Birds of Stoney Point/Pointe-aux-Roches

255 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Stoney Point/Pointe-aux-Roches (Ontario) since 2010, across 44,956 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Red-winged Blackbird, Canada Goose and European Starling.

Stoney Point/Pointe-aux-Roches is backyard-bird country: 61% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Red-winged Blackbird, European Starling, Common Grackle and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in November — about 18.7 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.

Tilbury, 6 mi to the south-east, has a similar number of species on record (254 against 255).

Daylight runs from 15 h 17 min at midsummer to 9 h 5 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:50 AM in mid-April and 5:53 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Common Grackle

  Cracked corn · Sunflower

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Northern Cardinal

  Black-oil sunflower · Safflower · Hulled sunflower chips

• Tilbury6 mi south-east · 254 species
• Belle River8 mi west · 229 species
• Essex17 mi south-west · 253 species
• Walpole Island21 mi north · 268 species
• Wallaceburg21 mi north · 244 species
• Windsor24 mi west · 293 species