Status & Distribution - Notable Observations
2025
Notable species observations during March included: Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Common Goldeneye, Ruby-throated Hummingbird (those on or before 20 Mar), Black-necked Stilt, Short-billed Dowitcher (those on or before 25 Mar), Long-billed Dowitcher, Little Gull, Iceland Gull, Royal Tern (those on or before 5 Mar), Red-necked Grebe, Anhinga, Tricolored Heron (those on or before 10 Mar), American White Pelican, Swallow-tailed Kite, Short-eared Owl, White-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's), Rusty Blackbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler (those on or before 10 Mar), Western Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during February included: Ross’s Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Eider, Harlequin Duck, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Clapper Rail (those away from brackish marshes & the immediate coast), Semipalmated Plover, Short-billed Dowitcher, Parasitic Jaeger (those observed from shore), Dovekie (those observed from shore), Thick-billed Murre, Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Red-necked Grebe, Least Bittern, Tricolored Heron, American White Pelican, American Barn Owl, Short-eared Owl, Snow Bunting, White-crowned Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Western Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during January included: Greater White-fronted Goose, Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Eider, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Clapper Rail (those away from brackish marshes & the immediate coast), Semipalmated Plover, Long-billed Dowitcher, Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Black-headed Gull, American Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull, Red-necked Grebe, Anhinga, Least Bittern, Tricolored Heron, Western Cattle-Egret (those on or after 15 Jan), American White Pelican, Short-eared Owl, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, White-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s), Lincoln’s Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Western Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak & Painted Bunting.
2024
Notable species observations during December included: Ross’s Goose, Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Eider, Common Merganser, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-headed Gull, Iceland Gull, Anhinga, Tricolored Heron, Short-eared Owl, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Cave Swallow, Sedge Wren (away from Back Bay), Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s), Yellow-breasted Chat, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Cape May Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Western Tanager & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during June included: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Ruddy Duck, Virginia Rail, Semipalmated Plover (on or after 20 Jun), Red-throated Loon, Warbling Vireo, Grasshopper Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Yellow Warbler (on or after 10 Jun), Yellow-throated Warbler & Black-throated Green Warbler.
Notable species observations during May included: Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, American Wigeon (on or after 5 May), Northern Pintail, Ring-necked Duck (on or after 10 May), Lesser Scaup, Pied-billed Grebe (on or after 15 May), Black-billed Cuckoo, Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Wilson’s Plover, Wilson’s Phalarope, Parasitic Jaeger, Black Tern, Sooty Shearwater, American White Pelican, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Cliff Swallow, Bicknell’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush (on or after 15 May), Grasshopper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow (on or after 25 May), Nelson’s Sparrow (on or after 25 May), Lincoln’s Sparrow, Alder/Willow Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler (on or after 25 May), Canada Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during April included: Mute Swan, Northern Pintail (on or after 10 Apr), Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, Black-necked Stilt, Swallow-tailed Kite, Broad-winged Hawk, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Bullocks x Baltimore Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Western Tanager, Indigo Bunting (on or before 10 Apr) & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during March included: Mute Swan, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird (on or before 20 Mar), Sandhill Crane, Iceland Gull, Black Skimmer, Anhinga, Great Cormorant (away from the Chesapeake Bay mouth), Tricolored Heron (on or before 10 Mar), White-eyed Vireo (on or before 20 Mar), Purple Martin (on or before 10 Mar), American Pipit (on or after 15 Mar), Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Bullock’s Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Louisiana Waterthrush (on or before 20 Mar), Wilson’s Warbler, Western Tanager & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during February included: Cackling Goose, Snow x Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal (on or before 15 Feb), Common Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Limpkin, Lesser Yellowlegs, Thick-billed Murre, Iceland Gull, Royal Tern, Anhinga, American White Pelican, Tricolored Heron, White-eyed Vireo, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Bullock’s Oriole, Brewer’s Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) & Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during January included: Brant (away from the immediate coast), Cackling Goose, Snow x Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Common Gallinule, Red Knot, Parasitic Jaeger, Dovekie, Black-headed Gull, Laughing Gull (on or after 20 Jan), Iceland Gull, Manx Shearwater, Anhinga, American White Pelican, Ash-throated Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Bullock’s Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Prairie Warbler, Western Tanager, Dickcissel & Painted Bunting.
2023
Notable species observations during December included: Ross’s Goose, Cackling Goose, Snow x Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Blue-winged Teal, Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Limpkin, Parasitic Jaeger, Dovekie, Glaucous Gull, Pacific Loon, Anhinga, American White Pelican, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Ash-throated Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Bullock’s Oriole, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Western Tanager, Painted Bunting, Dickcissel.
Notable species observations during November included: Ross’s Goose, Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Redhead, Common Eider, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Limpkin, Hudsonian Godwit, Red Knot, Pectoral Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, jaeger sp., Iceland Gull, Pacific Loon, Anhinga, Little Blue Heron, Ash-throated Flycatcher, White-eyed Vireo, Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Western Tanager, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Dickcissel.
Notable species observations during October included: Common Gallinule, Limpkin, American Golden-Plover, Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, Long-billed Dowitcher, Red Knot, Western Sandpiper, Anhinga, American White Pelican, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Purple Martin, Barn Swallow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Connecticut Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Dickcissel.
Notable species observations during September included: Northern Shoveler, Black-billed Cuckoo, American Coot, Limpkin, American Golden-Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Long-billed Dowitcher, Least Tern, Brown Booby, Anhinga, Broad-winged Hawk, Least Flycatcher, Say’s Phoebe, Western Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Purple Martin, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Pipit, Clay-colored Sparrow, Blue-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Dickcissel.
Notable species observations during August included: American Coot, Marbled Godwit, Common Loon, Anhinga, Cliff Swallow, Lark Sparrow, Bobolink, Northern Waterthrush.
Notable species observations during July included: Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Whimbrel, Stilt Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Common Loon, Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Great Shearwater, Anhinga, Peregrine Falcon, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo.
Notable species observations during June included: Blue-winged Teal, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Black Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, American Coot, Black-necked Stilt, Red-necked Phalarope, Great Shearwater, Wood Stork, Northern Gannet, Anhinga, Northern Harrier, Tropical Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Horned Lark, Grasshopper Sparrow, Yellow-throated Warbler.
Notable species observations during May included: Tundra Swan, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Hooded Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Black-billed Cuckoo, Common Gallinule, Sandhill Crane, Black-necked Stilt, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson’s Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Black Tern, Sooty Shearwater, Wood Stork, Anhinga, Broad-winged Hawk, Merlin, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Alder/Willow Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Cliff Swallow, Grasshopper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Blue-winged Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Canada Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler.
Notable species observations during April included: Tundra Swan, Ring-necked Duck, Western Grebe, Clapper Rail, Black-necked Stilt, Marbled Godwit, Long-billed Dowitcher, Black-headed Gull, Herring x Glaucous Gull, Sooty Shearwater, Anhinga, Swallow-tailed Kite, Yellow-throated Vireo, Cliff Swallow, LeConte’s Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-winged Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Western Tanager, Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during March included: Cackling Goose, Harlequin Duck, Common Merganser, Western Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Heermann’s Gull, Black Skimmer, Royal Tern, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Swallow-tailed Kite, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, LeConte’s Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Western Tanager, Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during February included: Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Western Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Parasitic Jaeger, Little Gull, Iceland Gull, Pacific Loon, American White Pelican, Tricolored Heron, White-eyed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, LeConte’s Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Brewer’s Blackbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, Western Tanager, Painted Bunting.
Notable species observations during January included: Cackling Goose, Mute Swan, Common Merganser, Red-necked Grebe, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Short-billed Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher, Lesser Yellowlegs, Parasitic Jaeger, Dovekie, Iceland Gull, Manx Shearwater, Great Cormorant, American White Pelican, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Snow Bunting, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, LeConte’s Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Western Tanager, Painted Bunting.