Canada · British Columbia
Rocky Point Bird Observatory
287 species and 416,085 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Pacific WrenTroglodytes pacificus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani73 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 287 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Metchosin – Pedder Bay4 km211 species
- Esquimalt Lagoon13 km234 species
- Sooke – Whiffin Spit Park13 km221 species
- Clover Point17 km212 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats20 km222 species
- Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary21 km222 species
All 287 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Western Screech Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rocky Point Bird Observatory?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rocky Point Bird Observatory?
287 species, from 416,085 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rocky Point Bird Observatory in November?
The most recorded in November: Song Sparrow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Northern Raven, Glaucous-winged Gull and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.