2016 Summer Series of Birding - Field Trip #4 Report - Saturday, July 16

8 people participated in Saturday's 4th Summer Series of Birding field trip, this time returning to Pointe-Yamachiche, the spot we had hoped to explore last week only to be rained out.

It was a much more pleasant day with sunshine throughout the morning and warm temperatures. There were some muddy spots along the path, and the sandy beachfront on Lac-St-Pierre did try to swallow up a few of us with spots that resembled and acted almost like quicksand, but we all survived, managing to find a total of 47 species, with the highlights of the morning definitely being 3 Bald Eagles and a Whimbrel that unfortunately made a quick fly-by and landed on the shoreline much to distant for us to get good looks, but the fly-by giving us views of the long curved beak made the identification possible. - Sheldon Harvey

Here is a list of our 47 species for the day: Canada Goose 50, Common Merganser 1, Double-crested Cormorant 2, Great Blue Heron 6, Bald Eagle 3, Spotted Sandpiper 3, Solitary Sandpiper 2, Lesser Yellowlegs 1, Whimbrel 1, Ring-billed Gull 60, Great Black-backed Gull 1, Caspian Tern 1, Common Tern 2, Mourning Dove 3, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Downy Woodpecker 3, Northern Flicker 1, Merlin 1, Eastern Wood-Pewee 2, Least Flycatcher 1, Eastern Phoebe 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Warbling Vireo 3, Red-eyed Vireo 6, American Crow 4, Common Raven 1, Tree Swallow 2, Barn Swallow 4, Black-capped Chickadee 6, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, House Wren 1, Veery 2, Hermit Thrush 2, American Robin 6, Gray Catbird 1, European Starling 1, Cedar Waxwing 2, Common Yellowthroat 6, American Redstart 6, Yellow Warbler 12, Song Sparrow 12, Swamp Sparrow 2, Indigo Bunting 2, Red-winged Blackbird 12, Common Grackle 24, American Goldfinch

Bernache du Canada 50, Grand harle 1, Cormoran à aigrettes 2, Grand Héron 6, Pygargue à tête blanche 3, Chevalier grivelé 3, Chevalier solitaire 2, Petit Chevalier 1, Courlis corlieu 1, Goéland à bec cerclé 60, Goéland marin 1, Sterne caspienne  1, Sterne pierregarin 2, Tourterelle triste 3, Colibri à gorge rubis 1, Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique  2, Pic mineur 3, Pic flaboyant 1, Faucon émerillon 1, Pioui de l'Est 2, Moucherolle tchébec 1, Moucherolle phébi 1, Tyran huppé 2, Viréo mélodieux 3, Viréo aux yeux rouges 6, Corneille d'Amérique 4, Grand corbeau 1, Hirondelle bicolore 2, hirondelle rustique 4, Mésange à tête noire 6, Sittelle à poitrine blanche 2, Troglodyte familier 1, Grive fauve 2, Grive solitaire 2, Merle d'Amérique 6, Moqueur chat 1, Étourneau sansonnet 1, Jaseur d'Amérique 2, Paruline masquée 6, Paruline flamboyante 6, Paruline jaune 12, Bruant chanteur 12, Bruant des marais 2, Paserin indigo 2, Carouge à épaulettes 12, Quiscale bronzé 24, Chardonneret jaune