Birds around Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Toronto (40° to 45° latitude, -80° to -75° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Snow Goose around 12 October
- Dark-eyed Junco around 12 October
- Northern Shrike around 12 October
- American Wigeon around 12 October
- Eurasian Wigeon around 12 October
- Fox Sparrow around 12 October
- Ring-necked Duck around 5 October
- Common Goldeneye around 5 October
- Northern Harrier around 5 October
- Long-tailed Duck around 5 October
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet around 5 October
- Horned Lark around 5 October
- Common Eider around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
No arrivals expected here in the next six weeks, going by last year.
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata | 3,516,275 | 169.8 |
| American Goldfinch Spinus tristis | 1,630,331 | 78.7 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus | 1,396,270 | 67.4 |
| Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis | 1,391,182 | 67.2 |
| American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos | 1,121,917 | 54.2 |
| House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus | 1,026,673 | 49.6 |
| White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis | 999,379 | 48.3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis | 885,434 | 42.7 |
| Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus | 869,443 | 42.0 |
| Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus | 816,368 | 39.4 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 694,333 | 33.5 |
| Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus | 636,361 | 30.7 |
| Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens | 615,957 | 29.7 |
| Canada Goose Branta canadensis | 550,835 | 26.6 |
| Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor | 491,780 | 23.7 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 509 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.