Bird AlbumCanada · Ontario
Carden Alvar
220 species and 74,475 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 187 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
American GoshawkAstur atricapillusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Carden Alvar – Wylie Road3 km208 species
- Bracebridge Sewage Treatment Ponds49 km240 species
- Uxbridge – Strattonville Crescent60 km195 species
- Lakefield Sewage Lagoons66 km222 species
- Peterborough – Trent Rotary Rail Trail66 km189 species
- Minesing Wetlands – McKinnon Road75 km227 species
All 220 species recorded here
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Carden Alvar?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 187 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Carden Alvar?
220 species, from 74,475 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Carden Alvar in November?
The most recorded in November: American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-tailed Hawk, Dark-eyed Junco and American Tree Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.