Canada · British Columbia
Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Jetty
224 species and 114,994 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–November, with up to 123 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Common LoonGavia immer
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
American WigeonMareca americana
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Boundary Bay Regional Park5 km226 species
- Delta – Brunswick Point6 km233 species
- Reifel Bird Sanctuary11 km266 species
- Blackie Spit18 km244 species
- Richmond – Terra Nova18 km206 species
- Iona Island24 km279 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- McKay's Bunting Plectrophenax hyperboreus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Jetty?
August–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 123 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Jetty?
224 species, from 114,994 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal Jetty in November?
The most recorded in November: Double-crested Cormorant, Surf Scoter, Glaucous-winged Gull, Common Loon and Bufflehead.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.