Birds of Amigo Beach

241 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Amigo Beach (Ontario) since 2010, across 73,493 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay and American Crow.

Amigo Beach is backyard-bird country: 68% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, American Crow and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

20 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture and Osprey.

Records peak in May and are lowest in December — about 5.3 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.

Gravenhurst, 16 mi to the north, has fewer species on record (219 against 241). Birds logged far more often around Amigo Beach than there include Trumpeter Swan, Northern Cardinal, Osprey and American Black Duck.

Daylight runs from 15 h 35 min at midsummer to 8 h 48 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:34 AM in mid-April and 5:31 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Foods for the most recorded backyard birds here, from our species notes.

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• American Goldfinch

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

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Gravenhurst16 mi north · 219 species
• Beaverton21 mi south-east · 218 species
• Elmvale24 mi west · 249 species
• Anten Mills25 mi south-west · 237 species
• Penetanguishene26 mi west · 255 species
• Stoney Point30 mi south · 246 species