Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Martindale Flats
225 species and 82,352 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January and April, with up to 130 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
American WigeonMareca americana
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Northern RavenCorvus coraxSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Island View Beach2 km215 species
- Central Saanich – ȾIKEL4 km182 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace6 km161 species
- 230 Goward Rd6 km142 species
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake9 km193 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats10 km222 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Martindale Flats?
October–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 130 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Martindale Flats?
225 species, from 82,352 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Martindale Flats in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, Trumpeter Swan, Mallard, Cackling Goose and Glaucous-winged Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.