Birds of Vermilion Bay

152 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Vermilion Bay (Ontario) since 2010, across 2,359 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Common Raven, Common Loon and Common Grackle.

Vermilion Bay 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. Common Raven, Common Grackle, American Crow and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

12 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture and American Kestrel.

Records peak in June and are lowest in January — about 158.8 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.

Dryden, 29 mi to the east, has more species on record (199 against 152). Birds logged far more often around Vermilion Bay than there include Common Loon, Turkey Vulture, American White Pelican and Broad-winged Hawk.

Daylight runs from 16 h 21 min at midsummer to 8 h 6 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:22 AM in mid-April and 5:04 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

• Common Grackle

  Cracked corn · Sunflower

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• White-throated Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Dryden29 mi east · 199 species
• Sioux Lookout64 mi east · 196 species
• Sioux Lookout67 mi east · 193 species
• Red Lake82 mi north · 217 species
• Ignace83 mi east · 152 species
• Red Lake85 mi north · 218 species