Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Oak Bay – Cattle Point
220 species and 87,665 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Clover Point6 km212 species
- Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary6 km222 species
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake7 km193 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats9 km222 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace9 km161 species
- Esquimalt Lagoon13 km234 species
All 220 species recorded here
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Oak Bay – Cattle Point?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Oak Bay – Cattle Point?
220 species, from 87,665 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Oak Bay – Cattle Point in November?
The most recorded in November: Harlequin Duck, Glaucous-winged Gull, Pelagic Cormorant, American Crow and American Wigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.