Birds of Camlachie

264 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Camlachie (Ontario) since 2010, across 40,118 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal and Mourning Dove.

Camlachie 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, Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove 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, Red-tailed Hawk and Bald Eagle.

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 8.1 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.

Wyoming, 6 mi to the south, has fewer species on record (221 against 264). Birds logged far more often around Camlachie than there include Bufflehead, American Black Duck, Red-breasted Merganser and Bonaparte's Gull.

Daylight runs from 15 h 22 min at midsummer to 8 h 60 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:48 AM in mid-April and 5:48 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

• Northern Cardinal

  Black-oil sunflower · Safflower · Hulled sunflower chips

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Wyoming6 mi south · 221 species
• Forest9 mi north-east · 275 species
• Petrolia11 mi south · 223 species
• Lambton Shores15 mi north-east · 306 species
• Corunna17 mi south-west · 262 species
• Parkhill26 mi east · 211 species