Birds of Kazabazua

190 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Kazabazua (Quebec) since 2010, across 14,462 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow and Black-capped Chickadee.

Kazabazua is backyard-bird country: 78% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and Common Raven make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in June and are lowest in January — about 79.4 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-Raphaël, 21 mi to the north, has fewer species on record (177 against 190). Birds logged far more often around Kazabazua than there include Bobolink, Eastern Meadowlark, Brown Thrasher and Sandhill Crane.

Daylight runs from 15 h 45 min at midsummer to 8 h 39 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:19 AM in mid-April and 5:12 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Common Raven

  Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Saint-Raphaël21 mi north · 177 species
• Wakefield21 mi south-east · 198 species
• Val-des-Monts27 mi south-east · 197 species
• Cantley29 mi south-east · 227 species
• Maniwaki30 mi north · 152 species
• Constance Bay31 mi south · 272 species