Canada · British Columbia
Reifel Bird Sanctuary
266 species and 841,007 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–October, with up to 191 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American CootFulica americana
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Delta – Brunswick Point4 km233 species
- Richmond – Terra Nova8 km206 species
- Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Jetty11 km224 species
- Boundary Bay Regional Park14 km226 species
- Iona Island14 km279 species
- Vancouver – Queen Elizabeth Park17 km179 species
All 266 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Reifel Bird Sanctuary?
April–May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 191 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Reifel Bird Sanctuary?
266 species, from 841,007 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Reifel Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, American Wigeon, Great Blue Heron, Black-capped Chickadee and Northern Pintail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.