Birds of Saint-Anselme

200 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Saint-Anselme (Quebec) since 2010, across 29,683 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, European Starling and Rock Pigeon.

Saint-Anselme is backyard-bird country: 73% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, European Starling, Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

19 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture, Snowy Owl and Bald Eagle.

Records peak in August and are lowest in November — about 5.3 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.

Sainte-Claire, 6 mi to the east, has a similar number of species on record (203 against 200). Birds logged far more often around Saint-Anselme than there include Horned Lark, American Tree Sparrow and Lapland Longspur.

Daylight runs from 15 h 51 min at midsummer to 8 h 33 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 5:58 AM in mid-April and 4:49 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

• European Starling

  Suet · Cracked corn

• Rock Pigeon

  None recommended — flocks crowd out other feeder birds

• Mourning Dove

  Millet · Cracked corn · Black-oil sunflower

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Robin

  Mealworms · Chopped apple and berries · Suet nuggets

• Sainte-Claire6 mi east · 203 species
• Saint-Henri6 mi north-west · 221 species
• Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon12 mi west · 234 species
• Breakeyville12 mi west · 277 species
• Sainte-Marie14 mi south · 217 species
• Saint Romuald15 mi north-west · 328 species