Canada Ramsar wetland
Oak Hammock Marsh
280 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0
This month here
42 species in January.33 species in February.73 species in March.161 species in April.259 species in May.236 species in June.200 species in July.220 species in August.227 species in September.182 species in October.108 species in November.64 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
280 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).
- 280Speciesrecorded more than once
- 232Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 15ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 267,294Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 229 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 5Owls
- 36Waders
- 17Gulls & seabirds
- 35Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 129Songbirds
- 23Other 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 280 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
Waders36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- California GullLarus californicus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
Ducks & geese35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- American WigeonMareca americana
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds129 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusVU
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiVU
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
Other birds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
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-12°/-22°23 mm
- Feb-10°/-21°19 mm
- Mar0°/-11°33 mm
- Apr10°/-1°37 mm
- May18°/6°79 mm
- Jun24°/12°94 mm
- Jul27°/15°71 mm
- Aug26°/14°64 mm
- Sep20°/8°60 mm
- Oct10°/0°43 mm
- Nov0°/-8°26 mm
- Dec-9°/-18°25 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Oak Hammock Marsh.
Marsh in Manitoba, Canada
Oak Hammock Marsh is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada, 229 m above the sea.
280 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 267,294 open records.
The most recorded are the Canada Goose, the Mallard and the Agelaius phoeniceus.
183 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
15 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Marbled Godwit and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Stonewallnearest town · 16 km in a straight line
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Plan the visit
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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
- 3marked trails within 4 kmTall Grass Prairie trail, Perimeter Dike, Main Cross-dike
- 5viewpoints within 5 kmLagoon Lookout, Main Observation Mound, Observation Blind and 2 more
- 7car parks within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Oak Hammock Marsh.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmGriffiths Hill · 24 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.
Oak Hammock Marsh
Canada
- 88Birdyas Score
- 280Species
- 232Migrants
- 15Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q7073534) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 267,294 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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