Canada · Alberta
Calgary – Confederation Park
191 species and 109,076 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Northern RavenCorvus corax
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Brown CreeperCerthia americanaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Calgary – Dale Hodges Park7 km202 species
- Calgary – Inglewood Bird Sanctuary7 km277 species
- Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area10 km234 species
- Calgary – Griffith Woods Park11 km207 species
- Calgary – Carburn Park12 km242 species
- Calgary – Rotary/Mattamy Wetlands12 km184 species
All 191 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Calgary – Confederation Park?
August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Calgary – Confederation Park?
191 species, from 109,076 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Calgary – Confederation Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-billed Magpie, Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Flicker and Downy Woodpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.