Canada · Ontario
Stratford – Lake Victoria
189 species and 76,629 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mitchell Sewage Lagoons20 km233 species
- Waterloo – Columbia Lake36 km230 species
- London – Kilally Meadows ESA44 km209 species
- London – Westminster Ponds Park51 km214 species
- Guelph – University of Guelph64 km205 species
- Strathroy – Sewage Lagoons72 km243 species
All 189 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Stratford – Lake Victoria?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Stratford – Lake Victoria?
189 species, from 76,629 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Stratford – Lake Victoria in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, Mallard, American Crow, Canada Goose and Northern Cardinal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.