Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Sightings for Tuesday April 29th

St-Basile-le-Grand: At around 1:30 this afternoon, 1 Sandhill Crane (Grue du Canada) was flying low above route 116 and the surrounding fields, East of St-Basile-le-Grand, on the south shore - Monique Laramée & Christian Coté

pont de St-Louis-de-Gonzague: Cliff swallows (Hirondelle à fronc blanc), sont arrivées.Des centaines d'hirondelles en vol au-dessus du canal de Beauharnois. Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Ring-necked ducks (Fuligule à collier) - Régis Fortin - Photo of Sandhill cranes (Grue du Canada) taken Sunday at Dundee

Monday, April 28, 2008

Sightings for Monday April 28th

St-Bruno de Montarville: Great Crested Flycatcher (Tyran huppé), calling in small woodlot adjacent to Mont Bruno Golf Course - Mark Tomalty

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Sightings for Sunday April 27th

Westmount, Summit park: lots of Blue-headed vireos (Viréos à tête bleue), Yellow-rumped warblers (Parulines à croupion jaune), and a number of Black-throated Green Warblers (Parulines à gorge noire) - Chuck Kling - Merlin (faucon émerillon), Carolina wren (troglodyte de Caroline), et une première étonnante pour moi en ce qui concerne ce parc: 2 Northern shovelers (canards souchets). Le couple était en vol, mais assez bas comme s'il venait de quitter un étang. - Daniel Ouellette

Montreal,
Mount-Royal Cemetery: Brown thrasher (Moqueurs roux), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à Épaulettes) calling continuosly. Suddenly, from part way up Mount Murray... I heard a tremendous racket coming from at least twenty Crows (Corneilles). Lo and behold.... my friend the Great-horned owl (Grand duc d”Amérique) was being tormented by these same crows ... they got him to change roosts about four times... until finally chased out of the cemetary , to somewhere else in Outremont. All the while , the noise of the mobbing was suplemented by the Red-shouldered and a Pileated (Grand pic) calling in alarm. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Pic maculé) in sector G7, which allowed me many photos - Chuck Kling - Photos

St-Barthélemy, in a field across from 110 Rang du fleuve: TUFTED DUCK (FULIGULE MORILLON) était présent dans un champ inondé. Lesser scaup, Greater scaup & Common goldeneye (Petits Fuligules, Fuligule milouinan et de Garrots à oeil d'or) also seen in the flooded fields Snow geese, Canada geese, Northern pintail, Mallard, American wigeon, Redheads, Green-winged teal, Bufflehead, Greater and Lesser yellowlegs, 3 Great egrets (Oies des neiges, Bernaches du Canada, Canard Pilet, Colvert, d'Amérique, Fuligule à tête rouge, Sarcelle d'hiver, Petit Garrot, Grands et Petits Chevaliers, Trois Grandes Aigrettes) - Raymond Piché

Dundee, Réserve Nationale de Faune du Lac St-François: 2 Sandhill cranes (Grue du Canada)

Godmanchester, Chemin Biggar: Field sparrow (Bruants des champs), Easteern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux)

pont de Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: On the top of the bridge structure - Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin) posé très haut sur la structure du pont. 100 Tree swallows (Hirondelle bicolore), 1 Barn swallow (Hirondelle rustique) - Régis Fortin

Laval,
Bois des Rosiers: Nashville Warbler (Paruline à joues grises), House wren, (Troglodyte familier)
Île Saint-Joseph: Brown thrasher (Moqueur roux) - Élaine Presseau et Georges Lachaînel


St-Hubert, around the airport: American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Northern harrier (busard st-martin), 2 Eastern meadowlarks (sturnelles des prés)

St-Paul-Iles-aux Noix: 2 Wood ducks (canard branchu), 2 Northern shovelers (Carnards souchets), 11 Yellowlegs - most of which were Greater (chevaliers) pour la plupart des (grands), 1 Osprey (balbuzard pêcheur), 1 Snow goose (oie des neiges), 100’s Canada geese (bernaches du Canada), 8 Blue-winged teal (sarcelles à ailes bleu), Killdeer (pluvier kildir) - André Provost

(1) Westmount, Parc Summit Park: Blue-headed vireos (viréos à tête bleue), 2 Black-throated green warblers (parulines à gorge noire), Yellow-rumped warblers (parulines à croupion jaune), Merlin (faucon émerillon), Carolina wren (troglodyte de Caroline), et une première étonnante pour moi en ce qui concerne ce parc: 2 Northern shovelers (canards souchets). Le couple était en vol, mais assez bas comme s'il venait de quitter un étang.

(2) Bassin de Chambly Basin: 12 Horned grebes (grèbes esclavon), 2 Red-necked grebes (grèbes jougris), 1 Bonaparte”s gull (mouette de Bonaparte), 2 Common terns (sternes pierregarrin), 2 Osprey (balbuzards)

(3) Henryville: 7 Black terns (guifettes noire), Yellow warblers (parulines jaunes), 2 Northern Waterthrush (parulines des ruisseaux), 2 Brown thrashers (moqueurs roux), 1 House wren (troglodyte familier)

(4) Lacolle: Warbling vireo (viréo mélodieux)

(5) St-Paul de l'Ile-aux-Noix et St-Blaise: 20 Yellowlegs – Greater and Lesser (chevaliers, grand et petit), 2 Spotted sandpipers (chevaliers grivelés), 1 Dunlin (bécasseau variable), 1 Ospery (balbuzard), Purple martins (hirondelles noires) 82 species (espèces) - Daniel Ouellette

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Swamp sparrow (Bruants des marais), Blue-headed vireo (Viréo à tête bleue), Yellow-rumped warblers (Parulines à croupion jaune)

Saint-Timothée, marsh: Pied-belled grebes (Grèbes à bec bigarré), Common moorhens (Gallinules poule-d'eau), Great blue herons on their nests (Grands Hérons) sont tous au nid.
Bicycle path along the canal: 2 Palm warblers (Paruline à couronne rousse), Yellow warbler - heard (Paruline jaune), Red-bellied woodpecker - heard (Pic à ventre roux), 2 Bank swallows (Hirondelles de rivage) - Pierre Bannon

Baie-du-Fèbvre: species 50 (espèces) including – Ducks – Gadwall, Eurasian wigeon, American wigeon, Black, Mallard, Northern shoveler, Northern pintail, Redhead, Ring-necked, Greater & Lesser scaup, Common goldeneye, Long-tailed, Ruddy. Pied-billed grebe, American coot. Sparrows – Chipping, Song, Swamp, Vesperal. American pipit, Great egret, Northern harrier, Sharp-shinned, Rough-legged hawk, Turkey vultures, Osprey, Great blue heron, Killdeer, Spotted sandpiper, Swallows – Purple martin, Tree, Great black-backed gull, Grackle, House finch, House sparrow
Canards (chipeau, siffleur, d'Amérique, noir, colvert, souchet, pilet)Les fuligules (à tête rouge, à collier, milouinan, petit), garrots, Harelde kakawi, érismature, grèbe à bec bigarré, foulque Les bruants (familier, chanteur, des marais, vespéral au bord du chemin Pepin) Ajoutons, Pipit d'Amérique, Grande Aigrette, Busard St-Martin, Épervier brun, Buse pattue, Urubu, Balbuzard, Grand Héron, Pluvier kildir, Chevalier grivelé, Hirondelle noir, bicolore, Bécasse, Goéland marin, Carouge, Quiscale, Roselin familier, Moineau
- Gérald Gauthier et 16 membres du Club des Hautes Laurentides

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Sightings for Saturday April 26th


Repentigny, Parc Régional de l'Île Lebel: YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (BIHOREAU VIOLACÉ) L'oiseau se tient au fond du marais, à l'est de la passerelle et au pied du petit boisé - Richard Prévost -click photo to enlarge
Haut-Richelieu: Greater yellowlegs, Lesser yellowlegs, Wilson’s snipe, Solitary sandpiper, Spotted sandpiper, (F) Wilson’s phalarope, Killdeer, American bittern, Osprey, Tufted titmouse, Great egrets, 5 species of swallow, Green-winged teal, Rusty blackbirds, House wrens, Field sparrow (34 Grands Chevaliers, 13 Petits Chevaliers, 5 Bécassines de Wilson, 1 Chevalier solitaire, 1 Chevalier grivelé, 1 Phalarope de Wilson femelle (1ère Rue à Saint-Blaise via 53ième avenue), des Pluviers kildir. Aussi un Butor d'Amérique, 2 Balbuzards pêcheurs, une Mésange bicolore, 4 Grandes Aigrettes, 5 espèces d'hirondelles (il me manque des rivages), des centaines de Sarcelles d'hiver, des Quiscales rouilleux en masse, 2 Troglodytes familiers, Bruant des champs)

Hemmingford: Warblers – Yellow-rumped, pine, Black and white. House wrens, Brown thrashers, Evening grosbeak, Field sparrow, Eastern bluebirds (3 espèces de parulines (6 croupion jaune, 3 des pins, 1 noir et blanc, 2 Troglodytes familiers (+ 2 autres dans le Haut-Richelieu), plusieurs Moqueurs roux, 2 bandes de Gros-bec errant, 2 Bruants des champs, 2 Merlebleus de l'Est. 81 espèces pour la journée - Pierre Bannon
St-Laurent: Techno-Parc: American bitern (Butor d'Amérique), 9 Wilson’s snipe (bécassines de Wilson) - Daniel Ouellette

Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetery: Merlin (Faucon Émerillon), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à Épaulettes), 50 Northern flickers (Pics flamboyants), Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), 12 Turkey vultures, (Urubus à tête rouge), Chipping sparrows (Bruants familiers), Juncos, (Juncos ardoisés), White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), Songsparrows (Bruants chanteurs), Goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes), Ruby-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne rubis) - Francine Tougas

Richelieu, rues des Colonnes/Fernet: Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé), Green heron (Héron vert)

Lacolle, rang de la Barbotte: 1000 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), Broad-winged hawk (Petite Buse), 1 Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse)

Henryville, Au pont de la rivière: 2 Black terns (Guifettes noires) - Sylvain Mathieu

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for April 26th

Longueuil

23 BPQ birders gathered at Parc Regional de Longueuil, on the South Shore, for this morning's field trip. Weather conditions were mostly cloudy with still a bit of chill in the air at the start of the day, gradually warming up as the morning went by.

Parc Regional de Longueuil offers three basic habitats; trailsthrough heavily forested areas, stretches of open grasslands and asmall marsh. There is also a substantial section of community gardens in the park.

Our close to four-hour walk resulted in a list of 41 species. A few birds qualified for our Birds of the Day. Three birds, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, an American Kestrel and a Red-shouldered Hawk appeared in rapid succession over the parking lot just as we were compiling the list for the day. 3 Rusty Blackbirds, a Palm Warbler and a Blue-headed Vireo also drew votes for the Bird of the Day.

Our complete list of species is as follows: 24 Canada Geese, 3 Mallard, 1 Great Blue, Heron, 1 Northern Harrier, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 American Kestrel, 2 Killdeer, 24 Ring-billed Gull, 1 Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 6 Downy Woodpecker, 3 Hairy Woodpecker, 12 Northern Flicker, 1 Blue-headed, Vireo, 2 Blue Jay, 24 American Crow, 20 Tree Swallow, 30 Black-capped Chickadee, 6 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 24 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Hermit Thrush, 50 American Robin, 6 European Starling, 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Palm Warbler, 3 Chipping Sparrow, 12 Song Sparrow, 1 Swamp Sparrow, 18 White-throated Sparrow, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 12 Dark-eyed Junco, 6 Northern Cardinal, 24 Red-winged Blackbird, 3 Rusty Blackbird, 20 Common Grackle, 18 Brown-headed Cowbird, 2 American Goldfinch, 12 House Sparrow

Bernache du Canada, Colvert, Grand heron, Busard St-Martin, Épervier brun, Buses à épaulettes, Crécerelle d'amérique, Pluvier kildir, Goélands à bec cerclé, Pigeon biset, Tourterelle triste, Pics - Mineur, Chevelu et Flamboyant, Viréo à tête bleue, Geai bleu, Corneille d'Amérique, Hirondelle bicolore, Mésange à tête noir, Sittelle à poitrine blanche, Grimpereaux bruns, Roitelet à couronne dorée, Roitelet à couronne rubis, Grives solitaires, Merles d'Amérique, Étourneau sansonnet, Paruline à croupion jaune, Parulines à couronne rousse, Bruants - des marais, Chanteur, Familier, des marais, à gorge blanche, à couronne blanche, Junco ardoisé, Cardinal rouge, Carouge à épaulette, Quiscale rouilleux, Quiscale bronzé, Vacher à tête brune, Chardonneret jaune, Moineau domestique

Thanks to everyone who turned out this morning - Sheldon

Friday, April 25, 2008

Sightings for Friday April 25th

Montreal, St. Ambroise street: I have the lovely opportunity of watching a pair of American kestrels (Crécerelle d'Amérique) eating (pulling apart mice!). They perch on a dead branch all morning and sporadically during the afternoon (one or both of them). I remember watching them as far back as 3 -maybe 4 years ago, and I am always happy to see them for the first time in the spring (they came back two weeks ago) - Shane

Pointe-Lebel, Baie henri-Grenier: Short-eared owl (Hibou des marais) - Daniel Dorais

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Sightings for Thursday April 24th

Montreal, parc du Mont-Royal: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Pine warbler (Paruline des pins), Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune), Great horned owl (Grand-duc d'Amérique), 2 Evening grosbeaks (Gros-becs errants) - Diane Demers

St-Nicolas: 3 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 1 Broad winged hawk (petite buse), 1 Golden eagle (Aigle royal), 2 Sharp-shinned hawks (Épervier brun), 1 Cooper’s hawk (épervier de Cooper), Pine siskin (Tarins des pins) - Nicolas Hallé

Tadoussac: 51 Red-tailed hawks, 18 Rough-legged hawks, 35 Accipiters, 4 Broad winged hawks, 6 Turkey vultures, 15 Kestrels, 2 Merlins, 12 Buteo (hawk) sp (51 Buses à queue rousse, 18 Buses pattues, 35 Éperviers, 4 Petits Buses, 6 Urubus, 15 Crécerelles, 2 Émerillons, 12 Buses sp.) - Renaud Pintiaux

Baie-du-Fèbvre, chateau d'eau: Eurasian wigeon (Canard siffleur)

Bécancour: in a field at the eastern end of route des Glaieuls - Upland sandpiper (Maubèche des champs) Dans le champs situé à l'extrémité Est de la route des Glaieuls - Jacques Gélinas

Île à l'Aigle (îles de Varenne): – 5 Glossy ibis (Ibis falcinelles) entre Rivière-des-Prairies et Repentigny - Francis St-Pierre

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Sightings for Wednesday April 23rd

Westmount, Summit park: 1 Pine warbler (Paruline des pins), 3 Yellow-rumped warblers (Parulines à croupion jaune), 5 Evening grosbeaks (Gros-becs errants)

Montreal, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery: Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin), 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), 1 Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun), 2 Red-shouldered hawks (Buses à épaulettes) - Pierre Bannon

Île Bizzard: Great Egret (Grande Aigrette), Brown thrasher (Moqueur roux), Winter Wren (Troglodyte mignon), Turkey vulture (Urubus à tête rouge), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) Felix Hilton

Lévis, chemin des Îles: 246 Raptors (rapaces migrateurs en 152 minutes d'observation – 3 Turkey vultutre, 5 Osprey, 6 Northern harrier, 62 Sharp-shinned hawks, 1 Cooper’s hawk, 58 Broad-winged hawks, 93 Red-tailed hawks, 8 Rough-legged hawks, 10 American kestrels (Urubu à tête rouge 3, Balbuzard pêcheur 5, Busard Saint-Martin 6, Épervier brun 62, Épervier de Cooper 1, Petite Buse 58, Buse à queue rousse 93, Buse pattue 8, Crécerelle d'Amérique 10
Resident raptors (rapaces résidents) 2 Red-shouldered hawks (Buses à épaulettes), Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Northern harrier (Busard Saint-Martin) also 1000’s of Snow geeese and Canada geese (d'oies et bernaches), Yellow-rumped warblers (Parulines à croupion jaune), 1 Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés) - Olivier Barden

St-nicolas: 11:00 to 14:00 – 19 Red-tailed hawks, 11 Broad-winged hawks, 3 Sharp-shinned hawks, 1 Cooper’s hawk, 1 Northern harrier, 3 American kestrel, Chipping sparrow, Fox sparrow, Ruby-crowned kinglet, horned lark (19 Buse à queue rousse, 11 Petite buse, 3 Épervier brun, 1 Épervier de Cooper, 1 Busard St-Martin, 3 Crécerelle d'amérique, Bruant familier, Bruant fauve, Roitelet à couronne rubis, Alouette hausse-col) - Nicolas Hallé

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Sightings for Tuesday April 22nd

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 35 species (espèces) including – Sparrows – Swamp, White-throated, Chipping, Fox, Tree - Junco, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Northern flicker, Hermit thrush, Pied-billed grebe, Cedar waxwings, Common redpoll (Bruant des marais, à gorge blanche, familier, fauve, chanteur, hudsonien, Junco, 1 Pic maculé, 5 flamboyant, 1 Grive solitaire, 1 Grèbe à bec bigarré, 12 Jaseur d'Amérique, 1 Sizerin flammé) - Lucette d'Amours
Mount-Royal Cemetery: Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant), Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), Brown thrasher (Moqueur roux), Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé), 3 Hermit thrush (Grives solitaires), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulette), White-throated sparrows (Bruant à gorge blanche) Mallards (Canard Colvert) - Richard Guillet - photos

Victoriaville, Réservoir Beaudet: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse) - Mario Grégoire, Roger Lacerte, Jocelyn Nadeau

Bécancour, Parc industriel: 2 Northern rough-winged swallows (Hirondelles à ailes hérissées) - Robert Barbeau

Sainte-Foy, rue de Bruyères: Turkey vulture, Osprey, Bald eagle, Northern harrier, Sharp-shinned hawk, Northern goshawk, Red-shouldered hawk, Broad-winged hawk,Red-tailed hawk, Rough-legged hawk, Golden eagle, American kestrel
Urubu à tête rouge 11, Balbuzard pêcheur 3, Pygargue à tête blanche 1, Busard Saint-Martin 4, Épervier brun 52, Autour des palombes 1, Buse à épaulettes 2, Petite Buse 67 - un bon nombre pour la date, Buse à queue rousse 284, Buse pattue 37, Aigle royal 2 – juvéniles, Crécerelle d'Amérique 11, Buse sp. 24
- Olivier Barden

quai de Rivière-Ouelle dock: 2 heures d'observations (6h30-8h30) 16 Red-throated loons, (Plongeons catmarins), 2 Common Loons ( Plongeons huards), 50 Double-creasted cormorants (Cormorans à aigrettes), 1 Great blue heron (Grand Héron), 1200 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), 20 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 14 Brant geeese (Bernaches cravants)

Ducks - Wood, Green-winged teal, Black, Mallards, Northern pintail, American wigeon, Gadwall, Lesser scaup, Greater scaup, Common eider, Long-tailed, Common goldeneye, Red-breasted merganser, Common merganser – Surf scoter, Black scoter (Canards branchus 20 Sarcelles d'hiver, 700 Canards noirs, 80 Canards colverts,250 Canards pilets, 6 Canards d'Amérique, 1 Canard chipeau, 40 Petits Fuligules, 6 Fuligules milouinans, 45 Eiders à duvet, 3 Hareldes kakawis, 25 Garrots à oil d'or, 45 Harles huppés, 25 Grands Harles 14 Macreuses à front blanc, 120 Macreuses noires, 600 macreuses sp. (plusieurs radeaux au large, Probablement des M. noires en majorité)

4 Dunlin (Bécasseaux variables), 20 Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte), 500 Ring-billed gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé), 35 Herring gulls (Goélands argentés), 60 Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marins) - Jean-François Rousseau

Jim Houghton Warbler Walk - Westmount Summit - Tues 22 April 08

Westmount

The weather was calm, clear. The snow is still melting, but some remains on paths where previous people (and dogs) walked, and there was mud. It goes without saying that the trees were bare or starting to bud. The best birding was on the south side of the woods. Lower down in Westmount a few magnolia trees have started to bloom.

We had 16 birders and 30 species including: (birds marked with * were counted after the walk)

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Ring-billed Gull 2, Rock Pigeon, *Northern Saw-whet Owl 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4, Downy Woodpecker 5, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 1, Black-capped Chickadee 10, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, Brown Creeper 8*, Carolina Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 3, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15, Hermit Thrush 8, American Robin 10, European Starling 10, Yellow-rumped Warbler 6, Chipping Sparrow 2, Fox Sparrow 6, Song Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 6, Dark-eyed Junco 35, Northern Cardinal 1*, Evening Grosbeak 6

Happy birding and thanks to everybody who participated today, and to Pierre Bannon who provided the birds seen after the trip.

Kyra

Monday, April 21, 2008

Sightings for Monday April 21st



Sherbrooke, sanctuaire de Beauvoir: Yellow-rumped warbler, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Hermit thrush (Paruline à croupion jaune, Pic maculé, Grive solitaire) - Serge Beaudette

Chambly basin: in front of the federal dock near the lock - Lesser black-backed gull - en face du quai fédéral près de l'écluse - (Goéland brun) - Raymond Belhumeur

- click photo to enlarge

Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Morgan Arboretum: Brown Thrasher, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Wood duck, American Wigeon, Tree Swallows, Golden-crowned & Ruby-crowned kinglets, Fox, Song, White-throated and Chipping Sparrows, Juncos(Moqueur roux, Sarcelles d’hiver, Canards – Colvert, Branchu, d’Amérique, Hirondelles bicolores, Roitenets à couronne dorée, Roitelet à couronne rubis, bruants – Fauve, Chanteur, à gorge blanche, Familier, Junco) - Betsy

Sabrevois: on the Richelieu rive at 21st ave. - 3 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés sur la rivière Richelieu à partir de la 21ème avenue) - Marcel Gauthier

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sightings for Sunday April 20th

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: 2 Gray Partridge north of the garden Leslie Hancock - (Perdrix Grises) nord du jardin Leslie Hancock -Alexis Robin-Brisebois

Longueuil, along the river: 62 Horned grebes, 18 Red-necked grebes & 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbes esclavons et Grèbes jougris, Grèbe à bec bigarré)
Near the pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine on the boardwalk for bicycles.
De la passerelle pour vélos près du pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 46 Horned grebes & 9 Red necked grebes (Grèbes esclavons et jougris)
The rest were at the start of the boardwalk near the Mormon Temple.
Le reste des espèces a été vu à partir de la passerelle près du temple Mormon.

Also seen: 1 Snow goose, Canada geese, Wood duck, Gadwall, American wigeon, Black duck, Mallard, Ring-necked duck, Greater scaup, bufflehead, Common goldeneye, Hooded merganser, Red-breasted merganser, Common merganser, Great blue heron, Cormorants, Tree swallows
(Oie des neiges (une seule), Bernaches du Canada, Canard branchu, Canard
chipeau, Canard d'Amérique, Canard noir, Canard colvert, Fuligule à collier,
Fuligule milouinan, Petit Garrot, Garrot à oeil d'or, Harle couronné, Harle
huppé, Grand Harle, Grand hérons, des Cormorans à aigrettes, Hirondelles bicolores)
- Jean Marc Béliveau

Dundee, Réserve Nationale de Faune du Lac Saint-François: 3 Sandhill cranes (Grue du
Canada).

chemin de la Pointe Fraser: Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson) also seen in the area numerous Rusty blackbirds American kestrel, Red-tailed hawk, Broad-winged hawk, Northen harrier, Sharp-shinned hawk, Northern flickers Virgina rail was heard. Ducks – Wood, Mallard & Blue-winged teal.
(Quiscale rouilleux, Crécerelle d'Amérique, Buse à queue rousse, Petite Buse, Busard Saint-Martin, Épervier brun, Pic flamboyant, Râle de Virginie, espèces de canards observées ont été: Canard branchu, Canard colvert et Sarcelle à ailes bleues)
route 132: 2 Wild turkeys (Dindon sauvage) - Régis Fortin

Lachenaie,
Terrasse Mathieu
: On Riviére des Mille-Iles: 13 Horned grebes (Grèbes esclavons) 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré)
Pont Charles de Gaules: 4 Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte) - Patrice Franche et Angèle Gosselin

Tadoussac, station a littles west of the dunes - 11am à 2pm (postés un peu à l’ouest des dunes de Tadoussac sur une pointe rocheuse)
7000 Long-tailed ducks, 1600 Black scoter, 1000 Surf scoter, 1300 Common eider, 200 Red-breasted merganser, 12 Common merganser, 150 Brant geese, 40 Canada geese, 200 black duck, 10 Mallard, 90 Common goldeneye, 21 Barrow’s goldeneye, 150 Double-crested cormorants, 2 great blue heron, 1 King Eider (F)
Harelde Kakawi 7000, Macreuse noire 1600, Macreuse à front blanc 1000, Eider à duvet 1300, Harle huppé 200, Grand Harle 12, Bernache cravant 150, Bernache du Canada 40, Canard noir 200, Canard colvert 10, Garrot à œil d’or 90, Garrot d’Islande 21, Cormoran à aigrettes 150, Grand Héron 2
j’étais heureux de repérer parmi les nombreux Eiders posés près de cette pointe rocheuse une femelle Eider à tête grise - Renaud Pintiaux

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Sightings for Saturday April 19th


Cap St-Jacques: 8 Tree Swallows, 10 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 2 Cooper's Hawks, 2 American Tree Sparrows, 4 Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, 6 Mallards, Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge


St-Timothée marsh: Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Tree swallow (Hirondelle bicolore), Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur)

Maple Grove,
Rue Jean Cauvier: Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Hooded merganser (Harle couronné)
Rue McDonald: Bufflehead (Petit Garrot)

Mercier, water treatment ponds (Étang d'épuration): Ducks - Northern shoveler, American wigeon, Gadwall, Mallards (Canards – Souchet, d'Amérique, chipeau, colvert)

Châteauguay,
Île Saint-Bernard:
Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), Rusty blackbird (Quiscale rouilleux), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Song & White-throated sparrow (Bruants chanteur et à gorge blanche), Northern Cardinal (Cardinal rouge)
Rue Higgins: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), Downy woodpecker (Pic mineur), White-throated sparrow (Bruant à gorge blanche)

Saint-Étienne marsh: Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) - Régis Fortin

Île des Soeurs:
Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), 2 Rusty blackbirds (Quiscales rouilleux), 3 Fox sparrows (Bruants fauves), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitenets à couronne dorée), 2 Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 1 Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic), Northern flickers (Pics flamboyants), 1 Pied billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), American wigeon (Canards d'Amérique), 2 Gadwall (Canards chipeaux), 3 Great blue herons (Grands Hérons) - Michel Bertrand


Baie du Febvre: Bufflehead, Ruddy duck, Gadwall, Redhead, Mallard, American wigeon, American coot, Pied-billed grebe, Canada geese, Snow geese, Great blue heron, Rough-legged hawk, Red-winged blackbirds, Song sparrows, Killdeer (Petit Garrot, Erismature rousse, Canard Chipeau, Fuligule à tête rouge, Canard Colvert, Canard d’Amérique, Foulques d’Amérique, Grèbe à bec bigarré, Bernaches du Canada, Oies des Neiges, Grand Héron, Buse pattue, Carouge à épaulette, Bruant chanteur, Pluvier kildir) - Johanne Paquette
Ross’s goose, Cackling goose, 2 Ross’s X Snow goose hybrid, Short-eared owl, American bittern, 2 Greater & 1 Lesser yellowlegs (Oie de Ross, Bernache de Hutchins,2 hybrides Oie de Ross x Oie des Neiges, Hibou des marais, Butor d'Amérique, 3 chevaliers - 2 Grands et un Petit) - Gaétan Lord

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for April 19th

Hudson
42 birders enjoyed the glorious spring weather in Hudson today. It was sunny, 18 degrees with light winds and we managed to see 60 species of birds. Birds of the day: A co-operative perching Red-shouldered hawk and the numerous Fox sparrows. Also seen by some - a Red fox.

Thanks to everyone who came out to make the day so enjoyable and to Wayne Grubert for his help. The following is our complete list. Barbara MacDuff

Snow goose 1080, Canada goose 600, Wood duck 10, American black duck 2, Mallard 20, Green-winged teal 2, Ring-neck duck 6, Lesser scaup 7, Bufflehead 1, Hooded merganser 11, Common merganser 5, Wild turkey 1, Great blue heron 5, Turkey vulture 13, Northern harrier 1, Cooper's hawk 2, Red-shouldered hawk 4, Broad-winged hawk 1, Red-tailed hawk 5, Rough-legged hawk 1, American kestrel 2, Killdeer 2, Wilson's snipe 1, Ring-billed gull 30, Herring gull 1, Great Black-backed gull 3, Rock dove 30, Mourning dove 6, Belted kingfisher 4, Yellow-bellied sapsucker 5, Downey woodpecker 4, Hairy woodpecker 1, Northern flicker 16, Pileated woodpecker 7, Eastern phoebe 5, Blue jay 14, American crow 70, Tree swallow 30, Black-capped chickadee 18, White-breasted nuthatch 8, Brown creeper 1, Ruby-crowned kinglet 2, Hermit thrush 1, American robin 50, European starling 24, American tree sparrow 2, Chipping sparrow 1, Savannah sparrow 1, Fox sparrow 20, Song sparrow 42, Swamp sparrow 6, White-throated sparrow 4, Dark-eyed junco 16, Northern cardinal 4, Red-winged blackbird 52, Common grackle 52, Brown - headed cowbird 12, Purple finch 4, American goldfinch 15, House sparrow 6

Friday, April 18, 2008

Sightings for Friday April 18th

Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetery: 22 species (espèces) including - 5 Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé), Northern shrike (Pie-Grièche grise), Ruby-crowned kinglet & Goleden-crowned kinglets (Roitelet à couronne rubis et quelques uns à couronne dorée), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Fox & White-throated sparrow (Bruant fauve et à gorge blanche), Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune) - Lucette d'Amours

Westmount, Summit Park: only south-east flank is completely snow free. Other parts still have a good foot of snow. You will also have to watch your step because of the dogs that have been there all winter: Seul le flanc sud est presque complètement dégagé de neige. Le centre du parc et le flanc nord sont encore recouverts d'un bon pied de neige, sinon plus. De plus, la fonte de la neige fait apparaître un peu partout des crottes de chien laissées là durant l'hiver. Alors, attention où vous mettez les pieds

30 species (espèces) including - 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulettes), Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin) (sur la tour de l'université), Woodpeckers - Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Downy, Hairy, Northern flicker, Pileated (Pics - maculé, mineurs, chevelus, flamboyants, Grand Pic), 1 Blue-headed vireo (Viréo à tête bleue), Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 1 winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), 6-8 Ruby crowned & 4-5 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne rubis, Roitelets à couronne dorée), 2-3 Hermit thrush (Grives solitaires), 1 Chipping sparrow (Bruant familier), 5 Fox sparrow (Bruants fauves), Common redpolls (Sizerins flammés) Another birder mentioned that he had seen a Great horned owl (Grand-duc d'Amérique) - Pierre Bannon

Chambly basin: 4 Red-necked grebes (Grèbes jougris), 1 Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 2 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 1 Osprey (Balbuzard pêcheur), 30 Bufflehead (Petits Garrots), dozens of Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolore)

Saint-Blaise, 50th avenue: 3 Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 3 Greater yellowlegs (Grands Chevaliers)

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix: 3 Greater yellowlegs (Grands Chevaliers) - Michel Bertrand

Saint-Timothée, at the canal: 4 (Grèbe esclavon) - Régis Fortin

Chateauguay & Lery, Lac St-louis: 6 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 4 Red-breasted mergansers (Harles huppés) - T. Long

Arundel: 150 American robins (Merles d'Amérique), 2 Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), 16 Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), 9 Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés), 1 Wood duck (Canard branchu), 1 Common loon (Plongeon huard), 7 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 3 Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelles des prés), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), Song sparrows (Bruants chanteurs), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolles phébi), Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis) - Louise Cadieux

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Sightings for Thursday April 17th



Ile Bizard: 5 Canada Geese (Bernache du Canada ), , 2 Northern Cardinals (Cardinal rouge), 10 Mallards (Canards colvert), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Épervier brun), 1 American Bittern (big passarelle) (Butor d'Amérique), 6 Wood Ducks(Canards branchu), 20 Tree Swallows, (Hirondelles bicolores), 8 American Crows (Corneille d'Amérique), 30 Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes). Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

Chateauguay, rue Flanagan: Fox Sparrow (Bruant fauve) - T. Long

Lévis: Turkey vultures (Urubu à tête rouge) 12, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 9, Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun) 41, Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) 1, Broad-winged hawk (Petite Buse) 4, Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) 616, Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) 14, American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), 24, Merlin (Faucon émerillon) 1, Hawk sp. (Buse sp.) 3 - Total: 725 ind.
Lacal raptors (Les rapaces locaux étaient représentés) 2 Cooper’s hawk (Éperviers de Cooper) 2, Peregrine falcons (Faucons pèlerins) 2, Red-shouldered hawk (Buses à épaulettes), Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge) 12, Also in migration - 15 Trees swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), 1 Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés), 1 Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson), Laplandlongspur (Bruant lapon), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (Pic Flamboyant), 40 Double-crested cormorants (Cormorans à aigrettes) - Olivier Barden

Saint-François de Nicolet, l'Anse du Port - small boardwalk: Canvasback (M) (Fuligule à dos blanc) - Serge St-Louis

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: in the woods - 1 Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune), 1 Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), 1 Winter wren (Troglodite mignon), 9 Hermit thrush (Grives solitaire), 2 American woodcocks (Bécasses d'Amérique), 2 Wood ducks (Canards branchu), 2 Mallards (Canards colvert).
At the Ducks Unlimted pond (Sur l'étang de Canards illimités): 8 Northern shoveler (Canards souchet), 4 Mallards (Canards colvert), 4 Pied-billed grebes (Grèbes à bec bigarré), 50+ Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolore), 1 Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson) - Gilles Ethier

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Sightings for Wednesday April 16th


St Bruno-de-Montarville: Pine Warbler (Paruline des pins) singing and feeding in patch of mature white pine between the Mont Bruno Golf course and Blvd. Boucherville - Mark Tomalty

Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Centennial Park: 6 Common Grackles (Quiscale bronzé), 20-30 (M) Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 1 Great Blue Heron (Grand heron), 2 Black-crowned Night Herons (bihoreau gris), 6 Hooded Mergansers (Harles couronné), 2 juvenile pied-billed (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 20 Ring-billed Gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé). - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sightings for Tuesday April 15th

Épiphanie, chemin de la Cabane ronde: Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés) - Louise Ladouceur-Côté

Chateauguay, refuge faunique Marguerite-D'Youville: Near the start of the trails, in the area open to the public - American bittern (Butor d'Amérique) près du début des sentiers, dans le secteur ouvert au public - Dominic Gendron - Photos

Iberville et Sabrevois
Pont Marchand, autoroute 35: 2 Ruddy ducks (M) (Érismature rousse), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronné)

Iberville, rue Kelly & rivière Richelieu: 1 Chipping sparrow (Bruant familier), 1 Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Dark-eyed junco (Juncos ardoisé)

Sabrevois, avenues & rivière Richelieu: 8 Northern shoveler (Canards souchet), 6 Mallards & 2 black ducks (Canards colvert & noir), 1 Snow goose (Oie des neiges), 9 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 1 Killdeer (Pluvier killdir), 1 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle à ailes verte) - Gilles Ethier

Berthier et St-Barthélemy 35 species (espèces)
Berthier, rang de l'Ile Dupas: Vesper sparrow (Bruant vespéral), 12 Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), Common mergansers (Grands Harles) (3), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés) (7), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or) (3), Lesser scaup (Petit Fuligule) (1), 12 Mallards, 3 Wood ducks, 2 Northern shovelers (Canards colvert, branchus et souchet)

St-Barthélemy... rang du Fleuve: Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Northern pintail (Canards pilet) (60), Rough-legged hawk (Buses pattues) (5) Killdeer (Pluviers Kildir), American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Cowbirds (Vachers à tête brune), Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant) - Patrice Franche et Angèle Gosselin

Monday, April 14, 2008

Sightings for Monday April 14th

Pike River,
chemin Molleur: 50 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 26 Black ducks (canards noir), 16 Wood ducks (canards branchu), 52 Mallards (canards colvert), 34 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), 2 Gadwall (canard chipeau)
route 133:
Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 8 Norther pintail (canards pilet), Mallards & Black ducks (colvert et canard noir)

Venise en Québec, rang Palmer & 16ième avenue: Rough-legged hawk (buse pattue), 2 Turkey vultures (urubus à tête rouge), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Mallards & Black ducks (colvert et canard noir)

Philipsburg, marsh: 2 Northern shovelers (canards souchets), 20 Common mergansers (Grand harle), 2 Osprey (balbuzard pêcheur), 2 Belted kingfisher (martin-pêcheur), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) - Jean-Guy Papineau

Longueuil, Parc Régional de Longueuil: 2 Red-Shouldered hawks (buses à épaulette), Eastern phoebe ( moucherolle phébi), Song & Chipping Sparrow (bruants chanteur & familier) - Simon Chaloux

Lery, Lac St-Louis: 3 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 12 Hooded mergansers (Harles Couronné), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Ring-necked Ducks (fuligules à collier) - T-Long

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sightings for Sunday April 13th


Lasalle, Parc des Rapides: in flight past Heron Island 2 Great egrets (Grandes aigrettes) - Yvon Roy


Épiphanie: Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés) - Richard Prévost - click photo to enlarge
Montreal,
Cartierville
, 3 parks along Rivière des Prairies: Eastern phoebe (moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (pic flamboyant), Yellow-bellied sapsucker (pic maculé), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), 8 Wood ducks (Canard branchu), 2 Merlins (un couple de faucon émerillon)
St-Laurent, Techno-Parc: 3 Eastern phoebe (moucherolles phébi), 2 fox sparrow (bruants fauves), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), Norhtern flicker (pic flamboyant), 2 Pileated woodpeckers (grands pics), 1 Rusty blackbird (quiscale rouilleux), 1 American woodcock (bécasse d'Amérique), 4 Killdeer (pluviers kildirs), 1 Red-shouldered hawk (buse à épaulettes), 1 Red-tailed hawk (buse à queue rousse) - Daniel Ouellette
Chambly basin: Common goldeneye (garots à oeil d'or), 10 Bufflehed (petits garots), Common mergansers (grands harles), 2 Hooded mergansers (harle couronné), Mallards (canards colvert), Cormorants (cormorans), Gadwall (canards chipeau), Ring-necked ducks (fuligules à collier), Lesser scaup (petit fuligules), Canada geese (bernaches du Canada). 2 Long-tailed ducks (harelde kakawi) près de la rue Martel. – Manon Roy - 2 Black scoter (Macreuse noire) - Don-Jean Léandri

St-Paul de l'Ile aux noix: 7 Wilson’s snipe (bécassines de Wilson). Many Tree swallows (hirondelles bicolores) à la marina Gosselin. - Manon Roy
Baie du Febvre
An amazing day! Skeins of Snow Geese flying overhead almost incessantly, a multi-thousand aggregation in the flooded fields, many species of waterfowl, 6 species of raptor including fantastic views of Peregrine, the first swallows for many...... More than 40 species of birds were seen in total so the 54 members of Scouts and Guides who came along with their leaders certainly had a lot to look at. Three cheers for the BPQ were given on the bus as it pulled away. Thanks to Stewart Bentley, Mark Brenchley, Barbara MacDuff, David Mulholland and Chris Murphy for their leadership I don't know what happened but the posting took place before I was able to write the list. The list for the day follows
Snow Geese 50 000 + (Oie des neiges), Canada Geese 5 000 + (Bernache du Canada ), Green-winged Teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge), Wood Duck 10 (Canard branchu), Gadwall 24 (Canard chipeau ), American Widgeon 12 (Canard d'Amérique), American Black Duck 24 (Canard noir), Mallard 100 (Canard colvert), Northern Shoveler 7 (Canard souchet), Northern Pintail 30 (Canard pilet), Ring-necked Duck 4 (Fuligule à collier), Bufflehead 3 (Petit Garrot), Hooded Merganser 1 (Harle couronné), Common Merganser 18 (Grand Harle) Great Blue Heron 10 (Grand Héron), Turkey Vulture 2 (Urubus à tête rouge), Bald Eagle 1(Pygargue à tête blanche), Northern Harrier 2 (Busard St-Martin), Red-tailed Hawk 3 (Buse à queue rousse), Rough-legged Hawk 7 (Buse pattue), American Kestrel (Crécerelles d'Amérique), Peregrin Falcon 1 (Falcon pelerine), American Coot 1 (Foulque d'Amérique), Killdeer 6 (Pluvier kildir), Ring-billed Gull 150 (Goéland à bec cerclé), Herring Gull 1 (Goéland argenté), Great-blacked Gull 3 (Goéland marin), Rock Pigeon 40 (Pigeon biset), Mourning Dove 6 (Tourterelle triste), Hairy Woodpecker 1 (Pic chevelu), Blue Jay 1 (Geai bleu), American Crow 100 (Corneille d'Amérique), Horned Lark 3 (Allouette hausse-col), Tree Swallow 10 (Hirondelles bicolores), American Robin 6 ( Merles d'Amérique), European Starling 40 (Étourneau sansonnet), American Tree Sparrow 6 (bruant hudsonien), Song Sparrow 25 (Bruant chanteur), Snow Bunting 20 (Bruant des neiges), Red-winged Blackbird 50 (Carouge à épaulettes), Common Grackle 30 (Quiscale bronzé), Brown-headed Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), House Sparrow 2 (Moineau domestique)
Olivier Barden - Grearer scaup (Fuligule milouinan), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Red-breasted merganser (Harles huppés 2), Pied-bille grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 2 Cackling goose (Bernaches de Hutchins), Ross’s goose (Oies de Ross) 2, Savannah sparrow (Bruant des prés), Lapland longspur (Bruant lapon) 2, Snow X Canada goose hybrid (Hybride Oie des neiges x Bernache du Canada), Great egret (Grande Aigrette), Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre)
Saint-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi, 521 Desbiens: White-Winged Dove (Tourterelle À Ailes Blanches) - Raymond Gagnon

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Sightings for Saturday April 12th

Hemmingford, Rue Fisher: 2 Field Sparrows singing (Bruants des champs) - Mark Tomalty

Gaspé, Pointe de Cap-d'Espoir, 8:30 to 9:30: Common eider (Eider à duvet) 1312, Surf scoter (Macreuse à front blanc) 96, Black scoter (Macreuse noire) 214, Long-tailed ducks (Harelde Kakawi) 7, Red-throated loon (Plongeons catmarin) 7, 100’s Northern gannet & Alcids (Fou de basin et d'Alcidés) - Albini Couture

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report – April 12th

BAIE DU FEBVRE

Hi everyone who stayed in bed this morning, you did the right thing. We arrived at Baie du Febvre at 0815H, it rained all the way. At Baie duFebvre the rain was intensified by the wind. Like Wednesday there are no geese in the fields only a few ducks. The fields on rue Janelle are snow free and flooded. The two ponds are still frozen. We saw, like Wednesday, about 15 Killdeer, a few ring-billed gulls, mallards, pintails. On the way north on the 255, we saw thousands of geese flying south,they know better. OH I was forgetting, nobody came, we waited till 0850H and left. On the way out a little group arrived, form another club, who were trying tol ook in the field through the windows because of the strong, easterly wind. On the way back on highway 20 we saw thousands of geese in thef ields, can't stop to look. During the next week it should start to pick up, they are not too far. See you all on another trip.

Clémence Soulard and Jean Demers

Friday, April 11, 2008

Sightings for Friday April 11th




Longueuil, Parc Régional Longueuil: 2 Eastern bluebirds (merlebleus de l'est) (entre les lacs et le jardins), 1 Eastern phoebe (moucherolle phébi) (près du marais), 2 Northern flickers (pic flamboyant), 8 Killdeer (pluvier kildir) (dans le jardin communautaire) - Simon Chaloux - click photo to enlarge and see more photos here
Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetary- 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), 3 Fox sparrows (Bruants fauves), 1 Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire) - Richard Guillet
Baie-du-Febvre, Rte. 132 & Route Janelle: 34 species (espèces) including - Snow geese (Oie des neiges), Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), Wood ducks (Canard branchu), American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), Black duck (Canard noir), Mallard (Canard colvert), Gadwall (Canards chipeaux), Northern shoveler (Canard souchet), Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche). (Reported but I could not find) Une personne digne de foi m'a affirmé avoir vu un Eurasion wigeon (Canard siffleur) que j'ai cherché en vain. - Serge St-Louis

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Sightings for Thursday April 10th

Oka, parc d'Oka: Sparrows – Swamp, Song, Tree (Bruants - des marais, chanteur, hudsonien), Easten bluebird (Merlebleu de l'est), Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun), Turky vulture (Urubu à tête rouge), Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Cedar waxwings (Jaseurs d'Amérique) - Sylvie Vanier

Montreal Botanical Gardens, Jardin du sous-bois: American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique) - Philippe Collard

Baie-du-Febvre, Route Janelle: Snow geese (Oie des neiges) + 5000, Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) +500, Wood ducks (Canard branchu) 17, American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique) 2, Black duck (Canard noir) 10, Mallard (Canard colvert) 30, Northern shoveler (Canard souchet) 4, Northern pintail (Canard pilet) 4, Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver) 2, Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge) 6, Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier) 50, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 2, American coot (Foulque d'Amérique) 2 - Micheline Bisson

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Sightings for Wednesday April 9th






Dundee,Réserve nationale de faune du lac St-François: Egret trail (à la digue aux Aigrettes) – 3 Sandhill cranes (grues du Canada), 3 Great egrets (grande aigrettes), 10 Great blue herons (grand hérons), Snow geese (oies des neiges), Canada geese (bernaches), Hooded mergansers (harles couronné), Kingfishers (martins-pêcheurs), Wood ducks (canards branchu), Norhtern pintails (canards pilet), Northern shoveler (canard souchet), Common snipe (bécassine des marais) - Daniel Lebrun - Click photo to enlarge

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 28 species (espèces) including - Fox Sparrow (Bruant fauve), Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun), Cedar & Bohemian Waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique et Boréal), Cooper’s Hawk (M) (Epervier de Cooper), Northern Shrike (Pie-Grièche grise), Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune) - Lucette d'Amours


Ile Bizard: Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 6 Tree Swallows (Hirondelles bicolore), were buzzing around the big passarelle, 2 Great Blue Herons (Grand herons), 4 Wood Ducks (Canard branchu), 6 Mallards (Colverts), 1 Belted Kingfisher (martin-pêcheur), (male) at the small passarelle, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Roiteleits à couronne rubis), Canada Geese (bernaches du Canada) - Hal Trachtenberg



Saint-Hubert, Route Verte: Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Sparrows - White-throated & Fox (Bruant à gorge blanche et fauve), Rusty blackbird (Quiscale rouilleux), Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé), 12 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée) - Raymond Belhumeur

Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu: Vesper Sparrow (Bruant vespéra) - Sébastien Rioux


Tadoussac: at the entrance to Fjord du Saguenay - King eider (M) (Eider à tete grise) est présent à l'entrée du Fjord du Saguenay, en face de nos bureaux du Gremm! Observateurs: R.Pintiaux, M.Moisan, G.Pelletier et J.Cabana. - Renaud Pintiaux
Lac Kénogami, chemin des pionniers: Boreal Owl (Nyctale De Tengmalm) - Lucie Boulay & Marc Gaudreault

Godmanchester, montée Smellie: 75 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 13 Northern harriers (Busards Saint-Martin), 10 Sharp-shinned hawks (Éperviers bruns), 6 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), 3 Red-shouldered hawks (Buses à épaulettes), 3 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), 2 American kestrels (Crécerelles d'Amérique), 1 Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) Barn swallow (Hirondelle rustique), American pipits (Pipits d'Amérique), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col), Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleu de l'Est), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (Pics flamboyants), Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelles des prés), Wilson’s snipe (Bécassines de Wilson), 3 Pileated woodpeckers (Grands Pics) calling in the woods - Pierre Bannon

Baie-du-Febvre: Rte. 132 between the road and the woods at civic number 450 Sandhill crane (Grue du Canada) Elle s'est posé à moitié chemin entre la route et le boisé sur le côté nord de la 132 au numéro civique 450.
4 Great blue heron (Grand Héron), 3000 Snow geese (Oie des neiges), 400 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 2 American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), 2 Gadwall (Canard chipeau), 8 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), 40 Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Black duck (Canard noir), Mallards (Canard colvert), 3 Gray partridge (Perdrix grise), 2 Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), 4 Rough-legged hawks (Buse pattue), 4 Ring-billed gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé), 3 Killdeer (Pluvier kildir), Rock pigeon (Pigeon biset), 9 Horned larks (Allouette hausse-col), 3 Mourning dove (Tourterelle triste), 3 American crow (Corneille d'Amérique), 13 American robins (Merle d'Amérique), 19 european starlings (Étourneau sansonnet), 30 Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur), 9 Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), 2 Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges), 120 Red-winged blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 80 Common grackle (Quiscale bronzé), 8 Cowbirds (Vacher à tête brune) - Roger Roy

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Sightings for Tuesday April 8th

Chateauguay, rue Flanagan: American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique)T. Long

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 25 species (espèces) including – Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Tree sparrow (bruant hudsonien), Junco, Common redpolls (Sizerin flammé), Cedar waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique). A Bluebird was reported seen yesterday (autre observateur nous a dit avoir vu un Merlebleu hier. Nous ne l'avons cependant pas retrouvé). - Lucette d'Amours - 7 American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique), 2 Fox Sparrows (Bruants fauve), Pileated Woodpecker (Grand Pic), Cedar & Bohemian waxwings (Jaseurs - d'Amérique et Boreal), Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Purple finch (Roselin pourpré), European goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée) - Yves Gauthier
Viau street facing parc Maisonneuve: European goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant)A. Francis

Saint-Mathias, Bassin de Chambly at the dock: Greater White-Fronted Goose (Oie Rieuse ) - Raymond Belhumeur

Verchères, Montée Chicoine-Larose: ce soir que j'ai débuté mon BGBY - 24 espèces, 5,5 km de marche - Cackling goose (Bernache de hutchins) 1, Wood duck (Canard branchu) 7, Northern pintail (Canard pilet) 9, Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver) 1, Northern harrier (Busard Saint-Martin) 1, Red-tailed Hawk (Buse à queue rousse) 1, Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges) 300, Tree sparrow (Bruant hudsonien) 1, Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur) 5, Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) 4000, Killdeer (Pluvier kildir) 1 - Sébastien Rioux

Ste-Foy/Sillery 2hrs observation on rue de Bruyères: Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) 40, Hooded merganser (Harle couronné) 2, Great blue heron (Grand Héron) 2, Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge) 16, Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) 1, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 2, Sharpshinned hawk (Épervier brun) 5, Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) 3, Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulettes) 10, Red-tailed hawks (Buse à queue rousse) 34, Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) 17, American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique) 1, Merlin (Faucon émerillon) 2, Raptor sp (Rapace sp.) 12, Killdeer (Pluvier kildir) 11, Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre) 1, Bohemian waxwing (Jaseur boréal) 24 - Olivier Barden

Monday, April 07, 2008

Sightings for Monday April 7th

Lasalle
parc des rapides: 2 Hooded mergansers (harles couronnées), 1 American wigeon (canard d’Amérique), 1 Common mergansers (couple de Grands harles), Many American robins (plusieurs merles d’Amérique), Gadwalls (2 couples de canard chipeau) - Sylvie

On this beautiful spring day it is difficult to stay inside so I conducted my first “marathon walk” to the St. Lawrence River at Parc des rapides and along the river to Verdun.

As people have been reporting there are lots of ducks on the river but the Harlequin and Barrows escaped me. Did find four Buffleheads along with Greater and Lesser Scaup Ring-necked Duck and the usual suspects, bringing my Bigby total to a much more respectable 46. Numerous DC Cormorants including some showing the double crest which is not often seen.

There was a “Black-headed” Gull on the ice where the RB Gulls usually congregate at the east end of Parc des rapides. Unfortunately it did not fly so while I think it was a Franklin’s, visibility was not great even with the scope as I could not get an angle that eliminated the sun’s glare. I am hoping others will check it out and get a photo to confirm one way or another?

Noticeably smaller than the RB’s, it was coming into breeding plumage with an almost completely dark hood, fairly long, what appeared to be all-black fairly thin bill with a definate slight downward hook (but not as much as a Laughing), and partial white eye-ring. The legs appeared reddish-orange. - Jeff

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Sightings for Sunday April 6th


Dundee: Egret trail - Sandhill crane (Grue du Canada) est à la Réserve-nationale-de-faune-du-Lac-Saint-François (digue aux aigrettes) - Alain Hogue

Sainte-Barbe: j'ai photographié les Oies des neiges. - Régis Fortin - click photo to enlarge


Verdun, across from the Douglas Hospital: Harlequin Duck (Arlequin Plongeur) with a group of Common goldeneye (garrot à oeil d'or)

Lasalle, Parc des rapides: 3 Black-crowned night-herons (Bihoreau gris). A Belted kingfisher (Martin pêcheur) was reported seen - Sylvie Vanier

Ville-St-Laurent, Parc Technologique: Northern goshawk (Autour des palombes), Cedar waxwings (jaseurs d'Amérique), Cowbirds (vachers à tête brune), killdeer (pluvier kildir), Robins (merles d'Amérique), Song sparrows (bruants chanteurs), Grackles (quiscales bronzés) - Julie Tremblay


Between Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu & Saint-Blaise on rue Fernet: Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline)


Saint-Blaise, 1re Rue face off 50e Avenue: Mute swan (Cygne tuberculé) - Raymond Belhumeur - photo

Montréal, Île Notre-Dame: Townsend's Solitaire (Solitaire De Townsend) - Jean-Pierre Tousignant, Jacques Falardeau, Lynn Chainey et autres

Baie-du-Fèbvre, route Janelle: Horned larks (Alouettes Hausse-col), 2000 Snow geese (oies des neiges), 10 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Killdeer (Pluvier Kildeer) (4) - Suzanne Bisaillon

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu:
American coot (Foulque d'Amérique) entre le chemin Ste-Thérèse (la 223) et la rue Ste-Marie de l'Île Ste-Marie près du pont - Roger Roy
Sherbrooke, lac des Nations along rue L'Esplanade: Lesser black-backed gull (Goéland brun), Accompanied by Gulls- Herring, Ring-billed, Greater black-backed (Goélands - Argentés, à Bec cerclé, Marins), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Mallards (Canards colverts) - Michel Bertrand

Percé
towards Île Bonaventure: Common murre (guillemot marmette) (40), Black guillemot (guillemot à miroir) (200), Razorbill (petit pingouin) (800) also in the Brant geese (Bernaches cravant) (180) - Albini Couture

Between Cap-Rouge and Grondines 40 species (espèces) including
Cap-Rouge: 12 Common eiders (Eiders à duvet)

Saint-Augustin: 4 Rusty blackbirds (Quiscales rouilleux)

Neuville: 2 Killdeer (Pluviers kildirs)

Portneuf, at the dock: 2 Green-winged teal (Sarcelles d'hiver), 7 Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), 1 Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé), 2 Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés)

Deschambault 75 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), 1 Wood duck (Canard branchu), 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge)

Grondines: 1 Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Bufflehead (Petit Garrot) - Gaétan Lord
 
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