Birds of Albert Bridge

192 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Albert Bridge (Nova Scotia) since 2010, across 15,037 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Blue Jay.

Albert Bridge is backyard-bird country: 64% 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, Blue Jay and American Goldfinch make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in September — about 3.4 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.

Louisbourg, 8 mi to the south-east, has more species on record (222 against 192). Birds logged far more often around Albert Bridge than there include Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove and Red-breasted Nuthatch.

Daylight runs from 15 h 45 min at midsummer to 8 h 38 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:15 AM in mid-April and 5:08 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

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Goldfinch

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

• Dark-eyed Junco

  White proso millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Louisbourg8 mi south-east · 222 species
• Coxheath11 mi north-west · 265 species
• Reserve Mines11 mi north · 268 species
• Sydney Forks12 mi west · 213 species
• Dominion14 mi north · 261 species
• New Waterford16 mi north · 239 species