Skip to content
birdyas
EN

Canada Canada Ramsar wetland

Point Pelee National Park

385 bird species recorded; the most in May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec340at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Adamkriesberg · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

159 species in January.

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.

Canada Goose
Canada GooseBranta canadensisWinter visitorPierre5018 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hen Harrier
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorKositoes · Public domain
American Tree Sparrow
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorMykola Swarnyk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bald Eagle
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitormichael_eitland · CC BY 2.0
Goosander
GoosanderMergus merganserWinter visitorTony Hisgett · CC BY 2.0
Common Goldeneye
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Starling
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentmarsupium photography · CC BY-SA 2.0
Shore Lark
Shore LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorImran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Northern Cardinal
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentpatricia pierce · CC BY 2.0
Downy Woodpecker
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCosmic Pomegranate · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorChannel City Camera Club from Santa Barbara, US · CC BY 2.0
Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígíí
Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorhttp://www.birdphotos.com · CC BY 3.0
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapaWinter visitorGary Irwin · CC BY-SA 2.0
American Herring Gull
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentUnknown author · Public domain
American Black Duck
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorALAN SCHMIERER · CC0
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentFabian Roudra Baroi · CC BY-SA 4.0
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollisWinter visitorCephas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater Scaup
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorChuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mallard
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentTetiana.iefimenko · CC BY 4.0
Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalisWinter visitor
Bufflehead
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaWinter visitorNo machine-readable author provided. Mdf assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
American Robin
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

385 species, counted.

91out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 385Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 270Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 15ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 2,605,404Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 172 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 20Raptors
  • 6Owls
  • 38Waders
  • 36Gulls & seabirds
  • 44Ducks & geese
  • 22Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 2Storks & cranes
  • 178Songbirds
  • 39Other 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 385 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Turkey VultureCathartes aura
  • Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
  • Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
  • Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
  • Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
  • Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
  • Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
  • Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
  • Black VultureCoragyps atratus
  • Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
  • Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
  • Cooper's HawkAccipiter cooperii
  • Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
  • Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
  • Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
  • Long-eared OwlAsio otus
  • Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
  • Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
  • Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
  • American WoodcockScolopax minor
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
  • SanderlingCalidris alba
  • Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
  • Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
  • Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
  • Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
  • Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
  • Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
  • Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
  • American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
  • Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
  • Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
  • WilletTringa semipalmata
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
  • Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
  • Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
  • Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
  • Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
  • Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
  • Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
  • Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
  • American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
  • Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
  • Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
  • Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
  • Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
  • Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
  • Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
  • Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Gulls & seabirds36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
  • American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
  • Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
  • Black TernChlidonias niger
  • Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
  • Common LoonGavia immer
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • Forster's TernSterna forsteri
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  • Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
  • Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
  • Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
  • Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
  • Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
  • Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
  • Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
  • Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
  • Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
  • Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
  • Sabine's GullXema sabini
  • Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
  • Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
  • California GullLarus californicus
  • Ross's GullRhodostethia rosea
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
  • Northern gannetMorus bassanus
  • Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
  • Ivory GullPagophila eburneaNT
  • Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
  • Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
  • Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata
  • Least TernSternula antillarum
Ducks & geese44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Canada GooseBranta canadensis
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
  • Wood DuckAix sponsa
  • Greater ScaupAythya marila
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
  • Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
  • Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
  • BuffleheadBucephala albeola
  • White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
  • GoosanderMergus merganser
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • American Black DuckAnas rubripes
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
  • American WigeonMareca americana
  • Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
  • Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
  • American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
  • RedheadAythya americana
  • Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
  • Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
  • CanvasbackAythya valisineria
  • Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
  • Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
  • Ross's GooseAnser rossii
  • Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • King EiderSomateria spectabilis
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
  • Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
  • Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
  • Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
  • Mottled DuckAnas fulvigula
  • Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
  • Brent GooseBranta bernicla
  • Cairina moschataCairina moschata
  • Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
  • Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
  • Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Green HeronButorides virescens
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
  • American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
  • American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
  • Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
  • Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
  • Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
  • Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
  • Snowy EgretEgretta thula
  • Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
  • Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
  • Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
  • Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
  • White IbisEudocimus albus
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
  • Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds178 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
  • American RobinTurdus migratorius
  • Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
  • Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
  • Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
  • Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
  • Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
  • Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
  • Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
  • Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
  • Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
  • Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
  • Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
  • Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
  • Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
  • White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
  • Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
  • Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
  • Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
  • American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
  • White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
  • Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
  • American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
  • Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
  • American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
  • Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
  • Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
  • Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
  • Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
  • Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
  • Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
  • Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
  • Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
  • Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
  • Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
  • Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
  • Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
  • Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
  • VeeryCatharus fuscescens
  • Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
  • Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
  • Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
  • Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
  • Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
  • Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
  • Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
  • Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
  • Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
  • Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
  • Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
  • OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
  • Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
  • Purple MartinProgne subis
  • Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
  • Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
  • Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
  • Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
  • Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
  • Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
  • Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
  • Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
  • Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
  • Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
  • Brown CreeperCerthia americana
  • Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
  • Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
  • White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
  • Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
  • Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
  • White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
  • Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
  • Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
  • Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
  • Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
  • Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
  • Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
  • Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
  • Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
  • Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
  • House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
  • Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
  • American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
  • American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
  • Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
  • Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
  • BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
  • Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
  • Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
  • Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
  • Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
  • Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
  • Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
  • Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
  • Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
  • Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
  • Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
  • Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
  • Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
  • Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
  • Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
  • Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
  • Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
  • Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
  • Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
  • Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
  • Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
  • Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
  • Kirtland's WarblerSetophaga kirtlandiiNT
  • Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
  • Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
  • Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
  • Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
  • Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
  • Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
  • DickcisselSpiza americana
  • Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
  • LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
  • Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
  • Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
  • Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
  • Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
  • Bell's VireoVireo bellii
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
  • Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
  • Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
  • Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
  • Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
  • Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
  • Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
  • Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
  • American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
  • Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
  • Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
  • Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
  • Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
  • Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
  • Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
  • Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
  • Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii
  • White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
  • Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
  • Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
  • Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
  • Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
  • Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
  • Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
  • Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
  • Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
  • Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
  • Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
  • Black-throated Grey WarblerSetophaga nigrescens
  • Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
  • Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
  • Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
  • Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
  • Bachman's SparrowPeucaea aestivalisNT
  • Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
  • Virginia's WarblerLeiothlypis virginiae
  • Swainson's warblerLimnothlypis swainsonii
  • Grace's WarblerSetophaga graciae
  • Vireo plumbeusVireo plumbeus
  • Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
  • Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
  • Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
  • Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
  • Empidonax wrightiiEmpidonax wrightii
Other birds39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
  • Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
  • Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
  • Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
  • Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
  • Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
  • Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
  • Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
  • Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
  • Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
  • Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
  • Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • American CootFulica americana
  • SoraPorzana carolina
  • Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
  • Virginia RailRallus limicola
  • Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
  • Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
  • Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
  • White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • Colinus virginianusColinus virginianus
  • Picoides dorsalisPicoides dorsalis
  • American Black SwiftCypseloides nigerVU
  • Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
  • Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
  • Rallus elegansRallus elegans
  • BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
  • Lady Amherst’s PheasantChrysolophus amherstiae
  • Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
  • Passenger PigeonEctopistes migratorius
  • Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
  • Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
  • Red JunglefowlGallus gallus

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.

  1. Jan1590°/-5°50 mm
  2. Feb1480°/-6°48 mm
  3. Mar1844°/-2°58 mm
  4. Apr29810°/4°70 mm
  5. May34017°/10°86 mm
  6. Jun25322°/17°84 mm
  7. Jul22026°/20°86 mm
  8. Aug26025°/20°76 mm
  9. Sep28622°/16°73 mm
  10. Oct29815°/10°66 mm
  11. Nov2439°/4°59 mm
  12. Dec1963°/-1°56 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Point Pelee National Park.

National park of Canada in Ontario

Point Pelee National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.

385 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,605,404 open records.

The most recorded are the Agelaius phoeniceus, the American Robin and the Common Grackle.

150 species come for the summer, 110 for the winter and 10 only pass through.

15 are threatened worldwide, including Chimney Swift, Horned Grebe and Grey Plover.

The most species are recorded in May.

Point Pelee, Looking Southwest, Jan 1 2015
Adamkriesberg · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

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.

Point Pelee National Park seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 2observation towers within 6 kmMarsh Tower, Point Pelee Tip Tower
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmPoint Pelee National Park Visitor Centre
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmSavannah Lookout, Marsh Tower, Sanctuary Lookout and 4 more
  • 20car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmCamp Henry, Sturgeon Woods
  • 6places to stay within 10 kmBest Western Plus, Seacliffe Inn, Quality Inn and 3 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • marked trails within 4 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 Point Pelee National Park.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Coastya6 beaches within 10 km
Northwest Beach · 1.6 kmBlack Willow Beach · 2.2 kmEast Beach · 3.4 kmMarentette Beach · 4.0 kmWest Beach · 4.1 kmEast Point Beach · 5.8 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.

Woodland Nature Trail
The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 ca
Woodland Nature Trail1
The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 ca
Point Pelee April 2008
Quozl ( talk ) · Public domain

Other places nearby.

Point Pelee National Park

Canada

  • 91Birdyas Score
  • 385Species
  • 270Migrants
  • 15Threatened

St. Clair National Wildlife Area

Canada · 46 km

  • 88Birdyas Score
  • 254Species
  • 180Migrants
  • 12Threatened

See the guide

Long Point

Canada · 212 km

  • 90Birdyas Score
  • 329Species
  • 236Migrants
  • 15Threatened

See the guide

Niagara River

Canada · 313 km

  • 90Birdyas Score
  • 325Species
  • 239Migrants
  • 15Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1153938) · CC0
Birds2,605,404 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesCoastya, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.