Sunday, May 27, 2007

Sightings for Sunday May 27th

Montreal, parc nature Cap St-Jacques: 61 species 9 species of warblers including Magnolia, Tennessee, Nothern waterthrush, Morning (Parulines à tête cendrée, obscure, des ruisseaux et triste), Common loon (Plongeon huard), Scarlet tanager (Tangara écarlate), Bobolinks (goglus des prés), Eastern meadowlarks (Sturnelle des prés), Red-bellied woodpecker (pic à ventre roux), Northern thrasher (Moqueur roux), Veery (Grive fauve) - Sylvie Vanier

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: 50 Species including: Roughed grouse, Bobolink, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Veery, Marsh and house wrens, Warblers – Yellow, American redstart, Common yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided, Black & white, Blackpoll, Ovenbird and Canada – T Long

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at Westmount Summit

7:00 and 9:00 am, Tuesday 22 May 2007:
The weather was perfect this morning, sunny and warm. Unfortunately it was also perfect for the leaves on the trees and the birds were not singing very much,which made birding a bit more challenging. But the 19 birders who came out managed to find 40 species, although the number of each was disappointing in most cases.

3 Ring-billed Gull, 5 Rock Pigeon, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Northern Flicker, 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 6 Least Flycatcher, 3 Great Crested Flycatcher, 1 Philadelphia Vireo, 6 Red-eyed Vireo, 6 American Crow, 5 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Veery, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Wood Thrush, 7 American Robin, 10 European Starling, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Nashville Warbler, 3 Northern Parula, 8 Magnolia Warbler, 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4 Black-throated Green Warbler, 3 Blackburnian Warbler, 3 Black-and-white Warbler, 1 Tennessee Warbler, 2 Bay-breasted Warbler, 4 American Redstart, 5 Ovenbird, 1 Canada Warbler, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2 Chipping Sparrow, 6 White-throated Sparrow, 8 Northern Cardinal, 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 Indigo Bunting, 4 Common Grackle, 1 Baltimore Oriole, 10 American Goldfinch, 5 House Sparrow

Kyra Emo

Bird Protection Quebec:Ile Bizard Field trip

Saturday, May 19th: splendid weather, birds singing everywhere; a good time was had by 14 observers. 7am to 12:30:
Pied-billed Grebe (1), Am. Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (1), Green Heron (2) TurkeyVulture (2), Canada Goose (12), Wood Duck (8ad, 12 ducklings ), Mallard (12),, Blue-winged Teal (2), Hoodies (3), Osprey (1), Red-shouldered Hawk (1), Virginia Rail (8), Sora (3), Common Moorhen (4), Solitary Sandpiper (1), R/B Gull (1), Common Tern (1), Black Tern (2), Mourning Dove (1), Y/B Sapsucker (1), Downy (3), Hairy (1), N. Flicker (6), Pileated W/P (1), Least Flycatcher (4), Gt CrestedF/C (30) E. Kingbird (1) Warbling Vireo (3) Philadelphia (1) Red-eyed Vireo(6) Blue Jay (12), A. Crow (8), Tree Swallow (50), B/C Chickadee (6), W/Bnuthatch (2), Brown Creeper (1), House Wren (6), Winter Wren (2), Marsh Wren (20), R/C Kinglet (1), Wood Thrush (1), A. Robin (12), Catbird (6), E. Starling (120), Cedar Waxwing (16), Tennessee Warbler (1), Northern Parula (1), Yellow Warbler (50), Chestnut-sided Warbler (3), Magnolia Warbler, (20), Black throated blue warbler (1), Yellow-rumped Warbler (6), Black &White Warbler (6), American Redstart (6), Ovenbird (6), Song Sparrow (12), Swamp Sparrow (6), Whitethroat (4), N. Cardinal (10), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (24), Red-winged Blackbird(50), Common Grackle (12), Brown-headed Cowbird (2), Baltimore Oriole (50), American Golfinch(10)

Thanks to all who attended Felix

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Sightings for Saturday May 19th

The Club des ornithologues de Châteauguay did their Annual census of Île Saint-Bernard on Saturday May 19th, with the help of members of the Montreal Biological Society. Twenty-four observers split into three groups and found 100 species. Icluding: Glossy ibis (Ibis falcinelle), Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Gobemoucherons gris-bleu), Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleus de l’Est), Bald eagle (Pygargues à tête blanche), Mourning warbler (Paruline triste), Bobolink (Goglus des prés) - Monique Groulx

Sightings for Thursday May 17th

Montreal, Westmount - Summit park: Warblers – Nashville, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird (parulines - à joues grises (1), à collier (1), à poitrine baie (1), rayée (1), noir et blanc (2), des ruisseaux (1) et couronnée (6)
Mont-Royal cemetary: Warblers – Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape may, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s
(Parulines verdâtre (1), Paruline à joues grises (2), Paruline à collier (3), Paruline à flancs marron (2), Paruline à tête cendrée (3), Paruline tigrée (2, mâle et femelle), Paruline bleue (1), Paruline à croupion jaune (8), Paruline à gorge noire (5), Paruline à gorge orangée (3), Paruline rayée (1), Paruline noir et blanc (4), Paruline flamboyante (4), Paruline couronnée (7), Paruline masquée (4), Paruline à calotte noire (1)
- Don-Jean Léandri

Laval, Parc des Prairies: 13 species of Warblers – Nashville, Yellow, Magnolia, Cape may, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush also seen Wood duck, Cooper’s hawk, Solitary sandpiper, Veery, Least flycatcher, Warbling vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Lincoln’s sparrow, Baltimore oriole
13 espèces de (parulines à joues grises (1), jaune (2), à tête cendrée (2), tigrée (1), bleue (2), à gorge noire (1), à gorge orangée (1), à couronne rousse (4), à poitrine baie (1), noir et blanc (1), flamboyante (1), couronnée (4), des ruisseaux (2) Aussi: Canard branchu (9), Épervier de Cooper, Chevalier solitaire, Grive fauve, (1), Moucherolle tchébec), Viréo mélodieux, Grive à dos olive (2), Grive solitaire, Bruant de Lincoln (3), Oriole de Baltimore - Georges Lachaîne

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Sightings for Tuesday May 15th

Laval, parc des Prairies: 21 species of Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush, Mourning, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s
Also seen Wood ducks, American kestrel, Killdeer, Solitary sandpiper, Least flycatcher, Phoebe, Blue-headed vireo, Warbling vireo, Red-eyed vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Lincoln’s sparrow, Baltimore oriole

21 espèces de Parulines: Paruline obscure (2), à joues grises (2), à collier (1), jaune (4), à flancs marron (3), à tête cendrée (8), tigrée (4), bleue (3), à croupion jaune (20), à gorge noire (6), à gorge orangée (3), à couronne rousse (6), à poitrine baie (2), rayée (4), noir et blanc (1), flamboyante (4), couronnée (6), des ruisseaux (2), triste (1), masquée (1), à calotte noire (2).
Aussi: Canard branchu (14 mâles), Crécerelle d'Amérique, Pluvier kildir, Chevalier
solitaire, Moucherolle tchébec, Moucherolle phébi, Viréo à tête bleue, Viréo mélodieux, Viréo aux yeux rouges, Grive à dos olive (4), Grive solitaire, Bruant de Lincoln (3), Oriole de Baltimore


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Élaine Presseau et Georges Lachaîne

Rosemère, along rues Perrault, Philippe, Rose Alma, et Ovila, also a small marsh behind the soccer field on rue Perrault: Red-eyed vireo, Warbling vireo, Blue-headed vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Eastern wood pewee, Alder flycatcher, Least flycatcher, Kingbird, Catbird,Cedar waxwings, Scarlet tanager, Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s

Rosemère, c'est le long des rues Perrault, Philippe, Rose Alma, et Ovila, ainsi qu'au petit marais situé derière le terrain de soccer (au bout de la rue Perrault): Viréo aux yeux rouges (1), Viréo mélodieux (7), Viréo à tête bleue (1), Grive à dos olive (1),Grive solitaire (1), Pioui de l'est (1), Moucherolle des aulnes (1), Moucherolle tchébec (1), Tyran huppé (3), Moqueur chat (2), Jaseur d'Amérique (2), Paruline obscure (2), Paruline à joues grises (1), Paruline à collier (3), Paruline jaune (6), Paruline à flancs marron (8),Paruline à tête cendrée (16), Paruline tigrée (1), Paruline bleue (1), Paruline à croupion jaune (25), Paruline à gorge noire (10), Paruline à gorge orangée (13), Paruline à poitrine baie (2), Paruline rayée (3), Paruline noir et blanc (9), Paruline flamboyante (2), Paruline couronnée (1), Paruline masquée (1), Paruline à calotte noire (1), Tangara écarlate (1) - Don-Jean Léandri

Westmount Summit, Tuesday May 8th

Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at WestmountSummit between 7:00 am and 10:30 am:

Only six birders enjoyed an overcast morning and were rewarded by 42 species.The highlight was sighting 16 warbler species, including a rare Prairie Warbler. The birds were very active at ground level and high in trees. There was little wind, plenty of leaves, and the rain luckily held off until we were ready to go home.

1 Cooper's Hawk, 3 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Rock Pigeon, 1 Eastern Screech-Owl, 1 Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, 2 Least Flycatcher, 7 Great-crested Flycatcher, 2 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Philidelphia Vireo, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 Blue Jay, 6 American Crow, 3 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 2 Wood Thrush, 3 American Robin, 1 Tennessee Warbler, 3 Nashville Warbler, 5 Northern Parula, 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 6 Magnolia Warbler, 1 Cape May Warbler, 12 Black-throated Blue Warbler,30 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 20 Black-throated Green Warbler, 6 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 2 Bay-breasted Warbler, 1 Blackpoll Warbler2 Black-and-white Warbler2 American Redstart12 Ovenbird30 White-throated Sparrow, 2 White-crowned Sparrow, 3 Northern Cardinal, 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 15 Baltimore Oriole, 3 House Finch, 13 American Goldfinch

Kyra Emo

Monday, May 14, 2007

Field Trip Report - Westmount Summit - May 13

Happy Mothers Day everyone. A cool morning on Westmount Summit this morning. Clear and sunny conditions provided an excellent panoramicview from the lookout for everyone to start the day. Throughout themorning various BPQ members popped in and out of the field trip,resulting in an overall total of 25 birders.

A small group of us also headed off to Mount Royal Cemetery late in the morning to wrap up the trip.The buzz word of the morning was certainly "quiet". It has been avery long time since I have been on a field trip where there were so few bird sounds in the air. Persistence did pay off though. A Black-throated Green Warbler kicked off the morning, visible below the lookout and, thanks to Chuck, everyone was able to get a great view of one of the Eastern Screech Owls taking in the morning sun in hisfavourite tree trunk. The rest of the birds really had to be searched out with the group circling the park several times throughout the morning.

The morning was complete with a total of 42 species, with a tentativebut probable 43rd species that several of us thought to have been a Yellow-throated Vireo. That would be a lifer for many in the group,but our view of it was brief. The bird was seen at the western end of the park. I personally would have preferred a much longer view ofthe bird but all the field marks seemed to fit.Other highlights included a Coopers Hawk sitting over our heads whilewe were scouring the trees for warblers! (might explain why therewere none where we were looking);

8 species of warblers; a Broad-winged Hawk, Eastern Bluebirds and a Gray Catbird, each at the cemetery; and a Pileated Woodpecker. So, here is the species list for the morning. I will indicate (MRC) beside those species seen at the cemetery.

Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk (MRC), Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, E. Screech Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher (MRC), Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird (MRC), Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird (MRC), European Starling, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow (MRC), White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MRC), Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird (MRC), American Goldfinch.

Thank you to all who turned out.

Sheldon

Sightings for Saturday May 12th

Île de la Visitation: Veery (grive fauve), Great-crested flycatcher (tyran huppé), Spotted sandpiper (chevalier grivelé), Black-crowned night heron (bihoreau gris), Chimney swift (martinet ramoneur), Least flycatcher (moucherolle tchébec), House wren (troglodyte familier), Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Magnolia, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Canada, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green (parulines – obscure, à joues grises, à collier, jaune, à tête cendrée, noir et blanc, flamboyante, couronnée, du Canada, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire), Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose) - Sylvie Vanier

parc national du Mont-Tremblant, la Diable sector: Roughed grouse (gélinottes huppées), Osprey (balbuzards pêcheurs), Broad-winged hawk (petite buse), Merlin (faucon émerillon), American Woodcock (bécasse d'Amérique), Ravens (grands corbeaux), Winter wrens (troglodytes mignons), Swainson’s thrush (grive à dos olive), Warblers – Nashville, Northern parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Black & White, Ovenbird (parulines - à joues grises, à collier, à flancs marron, à tête cendrée, bleues, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, à gorge orangée, noir et blanc, couronnée), Purple finch (roselins pourprés) - Louise Cadieux

Sunday, May 13, 2007

May 12th, Field Trip Report for Parc d'Oka

Yesterday's field trip to Oka Park (Saturday May 12) saw eleven birders enjoying a cool, breezy but sunny day exploring several areas of the park including the woods near the beach area and the trail to the La Grande Baiemarsh.

The woods were very quiet at times and the warblers few and far between but the good company and several interesting sightings certainly made up for the lack of numbers. Other passerine numbers also seemed very low.

Highlight of the day seen by EVERYONE was a hard-earned scarlet tanager singing high in the canopy. The group worked extremely diligently makingsure everyone finally spotted it and had a view through telescopes.

Highlight of the day seen by a SELECT FEW was a BLUE-GRAY GNATCHER near the tower at La Grande Baie. (A first in Quebec for your leader) Highlight of the day seen by a VERY SELECT FEW was a YELLOW-THROTED VIREO also at the tower. Honourable mention goes to a soaring double-crested cormorant giving us beautiful views of this interesting behavior. Our total of 69 species included:

2 Canada Geese, 2 Wood Ducks, 5 Gadwall, 1 American Black Duck, 2 Northern Shovelers, 2 Ring-necked ducks, 1 Pied-billed grebe, 1 Double-crested cormorant, 1 American Bittern, 20+ Great Blue Herons, 5 Turkey Vultures, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 5 Red-tailed hawks1 Virginia Rail, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 1 Wilson's Snipe, 6 Ring-billed gulls, 1 Herring Gull, 1 Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 15 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 5 Northern Flickers, 1 Easterrn Phoebe, 6 Great-crested flycatchers, 1 Eastern Kingbird, 1 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, 4 Warbling vireos, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Blue Jay, 12 American Crows, 50 Tree Swallows, 40 Bank Swallows, 3 Cliff Swallows, 40 Barn Swallows, 12 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 6 Marsh Wrens, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 1 Veery, 1 Hermit Thrush, 12 American Robins, 1 Gray Catbird, 1 Brown Thrasher, 6 European Starlings, 1 Tenessee Warbler, 1 Northern Parula, 6 Yellow Warblers, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Pine Warbler, 1 American Redstart, 20 Ovenbirds, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 1 Chipping Sparrow, 2 Song Sparrows, 3 White-throated Sparrows, 1 Northern Cardinal, 12 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, 30 Red-winged Blackbirds, 12 Common Grackles, 6 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 8 Baltimore Orioles, 12 American Goldfinches

Thanks to everyone who participated and I'm glad I passed your impromtu test about ovenbirds!!!

Wayne

Friday, May 11, 2007

Sightings for Friday May 11th

Île de la Visitation: 54 species including, Peregrine falcon (faucon pèlerin) ORCHARD ORIOLE (ORIOLE DES VERGERS), Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore), Chimney swift (martinet ramoneur), Merlin (faucon émerillon), Least flycatcher (moucherolle tchébec), Blue-heade vireo (viréo à tête bleu), Warbling vireo (viréo mélodieux), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), Wood thrush (grive des bois) Catbird (moqueur chat), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose), Warblers – Nashville, Norhtern parula, Yellow, Blackburnian, Yellow-rumped, Black & white, Magnolia, Ovenbird, Canada. Wilson’s, Bay-breasted (parulines - à joues grises, à collier, jaune, gorge orangé, à croupion jaune, noir et blanc, à tête cendrée, couronné, paruline du Canada, à calotte noire, à poitrine baie), - Sylvie Vanier

Laval, Île St-Joseph: Ros-breasted grosbeak (Cardinal à poitrine rose), Lincoln’s sparrow (Bruant De Lincoln), Coopers hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Gray catbird(Moqueur chat), Brown thrasher (Moqueurs roux), Warblers – Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Canada (Parulines - jaunes, à croupions jaunes, du Canada) - Daniel LeBlanc

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Sightings for Wednesday May 9th

Montreal,
Mount-Royal cemetary: Eastern bluebird (Merlebleu de l'Est) - Claire et Daniel Murphy
Summit park 11h30 to 13h30: Warblers – blue, American redstart, Black-throated green, Magnolia, Black & white (Parulines bleues, Flamboyante, à gorge noire, à tête cendrée, Noir et Blanc), Blue-headed vireo (Viréo à tête bleue), Hermit thrush (Grives solitaires), Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), Phoebe (Moucherolles phébi) - Louise Ladouceur-Côté
Île Sainte-Hélène: Warbling vireos (Viréos mélodieux), Warblers – Yellow, Nashville, Black-throated green (Parulines jaunes, à joues grises, à gorge noire), Rose-breasted grosbeak (Cardinal à poitrine rose), Great creasted flycatcher (Tyran huppé) - Sylvain Mathieu
Île de la Visitation: 54 species including Black-crowned night heron (bihoreau gris), Merlin (faucon émerillon), Spotted sandpiper (chevalier grivelé), Common tern (sterne pierregarin), Chimney swift (martinet ramoneur), Kingfisher (martin pêcheur), Least flycatcher (moucherolle tchébec), Blue-heade vireo (viréo à tête bleu), Warbling vireo (viréo mélodieux), Gray-cheeked thrush (grive à joues grises), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), Catbird (moqueur chat), Warblers – Nashville, Norhtern parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black-thraoted blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Black & white, Ovenbird (parulines - à joues grises, à collier, jaune, à flancs marron, bleu, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, gorge orangé, à couronne rousse, noir et blanc, couronné), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose), Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore) - Joël Coutu

St-Armand: Scarlet tanagers (tangara écarlate), Baltimore orioles (orioles de Baltimore), 2 Yellow-throated vireos (viréo à gorge jaune), Warblers - Common yellow-throat, yellow, aBlack-throated green, Black-throated blue (parulines - masqué, jaune, à gorge noire, bleue), Gret-crested flyctcher (tyran huppé), Green heron (héron vert), Least flycatchers (moucherolle tchébec), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose), Barred owl (Chouette rayée), Tufted titmouse (4 mésange bicolore), Great horned owl (Grand-duc) - Jean-Guy Papineau

Grandby, Centre d'interprétation de la nature du lac Boivin: Great-egret (grande aigrette), Green-herons (hérons verts), Solitary sandpipers (chevaliers solitaires), Gret-crested flyctcher (tyrans huppés), House wren (troglodyte familier), Warblers – Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Black & white, Northern waterthrush, Common yellow-throat, Wilson’s (parulines à joues grises, jaunes, à flancs marron à croupion
Jaune, à gorge noire, noir et blanc, des ruisseaux, masquées, à calotte noire), Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore)
parc Terry-Fox: Warblers – Black-throated blue, Ovenbird (parulines – bleue, et couronnées), Thrushes – Veery and wood (grives fauve et des bois), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinaux à poitrine rose) - Monique Berlinguette et Monique Maheu

Baie-du-Febvre, in the field bordering the observation pond: Ruff (Combattant varié) - J.-F. Jetté

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Sightings for Tuesday May 8th

Longueuil, Parc régional de Longueuil: 2 Solitary sandpipers (Chevaliers solitaires), 2 Common terns (Sternes pierregarin) in flight, Wood thrush (Grive des bois), 2Blue-headed vireos (Viréos à tête bleue), Warbling vireo (Viréo mélodieux), Warblers - Nashville, Northen parula, yellow, Black-throated green, Black & white, Ovenbird (Parulines - à joues grises, à collier, Paruline jaune, Parulines à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, noir et blanc, Parulines couronnées), Lincoln’s sparrow (Bruant de Lincoln), Rusty blackbirds (Quiscales rouilleux), Baltimaore oriole (Oriole de Baltimore) - Jean Marc Béliveau

Haut-Richelieu, Sabrevois side, Warblers - Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Blackpoll, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Palm, Northern waterthrush (Parulines à joues grises, à collier, jaune, tigrée, bleue, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, à couronne rousse, des ruisseaux), Blue-gray gnatcaatcher (Gobemoucheron gris-bleu), Veery (Grive fauve), Easterm kingbird (Tyran tritri), House wren (Troglodyte familier), Green heron (Héron vert) - Pierre Bannon

Montreal,
Botanical Gardens: Blue-headed vireos (Viréos à tête bleue), Philadelphia vireo (Viréo de Philadelphie), Hermit thrushs (Grives solitaires), Warblers – Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, Palm, Nashville, Black-throated blue, Blackthroated green, Black & white, Northern parula, Northern waterthrush (Parulines - à croupion jaune, à gorge orangée, à couronne rousse, à joues grises, bleue, à gorge noire, noir et blanc, à collier, ruisseaux), Scarlet tanagers (Tangaras écarlate) - Jean-Sébastien Guénett
René-Lévesque & St-Alexandre: Ruby-crowned kinglets (roitelet rubis), White-throated sparrows (bruant gorge blanche), American redstart (paruline flamboyante), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire) - Denis Lauzon

Rivière-des-Prairies
Île Hynes: Spotted sandpiper (Chevalier grivelé), Belted kingfisher (Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique), Bank swallows Hirondelles de rivage, Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Warblers – Yellow, Palm, Yellow-rumped (Parulines - jaunes et à couronne rousse), à croupion jaune)
Pavillon des marais: Green-winged teal (Sarcelles d'hiver), Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Blue-winged teal (Sarcelles à ailes bleues), Northern shovelers (Canards souchets), Gadwall (Canard chipeaux), American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), Moorhen (Gallinule Poule-d'eau), Phoebe (Moucherolles phébis), Warblers – Yellow, Palm, Yellow-rumped (Parulines - jaunes et à couronne rousse) - Daniel LeBlanc
boisé de l'Héritage: Warblers - Nashville, Tennessee, Yellow-rumped, Palm, Northern parula, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, Yellow, Ovenbird, Black & white (Paruline à joues grises, obscure, à croupion jaune, à couronne rousse, à collier, bleue, à gorge noire, jaune, couronnée, noir et blanc), Least flycatcher, (Moucherolle tchébec), Green heron (Héron vert), House wrens (Troglodytes familiers), Blue-headed vireos (Viréos à tête bleue), Merlin (Faucon émerillon), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulettes), Cooper’s Hawks (Éperviers de Cooper) - Samuel Denault

Westmount Summit, Tuesday May 8th

Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at Westmount Summit between 7:00 and 9:00 am, Tuesday 8 May 2007:
A great fall-out of migrating birds last night gave 30 observers lots to look at this morning. 39 species included numerous warblers and sparrows, welcome spring birds.The weather was sunny and warm, with a wind starting about 8:30 am. The leaves are beginning to show themselves, but not completely out yet. There was much activity at ground level, and birds were rushing back and forth.
1 Northern Harrier (flying) 1 Cooper's Hawk 2 Ring-billed Gull 2 Eastern Screech Owl 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 12 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jay 20 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 Brown Creeper 1 Winter Wren 30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Hermit Thrush 3 American Robin 2 European Starling 4 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 8 Black-and white Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Canada Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow, 1 Song Sparrow 80 White-throated Sparrow 4 White-crowned Sparrow 4 Dark-eyed Junco 2 Northern Cardinal 1 House Finch 10 American Goldfinch

Kyra Emo

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Sightings for Wednesday May 2nd

Oka park: Black-backed woodpecker (pic à dos noir), Pine warblers (parulines des pins), Yellow-rumped warblers (parulines à croupion jaune), Brown thrasher (moqueur roux), Flicker (pic flamboyant), Yellow-bellied sapsuckers (pics maculé), Northern shovelers (canards souchet), Gadwall (canards chipeau), Wood ducks (canards branchu), Bufflehead (petit garrot), Hooded mergansers (harle couronné), Phoebe (moucherolle phébi), Red-tailed hawk (buse à queue rousse), Brown creeper (grimpereau brun) - Sylvie Vanier

Baie-du-Febvre: Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalarope de Wilson) 2nd basin on Janelle, Eurasian wigeon (Canard siffleur), American wigeon (canards d’Amérique), Greater and Lesser yellowlegs (Grands et Petits chevaliers) Pectoral sandpiper (Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée), Dunlin (Bécasseau variable), near the tower on Janelle. Ruddy ducks (Érismatures rousses), American coots (Foulques d’Amérique), Redheads (Fuligules à tête rouge), Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins)
route Pépin: Lapland longspur, Snow buntings, Vesper sparrow - (Bruants lapon, des neiges, vespéral), Horned larks (alouettes hausse-col) also seen Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue), Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Osprey (Balbuzard pêcheur), Merlin (Faucon émerillon), American kestrel (Crécerelle d’Amérique)
Nicolet: 2 Pine warbles (Paruline des pins), on a gravel road perpendicular to the river Chemin St-Michel - Maurice Raymond
 
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