Field trip report for February 27th

Six birders with attended today’s field trip. Temperature was 2C and not as windy as expected. Started at the Saint-Catherine (s) Récré-o-parc and then moved on to rue Higgins in Chateauguay (c) - 20 species reported

18 Canada Goose (Bernache du Canada) (s)
10 Black duck (Canard noir) (s)
300 Mallard (Canard colvert) (s,c)
8 Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or) (s)
2 Scaup sp. (Fuligule) (c)
40 Common Merganser (Grand harle) (s,c)
2 Ring-billed gull (Goéland à bec cerclé) (s)
1 Herring gull (Goéland argenté) (s)
14 Great black-backed gulls (Goéland marin) (s,c)
4 Rock pigeon (Pigeon biset) (s)
8 Downy woodpecker (Pic mineur) (c)
4 Hairy woodpecker (Pic chevelu) (c)
12 American crow (Corneille d'Amérique) (s,c)
27 Black-capped chickadee (Mésange à tête noire) (s,c)
2 Tufted titmouse (Mésange bicolore) (c)
4 White-breasted nuthatch (Sittelle à poitrine blanche) (c)
6 European starling (Étourneau sansonnet) (s)
2 Northern cardinal (Cardinal rouge) (s,c)
10 American goldfinch (Chardonneret jaune) (c)
6 House sparrows (Moineau domestique) (c)

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