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Point Pelee National Park leads · 20 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Red-winged Blackbird during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 2 | Elk Island National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Badlands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Everglades National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Voyageurs National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Death Valley National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 13 | Big Cypress National Preserve | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 17 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 19 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 20 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Point Pelee National Park
In Point Pelee National Park, Canada, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Blackbird sighting on a given day, the highest of the 20 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Elk Island National Park and more
After Point Pelee National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Red-winged Blackbird are in Elk Island National Park (Canada, about 60%), Riding Mountain National Park (Canada, about 60%) and Badlands National Park (United States, about 60%). Outside North America, the best option is Palo Verde National Park in Central America (about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March–April and June in Point Pelee National Park (over 90%), June in Elk Island National Park (about 90%) and June in Riding Mountain National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Red-winged Blackbird on a given day. Each park's Red-winged Blackbird page has the full month-by-month chart.
