Birds of Hantsport

248 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Hantsport (Nova Scotia) since 2010, across 68,389 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow and American Goldfinch.

Hantsport 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, Song Sparrow, American Goldfinch and European Starling make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

18 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk and Hen Harrier.

Records peak in August and are lowest in February — 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.

Windsor, 6 mi to the south, has fewer species on record (222 against 248). Birds logged far more often around Hantsport than there include Double-crested Cormorant, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper.

Daylight runs from 15 h 38 min at midsummer to 8 h 45 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:33 AM in mid-April and 5:29 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

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• American Goldfinch

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

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Windsor6 mi south · 222 species
• Wolfville9 mi west · 301 species
• Brooklyn9 mi south-east · 206 species
• Kentville15 mi west · 270 species
• Centreville18 mi west · 261 species
• Mount Uniacke20 mi south-east · 135 species