Canada Ramsar wetland
Beaverhill Lake
232 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Own work · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
28 species in January.22 species in February.60 species in March.153 species in April.214 species in May.147 species in June.137 species in July.161 species in August.164 species in September.104 species in October.41 species in November.18 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
232 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).
- 232Speciesrecorded more than once
- 185Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 13ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 29,895Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 667 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 5Owls
- 36Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 31Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 99Songbirds
- 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 232 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
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
- Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Ferruginous HawkButeo regalis
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Northern Saw-Whet OwlAegolius acadicus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaVU
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- California GullLarus californicus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- RedheadAythya americana
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Ross's GooseAnser rossii
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- Barrow's GoldeneyeBucephala islandica
- Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds99 species
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- Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- LeConte's SparrowAmmospiza leconteii
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Sprague's PipitAnthus spragueiiVU
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Say's phoebeSayornis saya
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Smith's LongspurCalcarius pictus
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatusVU
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Baird's SparrowCentronyx bairdii
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Townsend's SolitaireMyadestes townsendi
- Harris's SparrowZonotrichia querulaNT
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American CootFulica americana
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Sharp-tailed GrouseTympanuchus phasianellus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensis
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
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°/-16°21 mm
- Feb-6°/-15°17 mm
- Mar0°/-9°25 mm
- Apr9°/-2°41 mm
- May17°/5°56 mm
- Jun20°/10°85 mm
- Jul24°/12°83 mm
- Aug22°/11°53 mm
- Sep17°/5°38 mm
- Oct8°/-2°28 mm
- Nov-1°/-8°25 mm
- Dec-7°/-14°19 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Beaverhill Lake.
Lake in Alberta, Canada
Beaverhill Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada, 667 m above the sea.
232 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 29,895 open records.
The most recorded are the Canada Goose, the Black-billed Magpie and the Mallard.
140 species come for the summer, 29 for the winter and 16 only pass through.
13 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Marbled Godwit and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Tofield Campgroundcampsite · 13 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tofield Hotel & Barplace to stay · 13 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tofieldnearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 71 km in a straight lineCar hire at YEG airport (Edmonton)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 kmTofield Campground
- 1places to stay within 10 kmTofield Hotel & Bar
- 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 Beaverhill Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmBeaverhill Lake121 km² · 0.1 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmBeaverhill LakeBortle 3 · this placeElk Island National ParkBortle 3 · 28 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.
Beaverhill Lake
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 232Species
- 185Migrants
- 13Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2295580) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 29,895 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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