Birds of Mount Pearl

299 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Mount Pearl (Newfoundland and Labrador) since 2010, across 417,736 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Dark-eyed Junco and American Herring Gull.

Mount Pearl is backyard-bird country: 63% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadee and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

17 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle, Osprey and Sharp-shinned Hawk. A hawk that hunts feeder birds is among them, so set feeders about 10 feet from shrubs: close enough for cover, far enough that a cat can't ambush from it.

Records peak in May and are lowest in October — about 3.2 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.

Goulds, 4 mi to the south, has fewer species on record (261 against 299). Birds logged far more often around Mount Pearl than there include Great Black-backed Gull, Greater Scaup, American Wigeon and Eurasian Wigeon.

Daylight runs from 15 h 59 min at midsummer to 8 h 26 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:14 AM in mid-April and 5:03 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

• Dark-eyed Junco

  White proso millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• American Goldfinch

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

• Goulds4 mi south · 261 species
• Portugal Cove-St. Phillip’s8 mi north · 183 species
• Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove9 mi north-east · 298 species
• Torbay11 mi north · 275 species
• Wabana11 mi north-west · 123 species
• Flatrock13 mi north · 218 species