Spring
Spring migration inspires many brightly coloured birds to visit. You will find:
- Blue grosbeaks, rose-breasted grosbeaks, indigo buntings and scarlet tanagers
- Manx shearwaters arrive as early as February
- Barn swallows, tree swallows, bank swallows and cliff swallows appear in March and April
Summer
- During summer our native bluebirds are busy breeding. Spot them in the many bluebird boxes lining our golf courses
- Keep an eye out for four species of shearwater: great, cory’s, sooty and manx
- Because they are protected, the best known population of white-tailed tropicbirds appears
- By the end of July, the first birds migrating south from Canada will start arriving
Fall
Fall is the best time to bird here. In the autumn, our island serves as a rest stop for birds making the great migration from Canada to South America.
- Thirty species of shorebirds regularly stop here; check Spittal Pond, Warwick Pond and Seymour’s Pond to spot them
- You may also find cuckoos, kingbirds, flycatchers, swifts, swallows, orioles and tanagers
- Vireos and warblers also abound
Winter
Winter is an ideal time to spot waterbirds.
- Watch for great blue herons, little blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets, blue-winged teals, ring-necked ducks, buffleheads and lesser scaups
- Do not forget the annual Christmas Bird Count, held in December and January by the Bermuda Audubon Society. Almost 100 species are recorded during each count, and the cumulative species total stands at almost 200
- And, by all means, leave your parka at home. The average temperature will be a spring-like 70°F / 21°C
