Canada Ramsar wetland
Minesing Wetlands
250 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Noahcamps · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
80 species in January.86 species in February.111 species in March.176 species in April.216 species in May.162 species in June.142 species in July.156 species in August.149 species in September.127 species in October.96 species in November.74 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
250 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).
- 250Speciesrecorded more than once
- 185Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 190,069Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 182 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 7Owls
- 25Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 30Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 123Songbirds
- 26Other 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 250 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
Waders25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds123 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
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-3°/-10°53 mm
- Feb-3°/-10°48 mm
- Mar2°/-6°50 mm
- Apr9°/0°61 mm
- May16°/6°65 mm
- Jun22°/12°69 mm
- Jul26°/16°60 mm
- Aug25°/16°64 mm
- Sep22°/12°64 mm
- Oct13°/6°74 mm
- Nov6°/0°65 mm
- Dec0°/-6°60 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Minesing Wetlands.
Swamp in Ontario, Canada
Minesing Wetlands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
250 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 190,069 open records.
The most recorded are the Canada Goose, the Agelaius phoeniceus and the American Crow.
121 species come for the summer, 49 for the winter and 15 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Rusty Blackbird and Snowy Owl.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Rotary Community Campgroundcampsite · 10 km · 4 within 10 km
- Highway 90 Motelplace to stay · 7.9 km · 2 within 10 km
- Angusnearest town · 8.9 km in a straight line
- Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (YLK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at YYZ airport (Toronto)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmHistoric Fort Willow
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmRotary Community Campground and 3 more
- 2places to stay within 10 kmHighway 90 Motel, Knights Inn
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Minesing Wetlands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmCorn Hill · 16 kmCook's Hill · 20 kmFrench's Hill · 22 kmTen Hill · 23 kmSharps Hill · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmJacks Lake0.3 km² · 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyNottawasaga River121 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.
Minesing Wetlands
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 250Species
- 185Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6864548) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 190,069 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 | Peakyas, 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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