Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Island View Beach
215 species and 78,942 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 132 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Martindale Flats2 km225 species
- Central Saanich – ȾIKEL5 km182 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace7 km161 species
- 230 Goward Rd8 km142 species
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake10 km193 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats11 km222 species
All 215 species recorded here
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- 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 Island View Beach?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 132 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Island View Beach?
215 species, from 78,942 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Island View Beach in November?
The most recorded in November: Bufflehead, Glaucous-winged Gull, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Spotted Towhee and Song Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.