Bird Watching in Oak Bay
Commonly Observed Species

Year-round and Common Species
Glaucous-winged Gull, Harlequin Duck, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Black Oystercatcher, Black Turnstone, Red-tailed Hawk, Pileated Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Stellar's Jay, Common Raven, Northwestern Crow, Red-winged Blackbird, California Quail, Bewick's Wren, Chestnut Backed Chickadee, Bushtit, European Starling, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, House Finch, House Sparrow

Common Shorebirds
Black Turnstone, Surfbird, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, Sanderling, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope (late summer, fall)

Common Gulls
Heerman's Gull (summer), Glaucous-winged Gull (year-round), Thayers Gull (fall, winter), Western Gull (Winter), Mew Gull, California Gull (summer), Bonaporte's Gull (spring,fall), Ring-billed Gull (late summer)

Wintering Swans, Geese and Ducks
Tundra Swan, Trumpeter Swan, Mute Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Canada Goose (and Dusky, Cackling and other sub-species migrating through), Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, American Widgeon, Northern Shoveler, Eurasion Widgeon, Northern Pintail, Gadwall, Canvasback, Ring-necked Duck, Common Merganser, Hooded Merganser