Birds of Roxton Pond

253 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Roxton Pond (Quebec) since 2010, across 527,110 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, American Crow and Canada Goose.

Roxton Pond is backyard-bird country: 72% 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 Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

20 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture and Osprey.

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 15.5 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.

Bromont, 12 mi to the south, has fewer species on record (234 against 253). Birds logged far more often around Roxton Pond than there include Double-crested Cormorant and American Herring Gull.

Daylight runs from 15 h 41 min at midsummer to 8 h 42 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

• American Crow

  Cracked corn · Peanuts in the shell · Suet scraps

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• American Goldfinch

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

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Bromont12 mi south · 234 species
• Waterloo12 mi south-east · 221 species
• Saint-Pie12 mi west · 194 species
• Saint-Liboire12 mi north · 181 species
• Acton Vale12 mi north-east · 184 species
• Ange-Gardien16 mi south-west · 200 species