Birds of Fundy-St. Martins

211 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Fundy-St. Martins (New Brunswick) since 2010, across 19,192 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Song Sparrow.

Fundy-St. Martins is backyard-bird country: 77% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow and Mourning Dove make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

16 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture and Merlin.

Records peak in May and are lowest in January — about 12.0 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.

Norton, 20 mi to the north-west, has fewer species on record (155 against 211). Birds logged far more often around Fundy-St. Martins than there include American Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Black-throated Green Warbler and Common Loon.

Daylight runs from 15 h 40 min at midsummer to 8 h 43 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:38 AM in mid-April and 5:32 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Dark-eyed Junco

  White proso millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Norton20 mi north-west · 155 species
• Hampton22 mi north-west · 223 species
• Sussex22 mi north · 212 species
• Nauwigewauk23 mi west · 236 species
• Penobsquis26 mi north · 188 species
• Rothesay26 mi west · 220 species