Birds of Stoney Point

246 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Stoney Point (Ontario) since 2010, across 65,707 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Mourning Dove, Canada Goose and Black-capped Chickadee.

Stoney Point is backyard-bird country: 62% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Mourning Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and Red-winged Blackbird make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

22 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Osprey, Bald Eagle and Snowy Owl.

Records peak in May and are lowest in September — about 6.6 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.

Cookstown, 10 mi to the south-west, has fewer species on record (227 against 246). Birds logged far more often around Stoney Point than there include Osprey, American Herring Gull, Great Blue Heron and Common Merganser.

Daylight runs from 15 h 31 min at midsummer to 8 h 51 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:36 AM in mid-April and 5:33 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Cookstown10 mi south-west · 227 species
• East Gwillimbury12 mi south · 255 species
• Mount Albert14 mi south-east · 212 species
• Angus18 mi west · 249 species
• Beeton18 mi south-west · 237 species
• Aurora19 mi south · 247 species