Birds of Wolfville

301 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Wolfville (Nova Scotia) since 2010, across 579,288 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Song Sparrow and American Goldfinch.

Wolfville is backyard-bird country: 69% 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 Black-capped Chickadee make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 2.5 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.

Kentville, 6 mi to the west, has fewer species on record (270 against 301). Birds logged far more often around Wolfville than there include Semipalmated Sandpiper and Semipalmated Plover.

Daylight runs from 15 h 38 min at midsummer to 8 h 45 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:34 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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Kentville6 mi west · 270 species
• Centreville9 mi north-west · 261 species
• Hantsport9 mi east · 248 species
• Windsor13 mi south-east · 222 species
• Berwick18 mi west · 214 species
• Brooklyn18 mi east · 206 species