Bird AlbumCanada · Ontario
Amherst Island
281 species and 185,526 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 202 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kingston – Lemoine Point CA13 km230 species
- Kingston – Marshlands CA18 km226 species
- Prince Edward Point NWA – Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory25 km301 species
- Prince Edward Point NWA26 km293 species
- Tree Frog Farm42 km182 species
- 104 Hardwood Lane, south of Bedford Mills, South Frontenac56 km161 species
All 281 species recorded here
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Amherst Island?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 202 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Amherst Island?
281 species, from 185,526 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Amherst Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jay and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.