 21 - Oct 31 Northern Waterthrush May 1 - May 31, Jul 20 - Oct 5 Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat May 1 - Jun 15, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler May 7 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Canada Warbler May 7 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 21 Eastern Towhee Apr 15 - Oct 31 American Tree Sparrow Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Chipping Sparrow Oct 1 - Nov 15 Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Nov 21 Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Savannah Sparrow all year round Grasshopper Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow all year round Lincoln's Sparrow Sep 15 - Oct 31 Swamp Sparrow Jan 1 - May 15, Sep 21 - Dec 31 White-throated Sparrow Jan 1 - May 15, Sep 21 - Dec 31 White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Jan 1 - Apr 15, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Northern Cardinal all year round Rose-breasted Grosbeak May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting May 7 - May 21, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Dickcissel Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird all year round Eastern Meadowlark Oct 15 - Oct 31 Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Apr 15 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird all year round Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Purple Finch House Finch all year round Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch all year round Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow all year round 289 species Click on any bird in the list for more information.