Sightings for Tuesday May 5th

Westmount (parc) Summit park - Jim Houghton warbler Walk - Tuesday 5 May 2009

We began with a beautiful sunny morning, slightly cool, and with light wind. Observers numbered 25, and we thought they would outnumber the bird species. However, at the end of the walk, 30 bird species were counted. Birds of the day were *two Pileated Woodpeckers, male and female seen entering and exiting a rotten tall stump of a tree just off the south side of the north road, and later in the woods enjoying low lying foraging; also a beautiful **Great Crested Flycatcher was both seen and heard.

For all who are birding in Park Summit in Westmount for spring migrants, a shady-looking man was observed walking along the road looking inside cars. Make sure you keep your valuables with you when you are birding. - Alain Goulet

Merlin 1 (flying over, toward the cemetery), Ring-billed Gull 2, Rock Pigeon 3, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 4, Pileated Woodpecker 2 *See above, Great Crested Flycatcher 1 **See above, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 1, American Crow 12, Black-capped Chickadee 8, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, Hermit Thrush 3, American Robin 7, European Starling 4, Nashville Warbler 2, Northern Parula 1, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 6, Chipping Sparrow 3, Song Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 8, Dark-eyed Junco 1, House Finch 1, Pine Siskin 2, American Goldfinch 3, House Sparrow 1
Faucon émerillon, Goéland à bec cerclé, Pigeon biset, Pic maculé, Pic mineur, Pic chevelu, Pic flamboyant, Grand pic, Viréo à tête bleue, Geai blue, Corneille d'Amérique, Mésange à tête noire, Sittelle á poitrine rousse, Sittelle á poitrine blanche, Grive solitaire, Merle d'Amérique, Étourneau sansonnet, Parulines – á joues grise, à collier, Blue, Paruline à croupion jaune, Bruant familier, Bruant chanteur, Bruant á gorge blanche, Junco ardoisé, Roselin familier, Tarin des pins, Chardonneret jaune, Moineau domestique

À tous ceux qui visite le parc Summit de Westmount ce printemps, un homme a été observé en train de regarder dans toutes les voitures stationnées au parc Summit hier. Soyer prudent et ne laissez pas d'objets de valeur dans votre voiture lorsque vous visitez le parc Summit (ou lorsque vous visitez n'importe quel endroit dans le fond). - Alain Goulet

Next walk is on 12 May 09 at 7:00 am - Kyra

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Eared grebe (Grèbe à cou noir) , Banacle goose (Bernache nonnette) - Alain Goulet

Baie du Fèbvre, rue Janelle: Wilson’s snipe, American golden plover, Black-bellied plover, Semipalmated plover, Greater & lesser yellowlegs, Dunlin, Pectoral sandpipers, Least sandpipers, House wrens, etc
halte de la Bernache: 3 Greater white-fronted geese
halte de la Sarcelle, Peregrine falcon perched in a dead tree
Many ducks, Canada geese, Snow geese
rue Janelle: 1 Bécassine de Wilson, 1 Pluvier bronzé, 4 Pluviers argenté, 1 Pluvier semi-palmé, Plusieurs Grand et petit chevalier, 7 Bécasseaux variable, 11 Bécasseaux à poitrine cendrée, 7 Bécasseaux minuscule, 2 Troglodytes familier, etc
halte de la Bernache: 3 Oies rieuse
halte de la Sarcelle: Faucon pélerin perché dans un arbre mort.
Beaucoup de canards, Bernaches et Oies des neiges - Gilles Ethier

Dundee, parc faunique du lac Saint-Francois: 2 Sandhill cranes, American bittern, Turkey vultures, Osprey (on nest), Northern harrier, Greater yellowlegs, Wild turkeys (calling)
2 grues du Canada 1 butor d'Amérique, 3 urubus à tête rouge, 1 balbuzard pêcheur (sur son nichoir), 1 busard Saint-Martin, 1 grand chevalier, des cris de dindons sauvages - Patrick Laniel

Notre-Dame, rang Édouard: Snowy owl sitting on top of a garage
Harfang des neiges posé sur un grange - Jean-Guy Papineau