Canada · Ontario
Ottawa – Moodie Drive Quarry
226 species and 83,005 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis71 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 226 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Richmond CA4 km224 species
- Ottawa – Andrew Haydon Park15 km244 species
- Britannia CA17 km275 species
- Britannia CA – Mud Lake17 km232 species
- Britannia CA – Britannia Ridge17 km222 species
- Rapides Deschênes17 km265 species
All 226 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ottawa – Moodie Drive Quarry?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ottawa – Moodie Drive Quarry?
226 species, from 83,005 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ottawa – Moodie Drive Quarry in November?
The most recorded in November: Canada Goose, American Herring Gull, Mallard, Ring-billed Gull and Great Black-backed 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.