Monday, December 28, 2015

Montreal Christmas Bird Count Report

Bird Protection Quebec conducted its annual Montreal Christmas Bird Count on December 19, 2015. These are the preliminary results of the total species and total birds seen in the Montreal count circle. One additional species, a Common Yellowthroat, was seen during the count week, on December 16. Thank you to everyone who participated.


2015 Montreal Christmas Bird Count - December 19, 2015
Summary – All Sectors

Canada Goose/Bernache du Canada 1,300
Snow Goose/Oie des neiges 16
American Black Duck/Canard noir 46
Mallard/Canard colvert 639
Gadwall/Canard chipeau 31
Northern Pintail/Canard pilet 1
Ring-necked Duck/Fuligule à collier 1
Greater Scaup/Fuligule milouinan 1,425
Lesser Scaup/Petit fuligule 100
White-winger Scoter/Macreuse brune 1
Common Goldeneye/Garrot à oeil d’or 287
Barrow's Goldeneye/Garrot d'Islande 3
Hooded Merganser/Harle couronné 92
Common Merganser/Grand Harle 154
Common Loon/Plongeon huard 1
Double-crested Cormorant/Cormoran à aigrettes 1
Cooper’s Hawk/Épervier de Cooper 9
Red-tailed Hawk/Buse à queue rousse 10
Rough-legged Hawk/Buse pattue 2
American Kestrel/Crécerelle d’Amérique 1
Merlin/Faucon émerillon 4
Peregrine Falcon/Faucon pèlerin 5
Ring-billed Gull/Goéland à bec cerclé 665
Herring Gull/Goéland argenté 112
Great Black-backed Gull/Goéland marin 85
Rock Pigeon/Pigeon biset 1,282
Mourning Dove/Tourterelle triste 53
Eastern Screech Owl/Petit-duc maculé 15
Snowy Owl/Harfang des neiges 5
Barred Owl/Chouette rayée 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker/Pic à ventre roux 1
Downy Woodpecker/Pic mineur 62
Hairy Woopecker /Pic chevelu 16
Northern Flicker/Pic flamboyant 8
Pileated Woodpecker/Grand Pic 13
Blue Jay/Geai bleu 22
American Crow/Corneille d’Amérique 453
Common Raven/Grand Corbeau 10
Black-capped Chickadee/Mésange à tête noire 534
Tufted Titmouse/Mésange bicolore 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch/Sittelle à poitrine rousse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch/Sittelle à poitrine blanche 106
Brown Creeper/Grimpereau brun 16
Carolina Wren/Troglodyte de Caroline 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet/Roitelet à couronne dorée 2
American Robin/Merle d’Amérique 268
Northern Mockingbird/Moquer polyglotte 1
European Starling/Étourneau sansonnet 1,556
Cedar Waxwing/Jaseur d’Amérique 11
Bohemian Waxwing/Jaseur boréal 4
American Tree Sparrow/Bruant hudsonien 13
Song Sparrow/Bruant chanteur 5
White-throated Sparrow/Bruant à gorge blanche 7
Dark-eyed Junco/Junco ardoisé 57
Snow Bunting/Bruant des neiges 2
Northern Cardinal/Cardinal rouge 118
Purple Finch/Roselin pourpré 3
House Finch/Roselin familier 119
American Goldfinch/Chardonneret jaune 185
House Sparrow/Moineau domestique 932
Great Blue Heron/Grand heron 2
Hermit Thrush/Grive solitaire 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler/Paruline à croupion jaune 1
Redhead/Fuligule à tete rouge 4
Canvasback/Fuligule à dos blanc 1
Bufflehead/Petit Garrot 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull/Goéland brun 1
Northern Harrier/Busard Saint-Martin 1
Red-shouldered Hawk/Buse à epaulettes 1

Total Birds 10,894
Total Species 69

Sheldon Harvey

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