Canada · Alberta
Beaverhill Bird Observatory
248 species and 140,760 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–September, with up to 202 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
RedpollAcanthis flammea
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Elk Island National Park34 km239 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Beaverhill Bird Observatory?
May and August–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 Beaverhill Bird Observatory?
248 species, from 140,760 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Beaverhill Bird Observatory in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black-billed Magpie and Northern Raven.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.