Birds of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

288 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (Quebec) since 2010, across 804,909 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Cardinal and American Crow.

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 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, Northern Cardinal, American Crow and Blue Jay make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

25 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk and Merlin.

Records peak in May and are lowest in February — about 6.1 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.

Senneville, 2 mi to the north, has a similar number of species on record (285 against 288).

Daylight runs from 15 h 40 min at midsummer to 8 h 43 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:12 AM in mid-April and 5:06 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

• Northern Cardinal

  Black-oil sunflower · Safflower · Hulled sunflower chips

• 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

• Senneville2 mi north · 285 species
• Pincourt2 mi south-west · 285 species
• Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot3 mi south · 284 species
• Beaconsfield4 mi north-east · 303 species
• Pierrefonds5 mi north-east · 290 species
• L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève7 mi north · 288 species