Canada Ramsar wetland
Matchedash Bay
248 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
62 species in January.73 species in February.105 species in March.159 species in April.213 species in May.183 species in June.160 species in July.170 species in August.176 species in September.154 species in October.105 species in November.80 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
248 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).
- 248Speciesrecorded more than once
- 192Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 140,832Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 174 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 14Raptors
- 5Owls
- 26Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 33Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 124Songbirds
- 25Other 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 248 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Falco atricapillusFalco atricapillus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Eastern Screech-OwlMegascops asio
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferusNT
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodusNT
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Ducks & geese33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinator
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- American WigeonMareca americana
- American Black DuckAnas rubripes
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- RedheadAythya americana
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
- Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Double-crested CormorantPhalacrocorax auritus
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
Songbirds124 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Agelaius phoeniceusAgelaius phoeniceus
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
- American RobinTurdus migratorius
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaNT
- White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Eastern phoebeSayornis phoebe
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arborea
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Junco hyemalisJunco hyemalis
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysopteraNT
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaNT
- Toxostoma rufumToxostoma rufum
- Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Ruby-crowned KingletRegulus calendula
- Brown CreeperCerthia americana
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinusVU
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
- Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaVU
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Buff-bellied PipitAnthus rubescens
- Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Winter WrenTroglodytes hiemalis
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Blue-winged warblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Northern ShrikeLanius borealis
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataNT
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Sturnella neglectaSturnella neglecta
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
- Canada warblerCardellina canadensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
- Nelson's SparrowAmmospiza nelsoni
- Red Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
- House finchHaemorhous mexicanus
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianusNT
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalusNT
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Orchard orioleIcterus spurius
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga ceruleaNT
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Other birds25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
- Yellow-shafted FlickerColaptes auratus
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Virginia RailRallus limicola
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Tsįįłkaałii bitłʼaaʼ halchíʼígííMelanerpes carolinus
- Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellus
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- American CootFulica americana
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaVU
- Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferusNT
- 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-4°/-12°37 mm
- Feb-3°/-12°35 mm
- Mar3°/-7°41 mm
- Apr10°/-1°39 mm
- May18°/5°46 mm
- Jun23°/11°49 mm
- Jul27°/15°45 mm
- Aug26°/15°48 mm
- Sep22°/11°46 mm
- Oct14°/4°56 mm
- Nov6°/-2°45 mm
- Dec-1°/-8°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Matchedash Bay.
Bay in Ontario, Canada
Matchedash Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Canada.
248 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 140,832 open records.
The most recorded are the Canada Goose, the Agelaius phoeniceus and the Black-capped Chickadee.
124 species come for the summer, 54 for the winter and 14 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Rusty Blackbird and Evening Grosbeak.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Bell Falls Family Campgroundcampsite · 4.4 km · 4 within 10 km
- Midlandnearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Barrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (YLK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 31 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
- 1marked trails within 4 kmUhthoff Trail (hiking)
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 4car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmBell Falls Family Campground and 3 more
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Matchedash Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas11 mountains within 25 kmAdamson's Hill · 10 kmMoonstone Hill · 11 kmFaint's Hill · 11 kmRobinson's Hill · 12 kmDarby's Hill · 18 kmThe Mountain · 20 kmCook's Hill · 22 kmLafontaine Hill · 24 km
Lakeyas8 lakes within 15 kmCranberry Lake0.3 km² · 6.0 kmOtter Lake1.7 km² · 7.6 kmBurrows Lake0.8 km² · 9.7 kmBarron's Lake0.7 km² · 10 kmHorseshoe Lake0.6 km² · 10 kmGloucester Pool15 km² · 11 kmDumbell Lake0.5 km² · 13 kmTea Lake1.1 km² · 13 km
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 kmLittle Chute · 13 kmWhite's Falls · 14 kmBig Chute · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Matchedash Bay
Canada
- 87Birdyas Score
- 248Species
- 192Migrants
- 10Threatened
Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area
Canada · 242 km
- 90Birdyas Score
- 301Species
- 211Migrants
- 14Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6786252) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 140,832 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, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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