Canada · British Columbia
Kelowna – Robert Lake
217 species and 133,224 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
GadwallMareca strepera
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American WigeonMareca americana
American CootFulica americanaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kelowna – Munson Pond9 km221 species
- Penticton – West Bench52 km178 species
- Vaseux Lake Bird Observatory70 km240 species
All 217 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kelowna – Robert Lake?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kelowna – Robert Lake?
217 species, from 133,224 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kelowna – Robert Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Eurasian Teal, Bufflehead 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.