Cayman Islands · Bodden Town
Otto Watler's Lake
142 species and 13,220 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, with up to 78 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
American CootFulica americana
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon78 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 142 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Agriculture Grounds1 km136 species
- Agriculture Grounds, Grand Cayman1 km117 species
- Central Mangrove Dykes2 km128 species
- Governor Michael Gore Bird Sanctuary3 km117 species
- Patricks Island Roost and Dykes4 km148 species
- Meagre Bay Pond IBA – Pad6 km134 species
All 142 species recorded here
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea
- Greater Antillean Grackle Quiscalus niger
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Cuban Amazon Amazona leucocephala
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- West Indian Woodpecker Melanerpes superciliaris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- La Sagra's Flycatcher Myiarchus sagrae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Loggerhead Kingbird Tyrannus caudifasciatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii
- Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Western Spindalis Spindalis zena
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Otto Watler's Lake?
October–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 78 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Otto Watler's Lake?
142 species, from 13,220 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Otto Watler's Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Gallinule, Blue-winged Teal, Smooth-billed Ani, Snowy Egret and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.