Birds of Carp

261 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Carp (Ontario) since 2010, across 239,304 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Red-winged Blackbird.

Carp is backyard-bird country: 72% 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, Red-winged Blackbird and Song Sparrow make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in December — about 14.4 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.

Stittsville, 9 mi to the south-east, has more species on record (277 against 261). Birds logged far more often around Carp than there include Veery, Ring-necked Duck and Bufflehead.

Daylight runs from 15 h 40 min at midsummer to 8 h 43 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:20 AM in mid-April and 5:15 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

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• American Goldfinch

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

• Stittsville9 mi south-east · 277 species
• Bridlewood10 mi south-east · 322 species
• Bells Corners10 mi east · 333 species
• Constance Bay11 mi north · 272 species
• Mississippi Mills11 mi south-west · 248 species
• Le Plateau14 mi north-east · 331 species