Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Clover Point
212 species and 125,435 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Common LoonGavia immer
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Oak Bay – Cattle Point6 km220 species
- Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary7 km222 species
- Esquimalt Lagoon9 km234 species
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake9 km193 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats9 km222 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace12 km161 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Clover Point?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Clover Point?
212 species, from 125,435 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Clover Point in November?
The most recorded in November: Glaucous-winged Gull, Harlequin Duck, Bufflehead, Pelagic Cormorant and Rock Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.