Canada · Alberta
Fish Creek PP – Boat Launch
197 species and 65,441 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Rock DoveColumba liviaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fish Creek PP – Mallard Point4 km208 species
- Fish Creek PP – Bebo Grove8 km203 species
- Calgary – Carburn Park9 km242 species
- Calgary – Weaselhead Natural Area14 km234 species
- Calgary – Inglewood Bird Sanctuary15 km277 species
- Calgary – Rotary/Mattamy Wetlands16 km184 species
All 197 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Redhead Aythya americana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fish Creek PP – Boat Launch?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fish Creek PP – Boat Launch?
197 species, from 65,441 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fish Creek PP – Boat Launch in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Black-billed Magpie, Black-capped Chickadee and Common Goldeneye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.