Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Sooke – Whiffin Spit Park
221 species and 73,969 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Black TurnstoneArenaria melanocephala
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Metchosin – Pedder Bay11 km211 species
- Rocky Point Bird Observatory13 km287 species
- Esquimalt Lagoon20 km234 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats27 km222 species
- 230 Goward Rd28 km142 species
- Clover Point28 km212 species
All 221 species recorded here
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sooke – Whiffin Spit Park?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sooke – Whiffin Spit Park?
221 species, from 73,969 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sooke – Whiffin Spit Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Bufflehead, Black Turnstone, Double-crested Cormorant, Golden-crowned Sparrow and Glaucous-winged Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.