Birds of The Pas

207 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of The Pas (Manitoba) since 2010, across 14,744 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Common Raven, Black-billed Magpie and Evening Grosbeak.

The Pas is backyard-bird country: 70% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Common Raven, Black-billed Magpie, Evening Grosbeak and Common Redpoll make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

20 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle.

Records peak in May and are lowest in March — about 5.3 times as many in the busiest month. Part of that is birds (migrants and breeding arrivals), part is people: more birders are out in good weather, so treat the curve as activity, not a census.

Flin Flon, 70 mi to the north, has fewer species on record (176 against 207). Birds logged far more often around The Pas than there include Blue Jay, Ring-billed Gull, Common Grackle and Red-winged Blackbird.

Daylight runs from 17 h 7 min at midsummer to 7 h 25 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:46 AM in mid-April and 5:13 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Common Raven

  Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Black-billed Magpie

  Suet · Peanuts · Cracked corn

• Common Redpoll

  Nyjer · Hulled sunflower

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Pine Grosbeak

  Black-oil sunflower · Hulled sunflower

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Flin Flon70 mi north · 176 species
• Snow Lake88 mi north-east · 163 species
• Nipawin117 mi west · 156 species
• Swan River118 mi south · 157 species
• Tisdale134 mi south-west · 120 species
• Camperville135 mi south · 98 species