Canada · British Columbia
Saanich – Panama Flats
222 species and 222,503 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
American WigeonMareca americana
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary2 km222 species
- Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake3 km193 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace5 km161 species
- 230 Goward Rd5 km142 species
- Esquimalt Lagoon7 km234 species
- Clover Point9 km212 species
All 222 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Saanich – Panama Flats?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Saanich – Panama Flats?
222 species, from 222,503 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Saanich – Panama Flats in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Northern Pintail, American Wigeon, Song Sparrow and Spotted Towhee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.