Birds of Port Perry

254 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Port Perry (Ontario) since 2010, across 87,991 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Mourning Dove and American Goldfinch.

Port Perry 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, Mourning Dove, American Goldfinch and Black-capped Chickadee make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in November — about 5.1 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.

Caesarea, 6 mi to the north-east, has fewer species on record (225 against 254). Birds logged far more often around Port Perry than there include Marsh Wren and Lesser Yellowlegs.

Daylight runs from 15 h 30 min at midsummer to 8 h 52 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:33 AM in mid-April and 5:32 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

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• American Goldfinch

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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Caesarea6 mi north-east · 225 species
• Whitby15 mi south · 323 species
• Stouffville18 mi south-west · 235 species
• Ballantrae18 mi west · 226 species
• Mount Albert19 mi west · 212 species
• Omemee23 mi north-east · 240 species