Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Nanaimo River Estuary
224 species and 75,239 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–January and April, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern HarrierCircus hudsoniusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh7 km187 species
- Nanaimo – Buttertubs West Marsh7 km155 species
- Englishman River Estuary – Plummer Rd side36 km210 species
- ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary36 km226 species
- Iona Island51 km279 species
- Richmond – Terra Nova51 km206 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- California Gull Larus californicus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nanaimo River Estuary?
September–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nanaimo River Estuary?
224 species, from 75,239 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nanaimo River Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Raven, Bald Eagle, Spotted Towhee, Dark-eyed Junco 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.