Canada bird observatory
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area
301 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
95 species in January.84 species in February.122 species in March.219 species in April.263 species in May.169 species in June.137 species in July.211 species in August.232 species in September.235 species in October.181 species in November.119 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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VUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
301 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).
- 301Speciesrecorded more than once
- 211Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 14ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 273,772Recordsopen records within 2 km
- 74 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 7Owls
- 32Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 37Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 149Songbirds
- 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 301 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
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Ducks & geese37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- RedheadAythya americana
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds149 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Pipilo maculatusPipilo maculatus
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Henslow's SparrowCentronyx henslowii
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Lark BuntingCalamospiza melanocorys
- Bicknell’s thrushCatharus bicknelliVU
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American CootFulica americana
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensisNT
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
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-1°/-7°62 mm
- Feb-1°/-7°54 mm
- Mar3°/-3°52 mm
- Apr9°/2°66 mm
- May14°/8°67 mm
- Jun20°/14°69 mm
- Jul24°/19°66 mm
- Aug25°/19°60 mm
- Sep21°/15°65 mm
- Oct14°/9°85 mm
- Nov8°/3°65 mm
- Dec2°/-3°76 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area.
Bird observatory in Canada
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area is a bird observatory in Canada.
301 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 273,772 open records.
The most recorded are the Blue Jay, the American Robin and the Double-crested Cormorant.
127 species come for the summer, 76 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
14 are threatened worldwide, including Long-tailed duck, Rusty Blackbird and Horned Grebe.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Pictonnearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Watertown International Airport (ART)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 67 km in a straight lineCar hire at SYR airport (Syracuse)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 km
- 4car parks within 3 km
- 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
- 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 Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmLittle Bluff · 8.8 kmMcMahon Bluff · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area
Canada
- 90Birdyas Score
- 301Species
- 211Migrants
- 14Threatened
Mer Bleue Conservation Area
Canada · 195 km
- 83Birdyas Score
- 249Species
- 179Migrants
- 8Threatened
Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area
Canada · 223 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 236Species
- 179Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3457301) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 273,772 open bird records within 2 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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