Sightings for Sunday June 3

Montréal: This morning, in the cemetery...section G7...I was alerted to a loud call...and I briefly spotted a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO (Coulicou à bec jaune). UP HIGH IN A TREE. no chance for photos. it was around 8:30 am

.Amazingly..15 minutes later...I ran into a photographer who got the bird...and..a BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO (Coulicou à bec noir) ... both photographed ...His Yellow-billed was high up a tree..but he got the Black-billed , much lower down.
He said he would post his shots at " Oiseaux Rares " - Chuck Kling
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Philipsburg: Jane Cormack and I spent Saturday morning birding in the region mostly east of the George H. Montgomery Sanctuary at Philipsburg. We had spent some time in that region before last Saturday's BPQ field trip to the Sanctuary and had seen some interesting birds, including singing Pine Warbler, singing Field Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird, lots of singing Bobolinks. We also spent some time along Boulevard de la Falaise, across the highway from the Montgomery Sanctuary, a sparsely populated residential area with an interesting variety of habitats. We ended up with 55 species, in spite of rainy and windy conditions (but the weather improved in mid-morning and we even got a bit of sun!).

Notable observations: The Field Sparrow we had seen May 26 was still in same place, singing. This is in a bushy meadow at the southwest corner of Chemin Pelletier and Chemin St. Armand, about 1 km east of the town center of St. Armand. Unfortunately, we could not find the singing Pine Warbler we had seen just south of there a week before. We also found a pair of Field Sparrows in an area of bushes and high grass east of Chemin Benoit, south of where it branches off from Chemin Dutch (route 235).

We heard a singing Horned Lark in bare fields south of Chemin de Morse's Line. We also had a great look at a singing male Purple Finch near Blvd de la Falaise.

We found an active nest of Tufted Titmice with calling young being fed near Blvd de la Falaise;




We also found a probable nest of a Merlin, in a big pine tree near the lakeshore in the Blvd de la Falaise area; a female merlin was perched nearby, calling.


List of birds seen: Wild Turkey – 2, Great Blue Heron – 2, Turkey Vulture – 4, Osprey – 1, Red-tailed Hawk – 1, American Kestrel – 1, Merlin – 1, Mourning Dove – 10, Downy Woodpecter – 1, Hairy Woodpecker – 2, Alder Flycatcher – 2, Least Flycatcher –3, Eastern Phoebe – 10, Eastern Kingbird – 1, Warbling Vireo – 15, Red-eyed Vireo – 15, Blue Jay –10, American Crow – 20, Common Raven – 8, Horned Lark – 1, Tree Swallow – 15, Barn Swallow – 4, Black-capped Chickadee – 10, Tufted Titmouse – 5, Brown Creeper – 1, House Wren – 10, Eastern Bluebird – 3, Wood Thrush – 4, American Robin – 30, Gray Catbird – 8, European Starling – 10, Cedar Waxwing – 4, Nashville Warbler – 1, Yellow Warbler – 8, Chestnut-sided Warbler – 2, American Redstart – 8, Ovenbird – 3, Common Yellowthroat – 15, Chipping Sparrow – 20, Field Sparrow – 3, Savannah Sparrow – 1, Song Sparrow – 15, Scarlet Tanager – 1, Northern Cardinal – 8, Rose-breasted Grosbeak – 4, Indigo Bunting – 1, Bobolink – 5, Red-winged Blackbird – 20, Common Grackle – 15, Brown-headed Cowbird – 10, Baltimore Oriole – 5, Purple Finch – 1, House Finch – 2, American Goldfinch – 40, House Sparrow – 5

Dindon sauvage - 2, Grand héron - 2, Urubu à tête rouge - 4, Balbuzards pêcheurs - 1, Buse à queue rousse - 1, Crécerelle d'Amérique - 1, Faucon émerillon - 1, Tourterelle triste - 10, Pic mineur - 1, Pic chevelu - 2, Moucherolle des aulnes - 2, -3 Moucherolle tchébec, Moucherolle phébi - 10, Tyran tritri - 1, Viréo mélodieux - 15, Viréo aux yeux rouges - 15, Geai bleu -10, Corneille d'Amérique - 20, Grand Corbeau - 8, Alouette hausse-col - 1, Hirondelle bicolore - 15, Hirondelle rustique - 4, Mésange à tête noire - 10, Mésange bicolore - 5, Grimpereau brun - 1, Troglodyte familier - 10, Merlebleu de l'Est - 3, Grive des bois - 4, Merle d'Amérique - 30, Moqueur chat - 8, Étourneau sansonnet - 10, Jaseur d'Amérique - 4, Paruline à joues grises - 1, Paruline jaune - 8, Paruline à flancs marron - 2, Paruline flamboyante - 8, Paruline couronnée - 3, Paruline masquée - 15, Bruant familier - 20, Bruant des champs - 3, Bruant des prés - 1, Bruant chanteur - 15, Tangara écarlate - 1, Cardinal rouge - 8, Cardinal à poitrine rose - 4, Passerin indigo - 1, Goglu des prés - 5, Carouge à épaulettes - 20, Quiscale bronzé - 15, Vacher à tête brune - 10, Oriole de Baltimore - 5, Roselin pourpré - 1, Roselin familier - 2, Chardonneret jaune - 40,  Moineau domestique - 5 - Nicholas Acheson
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Parc National du Mont-Tremblant; Passing through Sectors Pimbina and L'Assomption.

Ring-Necked Duck (10), Common Merganser (1), Ruffed Grouse (4), Common Loon (6), Great Blue Heron (3), Red-tailed Hawk (1), Merlin (1), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5), Yellow-shafted Flicker (3), Pileated Woodpecker (2), Red-eyed Vireo (3), Blue Jay (8), Gray Jay (1), Common Raven (1), American Crow (4), Tree Swallow (2), Black-capped Chickadee (6), White-breasted Nuthatch (1), Red-breasted Nuthatch (6), Golden-crowned Kinglet (5), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1), Swainson's Thrush (10), Hermit Thrush (7), American Robin (3), Cedar Waxwing (2), Orange-crowned Warbler (1), Nashville Warbler (6), Northern Parula (5), Chestnut-sided Warbler (2), Magnolia Warbler (10), Northern Waterthrush (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler (4), Black-throated Blue Warbler (4), Blackburnian Warbler (3), Black-throated Green Warbler (30+), Bay-breasted Warbler (2), Black-and-white Warbler (15), American Redstart (1), Ovenbird (1), Common Yellowthroat (5), White-throated Sparrow (24), Slate-colored Junco (1), Red-winged Blackbird (8), Common Grackle (1), American Goldfinch (2)

Fuligule à collier (10), Grand Harle (1), Gélinotte huppée (4), Plongeon huard (6), Grand Héron (3), Buse à queue rousse (1), Faucon émilleron (1), Colibri à gorge rubis (5), Pic flaboyant- (3), Grand Pic (2), Viréo aux yeux rouges (3), Geai bleu (8), Mésangeai du Canada (1), Grand corbeau (1), Corneille d'Amérique (4), Hirondelle bicolore (2), Mésange à tête noire (6), Sittelle à poitrine blanche (1), Sittelle à poitrine rousse (6), Roitelet à couronne dorée (5), Roitelet à couronne rubis (1), Grive à dos olive (10), Grive solitaire (7), Merle d'Amérique (3), Jaseur d'Amérique (2), Paruline verdâtre (1), Paruline à joues grises (6), Paruline à collier (5), Paruline à flancs marron (2), Paruline à tête cendrée (10), Paruline des ruisseaux (3), Paruline à croupion jaune (4), Paruline bleue (4), Paruline à gorge orangée (3), Paruline à gorge noire (30 +), Paruline à poitrine baie (2), Paruline noir et blanc (15), Paruline flamboyante (1), Paruline couronnée (1), Paruline masquée (5), Bruant à gorge blanche (24), Junco ardoisée  (1), Carouge à épaulettes (8), Quiscale bronzé (1), Chardonneret jaune (2) - Lisa Keelty