Birds of Milford Station

201 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Milford Station (Nova Scotia) since 2010, across 29,578 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Canada Goose and Blue Jay.

Milford Station is backyard-bird country: 71% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee and European Starling make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 5.5 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.

Lantz, 5 mi to the south-west, has fewer species on record (177 against 201). Birds logged far more often around Milford Station than there include Double-crested Cormorant.

Daylight runs from 15 h 37 min at midsummer to 8 h 46 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:30 AM in mid-April and 5:26 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

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• American Goldfinch

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

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Lantz5 mi south-west · 177 species
• Enfield8 mi south-west · 160 species
• Fall River18 mi south-west · 213 species
• Beaver Bank19 mi south-west · 209 species
• Waverley19 mi south-west · 238 species
• Lake Echo21 mi south · 289 species