Canada Ramsar wetland
Lake Saint Pierre
226 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
45 species in January.39 species in February.69 species in March.132 species in April.191 species in May.148 species in June.138 species in July.140 species in August.144 species in September.121 species in October.75 species in November.59 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
226 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 226Speciesrecorded more than once
- 156Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 13ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 46,717Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 8Owls
- 30Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 31Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 100Songbirds
- 19Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 226 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
Waders30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
Ducks & geese31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds100 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- American CootFulica americana
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-7°/-18°70 mm
- Feb-5°/-16°64 mm
- Mar0°/-10°73 mm
- Apr10°/-1°94 mm
- May18°/7°90 mm
- Jun23°/13°103 mm
- Jul25°/16°97 mm
- Aug25°/15°97 mm
- Sep21°/10°88 mm
- Oct13°/3°108 mm
- Nov4°/-3°81 mm
- Dec-3°/-12°96 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Saint Pierre.
Lake on St. Lawrence river, in Quebec, in Canada
Lake Saint Pierre is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
226 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 46,717 open records.
The most recorded are the Agelaius phoeniceus, the Mourning Dove and the Song Sparrow.
106 species come for the summer, 41 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
13 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Grey Plover and Marbled Godwit.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Camping et Marina Louisevillecampsite · 7.5 km · 1 within 10 km
- La Porte de La Mauricieplace to stay · 7.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Yamachichenearest town · 8.6 km in a straight line
- Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport (YHU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at YUL airport (Montréal)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmCamping et Marina Louiseville
- 3places to stay within 10 kmLa Porte de La Mauricie, Domaine Du Lac Saint-Pierre, Gîte du carrefour
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Saint Pierre.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmRigolet Cardin334 km² · 0.4 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyRivière Yamachiche45 kmRivière Colbert20 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Saint Pierre
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 226Species
- 156Migrants
- 13Threatened
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
United States · 140 km
- 88Birdyas Score
- 261Species
- 205Migrants
- 13Threatened
Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area
Canada · 184 km
- 89Birdyas Score
- 313Species
- 227Migrants
- 16Threatened
Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area
Canada · 184 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 236Species
- 179Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q842881) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 46,717 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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