Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Tuesday January 31st

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, compost site: Gyrfalcon - gray form (Faucon gerfaut), Gray partridge (Perdrix grise)

Mirabel, rang ste-marie/st-dominique 3 Snowy owls (Harfangs des neiges)

Laval, east of 4085 boul. St-Elzéar Est: Song Sparrow (Bruant chanteur), Northern mockingbird (Moqueur polyglotte)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Saturday January 28th

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, compost site: Gyrfalcon - gray form (Faucon gerfaut)

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Falaise Dieppe: Gyrfalcon - white form (Faucon Gerfaut de forme blanche)

Laval, Boisé Papineau: Eastern screech owl (Petit- duc maculé), Great horned owl (Grand duc d'Amérique), Saw-whet owl (Petite nyctale), coopers hawk (Épervier de Cooper)

Bird Protection Quebec Field trip for January 28th

Montreal, Mount Royal cemetery: breezy, sunny, +3 degrees..... in january !!13 birders reporting 13 species......bird of the day: adult cooper's hawk perched silently on the hillside leadingup to the red-shouldered nestother species:rock pigeon // mourning dove // downy // hairy woodpeckers // am. crow //b.c.chickadee // w.b. nuthatch // eur. starling // n. cardinal // pine grosbeak// house finch // am. goldfinch

Chuck

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Monday January 23rd

Mirabel, rang Ste-Marie: 2 Snowy owls (Harfang des neiges)

Carolina Wren

One of the Baie d'Urfe Carolina Wrens in all his/her glory ............

Photo taken 22 January 2006

Laval boisé Papineau Sunday, January 22

bois papineau, 8am to 11 am this morning 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm in afternoon 2 great horned owls... both north of the tracks, well hidden way up high in big cedars.... one in a leaning cedar about 20 yards in from the tracks... another way up a big cedar , in the grove opposite the little bridge to the feeders...1 saw-whet asleep in a cedar, near the start of the path to the main grove of cedars, again north of the tracks...1 barred owl half way up a large hemlock,.... south of the tracks, but close bythem...1 screech owl / grey phase in the original birch cavity, not the one near thepolice station

Chuck

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Sunday January 22nd

Mirabel, rangs Ste-Marie et St-Dominique: 3 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), redpolls (sizerins), Gray partridge (perdrix grises)

Boucherville, boisé de la Saulaie à Boucherville: Great horned owl (Grand-duc), Gray catbird (Moqueur chat), American robin (Merle d'Amérique)

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, rue des Colonnes: Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé), Rusty blackbird (Quiscale rouilleux)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Tuesday January 17th

Boucherville, boisé de La Saulaie: Gray catbird (Moqueur chat), Great horned owl (Grand-duc d'Amérique), 2 Robins (Merles d’Amérique) , Raven (Grand Corbeau)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Monday January 16th

Mirabel: 3 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges) on rang Saint-Dominique, another on a silo at the intersection of route 148 and chemin du Grand-Brulé.
Chemin des Sources: Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue)
Rang Saint-Dominique, flying towards the west: Gulls-greater black-backed, herring, glaucous, and Iceland (Goélands marins, argentés, bourgmestres et arctiques)

Village de Bourbonnière: Pine grosbeaks (Durbecs des sapins)

Lachute, chemin Vide-Sac at feeders: Pine siskins (Tarins des pins)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Sunday January 15th

St-Basile, compost site: 6 gray partridge (Perdrix grise), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col)

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Falaise Dieppe:2 Gyrfalcon (Faucon Gerfaut)

Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)
St-Esprit: route 341
St-Roch-de-l'Achigan: 1st Ch. du Ruisseau St-Jean Nord, 2nd route 125

Bird Protection Quebec Field trip for January 14th

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: Temperature of 6C but with heavy rain, fog and later threat of snow kept most people away this morning, but 5 brave and dedicated (some people might have other descriptive words) birders toured the gardens to see what the site had to offer. A total of 17 species was seen: Cooper's Hawk, a gull species (by the size, probably ring-billed), Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Am. Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Pine Grosbeak, House Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Wednesday, January 11th

Varennes,
chemin Lionel Boulet: red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue)chemin Rivière aux Pins: Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin), American kestrel )Crécerelle d'Amérique), red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Tuesday January 10th

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Falaise Dieppe: Gyrfalcon-white form (Faucon Gerfaut de forme blanche), 6 Ravens (Grands Corbeau)

St-Hubert,
Clairevue in the fields at the airport: Northern shrike (pie-grieche grise)
Ch de l'aéroprt.: American kestrel (Crécerelle d'amérique)
Beside hwy 30 in the field: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

St-Barthélemy: 7 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Lachenaie, rue St-Denis: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Happy Birding
Sharon and Tom

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Sunday January 8th

Montreal, Mount Royal Cemetery near the firemans monument: Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé)
Verdun, across from the Douglas Hospital: 1 Barrow’s goldeneye (Garrot d'Islande), common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Blackbacked gulls (Goélands marins)

Pte-aux-Trembles, behind Le Bistrot du Jardin: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), 4 Gray Partridge (Perdrix grise)

Boucherville, boul. Marie Victorin - in the woods near restaurant La Saulaie: Gray catbird (Moqueur chat)

St-Clet St-Marthe: Ch.Ste Julie 2 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), 1 on the 201 at the intersection of ch. Ste-Marie

Laval, Boisé Papineau: 2 Great horned owls (Grand-duc D'Amérique), Barred owl (Chouette rayée), Northern saw-whet owl (Petite-Nyctale)

Saint-Hyacinthe, rte.116 just before Saint-Hyacinthe 6pm: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Happy Birding
Sharon and Tom

Bird Protection Quebec Field trip for January 7th

Montreal, Saint Laurent: Bois de Liesse Nature Park, 13 birders braved the cold temperatures of Saturday morning with temperatures hovering around -18C. A totalof 15 species was seen: 4 American black ducks, 20 rock pigeons, 4 downy woodpeckers, 2 hairywoodpeckers, 2 pileated woodpeckers, 100+ American crows, 30 black-cappedchickadees, 5 white-breasted nuthatches, 8 American robins, 13 Europeanstarlings, 2 American tree sparrows, 1 Dark-eyed junco, 4 Northerncardinals, 3 American Goldfinches and 10 House sparrows.

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Saturday January 7th

St-Barthelémy, corner rang St-Jacques and montée Ouest, St-Viateur near Ste-Thérèse: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), also in the area 30 Snow buntings (Bruants des neige), 15 Horned larks (alouettes hausse-col), 2 Gray partridge (perdrix grise)

Mirabel,
rang St-Dominique: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)
rang Ste-Marie: 2 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), 4 Gray partridge (Perdrix grises), Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue)
St-Dominique: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)
rang Giroux: 10 Gray Partridge (Perdrix grises)

Lachute, 21 pl. Bourbonnière: 2 Boreal chickadee (Mésanges à tête brune)

Happy Birding
Sharon and Tom

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Friday January 6th

Varennes,
chemin de la rivière aux pins: Peregrine falcon (faucon pèlerin) chemin de la pointe aux pruches: 7 Gray partridge (perdrix grises), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique)

Sainte-Martine, rte. 205 on Hydro-Quebec towers: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Happy Birding
Sharon and Tom

INTRODUCTION

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