Bald Eagle at Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
- JJanuary, closed
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, closed
Peak: First three weeks of November. Birds build through October. The 2025 road survey peak of over 1,400 birds fell in early November and tracked a chum run counted above 20,000 fish.
Barn Owl at Holkham
- JJanuary, open, peak
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Mid-Dec to late Jan, and specifically the first calm, dry day after one or more wet or windy nights, or a hard-frost spell — that is what forces daylight hunting. Plan the trip flexibly around a 5-day forecast, not a fixed date. No sourced week-level abundance data.
Bengal Tiger at India
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open
Peak: After 15 November is advised at Bandhavgarh to avoid late post-monsoon showers. October at Ranthambhore is estimated by operators at roughly 65–75% tiger sighting probability across two safaris — treat that as an operator estimate rather than a measured figure.
American Flamingo at Mexico
- JJanuary, open, peak
- FFebruary, open, peak
- MMarch, open
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: January to late February — birds have moved west off the Río Lagartos breeding grounds and concentrate here to feed. Numbers quoted 20,000–30,000 but vary year to year.
Bald Eagle at Canada
- JJanuary, open, peak
- FFebruary, closed, peak
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Mid November. Hancock Wildlife Foundation estimated around 7,500 birds at the 2023 peak. Birds are present from mid October to late February but numbers fall away sharply after the first week of December.
Steller's Sea Eagle at Japan
- JJanuary, closed, peak
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Sources disagree. Town site: peak mid December, 100 to 250 eagles most winters, 400 to 500 in big years, numbers fall from January as birds move to east Hokkaido. One observer: numbers drop after mid December, go late November to early December. Another found only about 50 in mid December 2019 in a warm winter when other rivers stayed open. Working target: 25 Nov to 15 Dec, and check local reports (Hamatonbetsu tourism association, Hokkaido Shimbun ran an observation event on 6 Dec 2025).
Moose at United States of America
- JJanuary, closed
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed, peak
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed, peak
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Roughly Nov 20 to Dec 15: after snow reaches the valley floor but before most prime bulls drop antlers. NPS: bulls usually shed in late November or December; young bulls may keep antlers to March. The overlap between snow arrival and antler drop is not quantified and varies by year.
Eastern Chipmunk at Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- JJanuary, closed
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, closed
Peak: Third week of October to first week of November for low and mid elevation colour (NPS: mid October to early November below 4,000 ft).
Wild Horse at Romania
- JJanuary, closed
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, closed
Peak: Unverified. Choose on fog forecast rather than date.
Snowy Owl at Churchill Wildlife Management Area
- JJanuary, closed
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, closed
Peak: Late October to early November, driven by the polar bear season, not the owls.
Bald Eagle at United States of America
- JJanuary, closed, peak
- FFebruary, closed
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Last week of November through early January, tied to turbine generation. Numbers build from October.
Giant Panda at People's Republic of China
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open, peak
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: September to December for active cubs; 08:30-10:30 for feeding activity. Irrelevant to the verdict.
Wild Horse at Camargue
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Rufous Hummingbird at United States of America
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open, peak
- MMarch, closed
- AApril, closed
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open, peak
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Winter residents are first detected in November or December, six weeks or more after Rufous have left the western states, and stay to late February.
Tibetan Fox at People's Republic of China
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: None worth pursuing. Any seasonal advantage the TAR has is matched by Qinghai or Sichuan at the same latitude and altitude, with none of the constraints below.
Fennec Fox at Morocco
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Tibetan Fox at People's Republic of China
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, closed
- JJune, closed
- JJuly, closed
- AAugust, closed
- SSeptember, closed
- OOctober, closed
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: None. This row exists because winter looks superficially ideal here and is not.
American Flamingo at Cuba
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: Not applicable — the colony is not visitable at any time of year.
Caracal at India
- JJanuary, open, peak
- FFebruary, open, peak
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: None establishable. The recent confirmed camera-trap records cluster December to February (Ramgarh Vishdhari 19 Dec 2024 to 21 Jan 2025; Mukundara Hills 16–25 Feb 2025) but every one of those captures was between 18:00 and 06:00. A seasonal peak in nocturnal detections is not a photographic window.
Corsac Fox at Russia
- JJanuary, open, peak
- FFebruary, open, peak
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open, peak
Peak: Academic. On habitat and density grounds alone the Daurian steppe in December–February would rival or beat Hulunbuir, and Kalmykia adds saiga on the same ground. None of that is reachable on acceptable terms.
Giant Panda at People's Republic of China
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open, peak
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: Historically spring, when pandas descended to lower elevations for bamboo shoots, and October. Academic at present — see verdict.
Ocelot at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
- JJanuary, open
- FFebruary, open
- MMarch, open
- AApril, open
- MMay, open
- JJune, open
- JJuly, open
- AAugust, open
- SSeptember, open
- OOctober, open
- NNovember, open
- DDecember, open
Peak: None. There is no viable window.