Birds of Carleton Place

247 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Carleton Place (Ontario) since 2010, across 111,806 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Canada Goose.

Carleton Place 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, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

22 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture, Osprey and Bald Eagle.

Records peak in May and are lowest in January — about 4.4 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.

Mississippi Mills, 7 mi to the north, has a similar number of species on record (248 against 247). Birds logged far more often around Carleton Place than there include Common Merganser, Greater Yellowlegs, Common Loon and Double-crested Cormorant.

Daylight runs from 15 h 38 min at midsummer to 8 h 45 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:21 AM in mid-April and 5:16 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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Mississippi Mills7 mi north · 248 species
• Munster10 mi east · 238 species
• Stittsville14 mi north-east · 277 species
• Richmond16 mi east · 283 species
• Carp16 mi north · 261 species
• Perth17 mi south · 220 species