Birds of Melita

198 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Melita (Manitoba) since 2010, across 10,113 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird and American Robin.

Melita is backyard-bird country: 68% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin and Eastern Kingbird make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

14 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson's Hawk and Turkey Vulture.

Deloraine, 23 mi to the east, has more species on record (214 against 198). Birds logged far more often around Melita than there include American Goldfinch, Yellow Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow and House Wren.

Daylight runs from 16 h 15 min at midsummer to 8 h 11 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:54 AM in mid-April and 5:37 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Foods for the most recorded backyard birds here, from our species notes.

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• American Goldfinch

  Nyjer (thistle) · Hulled sunflower chips · Black-oil sunflower

• Common Grackle

  Cracked corn · Sunflower

• Brown-headed Cowbird

  Millet · Cracked corn · Mixed seed

• Deloraine23 mi east · 214 species
• Virden40 mi north · 165 species
• Souris41 mi north-east · 197 species
• Oxbow53 mi west · 146 species
• Killarney60 mi east · 159 species
• Carlyle62 mi north-west · 150 species