Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report - August 23rd

Chateauguay

16 birders and 2,000,000 mosquitoes took part in today’s field trip at Refuge Faunique Marguerite d'Youville on Île St-Bernard in Châteauguay. Temperature 23C and 7km/h south winds. Thankfully the mosquitoes dissipated as the temperature rose.

Total species count was 60. Bird of the day was an immature bald eagle. This may be the same eagle spotted at various times in the past month. Another bird of note was the blue-gray gnatcatcher seen by Jacques & Mark.

After the field trip we were treated to a photo exhibition by Francis Bossé in the welcome centre. Francis won our Big Year Birding photo competition last year.

Thank you for all who participated in today’s field trip and made it such an enjoyable day.


Ducks:
2 American Black Duck (Canard noir), 6 Mallard (Canard colvert), 4 Wood Duck (Canard branchu)

Grebes:
1 Pied-billed Grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré)

Cormorants:
125 Double-crested Cormorant (Cormoran à aigrettes)

Herons:
12 Great Blue Heron (Grand Héron), 20 Great Egret (Grande Aigrette), 10 Green Heron (Héron vert), 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Bihoreau gris)

Ospreys, Eagles, Hawks:
1 Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Épervier Brun), 1 Bald Eagle (Pygargue À Tête Blanche), 1 Osprey (Balbuzard Pêcheur), 2 Red-Tailed Hawk (Buse À Queue Rousse), 1 Broad-Winged Hawk (Petite Buse), 1 Northern Harrier (Busard Saint-Martin)

Falcons:
2 Merlin (Faucon Émerillon), 1 American Kestrel (Crécerelle D'amérique)

Sandpipers:
1 Spotted Sandpiper (Chevalier grivelé)

Gulls & Terns:
2 Great Black-backed Gull (Goéland marin), 20 Ring-billed Gull (Goéland à bec cerclé), 2 Common Tern (Sterne pierregarin)

Pigeons & Doves:
10 Mourning Dove (Tourterelle triste), 8 Rock Pigeon (Pigeon biset)

Hummingbirds:
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Colibri à gorge rubis)

Kingfishers:
2 Belted Kingfisher (Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique)

Woodpeckers:
3 Downy Woodpecker (Pic mineur), 4 Hairy Woodpecker (Pic chevelu), 8 Northern Flicker (Pic flamboyant), 1 Pileated Woodpecker (Grand Pic)

Flycatchers:
1 Willow Flycatcher (Moucherolle Des Saules), 4 Eastern Kingbird (Tyran tritri), 2 Eastern Phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), 7 Eastern Wood-Pewee, (Pioui de l'Est), 1 Great Crested Flycatcher (Tyran huppé)

Vireos:
1 Warbling Vireo (Viréo mélodieux)

Jays & Crows:
5 Blue Jay (Geai bleu), 30 American Crow (Corneille d'Amérique)

Swallows:
6 Purple Martin (Hirondelle noire)

Titmice:
8 Black-capped Chickadee, (Mésange à tête noire)

Nuthatches:
5 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sittelle à poitrine blanche)

Creepers:
1 Brown Creeper (Grimpereau brun)

Wrens:
3 House Wren (Troglodyte familier), 2 Marsh Wren (Troglodyte des marais)

Gratcathers & Thrushes:
1 Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Gobemoucheron Gris-Bleu), American Robin (Merle d'Amérique)

Mimids:
3 Gray Catbird (Moqueur chat)

Starlings:
20 European Starling (Étourneau sansonnet)

Waxwings:
23 Cedar Waxwing (Jaseur d'Amérique)

Wood Warblers:
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler (Paruline bleue), 30 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune), 3 Yellow Warbler (Paruline jaune), 1 Common Yellowthroat (Paruline masque)

Sparrows:
1 Savannah Sparrow (Bruant des prés), 30 Song Sparrow (Bruant chanteur)

Cardinals:
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Cardinal à poitrine rose)

Blackbirds:
1 Brown-headed Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), 8 Common Grackle (Quiscale bronze), 20 Red-winged Blackbird (Carouge à epaulettes)

Finches:
20 American Goldfinch (Chardonneret jaune)

Old World Sparrows:
10 House Sparrow (Moineau domestique)

Tom & Sharon