Canada · Ontario
Whitby – Thickson's Woods
272 species and 135,447 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 215 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos79 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 272 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lynde Shores CA5 km268 species
- Lynde Shores CA – Cranberry Marsh6 km287 species
- Oshawa – Second Marsh/McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve7 km279 species
- Darlington Provincial Park9 km272 species
- Uxbridge – Strattonville Crescent31 km195 species
- Scarborough – Rosetta McClain Gardens34 km228 species
All 272 species recorded here
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Whitby – Thickson's Woods?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 215 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Whitby – Thickson's Woods?
272 species, from 135,447 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Whitby – Thickson's Woods in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal and American Goldfinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.