Canada · Ontario
Grimsby Wetlands
239 species and 65,812 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 160 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American CootFulica americana
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hamilton – Windermere Basin15 km269 species
- Burlington – Shoreacres/Paletta Park19 km237 species
- Burlington – LaSalle Park/Marina21 km260 species
- Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens24 km236 species
- St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier33 km265 species
- Mississauga – Rattray Marsh CA33 km270 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Grimsby Wetlands?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 160 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Grimsby Wetlands?
239 species, from 65,812 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Grimsby Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Bufflehead, Mallard, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay and American Goldfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.