Birds of Moose Factory

207 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Moose Factory (Ontario) since 2010, across 23,783 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Common Raven, American Crow and Ring-billed Gull.

Moose Factory 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. Common Raven, American Crow, European Starling and White-throated Sparrow make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

15 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle, Merlin and Hen Harrier.

Records peak in September and are lowest in February — about 235.2 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.

Fort Albany, 79 mi to the north-west, has fewer species on record (112 against 207). Birds logged far more often around Moose Factory than there include Ring-billed Gull, American Herring Gull, American Goldfinch and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Daylight runs from 16 h 36 min at midsummer to 7 h 52 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:29 AM in mid-April and 5:05 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Common Raven

  Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• White-throated Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Common Grackle

  Cracked corn · Sunflower

• Fort Albany79 mi north-west · 112 species
• Waskaganish82 mi east · 158 species
• Kashechewan83 mi north-west · 105 species
• Attawapiskat138 mi north-west · 136 species
• Smooth Rock Falls144 mi south · 181 species
• Kapuskasing151 mi south-west · 161 species