Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Burnaby Lake – Piper Spit
193 species and 98,457 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American CootFulica americana
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- North Vancouver – Maplewood Flats Conservation Area8 km239 species
- Vancouver – Trout Lake9 km182 species
- Coquitlam—ƛ̓éx t m (tla-hut-um) Regional Park10 km223 species
- Vancouver – Queen Elizabeth Park13 km179 species
- Stanley Park – Lost Lagoon16 km203 species
- Stanley Park17 km252 species
All 193 species recorded here
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Burnaby Lake – Piper Spit?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Burnaby Lake – Piper Spit?
193 species, from 98,457 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Burnaby Lake – Piper Spit in November?
The most recorded in November: Wood Duck, Eurasian Teal, Mallard, Song Sparrow and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.