Canada · Nova Scotia
Seal Island
326 species and 76,190 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 236 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern RavenCorvus corax
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
American RobinTurdus migratorius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 326 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bon Portage Island22 km292 species
- Cape Sable Island – Daniel's Head34 km254 species
All 326 species recorded here
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Seal Island?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 236 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Seal Island?
326 species, from 76,190 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Seal Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Raven, American Crow, Golden-crowned Kinglet, American Robin and American Pipit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.