Bird AlbumCanada · Alberta
Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area
234 species and 115,255 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Calgary – Griffith Woods Park5 km207 species
- Fish Creek PP – Bebo Grove7 km203 species
- Calgary – Carburn Park8 km242 species
- Calgary – Confederation Park10 km191 species
- Calgary – Inglewood Bird Sanctuary11 km277 species
- Calgary – Dale Hodges Park11 km202 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area?
234 species, from 115,255 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Black-billed Magpie, Northern Raven, Blue Jay 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.