Sightings for Saturday April 14th

Carignan, near chemin Bellevue: 2 White-fronted geese (Oie rieuse) mixed in with 2 000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) Raymond Belhumeur

Baie-du-Febvre: 2 Ross’s geese (Oies de Ross) found by Micheline Bisson across from #520 on rte 132. a little further west - Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins). Behind #523 on rte 132 hybrid Snow goose X Ross’s goose (Oie des neiges X l'Oie de Ross)
100,000 Snow geese (Oies des neiges)
chemin Janelle: Eastern Phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), American coots (Foulques d'Amérique), Redheads (Fuligules à tête rouge) Michel Bertrand - 2 Ruddy ducks (Érismature rousse) Richard Guillet

Chateauguay, on Lac St-Louis: a lone male Red-breasted merganser (Harle Huppé)
rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux) L. Simard, P. Simard - Northern Shrike (Pies-grièches grises), Eastern Towhee (Tohi à flancs roux). In the wetlands beside the levee, a Wilson's Snipe (Becassine de Wilson) was wading. Across the channel, some 100 Tree Swallows (Hirondelle bicolore) were swarming above the trees. Sylvia Wees

Maple Grove, Rue MacDonald: Mike Bristol picked out a pair of Barrow's Goldeneye (Garrot d'Islande), among the Common Goldeneye (Grand harle). An American Coot (Foulque d'Amérique), seemed to be shepherded about by an American Wigeon (canards d'Amérique) pair. The Snow Geese (oies des neiges), among the Ile de la Paix were spectacular. And we were closely observed by a River Otter and a Beaver. Sylvia Wees

Plaisance rivière des Outaouais at the beginning of Plaisance Nationl Park: 4 Tundra swans (Cygne siffleur) E.-L. Samson, A. Lacasse

Carignan, chemin Bellevue: 2 White-fronted geese (Oie rieuse) R. Belhumeur, S. Rioux, F. Gagnon

Pointe-aux-Trembles, west of île Sainte-Thérèse: 2 Short-eared owls (Hiboux des marais) Y. Gauthier

Saint-Bruno, Rang 6 south: 4 Short-eared owls (Hiboux des marais) G. Savard