Birds of Happy Valley-Goose Bay

193 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Happy Valley-Goose Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador) since 2010, across 19,939 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, American Robin and Ring-billed Gull.

Happy Valley-Goose Bay is backyard-bird country: 65% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee and Common Redpoll make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in March — about 10.6 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.

Saint-Augustin, 160 mi to the south-east, has fewer species on record (82 against 193). Birds logged far more often around Happy Valley-Goose Bay than there include Black-capped Chickadee, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Teal and Pine Grosbeak.

Daylight runs from 16 h 60 min at midsummer to 7 h 30 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:03 AM in mid-April and 4:32 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

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Common Redpoll

  Nyjer · Hulled sunflower

• Fox Sparrow

  Millet · Sunflower chips

• Common Raven

  Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Saint-Augustin160 mi south-east · 82 species
• Nain230 mi north · 80 species
• St. Anthony240 mi south-east · 145 species
• Roddickton245 mi south-east · 74 species
• Havre-Saint-Pierre253 mi south-west · 204 species
• Wabush272 mi west · 148 species