Birds of Baden

238 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Baden (Ontario) since 2010, across 178,344 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal and American Crow.

Baden is backyard-bird country: 84% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal, American Crow and American Goldfinch make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

21 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture and Red-tailed Hawk.

Records peak in May and are lowest in November — about 6.2 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.

New Hamburg, 3 mi to the south-west, has fewer species on record (217 against 238). Birds logged far more often around Baden than there include Ring-billed Gull and American Herring Gull.

Daylight runs from 15 h 25 min at midsummer to 8 h 57 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:41 AM in mid-April and 5:41 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

• Northern Cardinal

  Black-oil sunflower · Safflower · Hulled sunflower chips

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Goldfinch

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

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• New Hamburg3 mi south-west · 217 species
• Mannheim5 mi east · 269 species
• Plattsville7 mi south · 205 species
• Wellesley8 mi north-west · 218 species
• St. Clements8 mi north · 267 species
• Waterloo8 mi north-east · 285 species