Birds of Lac-Lapierre

197 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Lac-Lapierre (Quebec) since 2010, across 22,514 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and Blue Jay.

Lac-Lapierre is backyard-bird country: 79% 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, Blue Jay and American Goldfinch make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

21 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture, Snowy Owl and Red-tailed Hawk.

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 5.6 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-Esprit, 5 mi to the east, has fewer species on record (190 against 197). Birds logged far more often around Lac-Lapierre than there include Pied-billed Grebe.

Daylight runs from 15 h 44 min at midsummer to 8 h 39 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:10 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.

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Goldfinch

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

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Common Raven

  Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Saint-Esprit5 mi east · 190 species
• Sainte-Julienne5 mi north-east · 190 species
• Sainte-Sophie8 mi south-west · 216 species
• Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan9 mi east · 205 species
• Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines9 mi south · 220 species
• Lac-Connelly10 mi west · 194 species