Bird Protection Quebec "Field Trip Report" August 30

 Sablière, St-Lazare Sandpit - eBird Hotspot

The first field trip of the fall season and the response was overwhelming 28 participants a big group for a small wooded area that we visited first. Things improved a little when we went into the sandpit. The wooded area was very quiet to say the least, most of the birds we saw were behind a house where we had more open view. After the sandpit we walked in the Base de plein air de St-Lazare, although it's a beautiful forest, the birds where totally absent.

We ended the day with a surprising 48 species.

50 Mallard, 12 Green-winged Teal, 1 American Bittern, 3 Great-blue Heron, 2 Great Egret, 2 Green Heron, 3 Turkey Vulture, 1 Buteo sp, 2 Kildeer, 2 Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper, 6 Ring-billed Gull, 6 Rock Pigeon, 2 Mourning Dove, 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 6 Northern Flicker, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 6 Eastern Phobe, 1 Warbling vireo, 3 Red-eyed Vireo, 12 Blue Jay, 6 American Crow, 14 Black-capped Chickadee, 3 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Hermit Thrush, 8 American Robin, 6 European Starling, 6 Tennessee Warbler, 1 Magnolia Warbler, 1 Black-throated Blue, Warbler (Richard), 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Pine Warbler (Richard), 6 Bay-breasted Warbler, 1 Black and white Warbler, 2 Ovenbird, 2 Song Sparrow, 1 Northern Cardinal, 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 6 Red-winged Blackbird, 6 Common Grackle, 3 Baltimore Oriole. 6 American Goldfinch,  (2 Brown Thrashers, 1 Scarlet Tanager - Jean De Marre, Jean Bacon)



50 Canard colvert, 12 Sarcelles d'hiver, 1 Butor d'Amérique, 3 Grande héron, 2 Grande aigrette, Héron vert 2, 3 Urubu à tête rouge, 1 Buteo sp, 2 Pluvier kildir, 2 Grand Chevalier, 2 Petit Chevalier, 1 Chevalier grivelé, 1 Bécasseau minuscule, 6 Goéland à bec cerclé, 6 Pigeon biset, 2 Tourterelle triste, 2 Colibri à gorge rubis, 1 Pic mineur, 6 Pic flamboyant, 1 Grand Pic, 6 Moucherelle phébe, 1 Viréo mélodieux, 3 Viréo aux yeux rouges, 12 Geai bleu, 6 Corneille d'Amérique, 14 Mésange à tête noire, 3 Sittelle à poitrine blanche, 1 Grive solitaire, 8 Merle d'Amérique, 6 Étourneau sansonnet, 6 Paruline obscure, Paruline à tête cendrée, 1 Paruline Bleue (Richard) , 6 Paruline à croupion jaune, 1 Paruline à gorge noire, , 1 Paruline des pins (Richard), 6 Paruline à poitrine baie, 1 Paruline noir et blanc Paruline, 2 Paruline couronnée, 2 Bruant chanteur, 1 Cardinal rouge, 1 Cardinal à poitrine rose, 6 Carouge à épaulettes, 6 Quiscale bronzé, 3 Oriole de Baltimore. 6 Chardonneret jaune, (2 Moqueur roux 1, Tangara écarlate - Jean De Marre, Jean Bacon)

Thanks to a great group for this nice morning. - Clémence and Jean