Sightings for Monday October 20th

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 15 White-winged crossbills (Bec-croisé bifascié) 20 Pine siskins (Tarin des Pins) - Lucette d'Amours

Victoriaville, Réservoir Beaudet: Ross’s goose, Snow geese, Boreal chickadee with Black-capped chickadees in the pines bordering the bike path beside boulevard industriel
Oie de Ross Oie des neiges, Mésange à tête brune parmi un groupe de Mésanges à tête noire L'oiseau se déplace dans la pinède qui borde la piste cyclable, du côté du boulevard industriel - Claude Roy - Lesser black-backed gull, Franklin’s gull (Goéland brun), (Mouette de Franklin) - Jean Ducharme

Montmagny: Ducks Unlimited marsh - Long-billed dowitcher – Bécassine à long bec - au marais de Canards Illimités - Yvan Bernier, Claude Lamontage et Mario Lavoie

Gatineau, secteur Angers : Juvenile Little Blue Heron, first spotted by Bob Cermak this morning from Petrie Island, was relocated this afternoon on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River. It was tucked way back along the northeastern edge of Petite baie Clement. From Hwy 148, follow the signs in the village of Angers. We drove down to the board-map and followed the left trail to the parking area. We walked almost to the end, where we were able to get excellent scope views by looking back in a northeast direction. The bird occasionally disappeared into the reeds. However, for the most part, it was actively feeding along the marsh edge.

Note that this area is very active during hunting season!!! Also, the roads and trails are fairly muddy in some places, and full of serious pot holes. Proceed with caution.

The two juvenile Tundra Swans were on the Ottawa River, visible from Petrie Island beach (Ontario), and also from the river's edge at Maris aux Grenouillettes (Quebec). - Tony Beck

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: 1 Wood Duck, 3 American Black Duck, 100 Mallard, 20 Green-winged Teal, 2 Common Loon, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 3 Double-crested Cormorant, 5 Great Blue Heron, 9 Great Egret, 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron, 1 Red-tailed Hawk, 1 American Coot, 9 Ring-billed Gull, 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 11 Rock Pigeon, 3 Mourning Dove, 2 Downy Woodpecker, 3 Hairy Woodpecker, 4 Blue Jay, 3 American Crow, 30 Black-capped Chickadee, 3 White-breasted Nuthatch, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 200 American Robin, 12 European Starling, 13 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 12 Song Sparrow, 6 White-throated Sparrow, 3 Dark-eyed Junco, 2 Northern Cardinal, 50 Red-winged Blackbird, 8 Rusty Blackbird, 2 Brown-headed Cowbird, 7 American Goldfinch, 8 House Sparrow – T. Long