Bird AlbumCanada · British Columbia
Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake
193 species and 168,234 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 116 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris89 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 193 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Victoria – Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary2 km222 species
- Sunnygrove Terrace3 km161 species
- Saanich – Panama Flats3 km222 species
- 230 Goward Rd6 km142 species
- Oak Bay – Cattle Point7 km220 species
- Martindale Flats9 km225 species
All 193 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
- Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 116 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake?
193 species, from 168,234 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Victoria – Blenkinsop Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Ring-necked Duck, Spotted Towhee and American Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.