Canada · Ontario
St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier
265 species and 80,000 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 192 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Greater ScaupAythya marila
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Grimsby Wetlands33 km239 species
- Mississauga – Rattray Marsh CA44 km270 species
- Toronto – Toronto Islands44 km288 species
- Tommy Thompson Park44 km316 species
- Burlington – Shoreacres/Paletta Park45 km237 species
- Hamilton – Windermere Basin46 km269 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 192 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier?
265 species, from 80,000 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at St. Catharines – Port Weller east pier in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Bufflehead, Double-crested Cormorant, Black-capped Chickadee and Ring-billed 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.