Bird AlbumCanada · Ontario
Ruthven Park National Historic Site
221 species and 83,355 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hamilton – Windermere Basin33 km269 species
- Hamilton – Royal Botanical Gardens33 km236 species
- Grimsby Wetlands34 km239 species
- Burlington – LaSalle Park/Marina36 km260 species
- Burlington – Shoreacres/Paletta Park43 km237 species
- Long Point – Tip50 km334 species
All 221 species recorded here
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ruthven Park National Historic Site?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ruthven Park National Historic Site?
221 species, from 83,355 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ruthven Park National Historic Site in November?
The most recorded in November: Downy Woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch, White-breasted Nuthatch and Dark-eyed Junco.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.