Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for Saturday May 23rd

19 birders took part in today’s field trip at Refuge Faunique Marguerite d'Youville on Île St-Bernard in Châteauguay. Temperature 11-18C with light winds.

Total species count was 76
Bird of the day was a Pectoral Sandpiper spotted by Mark Brenchley.

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

Geese, Swans & Ducks:
4 Canada Goose (Bernache du Canada), 12 Mallard (Canard colvert), 1 Wood Duck (Canard branchu), 3 Blue-winged Teal (Sarcelle à ailes bleues), 2 Gadwall (Canard chapeau), 1 Hooded Merganser (Harle couronné)

Loons:
2 Common Loon (Plongeon huard)

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

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

Herons:
5 Great Blue Heron (Grand Héron), 7 Great Egret (Grande Aigrette), 2 Green Heron (Héron vert), 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron (Bihoreau gris)

Ospreys, Eagles, Hawks:
1 Cooper's Hawk (Épervier de Cooper), 1 Buteo species (espèces du genre Buteo)

Rails, Galilinules & Coots:
2 Common Moorhen (Gallinule poule-d'eau)

Sandpipers & Snipe:
2 Pectoral Sandpiper (Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée), 1 Wilson's Snipe (Bécassine de Wilson)

Gulls & Terns:
8 Bonaparte's Gull (Mouette de Bonaparte), 7 Great Black-backed Gull (Goéland marin), 150 Ring-billed Gull (Goéland à bec cerclé), 6 Common Tern (Sterne pierregarin), 6 Black Tern (Guifette noire)

Pigeons & Doves:
2 Mourning Dove (Tourterelle triste), 4 Rock Pigeon (Pigeon biset)

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

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

Woodpeckers:
1 Downy Woodpecker (Pic mineur), 1 Hairy Woodpecker (Pic chevelu), 6 Northern Flicker (Pic flamboyant), 2 Pileated Woodpecker (Grand Pic)

Flycatchers:
1 Alder Flycatcher (Moucherolle des aulnes), 6 Willow Flycatcher (Moucherolle Des Saules), 14 Eastern Kingbird (Tyran tritri), 24 Great Crested Flycatcher (Tyran huppé), 1 Least Flycatcher (Moucherolle tchébec), 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Moucherolle à ventre jaune)

Vireos:
40 Warbling Vireo (Viréo mélodieux), 1 Philadelphia Vireo (Viréo de Philadelphie), 3 Red-eyed Vireo (Viréo aux yeux rouges)

Jays & Crows:
6 Blue Jay (Geai bleu), 8 American Crow (Corneille d'Amérique)

Swallows:
20 Purple Martin (Hirondelle noire), 12 Barn Swallow (Hirondelle rustique), 10 Cliff Swallow (Hirondelle à front blanc), 60 Tree Swallow (Hirondelle bicolore)

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

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

Wrens:
3 House Wren (Troglodyte familier), 12 Marsh Wren (Troglodyte des marais)

Gnatcathers & Thrushes:
30 American Robin (Merle d'Amérique), 1 Veery (Grive fauve), 1 Wood Thrush (Grive des bois)

Mimids:
6 Gray Catbird (Moqueur chat), 1 Brown Thrasher (Moqueur roux)

Starlings:
16 European Starling (Étourneau sansonnet)

Waxwings:
3 Cedar Waxwing (Jaseur d'Amérique)

Wood Warblers:
3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune), 100 Yellow Warbler (Paruline jaune), 8 Common Yellowthroat (Paruline masque), 2 Black-and-white Warblers (Paruline noir et blanc), 16 Blackpoll Warblers (Paruline rayée), 2 American Redstart (Paruline flamboyante), 1 Northern Waterthrush (Paruline des ruisseaux), 1 Wilson's Warbler (Paruline à calotte noire)

Sparrows:
40 Song Sparrow (Bruant chanteur), 1 Chipping Sparrow (Bruant familier), 24 Swamp Sparrow (Bruant des marais)

Cardinals:
1 Northern Cardinal (Cardinal rouge), 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Cardinal à poitrine rose)

Blackbirds:
12 Brown-headed Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), 50 Common Grackle (Quiscale bronze), 200 Red-winged Blackbird (Carouge à epaulettes), 40 Baltimore Oriole (Oriole de Baltimore)

Finches:
6 American Goldfinch (Chardonneret jaune)

Old World Sparrows:
10 House Sparrow (Moineau domestique)

T. Long