Birds of Lac-Brome

200 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Lac-Brome (Quebec) since 2010, across 48,874 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay and American Crow.

Lac-Brome is backyard-bird country: 82% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, American Crow and American Goldfinch make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 15.1 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.

Waterloo, 9 mi to the north, has more species on record (221 against 200). Birds logged far more often around Lac-Brome than there include Common Loon.

Daylight runs from 15 h 39 min at midsummer to 8 h 44 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:06 AM in mid-April and 5:01 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

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• American Goldfinch

  Nyjer (thistle) · Hulled sunflower chips · Black-oil sunflower

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Waterloo9 mi north · 221 species
• Sutton9 mi south-west · 186 species
• Bromont9 mi north-west · 234 species
• Cowansville11 mi west · 224 species
• Dunham15 mi south-west · 215 species
• Roxton Pond20 mi north · 253 species