Expected Each Year The species in this list will probably be observed at some point each year. The dates given are those on which the particular species is likely to be observed. This list is maintained by the NYCBR editor for Floyd Bennett Field. Red-throated Loon Jan 1 - Apr 30, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Common Loon Jan 1 - Apr 15, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Jan 1 - Apr 15, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe Northern Gannet 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 May 1 - May 15 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 Canada Goose all year round Brant Jan 1 - May 31, Oct 15 - Dec 31 Mute Swan Tundra Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Nov 1 - Dec 31, Jan 1 - Mar 31 Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 American Black Duck all year round Mallard all year round Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Mar 15 - Apr 15 Canvasback Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Lesser Scaup Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Bufflehead Jan 1 - Apr 15, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Ruddy Duck Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 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 all year round Rough-legged Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Sep 15 - Oct 31 Merlin Peregrine Falcon Gyrfalcon Ring-necked Pheasant Wild Turkey Clapper Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen American Coot Black-bellied Plover Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 1 - Nov 30 American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover May 15 - May 15, Aug 1 - Sep 30 Killdeer Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 1 - Sep 30 American Oystercatcher Apr 1 - Oct 15 Greater Yellowlegs Apr 15 - Apr 30, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Lesser Yellowlegs Apr 20 - Apr 30, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Solitary Sandpiper Willet May 15 - Sep 15 Spotted Sandpiper May 1 - May 15, Aug 1 - Sep 30 Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Nov 30 Red Knot Sanderling Jan 1 - Mar 31, 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 Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Apr 1 - Apr 30 Laughing Gull Apr 1 - Oct 31 Little Gull Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull 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 Gull-billed Tern Caspian Tern Royal Tern Roseate Tern Common Tern May 1 - Oct 31 Forster's Tern May 1 - Oct 31 Least Tern Black Tern Black Skimmer Common Murre Thick-billed Murre Razorbill Rock Pigeon all year round Mourning Dove all year round Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barn Owl Great Horned 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 Belted Kingfisher Apr 20 - Apr 30 Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker all year round 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 20 - May 31 Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher May 15 - Jun 15, Aug 1 - Aug 31 Least Flycatcher May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 15 Eastern Phoebe Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Nov 15 Ash-throated Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Western Kingbird Eastern Kingbird May 1 - Sep 30 Northern Shrike White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 20 - Oct 31 Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Blue Jay American Crow all year round Fish Crow Horned Lark Oct 20 - Oct 31 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 15 - Nov 30 House Wren May 1 - Oct 25 Winter Wren Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Oct 31 Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Apr 1 - Apr 25, Oct 15 - Nov 15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Apr 5 - May 20, Sep 15 - Nov 30 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Apr 15 - May 15, Aug 15 - Sep 15 Eastern Bluebird Veery May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Gray-cheeked Thrush May 15 - May 31, Sep 15 - Sep 30 Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Thrush May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Hermit Thrush Apr 1 - May 15, Oct 15 - Nov 30 Wood Thrush May 15 - May 31, 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 Oct 20 - Oct 31 Cedar Waxwing May 1 - Nov 30 Blue-winged Warbler May 1 - May 15, Aug 15 - Sep 5 Golden-winged Warbler Brewster's Warbler Lawrence's Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Northern Parula May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 20 Yellow Warbler May 1 - Sep 30 Chestnut-sided Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 20 - Sep 30 Magnolia Warbler May 5 - Jun 5, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 25 - Oct 25 Yellow-rumped Warbler Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 20 - Nov 25 Black-throated Green Warbler May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Blackburnian Warbler May 15 - May 31, Aug 20 - Sep 5 Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 20 - Oct 31 Prairie Warbler May 1 - May 15, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Palm Warbler Apr 5 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Nov 5 Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Apr 15 - May 31, Aug 15 - Oct 10 American Redstart May 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird May 1 - May 31, Aug 20 - Oct 31 Northern Waterthrush Apr 25 - May 31, Aug 15 - Oct 5 Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat May 1 - Oct 31 Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Canada Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Eastern Towhee Apr 15 - Nov 30 American Tree Sparrow Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 15 - Dec 31 Chipping Sparrow Apr 15 - May 15, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Clay-colored Sparrow Field Sparrow Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow all year round Grasshopper Sparrow Henslow's Sparrow Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Fox Sparrow Jan 1 - Mar 31, Nov 1 - Dec 31 Song Sparrow all year round Lincoln's Sparrow Sep 15 - Oct 31 Swamp Sparrow Apr 1 - May 15, Oct 1 - Nov 30 White-throated Sparrow Jan 1 - May 31, Sep 20 - Dec 31 White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Jan 1 - Apr 15, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting Northern Cardinal all year round Rose-breasted Grosbeak May 15 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting May 5 - May 20, Sep 25 - Oct 31 Dickcissel Bobolink Sep 20 - Sep 30 Red-winged Blackbird all year round Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Apr 15 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Boat-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Apr 15 - Nov 15 Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole May 15 - Sep 30 Purple Finch House Finch all year round Red Crossbill White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Jan 1 - May 31, Sep 15 - Dec 31 Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow all year round 289 species Click on any bird in the list for more information.