Bird AlbumCanada · Ontario
Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens
236 species and 65,201 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 139 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 236 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Burlington – LaSalle Park/Marina5 km260 species
- Hamilton – Windermere Basin10 km269 species
- Burlington – Shoreacres/Paletta Park15 km237 species
- Grimsby Wetlands24 km239 species
- Ruthven Park National Historic Site33 km221 species
- Mississauga – Rattray Marsh CA36 km270 species
All 236 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 139 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens?
236 species, from 65,201 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Ring-billed Gull, Mute Swan, Double-crested Cormorant and Canada Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.