Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary
226 species and 103,868 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and August–September, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
American WigeonMareca americana
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca95 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 226 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nanaimo – Buttertubs Marsh35 km187 species
- Nanaimo – Buttertubs West Marsh35 km155 species
- Nanaimo River Estuary36 km224 species
- Vancouver – Jericho Park42 km240 species
- Englishman River Estuary – Plummer Rd side43 km210 species
- Iona Island44 km279 species
All 226 species recorded here
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary?
April–May and August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary?
226 species, from 103,868 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at ts’uḵw’um (Wilson Creek) Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Glaucous-winged Gull, American Crow, Song Sparrow and Bald Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.