Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for Monday May 18th

Westmount Summit/Mt. Royal Cemetery

16 birders participated in this morning's outing. It started out chilly but began to warm up as the Sun broke through. We were pleased to welcome 3 first timers to a BPQ outing. The Summit was quite quiet this morning. The majority of birds this time around were actually seen as opposed to just being heard. A fellow birder reported that a Cooper's Hawk had been seen a few times this morning possibly being one of the reasons for the birds' lack of vocalizing. As the morning wore on, activity picked up and together with a short trip over to Mount Royal Cemetery we were able to complete the day with 46 species.

Hereare the results: 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 5 Ring-billed Gull, 4 Rock Pigeon, 1 Eastern Screech Owl, 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 Yellow-bellied Spasucker, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 5 Hairy Woodpecker, 3 Northern Flicker, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 3 Least Flycatcher, 6 Great-crested Flycatcher, 5 Blue-headed Vireo ,1 Warbling Vireo, 6 Philadelphia Vireo, 3 Blue Jay, 12 American Crow, 1 Common Raven, 6 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Eastern Bluebird, 75 American Robin, 2 Gray Catbird, 1 Brown Thrasher, 50 European Starling, 1 Yellow Warbler, 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 4 Magnolia Warbler, 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Bay-breasted Warbler, 3 Black and White Warbler, 2 American Redstart, 2 Ovenbird, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 15 Chipping Sparrow, 6 Song Sparrow, 2 White-throated Sparrow, 3 Northern Cardinal, 3 Indigo Bunting, 12 American Goldfinch, 4 House Sparrow - Sheldon