Birds of Venise-en-Québec

277 bird species have been recorded within 6 mi of the centre of Venise-en-Québec (Quebec) since 2010, across 456,615 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee and American Goldfinch.

Venise-en-Québec is backyard-bird country: 74% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and yard trees. American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch and Blue Jay make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

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

Records peak in May and are lowest in December — about 10.7 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.

Henryville, 4 mi to the north-west, has fewer species on record (266 against 277). Birds logged far more often around Venise-en-Québec than there include Red-bellied Woodpecker.

Daylight runs from 15 h 38 min at midsummer to 8 h 45 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:09 AM in mid-April and 5:04 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

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Black-oil sunflower · Suet · Shelled peanuts

• American Goldfinch

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

• Blue Jay

  Peanuts in the shell · Black-oil sunflower · Suet

• Red-winged Blackbird

  Cracked corn · Millet · Sunflower

• Song Sparrow

  Millet · Hulled sunflower · Cracked corn

• Henryville4 mi north-west · 266 species
• Bedford8 mi east · 254 species
• Noyan8 mi west · 254 species
• Lacolle11 mi west · 246 species
• Napierville15 mi north-west · 209 species
• Farnham16 mi north-east · 200 species