Birds of Papineauville

244 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Papineauville (Quebec) since 2010, across 136,893 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Canada Goose, American Crow and Song Sparrow.

Papineauville is backyard-bird country: 65% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, Song Sparrow, American Robin and Red-winged Blackbird make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in January — about 45.9 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.

Montebello, 5 mi to the north-east, has fewer species on record (216 against 244). Birds logged far more often around Papineauville than there include Pied-billed Grebe, Ring-necked Duck and American Wigeon.

Daylight runs from 15 h 42 min at midsummer to 8 h 41 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:16 AM in mid-April and 5:10 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 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

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• Montebello5 mi north-east · 216 species
• Plantagenet6 mi south · 235 species
• Wendover6 mi south-west · 249 species
• Saint-André-Avellin7 mi north · 189 species
• Thurso11 mi west · 235 species
• Ripon12 mi north · 178 species