Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh
187 species and 156,775 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–November, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
American CootFulica americana
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
House SparrowPasser domesticusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nanaimo – Buttertubs West Marsh1 km155 species
- Nanaimo River Estuary7 km224 species
- Englishman River Estuary – Plummer Rd side29 km210 species
- ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary35 km226 species
- Iona Island55 km279 species
- Richmond – Terra Nova56 km206 species
All 187 species recorded here
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh?
April–May and August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh?
187 species, from 156,775 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Spotted Towhee, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin 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.