Choose your state and the month: the cards fill with real photos of the birds people actually spot there at that time of year. Up to 30 different cards, a checklist, free.
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Most observed first. Untick a bird to leave it out.
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iNaturalist collects millions of wildlife sightings with a photo, a date and a place; when the community agrees on the species, a sighting becomes “research grade”. For each state (and for the whole country) we counted those bird observations month by month, across every year on record, and kept the 60 most observed species of each month. Your cards use the birds of the month you choose; if a month is short of birds with an open-licensed photo, the neighboring months are added and the page tells you so.
That is why the cards change with the place and the season: in January the most observed birds in Florida are the White Ibis, Anhinga and Great Blue Heron, while in Minnesota they are the Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker and Pine Grosbeak; in July Arizona’s list starts with the Broad-billed Hummingbird, White-winged Dove and Gambel's Quail. Data downloaded October 2, 2026.
Research-grade iNaturalist observations, all states together.
The three birds with the most research-grade iNaturalist observations in each state over a whole year. Pick the state above to get the full list for any month.
| State | Most observed birds |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Northern Cardinal, Great Blue Heron, Northern Mockingbird |
| Alaska | Bald Eagle, Common Raven, Short-billed Gull |
| Arizona | Mourning Dove, Gambel's Quail, House Finch |
| Arkansas | Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Eastern Bluebird |
| California | Red-tailed Hawk, Mallard, House Finch |
| Colorado | Black-billed Magpie, Red-tailed Hawk, Mallard |
| Connecticut | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, House Sparrow |
| Delaware | Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, Laughing Gull |
| District of Columbia | Mallard, House Sparrow, European Starling |
| Florida | White Ibis, Great Blue Heron, Anhinga |
| Georgia | Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Great Blue Heron |
| Hawaii | Red-crested Cardinal, Zebra Dove, Common Myna |
| Idaho | Mallard, Canada Goose, Red-tailed Hawk |
| Illinois | Canada Goose, Mallard, American Robin |
| Indiana | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Iowa | House Sparrow, American Robin, Canada Goose |
| Kansas | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Kentucky | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Louisiana | Great Egret, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird |
| Maine | American Herring Gull, Common Eider, Common Loon |
| Maryland | Northern Cardinal, Great Blue Heron, Canada Goose |
| Massachusetts | American Robin, Canada Goose, Mallard |
| Michigan | Mallard, Canada Goose, American Robin |
| Minnesota | Mallard, Canada Goose, American Robin |
| Mississippi | Northern Cardinal, Great Blue Heron, Northern Mockingbird |
| Missouri | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Montana | American Robin, Black-billed Magpie, Mallard |
| Nebraska | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Nevada | Mallard, Great-tailed Grackle, Canada Goose |
| New Hampshire | Wild Turkey, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin |
| New Jersey | Canada Goose, American Robin, Mallard |
| New Mexico | House Finch, Greater Roadrunner, American Robin |
| New York | American Robin, Rock Pigeon, Canada Goose |
| North Carolina | Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Great Blue Heron |
| North Dakota | American Robin, Canada Goose, Ring-necked Pheasant |
| Ohio | Canada Goose, American Robin, Northern Cardinal |
| Oklahoma | Canada Goose, Northern Cardinal, Mallard |
| Oregon | Mallard, Dark-eyed Junco, American Robin |
| Pennsylvania | American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose |
| Rhode Island | American Herring Gull, American Robin, Mallard |
| South Carolina | Northern Cardinal, Eastern Bluebird, Northern Mockingbird |
| South Dakota | American Robin, Western Meadowlark, Canada Goose |
| Tennessee | Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird |
| Texas | Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Great-tailed Grackle |
| Utah | Mallard, American Robin, Canada Goose |
| Vermont | American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow |
| Virginia | Northern Cardinal, Great Blue Heron, American Robin |
| Washington | Mallard, Great Blue Heron, American Robin |
| West Virginia | American Robin, Canada Goose, Northern Cardinal |
| Wisconsin | Mallard, American Robin, Canada Goose |
| Wyoming | Common Raven, Mountain Bluebird, Black-billed Magpie |
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From iNaturalist, the citizen-science platform run by an independent U.S. nonprofit. For each state and each month we took the 60 bird species with the most research-grade observations (identified by the community and with a date, a place and a photo or sound), counting every year on record. The list was downloaded on October 2, 2026; the page itself does not call iNaturalist.
Not exactly. It counts how often people photographed and reported each bird, so big, bold birds near people (mallards, robins, herons, cardinals) rank high, and shy or tiny birds rank lower than they really are. For a bingo game that is a fair start: these are the birds people report most often there. Untick any bird you are unlikely to see from where you will play.
We only use photos their authors shared under open licenses — CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA — and never the default “non-commercial” ones. All 548 species on the lists have one: the first open photo among the species’ featured pictures on iNaturalist or, when there is none, the main photo of the most-liked open-licensed observation of an adult bird. Photos are used unchanged. Every card prints the photographer and license of its photos, and the last sheet lists each photo with its link.
Up to 30 in one go, 3×3, 4×4 or 5×5, each one a different mix of the birds you keep ticked in the list. A 5×5 card with a FREE center needs 24 birds; ticking a few more than that makes the cards more different from each other.
No GPS and no ZIP code: you pick a state from the list. The page then downloads that state’s bird list from this site and the photos from iNaturalist’s open-data storage on Amazon Web Services; nothing you type is sent.
