BPQ Field Trip Report - Hudson- Feb 3/07

Sheltered areas and close to feeders were the places to be yesterday on Hudson's field trip. The -8C temperatures along with strong winds made birding in open areas uncomfortable.The sun warmed us up as the morning progressed however and our group of 12 birders saw 16 species of birds. The birds of the day were a Cooper's hawk which flew across the trail and gave us all excellent looks and an American robin which was just about the last bird of the morning.Thanks to Wayne Grubert for helping out and to the pleasant group of people who made the morning so enjoyable.The following is the complete list of birds seen.

Barbara MacDuff

Cooper's hawk (Épervier de Cooper), 5 Mourning doves (Tourterelle Triste), 4 Downy woodpeckers (Pics mineur), 5 Hairy woodpeckers (Pics chevelu), 1 Pileated woodpecker (Grand pic), 15 Blue jays (Geais bleus), 15 American crows (Corneilles d'Amérique), 30 Chickadees (Mésanges à tête noire), 10 White-breasted nuthatch (Sittelles à poitrine blanche), 3 Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun), 1 American robin (Merle d'Amérique), 7 American tree sparrow (Bruant hudsonien), 5 Dark-eyed junco (Juncos ardoisés), 3 Northern cardinals (Cardinaux rouges), 30 American goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes), 1 House sparrow (Moineaux domestiques)

Sightings for Saturday February 3rd

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 2 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc) Gisèle Gilbert

St-Hubert, Boulevard Clairevue: Kestrel (Crécerelle) Gisèle Gilbert

St-Basile-le-Grand, compost site: 2 Short-eared owls (Hiboux des marais), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col) Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Lapland longspurs (Bruants lapon) Gisèle Gilbert

Châteauguay,
rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux)
ruisseau Saint-Jean, about halfway along the boardwalk: Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon) J. Laplante, S. Gilbert

Beauharnois, rivière Saint-Louis: Wood Duck (Canard branchu) L. et P. Simard, J. May

Howick, Chemin de la Rivière-Châteauguay between rang du 20 & rang du 30 : Yellow-headed Blackbird (Carouge à tête jaune) seen with a mixed flock of Cowbirds and Starlings J. May, L. Simard

Saint-Bathélemy rang de la Rivière-aux-Pins, near route 138: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) M. Boulard, M. Boulard

Maskinongé, exit 166 between autoroute 40 & route 138: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) M. Boulard, M. Boulard

Bécancour industrial park: Green-winged Teal (Sarcelle d’hiver)

Laval,
Boisé Papineau behind the police station: Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé)
Between the Pie IX bridge and parc Olivier Charbonneau: Herring gulls (Goélands argentés), Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marin), Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre), Ring-billed gull (Goéland à bec cerclé) M. Bertrand

Coopers Hawk

Had a visitor come to my backyard in Chateauguay for lunch this afternoon
Tom

Sightings for Thursday February 1st

Verchères, autoroute 30 east exit 147: 2 Snowy Owls (Harfang des neiges) M. et J. Bertrand

Varennes, chemin du Petit-Bois: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) M. et J. Bertrand

Valleyfield rue Deschamps: Common Grackle (Quiscale bronzé) S. Bougie

Sightings for Thursday February 1st

Verchères, autoroute 30 east exit at the 147km mark: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) S. Rioux

Saint-Barthélemy, rang Sainte-Thérèse sitting on a grain silo: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) R. Huxley

Montréal, autoroute 13 south betweens autoroute 40 and Côte-de-Liesse: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) M. Lecavalier
Botanical Gardens: European Goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant) Y. Gauthier

Sightings for Wednesday January 31st

St-Jude, rang St-Roch near civic number 824: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) Francois Frappier



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Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 2 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern saw-whet owl (Petite nyctale), Robin (Merle d'Amérique), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge) Raymond Belhumeur

Saint-Eustache, near the at chemin des Îles-Yales: Wood Duck (Canard branchu) J.-C. Charbonneau

Sightings for Monday January 29th

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux) M. Groulx

Sightings for Sunday January 28th

Between Les Cèdres and Pointe Cascades along the river: Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) le long du fleuve entre. Nicole Felx

Vaudreuil in the industrial park around Fx tessier & Marie Curie: Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Lapland longspurs (Bruant lapons) Nicole Felx

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux) Michel Bertrand

Côte-Sainte-Catherine: Bald eagle imm. (Pygargue à tête blanche imm.), Robin (Merle d'Amérique) Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Mallards (Canards colverts), Black ducks (Canards noirs), Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marins), Herring gulls (Goélands argents) Michel Bertrand

Sightings for Saturday January 27th

There seems to be a sudden invasion of longspurs! I took a short drive along Chemin Ste Julie in Ste-Marthe looking for Snowy owls (Harfang des neiges) (one distant almost pure white bird) but was amazed by the number of longspurs (Bruant lapon)I encountered in several differentflocks - probably close to 100 in all. As a matter of fact I almost ignoredthe first group of 30 because they flew out from a farmer's driveway and I assumed they were house sparrows until they landed in front of me. In acomplete reversal of normal ratos there was one snow bunting (Bruant des nieges) mixed in. A little farther along was a mixed group (about half and half) totalling about 100 birds. I'm not sure I have ever come close to seeing so many longspurs in one day.

Wayne

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux), Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline) S. Denault, S. Rioux - Eastern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux) S. Harvey

Lachute, chemin Thomas-Gore: 6 Red Crossbills (Bec-croisé des sapins) S. Robert, G. Laperrière

Hemmingford, Montee Glass, about half-way betweenHighway 15 and Roxham Road: 7 Wild Turkeys (Didon sauvage) S. Harvey

BPQ Field Trip Report - Ile-Ste-Helene - Jan. 27/07

Montreal, Mount Royal Cemetary
Today's Cemetery trip:minus 17 degrees, little wind........ only four birders
typical of the slow action concerning land birds this season,we encountered only nine species.( good thing you stayed in bed !)
6 rock doves (Pigeon biset), 5 Downy woodpeckers (Pic mineur), Hairy woodpecker (Pic chevulu), 5 Crows (Corneilles), 18 b.c. chickadee (Mésange Tête Noire), 2 white-breasted nuthatch (Sittelles à poitrine blanche), 4 American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge) 18 American goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes)

Chuck.

Sightings for Friday January 26th

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux), Eastern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux) G. Rouleau, P. Lamontagne

Montreal, RDP,
49e ave: 300 Great black-backed gulls (Goéland Marin), 50 Herring gulls (Goéland Argenté), 2 Common mergansers (Grand Harles)
68e ave: 3 Common mergansers (Grand Harles), Glaucous gull 1 imm (Goéland Bourgmestre), 600 black-backed gulls (Goéland Marin), 100 Herring gulls (Goéland Argenté)
94e ave: Glaucous gull 1 Ad. (Goéland Bourgmestre), 200 Great black-backed gulls (Goéland Marin), 100 Herring gulls (Goéland Argenté)
Pavillon des marais: 2 House finch (Roselin Familier), 4 Mourning doves (Tourterelle Triste), 20 Tree sparrows (Bruant Hudsonien), Rough-legged hawk (Buse Pattue), 5 Juncos (Junco Ardoisé), 6 Cardinals (Cardinal Rouge), Northern flickr (Pic Flamboyant), 10 Chickadees (Mésange Tête Noire) Jean Gawloski

Sightings for Thursday January 25th

Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, autoroute 25 near Ruisseau-des-Anges: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) D. Sanscartier, D. Malouin

Île Sainte-Hélène: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Pic maculé), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis) P. Bannon

Saint-Eustache, Îles Yale - rivière du Petit-Chicot: Wood Duck (Canard branchu) J. Coutu

Sightings for Wednesday January 24th

Chambly basin: 2 Bald eagles (Pygargue à tête blanche) Simon Chaloux

Sightings for Tuesday January 23rd

Mirabel: Barrie and I went up to Mirabel to look for the 2 snowy owls (Harfang des neiges). We found them both-one on a telphone pole on Rang St Dominique and theother on a lightpost near the airport on Hwy 50. Trudy and Barrie

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux), Eastern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux), Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline), Mourning doves (Tourterelles tristes), Downy and Hairy woodpeckers (Pics mineurs et chevelus), Blue jays (Geais bleus), American Crows (Corneilles d'Amérique), Chickadees (Mésanges à tête noire), White-breasted nuthatch (Sittelles à poitrine blanche), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge), Tree sparrows (Bruants hudsoniens), Juncos (Juncos ardoisés), Red-winged blackbird (Carouge à épaulettes), Goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes), House sparrows (Moineaux domestiques)
At the mouth of the river: 200 Mallards (Canards Colverts), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Common goldeneye (Garrots à œil d'or), Black-backed gull (Goéland marin), Great blue heron (Grand Héron) Pierre Bannon

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Compost site: 28 Lapland longspurs (Bruants lapons), 30 Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges) 40 Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col) Raymond Belhumeur
2 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) Gilles Ethier

Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, parc de la Frayère: Yellow warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune) J.C. Charbonneau

Saint-Mathias, Parc de Voiles: at the center of Chambly basin – Gyrfalcon gray form (Faucon gerfaut), 7 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) Gilles Ethier

Chambly, above the dam on the Richelieu: 11 Common mergansers (Grand harles), 1 Herring gull (Goéland argenté)
At the foot of the rapids behind Fort Chambly: 1 Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), 2 Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), 2 Hooded mergansers (Harles couronné), 15 Common mergansers (Grand harles) Gilles Ethier

Sightings for Monday January 23rd

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux), Eastern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux), Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline), Mourning doves (Tourterelles tristes), Downy and Hairy woodpeckers (Pics mineurs et chevelus), Blue jays (Geais bleus), American Crows (Corneilles d'Amérique), Chickadees (Mésanges à tête noire), White-breasted nuthatch (Sittelles à poitrine blanche), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge), Tree sparrows (Bruants hudsoniens), Juncos (Juncos ardoisés), Red-winged blackbird (Carouge à épaulettes), Goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes), House sparrows (Moineaux domestiques)
At the mouth of the river: 200 Mallards (Canards Colverts), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Common goldeneye (Garrots à œil d'or), Black-backed gull (Goéland marin), Great blue heron (Grand Héron) Pierre Bannon

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Compost site: 28 Lapland longspurs (Bruants lapons), 30 Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges) 40 Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col) Raymond Belhumeur

Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, parc de la Frayère: Yellow warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune) J.C. Charbonneau

Saint-Mathias, Parc de Voiles: at the center of Chambly basin – Gyrfalcon gray form (Faucon gerfaut), 1 Canada goose (Bernache du Canada) Gilles Ethier

Sightings for Monday January 22nd

Mirabel, autoroute 50 near mirabel airport on a lampost: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)
rang st-dominique, in a field: white male, Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) Chuck Kling

St-roch de l'achigan rang ruisseau in the fields: also pure white, 2 Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) Chuck Kling

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc) R.Garrett et P.Lamontagne

Sightings for Sunday January 21st

Ste-Marthe, 575, chemin Sainte-Julie: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) L. Racine

Hudson, parc Olympique: 14 species including - Great blue heron (Grand héron), 30 Common redpoll (sizerin flammé), Brown creeper (grimpereau brun), Pileated woodpecker (grand pic)

St-Lazare, pinery: 8 White-winged crossbills (Becs croisés bifascié) Sylvie Vanier

Beauharnois, rivière Saint-Louis: Wood Duck (Canard branchu) R. Fortin

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied Woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux) A. Quenneville

Lachenaie, in the fields at the end of rue Saint-Denis: 2 Short-eared owls (Hiboux des marais) Stéphane Guimond

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern saw-whet owl (Petite nyctale) A. Provost)

Chambly basin: Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic), Snow goose (Oie des neiges) with collar AH03 Raymond Belhumeur

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, compost site: Rough-leggeg hawk (Buse pattue), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges), Horned larks (Alouette hausse-col), Lapland longspur (Bruant lapon) Raymond Belhumeur

Mirabel, l'autoroute 50 opposite rang Sainte-Marie: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) Guy Constantineau

Saint-Barthélemy, rang Saint-Jacques: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges) Benoît Turgeo

Sightings for Saturday January 20th

Montreal, RDP rue St-Jean-Baptiste: 3 Glaucous gulls (Goéland Bourgmestre), 2 Iceland gulls (Goéland Arctique), 200 Great blac-backed gulls (Goéland Marin), 100 Herring gulls (Goéland Argenté), 5 Ring-billed gulls (Goéland Bec cerclé), 1 Rough-legged hawk (Buse Pattue). Jean Gawloski

Rougemont, rang des 10 Terres: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) A. Barbeau, C. Paradis

Mirabel, autoroute 50 East near autoroute 15 on a lampost: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) J. Perreault, C. Belhumeur

Saint-Barthélemy, montée ouest: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), 12 Snow buntings(Bruants des neiges), 5 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattue), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) Martin Beaulac et Anika Young

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern saw-whet owl (Petite nyctale) P. Rodrigue, G. Rodrigue, N. Jolin

BPQ Field Trip Report - Ile-Ste-Helene - Jan. 20/07

Given the weather forecast for today, I was very pleased to have atotal of 9 birders for today's walk around Parc Jean-Drapeau. Themajority of areas we covered were fairly well sheltered from thewind. There were a few open spots where walking into the wind wasrather unpleasant though. No real "celebrity" species to reporttoday, but Sheila did spot a fox crossing the road close to theHelene de Champlain restaurant.
We ended the morning with a total of 11 species. They were Mallard (Canard colvert), Common Merganser (Grand harle), Ring-billed Gull (Goéland à bec cerclé), Great Black-backed Gull (Goéland marin), Rock Pigeon (pigeon biset), Downy Woodpecker (Pic mineur), American Crow , (Corneilles d'Amérique), Black-capped Chickadee (Mésanges à tête noir), Brown Creeper(Grimpereaux bruns), European Starling (Étourneaux sansonnets), and House Sparrow (Moineaux domestiques). Our Bird of the Day was the Brown Creeper.
They managed to elude usfor most of the morning but finally 6 of them put in a simultaneousappearance in the woods across from the restaurant.In addition to our birds, and the morning exercise of the walk, wemanaged to get a sneak-preview of the Fetes des Neiges event gettingunderway next weekend.Thanks to everyone who turned out this morning.

Sheldon

Sightings for Friday January 19th

Chambly, Fort-Chambly: Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique (belted kingfisher), Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Wood duck (Canard branchu), Ring-billed gull (Goéland à bec cerclé), Common golden eye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Mallards (Canard colvert)

Raymond Belhumeur


St-Jean, Richelieu river in front of rue Notre-Dame: Great blue heron (Grand Héron)
Francis Bossé

Sightings for Thursday January 18th

St-Mathias: Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) (André Messier)

St-Bruno-de-Montarville,
rang du Canal: 7 Gray partridge (Perdrix grise)
rue Graham-Bell: 14 Tree sparrows (Bruants hudsoniens)
boul. Clairevue: 1 American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique)

Verchères, montée de la Baronnie & autoroute 30: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)
Also in the area: Rough-legged hawk (Buses pattues), Red-tailed hawk (buse à queue rousse) Jacques Héneault

Saint-Basile-le-Grand, compost site: 200 Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), 150 Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col), Lapland longspurs (Bruants lapons)
Laval, parc Olivier-Charbonneau: Lesser Black-backed Gull (Goéland brun) (G. Lachaîne)

Chambly, Chambly basin: Wood duck (Canard branchu) (M. Juteau)
Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc) (Chuck Kling)

Sightings for Tuesday January 16th

Ile Sainte-Hélène, between the bus shelter and Pont de la Concorde: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise), also in the area Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), 4 or 5 White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), White-breasted nuthatch (Sitelle à poitrine blanche), Goldfinch (Chardonneret jaune), 2 Downy woodpeckers (Pics mineurs), 6 Chickadees (Mésanges à tête noire) 2 Cardinals (Cardinaux rouges), 10-12 Crows (Corneilles), House sparrows (Moineaux) Pigeons (Pigeon biset), Raven (Grand Corbeau)
In the mature woods: 2 Northern flickers (Pics flamboyants), 15 Robins (Merles d'Amérique), 2 dozen Cedar waxwings (Jaseurs d'Amérique), 3 Cardinals (Cardinaux rouges), and many Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns)
On the river: Common loon (Plongeon huard)

Bécancour industrial park: 4 Bald eagles (pygargues à tête blanche), 75 Mallards (Canards colverts), 12 Black ducks (Canards noirs), 2 Green-winged teals (sarcelles d'hiver), 1 Belted kingfisher (Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique), 1 Great blue heron (grand héron)

Chambly, Chambly basin. Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Double-crested cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes), 3 species of mergansers (3 espèces de harle), Wood duck (Canard branchu)

Varennes, exit 136 autoroute 30: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Des Cèdres, route 338, near chemin Saint-Féréol: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) in flight

Sightings for Monday January 15th

Mirabel, autoroute 50 W near Bombardier: 3 Snowy Owls (Harfang des neiges)

Verchères, autoroute 30 east exit at the 147km mark: 2 Snowy Owls (Harfang des neiges)

Sightings for Sunday January 14th

St-Lazarre, Pinery and along montée Poirier: 1 Three-toed woodpecker (Pic à dos rayé), 15 White-winged crossbill (Bec-croisé bifascié), 4 Purple finch (Roselin pourpré), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelet à couronne dorée), 1 Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire)

Ste-Marthe,
montée Ste-Marie: 2 Roughlegged hawks (Buse pattue), 1 Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), 1 American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), 12 Horned larks (Alouette hausse-col), 25 Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges)
montée Ste-Julie: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Saint-Barthélemy, montée Saint-Laurent: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Saint-Hubert, boulevard Clairevue: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges

Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan rang du Ruisseau-des-Anges: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Saint-Basile-le-Grand 15:30 Gyrfalcon – gray form (Faucon gerfaut de forme grise), 3 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), 6 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 3000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) in a field with a Snow goose (Oie des neiges), 1 Horned lark (Alouette hausse col)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, falaise Dieppe, 16:45 Gyrfalcon – gray form (Faucon gerfaut de forme grise), Peregrine falcon (Faucon pelerin), Raven (Grand Corbeau)

Ile Sainte-Hélène: Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), 4 White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée)

Châteauguay,
rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker (Pic à ventre roux), Eastern towhee (Tohi à flancs roux), Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline), Red-winged blackbird (Carouge à épaulettes), Raven (Grand Corbeau)
boul. d'Youville, on lac Saint-Louis: 2 Common loons (Plongeons huards)

Maplegrove, rue MacDonald: Northern harrier (Busard Saint-Martin)

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: 4 American coots (Foulques d'Amérique), Double-crested cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes)

Melocheville: Double-crested cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes)

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 4 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern saw-whet owl (Petit nyctale)

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: European Goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant)

Sightings for Saturday January 13th

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owls (Hibou moyen-duc) Two of the long-ears were sitting together in a cedar tree with the third one put on quite a display by sitting out in the open on a bare tree. Northern saw-whet owl (Petit nyctale) was peacefully taking a nap, right at eye-level, in one of the cedar trees along the roadside. Other birds seen were numerous American Tree Sparrows (Bruants hudsonien), a couple of American Robins (Merles d’Amérique), Cedar Waxwings (Jaseur d’Amérique), a Downy Woodpecker (Pic mineur), several Mourning Doves (Touterelle triste) and a really nice surprise, a Common Grackle (Quisale bronzé)!

Sheldon Harvey

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: It was a pleasant day, a little cool but not too much wind, plus the sun broke through later into the morning making things even better. Regardless of the good weather, there wasn't too much bird life around the gardens.
15 birders came up with a total of 13 species for the morning. The Bird of the Day was our sole raptor of the day, a Cooper's Hawk. Here is our summary of sightings for the morning:1 Cooper's Hawk (Épervier de Cooper), 6 Rock Pigeons (Pigeon biset), 15 American Crows (Corneilles d'Amérique), 3 Downy Woodpeckers (Pic mineur), 1 Hairy Woodpecker (Pic Chevelu), 30 Black-capped Chickadee (Mésanges à tête noir), 2 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sittelle à poitrine blanche), 2 Brown Creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 1 American Robin (Merles d'Amérique), 50 House Sparrows (Moineau domestique) 6 Northern Cardinals (Cardinal rouge) 4 House Finches (Roselin familier) 10 American Goldfinches (Chardonneret jaune)

We also had a glimpse of a fox running across the grounds.

Sheldon Harvey

Chambly & St-Mathias Chambly basin: 1500+ Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 1 American coot (Foulque d'Amérique), 2 Bald eagles (Pygargue à tête blanche), 175 Ring-billed gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé), 5 Hooded mergansers (Harle couronné), 45 Common mergansers (Grand harle),
2 Snow geese (Oie des neiges)

Saint-Basile-Le-Grand: 1200 Mallards (Canard colvert), 475 Black duck (Canard noir), 1 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), 5 Northern pintail (Canard pilet), 1 Gadwall (Canard chipeau)
Compost site: Gyrfalcon – gray form (Faucon gerfaut de forme grise), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), 5 Red-tailed hawks (Buse à queue rousse), 2 Rough-legged hawks (Buse pattue), 1 Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges)

Mirabel, intersection of autoroutes 50 & 15 South: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

St. Laurent, Autoroute 13, by Dorval Airport on lamppost: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

St-Barthélémy: 3 Snowy Owls (Harfang des neiges), 3 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), Snow bunting (Bruant des neiges)

Near the intersection of autoroutes 20 & 30 5 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues)
Sainte-Rosalie rte 20: Northern harrier (Busard Saint-Martin), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), Ravens (Grands Corbeaux)

Sightings for Thursday January 11th

Montreal,
RDP
4e ave: 4 Glaucous gulls (Goéland Bourgmestre), 10 Great black-backed gulls (Goéland Marin)
58e ave: 3 Ring-billed gulls (Goéland Bec cerclé), Canada goose (Bernache Canada), 18 Mallards (Canard Colvert)
68e ave: 15 Common mergansers (Grand Harle), 7 Great black-backed gulls (Goéland Marin)
Ile Sainte-Hélène: In the pines behind the bus shelter: Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis)
In conifers near the pont de la Concorde: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), also seen 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée), 4-5 White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge) Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns)

Sightings for Wednesday January 10th

Saint-Mathias, parc des Voiles: American coot (Foulque d'Amérique), Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier)
Saint-Mathias dock: Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins), Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse)
Saint-Mathias, chemin Richelieu: Snow goose (Oie des neiges), 500 Mallards (Canards colverts)
Fort Chambly, 125 Ring-billed gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé)

Ile Sainte-Hélène 22 Black-capped chickadees (Mésange à tête noire) , 5 White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée), 2+ Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns)

Sightings for Tuesday January 9th

Mont Saint-Hilaire, la falaise: Gyrfalcon - white form (Faucon gerfaut de forme blanche)

Chambly, Chambly basin: Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins), 1 snow goose (Oie des neiges), Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 6 Northern pintails (Canards pilet), Common, Red-breasted and hooded Mergansers (Harles - grand, huppé et couronnés), 134 Ring-billed gulls (Goèlands à bec cerclé)
parc des Voiles: American coot (Foulque d'Amérique), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse)

Roxton Pond, route 139: Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge)

Brossard, visible from boul. Marie-Victorin in Brossard, between boul. Simard and the entrance ramp to the Champlain Bridge. At about 11 am, there were 3 Double-crested Cormorants (Cormoran à aigrettes), on a rock close to the shore.

Ile Sainte-Hélène: in some shrubs by the path, between the bus shelter and pont de la Concorde: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)

Sightings for Sunday January 7th

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène: 25 species seen
near pont de la Concorde bridge, and in some conifers between the Biosphere and the swimming pool Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)
other species of note were Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans), Bufflehead (Petit garrot), Common goldeneye (Garrot à œil d’or), 2 Northern flickers (Pics flamboyants), Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 4 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), 5 American robins (Merles d’Amérique), 10 Cedar waxwings (Jaseurs d’Amérique), White-throated sparrow (Bruant à gorge blanche), Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Raven (Grand corbeau)


Chambly, Chambly basin: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse), Cackling gooose (Bernache de Hutchins), Red-breasted merganser (harle huppé)

Saint-Hubert airport: 2 Short-eared owl (Hibou des marais)

Lachenaie, rue des Becs-scie: 3 Short-eared owls (Hiboux des marais)

St-Janvier, rang Ste-Marie: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges), also seen in area Merlin (faucon émerillon), 2 Red-tailed hawks (buses à queue rousse)

Sightings for Thursday January 4th

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène:
in some conifers just north of la Maison du Festival de la Santé: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)
in some pines near the Biosphere: Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé)
near pont de la Concorde: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire)
also seen: Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Merlin (Faucon émerillon), Raven (Grands Corbeaux), Downy, Hairy and Northern flickers (Pics mineurs, chevelus et flamboyants), Crows (Corneilles d'Amérique), Chickadees (Mésanges à tête noir), White-brested nuthatch (Sittelles à poitrine blanche), Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée), American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Starlings (Étourneaux sansonnets), Cedar waxwings (Jaseurs d'Amérique), White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche), Goldfinch (Chardonnerets jaunes), House sparrows (Moineaux domestiques), Cardinals (Cardinal rouge), House finch (Roselins familiers)

Chatauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (tohi a flancs roux)

Oka park: Great blue heron (Grand héron), Robin (Merle d'Amérique), Pileated woodpecker (Grand pic)

Chambly, Chambly basin: 2 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), 2 000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse), Cackling gooose (Bernache de Hutchins)
At the Fort: Cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes), 200 Ring-billed gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé), Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic)

Laval, parc des Prairies: Gray catbird (Moqueur chat), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic), Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé)

Mirabel, rang Ste-Marie: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges), Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue), Snow bunting (Bruant des neiges), Gray partridge (Perdrix grise)

Sightings for Wednesday January 3rd

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène in the bushes between the wooden stairs and the de la Concorde bridge: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen. Also in the area Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), and Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun)
On the river: Bufflehead (Petit garrot), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Greater scaup (Fuligule milouinan)

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 2 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc), American robin (Merle d'Amérique)
Dorval, P.-E. Trudeau airport: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges) (C. Geraghty)

Laval, bois Papineau north of the tracks: Great horned owl (Grand duc d'Amérique), Northern Saw-whet Owl (Petite Nyctale)
parc Olivier Charbonneau: Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune)

Sightings for Monday December 25th

Adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird (Carouge à tête jaune) is still present with a mixed Starlingand Brown-headed Cowbird flock along Rang Ste-Marie east south of St-Timothee.To find the area go south from highway 132 on Boul Pie X11 to the junction with Rang Ste-Marie, go left (east) for about two miles. When you see a small square condo on the left, the bird was around the barn and orchard opposite.

Good luck

Mark Dennis

Sightings for Friday December 22nd

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène east of pont de la Concorde in some conifers: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen (G. Aubin, S. Aubin).

Saint-Timothee, at feeders on rang Sainte-Marie: Yellow-headed Blackbird (Carouge à tête jaune) (A. Hogue).

Sightings for Friday December 22nd

St-Thimothée marsh: Kestrel (Crécerelle)

St-Louis de Gonzage,
bridge: Peregrine falcon (faucon pèlerin), 9 Coots (foulques), 2 Ruddy ducks (Érismature rousse)
bike path: Snow buntings (bruant des neiges)

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène east of pont de la Concorde in some conifers: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen

Saint-Mathias dock: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse), 2 Snow geese (Oies des neiges)
Chambly basin: Common mergansers (Grand harles), Greater black-backed, Herring and ring-billed gulls (Goélands marin, argenté et à bec cerclé)

Richelieu, 1st. ave: Wood duck (Canard branchu)
1ère avenue.

Autoroute 30 between the exit for Ste-Julie and autoroute 20: 50 Red-winged blackbirds (Carouges à épaulettes), 70 Cowbirds (Vachers à tête brune)

Boucherville, below autoroute 132 at the intersection of boulevard de Mortagne: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Sightings for Thurssday December 21st

Chambly basin: Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte), Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), Red-breasted mergansers (Harles huppés), Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse) near the dock at Saint-Mathias
Parc des voiles: 100+ Common mergansers (Grand harles), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada)

Snowy Owl

A friend took the two photo's yesterday morning near the Dorval airport.Didn't move a muscle - saw him again this morning on top of a pole near theairport.

Jeannie Bird

Sightings for Monday December 18th

Chambly basin: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse)

Saint-Hubert airport: Snowy owl (harfang des neiges)

Montreal Botanical Gardens: European Goldfinch (Chardonneret elegant)

Sightings for Saturday December 16th

Laval west: Golden eagle (Aigle doré)

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (Tohi à flanc roux), 2 Red-bellied woodpecker (pics à ventre roux)

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène: Ruby crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis)
near frog pond that has 3 small bridges crossing it: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)
In the woods facing Hélène de Champlain restaurant: Eastern screech owl (Petit-duc maculé)
Pierrefonds, Cap St-Jacques: Brown creeper (Grimperaux brun), Bufflehead (Petit garrot), Northern shrike (Pie-grièche gris)

Roxton Pond: 20,000 Snow geese (Oies des neiges)

Sightings for Thursday December 14th

Chambly basin,
Saint-Mathias, wharf: Greater white-fronted goose (l'Oie rieuse), Common merganser (Grand harle)
Parc des voiles: Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 1 Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronné), 8 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), Gulls – Ring-billed and Great blaack-backed (Goélands à bec cerclé et marin)
Bridge on route 112, on the Richelieu: Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Bufflehead (Petits garrot), Lesser scaup (Fuligules milouinan)
Restaurant Chez Marius: 75+ Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte)

Saint-Hubert airport: 1 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges), 2 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse)

Sightings for Tuesday December 12th

St-Cuthbert: chemin Saint-Thérèse and St-Barthélemy, rang St-Jacques and rang des
Pins. 4 Snowy owls (Harfangs des neiges), 5 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues)

Dorval, Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau airport: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Senneville: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Saint-Canut, route 158 near pépinière J. Beauchamp: Snowy Owl (Harfang des neiges)

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern saw-whet owl (Petit nyctale)

St-Mathias, Parc des voiles:4 Canvasback ducks (Fuligule à dos blanc)

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (Tohi à flanc roux), 2 Red-bellied woodpecker (pics à ventre roux)

Montreal, Ile Sainte-Hélène
near Restaurant Hélène de Champlain: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Pic maculé)
Near the swimming pool: Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper)
East of pont de la Concorde in some conifers: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen
Iîle Notre-Dame: Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon)
Downtown, Place du Canada: Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin)

Ile des Soeurs: Winter Wren (Troglodyte mignon), rue O'Reilly: 2 Horned Grebes (Grèbe èsclavons)

St-Laurent, behind Bombardier: Kestrel (crécerelle)

Sightings for Monday December 11th

Chateauguay, Lac St-Louis: 2 Common loons (Plongeon Huard)

Chambly,
Basin: Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte), Common merganser (Grand Harle), Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé), Lesser scaup (Petit Fuligule), Bfflehead (Petit Garrrot), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or)
parc des Voiles: 2 Snow geese (Oies des neiges) 500 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Northern shoveler (Canard souchet)

Saint-Mathias, Greater white-fronted goose (l'Oie rieuse), Belted kingfisher (Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique), Pine grosbeak (Dur-bec des sapins), Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic), Common loon (Plongeon Huard)

Laval, parc Olivier Charbonneau: Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune) 2,000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Common mergansers (Grand Harle), Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun)

Mirabel, On lamppost autoroute 50 going toward airport, just in front of service station: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Ile Charron : 19 espèces including - Common loon (Plongeon Huard), White-winged scoter (Macreuse brune), Long-tailed duck (Harelde kakawi), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Hooded merganser (Harle couronné), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé), American tree sparrows (Bruants hudsonien), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon)

Sightings for Sunday December 10th

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc)

St-Eustache, Îles-Yales: Common yellowthroat (Paruline masquée)

Laval, bois Papineau: Northern saw-whet owl (Petit Nyctale)

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, behind the metro station: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (Tohi à flanc roux), Red-bellied woodpecker (pic à ventre roux)

St-Basile: Rough-legged hawk (Buse Pattue), Red-tailed hawk (Buse Queue Rousse), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Raven (Grand Corbeau)

Chambly: 100 Common merganser (Grand Harle), 60 Bonaparte’s gull (Mouette Bonaparte), Great black-backed gull (Goélands Marin)

Saint-Hubert, at the airport: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Baie-de-Febrve: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Snow geese (Oies de neiges), 8 American coots (Foulques d'Amérique), 1 Ruddy duck (Érismature rousse), Great blue heron (Grand héron), Belted kingfisher (Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique)

Hemmingford: 2 groups of 20 in total, Wild turkeys (Dindons sauvages), Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline) at feeder, corner of Roxham and Fisher

Sainte-Catherine , near île à Boquet: Long tailed duck (Harelde kakawi), Common loon ( Plongeon Huard), Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre), PURPLE SANDPIPER (BÉCASSEAU VIOLET)

Sightings for Saturday December 9th

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc), Common grackle (Quiscale bronze) at the radar tower - 3 Surf scoter (macreuses à front blanc)

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (Tohi à flanc roux), 2 Red-bellied woodpeckers (pics à ventre roux), Northern flicker (pic flamboyant)

Melocheville,
Pointe-du-Buisson: Pileated woodpecker (Grand pic), Cormorrant (Cormoran), Northern pintail (canard pilet)
At the dam: Lesser black-backed gull (Goéland brun), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés), 2 Common loons (Plongeons huard), DC cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes)

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: 6 American coots (Fulques d'Amérique), DC cormorrant (Cormoran à aigrettes)

Saint-Hubert, at the airport: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Sightings for Friday December 8th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, east of pont de la Concorde in some conifers: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)

Chateauguay, rue Higgins: Eastern towhee (Tohi à flanc roux), Red-bellied woodpecker (pic à ventre roux)

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc)

Saint-Cuthbert et Saint-Barthélemy: 5 Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Sightings for Thursday December 7th

Montreal, Mount Royal cemetary: Northern goshawk (Autour des palombes)

Rivière-des-Prairies, Gouin blvd-Est:
4e ave: Hooded Merganser (Harle Couronné), Common merganser (Grand Harle), Common goldeneye (Garrot Oeil d'Or)
58e ave: Great Black-backed gull (Goéland Marin), Herring gull (Goéland Argenté), Ring-billed gull (Goéland Bec Cerclé), Crow (Corneille d'Amérique)
87e ave: 150 Common goldeneye (Garrot Oeil d'Or), Great Black-backed gull (Goéland Marin), Ring-billed gull (Goéland Bec Cerclé), Black duck (Canard Noir)
Pavillon des marais: Brown creeper (Grimpereau Brun)
Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: 3 Long-eared Owl (Hibou moyen-duc), Northern Saw-whet Owl (Petite nyctale)

Sightings for Tuesday December 5th

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: Red-bellied woodpecker male (Pic à ventre roux), Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant)

Melocheville, Pointe du Buisson: male-Three-toed woodpecker (Pic à dos rayée)

Beauharnois, behind the paper recycling plant on rte 132: Razorbill (Petit pingouin)

Sightings for Monday December 4th

Saint-Barthélemy: 8 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), 3 red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, east of pont de la Concorde in some conifers: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen in the company of some White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanche)

Sightings for Thursday November 30th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, behind the metro station: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen
Northern gannet (Fou de Bassan) seen flying beside Bonaventure autoroute

Sightings for Wednesday November 29th

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: 4 Red crossbills (Bec-croisé des sapins)

Sightings for Monday November 27th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, behind the metro station: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen, Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée), Brown creeper (Grimpereaux bruns)

Sightings for Sunday November 26th

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère across from the restaurant la saulaie in the center of the woods: 3 Long-eared owls (Hibou moyen-duc), Red-tailed hawk (Buse a queue rousse)

Sightings for Saturday November 25th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, behind the metro station: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen, Long-tailed duck (Harelde kakawi), White-winged scoter (Macreuse brune), Surf scoter (Macreuse à front blanc), Bufflehead (Petit-Garrot), Lesser and Greater scaup (Petits-Fuligules et Milouinans), Common mergansers (Grands-Harles)

Châteauguay, rue Higgins: 2 Carolina wrens (Troglodytes de Caroline)

Melocheville, Pointe du Buisson: Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune)

Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: Snow geese (Oies des neiges), American coots (Foulques d’Amérique), 2 Redheads (Fuligules à tête rouge), Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins)

Sightings for Wednesday November 22nd

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène, behind the metro station: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen, DC cormorants (Cormorans à aigrettes), Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Lesser scaup (Petits fuligules), Greater scaup (Fuligule milouinan), Surf scoter (Macreuse À Front Blanc), White-winged scoter (Macreuse brune), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Common mergansers (Grand Harle), Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé), Great black-backed gull (Goélands marins), Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun)


Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère across from the restaurant la saulaie in the center of the woods: 2 Long-eared owl (Hibou moyen-duc)

Sightings for Wednesday November 15th

Laval, Boisé Papineau: Northern shrike (Pie-grièche grise), Barred owl (Chouette rayée), Eastern screech owl (Petit-Duc maculé), Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic)

Sightings for Monday November 13th

Roxton Pond: 75000 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), 1 Red-throated loon (plongeon catmarin), 1 Cackling goose (Bernache de Hutchins), 3 White-winged scoter (Macreuses brunes), 19 Black scoter (Macreuses noires), 3 Bufflehead (petits garrots), 2 Long-tailed ducks (hareldes Kakawi), 115 Hooded mergansers (harles couronnés), 21 Ruddy ducks (érismatures rousses)

Laval, in the near 9200 boulevard des Mille-Îles: 100+ Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), 18 Lapland longsuprs (Bruants lapons), 20 American tree sparrows (Bruants hudsoniens), 2 Song sparrows (Bruants chanteurs), 30 Juncos (Juncos ardoisés), 15,000 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada).
Harmonie park: 2 Long-tailed ducks (Hareldes kakawis), 300 Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or).
9800 boulevard Lévesque: Bufflehead X Common goldeneye hybrid (Petit Garrot X Garrot à oeil d'or), 150 Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or)

Sightings for Saturday November 10th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène: Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen

Sightings for Thursday November 9th

Île Sainte-Hélène: Worm-eating warber (Paurline vermivore), Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen.

Montreal, Rivière des prairies, 87e ave & Gouin blvd E: 10 Black scoter (Macreuses noires)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Wednesday November 8th

Montreal, Île Sainte-Hélène: found in the woods opposite the restaurant where there is a rock are and a small pond: WORM-EATING WARBLER (PAURLINE VERMIVORE)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Tuesday November 7th

Île Sainte-Hélène, found in the woods opposite the restaurant where there is a rock are and a small pond: WORM-EATING WARBLER (PAURLINE VERMIVORE), Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) still being seen, it was also in this wooded area.

Laval-Ouest, Grand-Moulin dam: 2 Northern parulas (Parulines à collier), 1,000 Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), 2 Barrow’s goldeneye (Garrots d'Islande)

Off I'le Perrot today, from Boulevard Perrot on the north side, 2 Canvasbacks(adult males) (Fuligules à dos blanc), and seven Red-necked Grebes (Grèbe jougris), with the large raft of scaup Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans) and Lesser scaup, but many more Greater (Petits fuligules)

Also around there and off Chemin Lotbiniere between Dorion and Pointe-des-Cascades, 200+ 40+ Hooded Merganser (Harle couronné), a nice variety of other wildfowl including 1 Ruddy Duck (érismatures rouses)

At St-Lazare sand pits a Ruddy Duck (érismatures rouses), my first for the site and species number190 for me there.

At Pointe-des-Cascades, upstream towards the hydro dam, a Long-tailed Duck (Harelde kakawi)
Mark Dennis

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Monday November 6th

Île Sainte-Hélène, Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) Still being seen. Also seen were Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), White-throated sparrows (Bruants à gorge blanches)

Chambly, Chambly basin: 5 Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 3 Red-necked grebe (Grèbe jougris), Long-tailed duck (Harelde kakawi)

Rivière des prairies:
RDP, Gouin E. & 87e Ave: 10 Black scoter (Macreuse Noire), 21 White-winged scoter (Macreuse Brune), 150 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 50 Common goldeneye (Garrot à Oeil d'Or), 3 Common mergansers (Grand Harle )
RDP, Gouin E. & 68e Ave: 4 Common mergansers (Grand Harle), 1 Great blue heron (Grand Héron), 9 Great black-back gulls (Goéland Marin), 2 Herring gulls (Goéland Argenté)
RDP, GouinE & Rodolphe Forget: 300 Common goldeneye (Garrot à Oeil d'Or)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Sunday November 5th

Île Sainte-Hélène, Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise) Still being seen.
On the river: Surf scoter (Macreuse à front blanc), Bufflehead (Petit-Garrot), 2 Greater scaup (Fuligules milouinans), 3 lesser scaup (Petits Fuligules), Common loon (Plongeon huard)

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, rivière St-Charles: 62 Hooded mergansers (Harle couronné), Wood ducks (Canard branchu)

St-Louis-de-Gonzague: Peregrine falcon (faucon pèlerin), 6000 Snow geese (Oie des neiges), 3000 scaup - Greater and lesser (fuligules milouinan et petit), American coots (foulques D’Amerique), Northern shoveler (Canard souchet), Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), Gadwall (Canard chipeau).

St-Timothée: Rusty blackbirds (quiscale rouilleux)

Laval, parc des Prairies at the end of the stream behind the houses: Magnolia warbler (Paruline à tête cendrée), Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), both Kinglets (deux espèces de Roitelets)

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Saturday November 4th

Île Sainte-Hélène, Black-throated Gray Warbler (Paruline grise)
The bird feeds in conifers (pines or cedars) in arose garden adjacent and south of the restaurantHélène de Champlain. It also feeds in pines just ouestof this garden. You just have to walk a few minutestowards the swimming pools to find this other area.
D Demers

St-Hubert, at the airport: Snowy owl (Harfang des neiges)

Laval, bois papineau :Saw-whet owl (Petit nyctale)

St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Hungry bay Beauharnois canal: 14 Red-necked grebes (Grèbe jougris) Common loon (Plongeon huard), Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Bonaparte’s gull (Mouette de Bonaparte), Common merganser (Grand Harle)

St-Louis-de-Gonzague: 5,000+ Snow geese (Oies des neiges)

Verchères, rang Haut des terres noires 520 Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges), 15 American pipit (Pipit d'Amérique), 45 Horned larkes (Alouette hausse-col), 2 Ravens (Grand corbeau), 1 Red-wimged blackbird (Carouge à épaulettes)

Chambly, Chambly basin: 3 Horned grebes (Grèbe esclavon), 4 Red-necked grebes (Grèbe jougris), Pied-bill grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 700 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 14 Common goldeneye (Garot à oeil d'or), 12 Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte), 7 Red-breasted mergansers (Harles huppés)

Richelieu river, downstreem of the bridge on route 112: 1 Barrow’s goldeneye (garrot d'Islande), Common goldeneye (Garot à oeil d'or), Black scoter (macreuse noire), Surf scoter (macreuse à front blanc), Common loon (plongeon huard), Bufflehead (petit garrot), Lesser scaup (petits fuligules), Gadwall (chipeau)

West of Carillon: Thayer's Gull (Goéland de Thayer) on the last set of rocky islands going west on highway 344. There is a parking spotopposite the islands and fair numbers of gulls seemed to be coming and going all the time, possibly from the tip in the St Andre area.
Thanks Mark Dennis

Le grand défi ornithologique 2007 de Protection des oiseaux du Québec

Pour son 90e anniversaire, Protection des oiseaux du Québec vous invite à célébrer son histoire et les gens qui l’ont aidé à évoluer.

Cette grande fête se tiendra toute l’année sous forme de défis ornithologiques pour les habitants du Québec et pour tous les membres de Protection des oiseaux du Québec.

Expert ou novice, seul ou en groupe, vous trouverez le défi qui vous convient parmi ces catégories :

« Big Year » - Le maximum d’observations en un an (2 catégories : adulte et 17 ans et moins)
« Big Month » - Le maximum d’observations en un mois
« Big Day » - Le maximum d’observations en une journée
« Big Sit » - Le maximum d’observations en vigie (lors de la fin de semaine de la Fête de la reine)
« Backyard List » - Le maximum d’observations dans une cour
« Lifers » - Le maximum de nouveaux oiseaux en un an
Photographie de l’année

Des prix seront attribués pour chacune de ces catégories.

Vous trouverez tous les détails du concours, le règlement et le bulletin de participation sur la page suivante : http://www.birdprotectionquebec.org/bigyear2007/by_index.htm
ou en écrivant à cette adresse :

Le grand défi ornithologique de Protection des Oiseaux du Québec
Boîte postale 43, Succursale B
Montréal, QC H3B 3J5

Pour plus de détails, contactez-nous à http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=quebecbirds@yahoo.ca.

Venez célébrer avec nous ce 90e anniversaire!

BIRD PROTECTION QUEBEC’S BIG YEAR OF BIRDING

2007 will mark the 90th anniversary of Bird Protection Quebec, and in celebration of its history and the people who helped shape us, we’re inviting you to participate in our Big Year of Birding.

The year-long event will take the form of competitions in which Quebec residents, as well as any member of Bird Protection Quebec, can compete for prizes.

Whether you’re an experienced or a novice birder, the variety of categories ensures that there’s a place in it for you! You are welcome to compete individually or in small teams.

Prizes will be presented in the following categories:

The Big Year – Most species in a year (two categories: adult and age 17 and under)
The Big Month – Most species in a month
The Big Day – Most species in a day
The Big Sit – Most species from a static location (during Victoria Day weekend)
The Backyard List – Most species in your backyard
Most New Lifers – Most news species added to your Life List
Photograph of the Year


Complete rules, event details and the registration form are available on our website at http://www.birdprotectionquebec.org/bigyear2007/by_index.htm or by writing to the following address:

Bird Protection Quebec’s Big Year of Birding
P.O. Box 43, Station B
Montreal, QC H3B 3J5


Should you have any questions, please contact us at quebecbirds@yahoo.ca.

Join us in celebrating our 90th!

Sightings Translated From Ornitho-QC for Thursday November 2nd

Montreal, Mont-Royal cemetary: 3 Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleus de l’Est), 2 Chipping sparrow (Bruants familiers), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge), heard but not seen Purple finch (Roselins pourpré), Common redpoll (Sizerins Flammés) , Northern shrike (Pie-grièche grise)
Rivière-des-Prairies 87th ave: 8 Black scoter (Macreuses Noires)
68e ave: Cormorants (cormorans), 6 Northern pintails (Canards Pilets)

Saint-Louis de Gonzague: Snow geese (Oies des neiges)

St-Basile: 2 Red-tailed hawks (buse à queue rousse), American kestrel (crécerelle d'Amérique), 7 American pipits (pipits)

Chambly, Chambly basin: 5 Horned grebes (grèbe esclavon), Red-necked grebe (grèbe jougris), Bonaparte’s gulls (mouette de Bonaparte), 7 Common mergansers (grand harle)

Point Claire: One male Long-tailed Duck (harelde kakawi), off Fifth (western end of Valois Bay). 10K Scaup (milouinans) close to the Canoe Club but visibility poor. Smaller groups further west include a Red-breasted merganser (harles huppés), and a Bufflehead (Petit Garrot),

Ile Perrot, 3000 Scaup with a sprinkling of Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), amongst them, hundreds of C.Geese (Bernache de Canada), Mallard, (canard colvert) dozens of Pintail (Canards pilets)