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lunetta Explorer Bags – explore birds

Mr. Lunetta Explorer Bag patch.
Photo: SMRA.

Over 400 species of birds have been seen in Westchester County!

The links below will help you explore local birds including how get started birding: learn how to ID local birds, learn about bird sounds, and find out what birds are seen in Westchester County.

Enjoy exploring local nature!

explore more about birds

• Top Thirty Westchester Birds
• Learn the earliest spring bird sounds
• Try out the NY Birding Challenge!


• All About Birds: Guide to Bird ID & Birding
• Inside Birding: Getting Started
• Citizen Science for Birders


• Westchester eBird sightings
  See real time reports from birders in Westchester County!


• Westchester County Bird List (PDF doc)
  Above list and the link below
  compiled by Hudson River Audubon of Westchester
• Where to bird in Westchester County
  
  
• New York State birding resources (PDF doc)
• New York Birders FaceBook Group

top thirty westchester birds

Here are thirty bird species most often seen in Westchester. Can you find all thirty of these birds in Westchester County? Use the Bird ID cards in the Explorer Bag and/or the highlighted links below to learn more about these birds. [N = birds only seen during the spring-summer nesting season.]

1. Canada Goose
2. Mallard
3. Bufflehead
4. Double-crested Cormorant
5. Great Blue Heron
6. Turkey Vulture
7. Osprey [N]
8. Bald Eagle
9. Red-tailed Hawk
10. Killdeer
11. Ring-billed Gull
12. Mourning Dove
13. Red-bellied Woodpecker
14. Downy Woodpecker
15. Blue Jay
16. American Crow
17. Tree Swallow [N]
18. Black-capped Chickadee
19. Tufted Titmouse
20. White-breasted Nuthatch
21. House Wren [N]
22. Carolina Wren
23. Eastern Bluebird
24. American Robin
25. Gray Catbird
26. Northern Mockingbird
27. Yellow Warbler [N]
28. Song Sparrow
29. Northern Cardinal
30. American Goldfinch

Westchester early spring bird sounds

Many bird species live in Westchester year around and these are often the earliest bird sounds we hear in spring or even late winter. Click on a bird's name to link to its song on the allaboutbirds.org web site.

1. Red-tailed Hawk
2. Mourning Dove
3. Great Horned Owl - calls all winter too!
4. Black-capped Chickadee
5. Tufted Titmouse
6. White-breasted Nuthatch
7. Carolina Wren - also sings in winter
8. American Robin - some Robins overwinter
9. Song Sparrow
10. Northern Cardinal