Birds of Notre-Dame-du-Lac

158 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Notre-Dame-du-Lac (Quebec) since 2010, across 5,998 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Robin, American Crow and Blue Jay.

Notre-Dame-du-Lac is backyard-bird country: 81% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Robin, American Crow, Blue Jay and Red-eyed Vireo make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

14 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture, Broad-winged Hawk and Bald Eagle.

Records peak in June and are lowest in November — about 51.0 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.

Témiscaming, 3 mi to the south-west, has a similar number of species on record (158 against 158).

Daylight runs from 15 h 52 min at midsummer to 8 h 33 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:30 AM in mid-April and 5:21 AM in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Red-eyed Vireo

  None — mature deciduous trees are the draw

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Témiscaming3 mi south-west · 158 species
• Mattawa34 mi south-east · 166 species
• Callander40 mi south · 231 species
• Ville-Marie44 mi north-west · 249 species
• Saint-Isidore49 mi north · 209 species
• West Nipissing49 mi south-west · 216 species