Big 5North Memphis / Germantown / ColliervilleGood right now
Wolf River Greenway
Bottomland cypress-tupelo swamp + hardwood forest — the best bottomland birding in the metro. Prothonotary Warbler heartland.
Species here
48
Best months
3
Apr · May · Jun
Access
Free
Habitat
3
bottomland forest · wetland · river
Signature birds
Also seen here
SB
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
“Pee-zay bird”
M
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
“Candelita (Spanish — "little candle")”
M
Black-and-white Warbler
Mniotilta varia
“Zebra Warbler”
M
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virens
“BTNW (birder abbreviation)”
YR
Brown Thrasher
Toxostoma rufum
“Thrasher”
YR
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis
“Dee-dee bird”
YR
Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
“Great Carolina Wren”
M
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica
“Pleased-to-meetcha”
SB
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
“Masked Warbler”
WV
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
“Snowbird”
YR
Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
“Little Woodpecker”
YR
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
“Phoebe”
SB
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
“Catbird”
YR
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
“Big Cranky”
SB
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus
“GCF”
YR
Great Egret
Ardea alba
“Great White Egret”
YR
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
“Hoot Owl”
WV
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatus
“Swamp Angel”
SB
Hooded Warbler
Setophaga citrina
“Hoodie”
SB
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
“Blue Canary”
SB
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
“Kentucky”
SB
Louisiana Waterthrush
Parkesia motacilla
“LOWA (birder abbreviation)”
M
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnolia
“Maggie”
SB
Northern Parula
Setophaga americana
“Parula”
M
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
“Teacher Bird”
YR
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
“Lord God Bird (informal; properly the Ivory-bill)”
YR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
“Zebra Woodpecker”
SB
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
“Preacher Bird”
YR
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
“Bottomland Hawk”
YR
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
“Red-wing”
WV
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Corthylio calendula
“Kinglet”
M
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
“Firebird (folk)”
SB
Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra
“Summer Redbird”
M
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina
“Tennessee”
YR
Tufted Titmouse
Baeolophus bicolor
“Peter-bird”
SB
Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
“WAVI (birder abbreviation)”
YR
White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
“Upside-down Bird”
SB
White-eyed Vireo
Vireo griseus
“Whip-John-with-it”
WV
White-throated Sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
“Old Sam Peabody”
M
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
“Forest Flute”
M
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia
“Summer Yellowbird”
SB
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
“Rain Crow”
WV
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata
“Butter-butt”
SB
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
“YTVI (birder abbreviation)”