Canada · Alberta
Frank Lake – NW lookout/blind/outflow
209 species and 181,397 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–September, with up to 138 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
American CootFulica americana
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American WigeonMareca americana
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fish Creek PP – Boat Launch42 km197 species
- Fish Creek PP – Mallard Point46 km208 species
- Weed Lake – South Viewpoint47 km176 species
- Fish Creek PP – Bebo Grove49 km203 species
- Calgary – Carburn Park51 km242 species
- Calgary – Rotary/Mattamy Wetlands54 km184 species
All 209 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Whooping Crane Grus americana
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Frank Lake – NW lookout/blind/outflow?
May–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 138 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Frank Lake – NW lookout/blind/outflow?
209 species, from 181,397 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Frank Lake – NW lookout/blind/outflow in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Killdeer, Northern Raven and American Coot.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.