Birds of Riverview

259 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Riverview (New Brunswick) since 2010, across 122,317 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and American Goldfinch.

Riverview 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. Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow, American Goldfinch and Mourning Dove make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

17 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle and Hen Harrier.

Records peak in May and are lowest in November — about 3.6 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.

Lewisville, 5 mi to the north-east, has a similar number of species on record (257 against 259).

Daylight runs from 15 h 46 min at midsummer to 8 h 38 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:34 AM in mid-April and 5:27 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Goldfinch

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

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Lewisville5 mi north-east · 257 species
• Glen Cairn5 mi north · 262 species
• McEwen6 mi north · 256 species
• Irishtown9 mi north · 197 species
• Salisbury11 mi west · 236 species
• Maple Hills11 mi north · 167 species