Bird Protection Quebec "Field Trip Report" March 28"

Despite an unusually cold temperature for this date early in the morning, we were 19 birders at the meeting point (Parc des Rapides). Highlights were a sad duo of Great–blue Herons with ice caught in their feathers; a single Wild Turkey at the top of a tree (île aux Chèvres); a Red-winged Blackbird which cheered up the few people who heard him sing and a Raccoon that was sleeping in a tree trunk of which we could see only the angelic face …

Warm thanks to all who came!

Diane Demers 

Rive de Verdun, et Parc des rapides, Lasalle (8h00 à 10h00; 2,75 kms)
Canada Goose (4), Mallard (8), Common Goldeneye (80), Common Merganser (20), Wild Turkey (1), Great blue Heron (2), Ring-billed Gull (75), Herring Gull (1), Great Black-backed Gull (8), Rock Pigeon (X), American Crow (10), Black-capped chickadee (5), American Robin (1), European Starling (24), Red-winged Blackbird (1), House Sparrow (X)

Bernache du Canada (4), Canard colvert (8), Garrot à oeil d'or (80), Grand Harle (20), Dindon sauvage (1), Grand héron (2), Goéland à bec cerclé (75), Goéland argenté (1), Goéland marin (8), Pigeon biset (X), Corneille d'Amérique (10), Mésange à tête noire (5), Merle d'Amérique (1), Étourneau sansonnet (24), Carouge à épaulettes (1), moineau domestique (X)

Lasalle: Parc Angrignon (10h10 à 12h10; 2 kms)

Ring-billed Gull (10), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Hairy Woodpecker (1), Downy Woodpecker (3), American Crow (12), Black-capped chickadee (10), White-breasted Nuthatch (6), Northern Cardinal (2), Blue Jay (X)

Goélands à bec cerclé (10), Grand Pic (1), Pic chevelu (1), Pic mineur (3), Corneille d'Amérique (12), Mésange à tête noire (10), Sittelle à poitrine blanche (6), Cardinal rouge (2), Geai bleu (X)

Mammals: A raccoon sleeping in a tree trunk.

Mammifères: Un raton laveur dormir dans un tronc d'arbre