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Mitchell Sewage Lagoons
233 species and 102,529 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Stratford – Lake Victoria20 km189 species
- London – Kilally Meadows ESA48 km209 species
- Waterloo – Columbia Lake52 km230 species
- London – Westminster Ponds Park56 km214 species
- Strathroy – Sewage Lagoons67 km243 species
- Guelph – University of Guelph80 km205 species
All 233 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mitchell Sewage Lagoons?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mitchell Sewage Lagoons?
233 species, from 102,529 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mitchell Sewage Lagoons in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Eurasian Teal, American Goldfinch and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.