Birds of Coteau-du-Lac

268 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Coteau-du-Lac (Quebec) since 2010, across 327,479 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and Canada Goose.

Coteau-du-Lac is backyard-bird country: 64% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow, Song Sparrow and American Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 4.0 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.

Saint-Zotique, 5 mi to the south-west, has fewer species on record (250 against 268). Birds logged far more often around Coteau-du-Lac than there include Eurasian Teal and Greater Yellowlegs.

Daylight runs from 15 h 40 min at midsummer to 8 h 44 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:13 AM in mid-April and 5:08 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Saint-Zotique5 mi south-west · 250 species
• Les Cèdres6 mi east · 255 species
• Saint-Lazare7 mi north · 264 species
• Hudson10 mi north · 266 species
• Pincourt11 mi north-east · 285 species
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot13 mi east · 284 species