Canada · Ontario
Scarborough – Rosetta McClain Gardens
228 species and 118,601 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Toronto – Ashbridge's Bay Park6 km269 species
- Tommy Thompson Park – Wet Woods8 km225 species
- Tommy Thompson Park10 km316 species
- Toronto – Toronto Islands13 km288 species
- Toronto – High Park18 km262 species
- Toronto – Sunnyside Beach18 km251 species
All 228 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Scarborough – Rosetta McClain Gardens?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Scarborough – Rosetta McClain Gardens?
228 species, from 118,601 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Scarborough – Rosetta McClain Gardens in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee, Ring-billed Gull, Blue Jay and American Goldfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.