Sightings for Tuesday March 25th

Noyan, rue Sorel: 2 Greater white-fronted geese (Oies rieuses) with 5 000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) - Yves Payette et des membres du COMIR

St-Blaise, 55th & 1st rue: 4 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Micheline Ouellet

St-Timothée, montée Pilon: 1 Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), 13 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 1 Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue), 1 Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge), 1 Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Golden eagle (Aigle royal) - Pierre Bannon

Gaspésie, Cap-d'Espoir: 5 King eiders (Eiders à tête grise), 200 Common eiders (Eiders à duvet) - Albini Couture

Sightings for Monday March 24th

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, 55th Avenue - Tundra swan (Cygne siffleur) - many observers

Sightings for Sunday March 23rd

Laval: While at Bois Papineau I heard a loud racket from the area where the Great horned owl (Grand duc d'Amérique) is nesting and upon closer inspection found a rather upset Red Shouldered Hawk (I think, please correct me if wrong) near the nesting site. The Hawk flew a few faint attacks at the nest and after about 10 minutes disappeared to the West. Took a few pics while watching the show: GHO vs. Hawk - photos - M. Swoboda

Pointe Claire: Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) soaring low over the train tracks on the north side of highway 20 - Sue

Sightings for Saturday March 22nd

Montreal, Botalical Gardens: European goldfinch (Chardonneret elegant) - Denis Lauzon et des membres du COMIR

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, rue Fernet: Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), Northern shrike (Pie-grièche grise), Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé)

Saint-Blaise,
rue Dulude: Merlin (Faucon émerillon)
1re Rue: 4 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés)
rue Principale: Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Lapland longspur (Bruant lapon), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col)

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, marina Gosselin: 2 Bald eagles (Pygargues à tête blanche) - Sylvain Mathieu

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Hungry Bay: Common mergansers (Grands harles), Common goldeneye (garrots à oeil d'or), Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans)

Godmanchester a montée Smellie near 1ère Concession: 2 Easten bluebirds (Merlebleus), American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Golden eagle (Aigle royal), 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), Red-tailed hawks (Buse à queue rousse)

Noyan, south of route 202: 2 Bald eagles (Pygargues à tête blanche), 2 groups of Snow geese in flight - groupes (d'oie des neiges) en vol. - Daniel Ouellette

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report - March 22nd

Pierrefonds, Cap-St Jacques

Hello Everyone,Eleven brave (???) birders ignored the cold and wind of Saturday morning and attended the field trip at Cap St Jacques. What was planned as an early spring trip to see returning migrants turned out of to be more of a mid-winter experience with -8C temperatures and strong west winds leading to very low wind chill factors. In sheltered areas the sun did have some warmth in it. We did cut the trip a little short when it was realized conditions were not likely to improve.

The birds were few and far between with little sign of the rites of spring. Bird of the day was a merlin which made a close fly-by before settling in a distant tree. A lapland longspur keeping company with a horned lark along the park road was an unexpected surprise. And an unconcerned pileated woodpecker excavating holes large enough for him to crawl into while searching for carpenter ants(?) was a good sighting.

Our complete albeit meagre list of 13 species included: Common goldeneye - 8, Merlin - 1, Ring-billed gull - 2, Downy Woodpecker - 1, Pileated Woodpecker - 2, American Crow - 30, Horned lark - 1, Black-capped Chickadee - 20, White-breasted Nuthatch - 1, American Robin - 1, Lapland Longspur - 1, Red-winged Blackbird, - 1, House Sparrow - 4

Thanks to everyone who came out for a cold but thoroughly enjoyable walk with good company.

Wayne

P.S. Spring must arrive sooner or later!

Sightings for Friday March 21st

Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka: 6 Golden eagles (Aigles royaux) by our two valliant "hawkwatchers", Bob Barnhurst & Mabel McIntosh. - Pierre Bannon

Montreal Botalical Gardens: European goldfinch (Chardonneret elegant) - Norman Auger

Sightings for Thursday March 20th

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, marina Gosselin: 5 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Marcel Gauthier

Sightings for Wednesday March 19th

Valleyfield, St-Timothée sector - boul. Cadieux: pair of Peregrine falcons (couple de Faucon pèlerin) près de la ligne électrique - Daniel Lebrun - click photo to enlarge

Sightings for Tuesday March 18th

Montreal: Peregrine falcon (Faucon Pélerin) à la tour de la bourse - Manon Roy
Île-Notre-Dame: Townsend's Solitaire (Solitaire De Townsend) - Daniel Sarrazin

Chatauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: at the 2nd feeder Tufted titmouse (Mésange bicolore) a la deuxieme mangeoire - Pierre Lamontagne - 12 Common goldeneyes (Garrots à oeil d'or), 1 Barrow’s goldeneye (Garrot d'Islande) on lac St-Louis were the only open water is near the Maritime Indicater. – Monique Groulx

Valleyfield, on one of the towers of the dam at pont Monseigneur Langlois: Peregrine Falcon (Faucon pèlerin) - Michel Juteau

Chambly, Fort Chambly, Redhead duck (Fuligule à tête rouge) - Rober Chartier

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, marina Gosselin: 5 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Yves Payette & members of COMIR

Magog, where the Magog river empties into Lac Magog: 8 Canvas Back (Fuligules à dos blanc) 7(M)& 1(F), 48 Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), 22 Common mergansers (Grand Harle), 14 Hooded mergansers (Harle couronnés), also in the area Rusty blackbird (Quiscal rouilleux), 4 Redwings (Carouge) - Renaud BAETA

Tadoussac, baie de Tadoussac: 111 Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans), 60 Black ducks (Canards noirs), both Goldeneye species (Garrots des deux espèces), Purple sandpiper (Bécasseaux violets), Ring-billed gull – first of the season (Goéland à bec cerclé - premier de la saison) - Renaud Pintiaux

Alldressed or pepperoni

Got this off a bird forum that I check out. Thought I would share click photo to enlarge

I have to add this one I got of the Red-tailed Hawk this morning. The short story is, I saw 2 crows in the garden fighting over some table scraps Temple put out last night... So I ran to get the camera, and by the time I got them in the viewfinder, Mr. Cooper swooped in and stole their prey from them. He then retreated to a nearby tree to enjoy his slice of pizza! One songbird spared, courtesy of Papa John's. :)

You can visit his other great photos here

Sightings for Monday March 17th

Chatauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic a ventre roux) - Pierre Lamontage - photos

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report - March 15th

Montreal Botanical Gardens

The temperature was cool, -5C, with cloudy skies and intermittent snow. 9 birders were able to find 114 birds of 17 species, the bird of the day being the sharp-shinned hawk which allowed everyone to have great looks for several minutes. The list as follows.

2 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 6 Herring Gull, 4 Rock Pigeon, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 2 Hairy Woodpecker, 12 American Crow, 35 Black-capped Chickadees, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4 White-breasted Woodpecker, 1 American Robin, 12 European Starling, 10 Cedar Waxwing, 5 Dark-eyed Junco, 7 Northern Cardinal, 1 Common Redpoll, 1 American goldfinch, 10 House Sparrow

An enjoyable trip.

David M.

Sightings for Sunday March 16th

Ayers Cliff, route 141: 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge) - Yvon Roy

St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Hungry Bay, Common mergansers (grand harles), Common goldeneye (garrots à oeil d'or), 2 lesser scaup (petits fuligules), Bald eagle (pygargue à tête blanche) - Daniel Ouellette

Magog, rue Bernard: 8 Canvas Back (Fuligules à dos blanc) 7(M) & 1(F).
Rivière Magog: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) - Benoît Turgeon

Chutes-St-Philippe, lac Pierre: 2 Golden eagles (aigles royaux), 9 Ravens (Grand corbeaux), 2 Bald eagles (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) - Marc-Antoine Montpetit

Sightings for Saturday March 15th

Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Morgan Arboretum: A flock of about 20-30 Cedar Waxwings (Jaseurs d'Amérique) - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

Verdun: 25 Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans), American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique). A Peregrine Falcon (Faucon pèlerin) was eating a duck on the ice and the Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marins) were feasting on another duck nearby

Lachine: 25 Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), 2 Buffleheads (Petits Garrots) - Pierre Bannon - http://www.pbase.com/pbannon ...................................................

Magog, where the Magog river empties into Lac Magog: 7 Canvas Back (Fuligules à dos blanc) 6(M)& 1(F)

rue St-Patrice qui change pour Ch. de Venise une fois sortie de Magog. On prend la première traverse de chemin de fer (rue Bournival )qui sera nécessairement à droite puis on tourne à droite sur la rue Bernard. On parcourt environ un demi kilomètre.Il y a un petit parc privé à gauche. A cet endroit on a une vue sur la décharge de la rivière Magog dans le lac Magog. -Benoît Turgeon

St-Jean sur Richelieu to the border along the Richelieu river: 47 species (espèces) - 2 American wigeon (canards d'Amérique), 2 Bufflehead (petits garrots), 31 Ring-necked ducks (fuligules à collier), 6 Greater scaup (fuligules milouinans), 700+ Common goldeneye (garrots à oeil d'or), 112 Canada geese (bernaches du Canada), 208 red-winged blackbirds (Carouge à epaulettes), 31 Common grackles (quiscales bronzés), 2 Brown-headed cowbirds (vachers à tête brune), 1 Turkey vulture (urubu à tête rouge), 4 Song sparrows (bruants chanteurs), 5 Bald eagles (pygargues à tête blanche), 500+ Snow buntings (bruants des neiges), 245 Horned larks (alouettes hausse-col), Common redpolls (Sizerins flammés), Cedar waxwings (jaseurs d'Amérique), 1 Bohemian waxwing (jaseur boréal), House finch (roselins familier), 3 Tufted titmouse (mésanges bicolores) - Daniel Ouellette

Sightings for Thursday March 13th

Hemmingford: Pileated Woodpecker (Grand pic) Spotted this afternoon in my back yard, Hemmingford Village - Dan Mark

St-Clet: I saw a male Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) on the way into Montreal this morning. The bird was sitting on a TV antenna on a house at the west end of Rang Ste-Julie, northwest of St-Clet. No indication of what program the bird was watching - Lance Laviolette

Chambly, Chanbly basin in front of fort Chambly: Ring-necked duck, Northern pintail, many Common goldeneye, Black ducks, Common mergansers, 1 Canada goose, Ring-billed gulls (Fuligule à collier, Canard pilet, plusieurs Garrots à oeil d'or,Canards colverts, Canards noirs,Grands Harles,une Bernache du Canada,une dizaine de Goèlands à bec cerclé sur la glace) - Robert Chartier

St-Hubert, St-Hubert airport: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges) (M)
Autoroute 30, between Boul. de Montarville & Autoroute 20: 2 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse) - Jacques Héneault

Sightings for Wedensday March 12th

Hudson: One of the Great Gray Owls (Chouette lapone) remains west of Hudson in fields bordering Main Roadabout 1.5 to 2km west of Finnegan's Market. If you go to look watch out for thePolice. I was moved on by what appeared to be a twelve year old Police Officer who thought three cars in five minutes constituted a dangerous road. She even declined my offer to show her the owl in a scope. - Mark Dennis

Sightings for Tuesday March 11th

Laval, in a field on Saint-François: 4 Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleus de l'Est), 3(M)+ 1(F), American robin (Merle d'Amérique), Red-winged blackbird (Carouge à épaulettes), Brown-headed cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), Cedar waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique) - Georges Lachaîne - Click photo to enlarge

Saint-Hubert, Route Verte: Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge) - Raymond Belhumeur

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère in front of boisé de la Saulaie at 6pm: Great gray owl (Chouette lapone) - Claudette Archambault

Sightings for Monday March 10th

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, seen from the marina Gosselin - 5 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Marcel Gauthier

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report – March 8th

Laval, Bois Papineau: cloudy , calm conditions... minus 4 degrees c EIGHTEEN SPECIES!... the woods wore a beautiful white coating on all branches, but were very quiet. BIRD(S) of the day: Great Horned on the same nest as last year. Her partner, tucked away , high up in a tall cedar just opposite the entry point of the path leading to the feeders. As for the feeders: THE MOST ACTIVE I HAD SEEN THEM , IN A VERY LONG TIME. (click photo to enlarge - M. Swoboda)

Other sightings: Mallard (2), Great Black-backed Gull (1), Ring-billed Gull (1), Mourning Dove (4), Downy Woodpecker (4), Hairy Woodpecker (2), Pileated Woodpecker (1), Am. Crow (4), B.C. Chickadee (15), White-breasted Nuthatch (3), Bohemian Waxwing (5).... at parking lot as we finished Cedar Waxwing (15) same tree..." " " " "Am.Tree Sparrow (30 + )... all over the feeder area !! N. Cardinal (4), House Finch (50 ++ ), Common Redpoll ( 30 + ), Am. Goldfinch ( 10 + )

**Today's owls were the 27th sightings of owls for me, so far this fall /winter season.

Chuck Kling www.pbase.com/hootpix

Sightings for Friday March 7th

Chateauguay, Red-winged blackbirds (Carouges à épaulettes) were singing when I got home from work today. A little optimistic I think, with all the snow we've gotten and another 30cm on it's way. T. Long

rue Higgins: 30 American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Red-winged blackbirds (Carouges à épaulettes), 25 Mourning doves (Tourterelles tristes), 25 American tree sparrows (Bruants hudsoniens), “singing” Tufted titmouse (Mésange bicolore) & Northern cardinal (Cardinal rouge) chantaient, Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) Monique Groulx saw 2 Red-bellied woodpeckers (M) (Pics à ventre roux) - Pierre Bannon - click photo to enlarge

Sherbrooke, Lac des Nations: Lesser black-backed gull (Goéland brun), Iceland gull (Goland arctique), Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre), Ring-billed gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé) 300+ - Renaud BAETA

Saint – Blaise, 53rd ave. & 1st rue observed around 1:20pm - Mute Swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Denis Jutras