Jim Houghton Warbler Walk - Westmount Summit - Tues 22 April 08

Westmount

The weather was calm, clear. The snow is still melting, but some remains on paths where previous people (and dogs) walked, and there was mud. It goes without saying that the trees were bare or starting to bud. The best birding was on the south side of the woods. Lower down in Westmount a few magnolia trees have started to bloom.

We had 16 birders and 30 species including: (birds marked with * were counted after the walk)

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Ring-billed Gull 2, Rock Pigeon, *Northern Saw-whet Owl 1, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4, Downy Woodpecker 5, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 1, Black-capped Chickadee 10, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, Brown Creeper 8*, Carolina Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 3, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15, Hermit Thrush 8, American Robin 10, European Starling 10, Yellow-rumped Warbler 6, Chipping Sparrow 2, Fox Sparrow 6, Song Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 6, Dark-eyed Junco 35, Northern Cardinal 1*, Evening Grosbeak 6

Happy birding and thanks to everybody who participated today, and to Pierre Bannon who provided the birds seen after the trip.

Kyra

Sightings for Monday April 21st

Sherbrooke, sanctuaire de Beauvoir: Yellow-rumped warbler, Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Hermit thrush (Paruline à croupion jaune, Pic maculé, Grive solitaire) - Serge Beaudette

Chambly basin: in front of the federal dock near the lock - Lesser black-backed gull - en face du quai fédéral près de l'écluse - (Goéland brun) - Raymond Belhumeur

- click photo to enlarge

Ste-Anne-De-Bellevue, Morgan Arboretum: Brown Thrasher, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Wood duck, American Wigeon, Tree Swallows, Golden-crowned & Ruby-crowned kinglets, Fox, Song, White-throated and Chipping Sparrows, Juncos(Moqueur roux, Sarcelles d’hiver, Canards – Colvert, Branchu, d’Amérique, Hirondelles bicolores, Roitenets à couronne dorée, Roitelet à couronne rubis, bruants – Fauve, Chanteur, à gorge blanche, Familier, Junco) - Betsy

Sabrevois: on the Richelieu rive at 21st ave. - 3 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés sur la rivière Richelieu à partir de la 21ème avenue) - Marcel Gauthier

Sightings for Sunday April 20th

Montreal, Botanical Gardens: 2 Gray Partridge north of the garden Leslie Hancock - (Perdrix Grises) nord du jardin Leslie Hancock -Alexis Robin-Brisebois

Longueuil, along the river: 62 Horned grebes, 18 Red-necked grebes & 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbes esclavons et Grèbes jougris, Grèbe à bec bigarré)
Near the pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine on the boardwalk for bicycles.
De la passerelle pour vélos près du pont-tunnel Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 46 Horned grebes & 9 Red necked grebes (Grèbes esclavons et jougris)
The rest were at the start of the boardwalk near the Mormon Temple.
Le reste des espèces a été vu à partir de la passerelle près du temple Mormon.

Also seen: 1 Snow goose, Canada geese, Wood duck, Gadwall, American wigeon, Black duck, Mallard, Ring-necked duck, Greater scaup, bufflehead, Common goldeneye, Hooded merganser, Red-breasted merganser, Common merganser, Great blue heron, Cormorants, Tree swallows
(Oie des neiges (une seule), Bernaches du Canada, Canard branchu, Canard
chipeau, Canard d'Amérique, Canard noir, Canard colvert, Fuligule à collier,
Fuligule milouinan, Petit Garrot, Garrot à oeil d'or, Harle couronné, Harle
huppé, Grand Harle, Grand hérons, des Cormorans à aigrettes, Hirondelles bicolores) - Jean Marc Béliveau

Dundee, Réserve Nationale de Faune du Lac Saint-François: 3 Sandhill cranes (Grue du
Canada).
chemin de la Pointe Fraser: Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson) also seen in the area numerous Rusty blackbirds American kestrel, Red-tailed hawk, Broad-winged hawk, Northen harrier, Sharp-shinned hawk, Northern flickers Virgina rail was heard. Ducks – Wood, Mallard & Blue-winged teal.
(Quiscale rouilleux, Crécerelle d'Amérique, Buse à queue rousse, Petite Buse, Busard Saint-Martin, Épervier brun, Pic flamboyant, Râle de Virginie, espèces de canards observées ont été: Canard branchu, Canard colvert et Sarcelle à ailes bleues)
route 132: 2 Wild turkeys (Dindon sauvage) - Régis Fortin

Lachenaie,
Terrasse Mathieu: On Riviére des Mille-Iles: 13 Horned grebes (Grèbes esclavons) 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré)
Pont Charles de Gaules: 4 Bonaparte’s gulls (Mouettes de Bonaparte) - Patrice Franche et Angèle Gosselin

Tadoussac, station a littles west of the dunes - 11am à 2pm (postés un peu à l’ouest des dunes de Tadoussac sur une pointe rocheuse)
7000 Long-tailed ducks, 1600 Black scoter, 1000 Surf scoter, 1300 Common eider, 200 Red-breasted merganser, 12 Common merganser, 150 Brant geese, 40 Canada geese, 200 black duck, 10 Mallard, 90 Common goldeneye, 21 Barrow’s goldeneye, 150 Double-crested cormorants, 2 great blue heron, 1 King Eider (F)
Harelde Kakawi 7000, Macreuse noire 1600, Macreuse à front blanc 1000, Eider à duvet 1300, Harle huppé 200, Grand Harle 12, Bernache cravant 150, Bernache du Canada 40, Canard noir 200, Canard colvert 10, Garrot à œil d’or 90, Garrot d’Islande 21, Cormoran à aigrettes 150, Grand Héron 2
j’étais heureux de repérer parmi les nombreux Eiders posés près de cette pointe rocheuse une femelle Eider à tête grise - Renaud Pintiaux

Sightings for Saturday April 19th

Cap St-Jacques: 8 Tree Swallows, 10 Brown-headed Cowbirds, 2 Cooper's Hawks, 2 American Tree Sparrows, 4 Wood Ducks, Canada Geese, 6 Mallards, Red-winged Blackbirds, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

St-Timothée marsh: Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Tree swallow (Hirondelle bicolore), Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur)

Maple Grove,
Rue Jean Cauvier: Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Hooded merganser (Harle couronné)
Rue McDonald: Bufflehead (Petit Garrot)

Mercier, water treatment ponds (Étang d'épuration): Ducks - Northern shoveler, American wigeon, Gadwall, Mallards (Canards – Souchet, d'Amérique, chipeau, colvert)

Châteauguay,
Île Saint-Bernard: Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), Rusty blackbird (Quiscale rouilleux), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Song & White-throated sparrow (Bruants chanteur et à gorge blanche), Northern Cardinal (Cardinal rouge)
Rue Higgins: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), Downy woodpecker (Pic mineur), White-throated sparrow (Bruant à gorge blanche)

Saint-Étienne marsh: Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) - Régis Fortin

Île des Soeurs: Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), 2 Rusty blackbirds (Quiscales rouilleux), 3 Fox sparrows (Bruants fauves), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitenets à couronne dorée), 2 Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 1 Pileated woodpecker (Grand Pic), Northern flickers (Pics flamboyants), 1 Pied billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), American wigeon (Canards d'Amérique), 2 Gadwall (Canards chipeaux), 3 Great blue herons (Grands Hérons) - Michel Bertrand

Baie du Febvre: Bufflehead, Ruddy duck, Gadwall, Redhead, Mallard, American wigeon, American coot, Pied-billed grebe, Canada geese, Snow geese, Great blue heron, Rough-legged hawk, Red-winged blackbirds, Song sparrows, Killdeer (Petit Garrot, Erismature rousse, Canard Chipeau, Fuligule à tête rouge, Canard Colvert, Canard d’Amérique, Foulques d’Amérique, Grèbe à bec bigarré, Bernaches du Canada, Oies des Neiges, Grand Héron, Buse pattue, Carouge à épaulette, Bruant chanteur, Pluvier kildir) - Johanne Paquette
Ross’s goose, Cackling goose, 2 Ross’s X Snow goose hybrid, Short-eared owl, American bittern, 2 Greater & 1 Lesser yellowlegs (Oie de Ross, Bernache de Hutchins,2 hybrides Oie de Ross x Oie des Neiges, Hibou des marais, Butor d'Amérique, 3 chevaliers - 2 Grands et un Petit) - Gaétan Lord

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for April 19th

Hudson
42 birders enjoyed the glorious spring weather in Hudson today. It was sunny, 18 degrees with light winds and we managed to see 60 species of birds. Birds of the day: A co-operative perching Red-shouldered hawk and the numerous Fox sparrows. Also seen by some - a Red fox.

Thanks to everyone who came out to make the day so enjoyable and to Wayne Grubert for his help. The following is our complete list. Barbara MacDuff

Snow goose 1080, Canada goose 600, Wood duck 10, American black duck 2, Mallard 20, Green-winged teal 2, Ring-neck duck 6, Lesser scaup 7, Bufflehead 1, Hooded merganser 11, Common merganser 5, Wild turkey 1, Great blue heron 5, Turkey vulture 13, Northern harrier 1, Cooper's hawk 2, Red-shouldered hawk 4, Broad-winged hawk 1, Red-tailed hawk 5, Rough-legged hawk 1, American kestrel 2, Killdeer 2, Wilson's snipe 1, Ring-billed gull 30, Herring gull 1, Great Black-backed gull 3, Rock dove 30, Mourning dove 6, Belted kingfisher 4, Yellow-bellied sapsucker 5, Downey woodpecker 4, Hairy woodpecker 1, Northern flicker 16, Pileated woodpecker 7, Eastern phoebe 5, Blue jay 14, American crow 70, Tree swallow 30, Black-capped chickadee 18, White-breasted nuthatch 8, Brown creeper 1, Ruby-crowned kinglet 2, Hermit thrush 1, American robin 50, European starling 24, American tree sparrow 2, Chipping sparrow 1, Savannah sparrow 1, Fox sparrow 20, Song sparrow 42, Swamp sparrow 6, White-throated sparrow 4, Dark-eyed junco 16, Northern cardinal 4, Red-winged blackbird 52, Common grackle 52, Brown - headed cowbird 12, Purple finch 4, American goldfinch 15, House sparrow 6

Sightings for Friday April 18th

Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetery: 22 species (espèces) including - 5 Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé), Northern shrike (Pie-Grièche grise), Ruby-crowned kinglet & Goleden-crowned kinglets (Roitelet à couronne rubis et quelques uns à couronne dorée), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Fox & White-throated sparrow (Bruant fauve et à gorge blanche), Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune) - Lucette d'Amours

Westmount, Summit Park: only south-east flank is completely snow free. Other parts still have a good foot of snow. You will also have to watch your step because of the dogs that have been there all winter: Seul le flanc sud est presque complètement dégagé de neige. Le centre du parc et le flanc nord sont encore recouverts d'un bon pied de neige, sinon plus. De plus, la fonte de la neige fait apparaître un peu partout des crottes de chien laissées là durant l'hiver. Alors, attention où vous mettez les pieds

30 species (espèces) including - 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulettes), Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin) (sur la tour de l'université), Woodpeckers - Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Downy, Hairy, Northern flicker, Pileated (Pics - maculé, mineurs, chevelus, flamboyants, Grand Pic), 1 Blue-headed vireo (Viréo à tête bleue), Brown creepers (Grimpereaux bruns), 1 winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), 6-8 Ruby crowned & 4-5 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne rubis, Roitelets à couronne dorée), 2-3 Hermit thrush (Grives solitaires), 1 Chipping sparrow (Bruant familier), 5 Fox sparrow (Bruants fauves), Common redpolls (Sizerins flammés) Another birder mentioned that he had seen a Great horned owl (Grand-duc d'Amérique) - Pierre Bannon

Chambly basin: 4 Red-necked grebes (Grèbes jougris), 1 Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 1 Pied-billed grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 2 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 1 Osprey (Balbuzard pêcheur), 30 Bufflehead (Petits Garrots), dozens of Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolore)

Saint-Blaise, 50th avenue: 3 Horned grebe (Grèbe esclavon), 3 Greater yellowlegs (Grands Chevaliers)

Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix: 3 Greater yellowlegs (Grands Chevaliers) - Michel Bertrand

Saint-Timothée, at the canal: 4 (Grèbe esclavon) - Régis Fortin

Chateauguay & Lery, Lac St-louis: 6 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 4 Red-breasted mergansers (Harles huppés) - T. Long

Arundel: 150 American robins (Merles d'Amérique), 2 Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), 16 Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), 9 Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés), 1 Wood duck (Canard branchu), 1 Common loon (Plongeon huard), 7 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 3 Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelles des prés), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), Song sparrows (Bruants chanteurs), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolles phébi), Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant), Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis) - Louise Cadieux

Sightings for Thursday April 17th

Ile Bizard: 5 Canada Geese (Bernache du Canada ), , 2 Northern Cardinals (Cardinal rouge), 10 Mallards (Canards colvert), 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk (Épervier brun), 1 American Bittern (big passarelle) (Butor d'Amérique), 6 Wood Ducks(Canards branchu), 20 Tree Swallows, (Hirondelles bicolores), 8 American Crows (Corneille d'Amérique), 30 Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes). Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

Chateauguay, rue Flanagan: Fox Sparrow (Bruant fauve) - T. Long

Lévis: Turkey vultures (Urubu à tête rouge) 12, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 9, Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun) 41, Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) 1, Broad-winged hawk (Petite Buse) 4, Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse) 616, Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) 14, American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), 24, Merlin (Faucon émerillon) 1, Hawk sp. (Buse sp.) 3 - Total: 725 ind.
Lacal raptors (Les rapaces locaux étaient représentés) 2 Cooper’s hawk (Éperviers de Cooper) 2, Peregrine falcons (Faucons pèlerins) 2, Red-shouldered hawk (Buses à épaulettes), Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge) 12, Also in migration - 15 Trees swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), 1 Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés), 1 Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson), Laplandlongspur (Bruant lapon), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (Pic Flamboyant), 40 Double-crested cormorants (Cormorans à aigrettes) - Olivier Barden

Saint-François de Nicolet, l'Anse du Port - small boardwalk: Canvasback (M) (Fuligule à dos blanc) - Serge St-Louis

Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: in the woods - 1 Yellow-rumped warbler (Paruline à croupion jaune), 1 Ruby-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne rubis), 1 Winter wren (Troglodite mignon), 9 Hermit thrush (Grives solitaire), 2 American woodcocks (Bécasses d'Amérique), 2 Wood ducks (Canards branchu), 2 Mallards (Canards colvert).
At the Ducks Unlimted pond (Sur l'étang de Canards illimités): 8 Northern shoveler (Canards souchet), 4 Mallards (Canards colvert), 4 Pied-billed grebes (Grèbes à bec bigarré), 50+ Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolore), 1 Wilson’s snipe (Bécassine de Wilson) - Gilles Ethier

Sightings for Wednesday April 16th

St Bruno-de-Montarville: Pine Warbler (Paruline des pins) singing and feeding in patch of mature white pine between the Mont Bruno Golf course and Blvd. Boucherville - Mark Tomalty

Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Centennial Park: 6 Common Grackles (Quiscale bronzé), 20-30 (M) Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 1 Great Blue Heron (Grand heron), 2 Black-crowned Night Herons (bihoreau gris), 6 Hooded Mergansers (Harles couronné), 2 juvenile pied-billed (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 20 Ring-billed Gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé). - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

Sightings for Tuesday April 15th

Épiphanie, chemin de la Cabane ronde: Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés) - Louise Ladouceur-Côté

Chateauguay, refuge faunique Marguerite-D'Youville: Near the start of the trails, in the area open to the public - American bittern (Butor d'Amérique) près du début des sentiers, dans le secteur ouvert au public - Dominic Gendron - Photos

Iberville et Sabrevois
Pont Marchand, autoroute 35: 2 Ruddy ducks (M) (Érismature rousse), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or), Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronné)

Iberville, rue Kelly & rivière Richelieu: 1 Chipping sparrow (Bruant familier), 1 Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Dark-eyed junco (Juncos ardoisé)

Sabrevois, avenues & rivière Richelieu: 8 Northern shoveler (Canards souchet), 6 Mallards & 2 black ducks (Canards colvert & noir), 1 Snow goose (Oie des neiges), 9 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 1 Killdeer (Pluvier killdir), 1 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle à ailes verte) - Gilles Ethier

Berthier et St-Barthélemy 35 species (espèces)
Berthier, rang de l'Ile Dupas: Vesper sparrow (Bruant vespéral), 12 Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolores), Common mergansers (Grands Harles) (3), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés) (7), Common goldeneye (Garrots à oeil d'or) (3), Lesser scaup (Petit Fuligule) (1), 12 Mallards, 3 Wood ducks, 2 Northern shovelers (Canards colvert, branchus et souchet)

St-Barthélemy... rang du Fleuve: Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Northern pintail (Canards pilet) (60), Rough-legged hawk (Buses pattues) (5) Killdeer (Pluviers Kildir), American robins (Merles d'Amérique), Cowbirds (Vachers à tête brune), Northern flicker (Pic flamboyant) - Patrice Franche et Angèle Gosselin

Sightings for Monday April 14th

Pike River,
chemin Molleur: 50 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 26 Black ducks (canards noir), 16 Wood ducks (canards branchu), 52 Mallards (canards colvert), 34 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), 2 Gadwall (canard chipeau)
route 133:
Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 8 Norther pintail (canards pilet), Mallards & Black ducks (colvert et canard noir)

Venise en Québec, rang Palmer & 16ième avenue: Rough-legged hawk (buse pattue), 2 Turkey vultures (urubus à tête rouge), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Mallards & Black ducks (colvert et canard noir)

Philipsburg, marsh: 2 Northern shovelers (canards souchets), 20 Common mergansers (Grand harle), 2 Osprey (balbuzard pêcheur), 2 Belted kingfisher (martin-pêcheur), Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada) - Jean-Guy Papineau

Longueuil, Parc Régional de Longueuil: 2 Red-Shouldered hawks (buses à épaulette), Eastern phoebe ( moucherolle phébi), Song & Chipping Sparrow (bruants chanteur & familier) - Simon Chaloux

Lery, Lac St-Louis: 3 Common loons (Plongeons huards), 12 Hooded mergansers (Harles Couronné), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Ring-necked Ducks (fuligules à collier) - T-Long

Sightings for Sunday April 13th

Lasalle, Parc des Rapides: in flight past Heron Island 2 Great egrets (Grandes aigrettes) - Yvon Roy

Épiphanie: Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés) - Richard Prévost - click photo to enlarge

Montreal,
Cartierville, 3 parks along Rivière des Prairies: Eastern phoebe (moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (pic flamboyant), Yellow-bellied sapsucker (pic maculé), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), 8 Wood ducks (Canard branchu), 2 Merlins (un couple de faucon émerillon)
St-Laurent, Techno-Parc: 3 Eastern phoebe (moucherolles phébi), 2 fox sparrow (bruants fauves), Hermit thrush (grive solitaire), Norhtern flicker (pic flamboyant), 2 Pileated woodpeckers (grands pics), 1 Rusty blackbird (quiscale rouilleux), 1 American woodcock (bécasse d'Amérique), 4 Killdeer (pluviers kildirs), 1 Red-shouldered hawk (buse à épaulettes), 1 Red-tailed hawk (buse à queue rousse) - Daniel Ouellette

Chambly basin: Common goldeneye (garots à oeil d'or), 10 Bufflehed (petits garots), Common mergansers (grands harles), 2 Hooded mergansers (harle couronné), Mallards (canards colvert), Cormorants (cormorans), Gadwall (canards chipeau), Ring-necked ducks (fuligules à collier), Lesser scaup (petit fuligules), Canada geese (bernaches du Canada). 2 Long-tailed ducks (harelde kakawi) près de la rue Martel. – Manon Roy - 2 Black scoter (Macreuse noire) - Don-Jean Léandri

St-Paul de l'Ile aux noix: 7 Wilson’s snipe (bécassines de Wilson). Many Tree swallows (hirondelles bicolores) à la marina Gosselin. - Manon Roy

Baie du Febvre
An amazing day! Skeins of Snow Geese flying overhead almost incessantly, a multi-thousand aggregation in the flooded fields, many species of waterfowl, 6 species of raptor including fantastic views of Peregrine, the first swallows for many...... More than 40 species of birds were seen in total so the 54 members of Scouts and Guides who came along with their leaders certainly had a lot to look at. Three cheers for the BPQ were given on the bus as it pulled away. Thanks to Stewart Bentley, Mark Brenchley, Barbara MacDuff, David Mulholland and Chris Murphy for their leadership I don't know what happened but the posting took place before I was able to write the list. The list for the day follows

Snow Geese 50 000 + (Oie des neiges), Canada Geese 5 000 + (Bernache du Canada ), Green-winged Teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge), Wood Duck 10 (Canard branchu), Gadwall 24 (Canard chipeau ), American Widgeon 12 (Canard d'Amérique), American Black Duck 24 (Canard noir), Mallard 100 (Canard colvert), Northern Shoveler 7 (Canard souchet), Northern Pintail 30 (Canard pilet), Ring-necked Duck 4 (Fuligule à collier), Bufflehead 3 (Petit Garrot), Hooded Merganser 1 (Harle couronné), Common Merganser 18 (Grand Harle) Great Blue Heron 10 (Grand Héron), Turkey Vulture 2 (Urubus à tête rouge), Bald Eagle 1(Pygargue à tête blanche), Northern Harrier 2 (Busard St-Martin), Red-tailed Hawk 3 (Buse à queue rousse), Rough-legged Hawk 7 (Buse pattue), American Kestrel (Crécerelles d'Amérique), Peregrin Falcon 1 (Falcon pelerine), American Coot 1 (Foulque d'Amérique), Killdeer 6 (Pluvier kildir), Ring-billed Gull 150 (Goéland à bec cerclé), Herring Gull 1 (Goéland argenté), Great-blacked Gull 3 (Goéland marin), Rock Pigeon 40 (Pigeon biset), Mourning Dove 6 (Tourterelle triste), Hairy Woodpecker 1 (Pic chevelu), Blue Jay 1 (Geai bleu), American Crow 100 (Corneille d'Amérique), Horned Lark 3 (Allouette hausse-col), Tree Swallow 10 (Hirondelles bicolores), American Robin 6 ( Merles d'Amérique), European Starling 40 (Étourneau sansonnet), American Tree Sparrow 6 (bruant hudsonien), Song Sparrow 25 (Bruant chanteur), Snow Bunting 20 (Bruant des neiges), Red-winged Blackbird 50 (Carouge à épaulettes), Common Grackle 30 (Quiscale bronzé), Brown-headed Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune), House Sparrow 2 (Moineau domestique)

Olivier Barden - Grearer scaup (Fuligule milouinan), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Red-breasted merganser (Harles huppés 2), Pied-bille grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), 2 Cackling goose (Bernaches de Hutchins), Ross’s goose (Oies de Ross) 2, Savannah sparrow (Bruant des prés), Lapland longspur (Bruant lapon) 2, Snow X Canada goose hybrid (Hybride Oie des neiges x Bernache du Canada), Great egret (Grande Aigrette), Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre)

Saint-Honoré-de-Chicoutimi, 521 Desbiens: White-Winged Dove (Tourterelle À Ailes Blanches) - Raymond Gagnon

Sightings for Saturday April 12th

Hemmingford, Rue Fisher: 2 Field Sparrows singing (Bruants des champs) - Mark Tomalty

Gaspé, Pointe de Cap-d'Espoir, 8:30 to 9:30: Common eider (Eider à duvet) 1312, Surf scoter (Macreuse à front blanc) 96, Black scoter (Macreuse noire) 214, Long-tailed ducks (Harelde Kakawi) 7, Red-throated loon (Plongeons catmarin) 7, 100’s Northern gannet & Alcids (Fou de basin et d'Alcidés) - Albini Couture

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report – April 12th

BAIE DU FEBVRE

Hi everyone who stayed in bed this morning, you did the right thing. We arrived at Baie du Febvre at 0815H, it rained all the way. At Baie duFebvre the rain was intensified by the wind. Like Wednesday there are no geese in the fields only a few ducks. The fields on rue Janelle are snow free and flooded. The two ponds are still frozen. We saw, like Wednesday, about 15 Killdeer, a few ring-billed gulls, mallards, pintails. On the way north on the 255, we saw thousands of geese flying south,they know better. OH I was forgetting, nobody came, we waited till 0850H and left. On the way out a little group arrived, form another club, who were trying tol ook in the field through the windows because of the strong, easterly wind. On the way back on highway 20 we saw thousands of geese in thef ields, can't stop to look. During the next week it should start to pick up, they are not too far. See you all on another trip.

Clémence Soulard and Jean Demers

Sightings for Friday April 11th

Longueuil, Parc Régional Longueuil: 2 Eastern bluebirds (merlebleus de l'est) (entre les lacs et le jardins), 1 Eastern phoebe (moucherolle phébi) (près du marais), 2 Northern flickers (pic flamboyant), 8 Killdeer (pluvier kildir) (dans le jardin communautaire) - Simon Chaloux - click photo to enlarge and see more photos here

Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetary- 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), 3 Fox sparrows (Bruants fauves), 1 Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire) - Richard Guillet

Baie-du-Febvre, Rte. 132 & Route Janelle: 34 species (espèces) including - Snow geese (Oie des neiges), Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), Wood ducks (Canard branchu), American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), Black duck (Canard noir), Mallard (Canard colvert), Gadwall (Canards chipeaux), Northern shoveler (Canard souchet), Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche). (Reported but I could not find) Une personne digne de foi m'a affirmé avoir vu un Eurasion wigeon (Canard siffleur) que j'ai cherché en vain. - Serge St-Louis

Sightings for Thursday April 10th

Oka, parc d'Oka: Sparrows – Swamp, Song, Tree (Bruants - des marais, chanteur, hudsonien), Easten bluebird (Merlebleu de l'est), Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun), Turky vulture (Urubu à tête rouge), Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Cedar waxwings (Jaseurs d'Amérique) - Sylvie Vanier

Montreal Botanical Gardens, Jardin du sous-bois: American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique) - Philippe Collard

Baie-du-Febvre, Route Janelle: Snow geese (Oie des neiges) + 5000, Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) +500, Wood ducks (Canard branchu) 17, American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique) 2, Black duck (Canard noir) 10, Mallard (Canard colvert) 30, Northern shoveler (Canard souchet) 4, Northern pintail (Canard pilet) 4, Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver) 2, Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge) 6, Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier) 50, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 2, American coot (Foulque d'Amérique) 2 - Micheline Bisson

Sightings for Wednesday April 9th

Dundee,Réserve nationale de faune du lac St-François: Egret trail (à la digue aux Aigrettes) – 3 Sandhill cranes (grues du Canada), 3 Great egrets (grande aigrettes), 10 Great blue herons (grand hérons), Snow geese (oies des neiges), Canada geese (bernaches), Hooded mergansers (harles couronné), Kingfishers (martins-pêcheurs), Wood ducks (canards branchu), Norhtern pintails (canards pilet), Northern shoveler (canard souchet), Common snipe (bécassine des marais) - Daniel Lebrun - Click photo to enlarge

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 28 species (espèces) including - Fox Sparrow (Bruant fauve), Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Brown creeper (Grimpereau brun), Cedar & Bohemian Waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique et Boréal), Cooper’s Hawk (M) (Epervier de Cooper), Northern Shrike (Pie-Grièche grise), Cowbird (Vacher à tête brune) - Lucette d'Amours

Ile Bizard: Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 6 Tree Swallows (Hirondelles bicolore), were buzzing around the big passarelle, 2 Great Blue Herons (Grand herons), 4 Wood Ducks (Canard branchu), 6 Mallards (Colverts), 1 Belted Kingfisher (martin-pêcheur), (male) at the small passarelle, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets (Roiteleits à couronne rubis), Canada Geese (bernaches du Canada) - Hal Trachtenberg

Saint-Hubert, Route Verte: Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Hermit thrush (Grive solitaire), Sparrows - White-throated & Fox (Bruant à gorge blanche et fauve), Rusty blackbird (Quiscale rouilleux), Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé), 12 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée) - Raymond Belhumeur

Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu: Vesper Sparrow (Bruant vespéra) - Sébastien Rioux


Tadoussac: at the entrance to Fjord du Saguenay - King eider (M) (Eider à tete grise) est présent à l'entrée du Fjord du Saguenay, en face de nos bureaux du Gremm! Observateurs: R.Pintiaux, M.Moisan, G.Pelletier et J.Cabana. - Renaud Pintiaux

Lac Kénogami, chemin des pionniers: Boreal Owl (Nyctale De Tengmalm) - Lucie Boulay & Marc Gaudreault

Godmanchester, montée Smellie: 75 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 13 Northern harriers (Busards Saint-Martin), 10 Sharp-shinned hawks (Éperviers bruns), 6 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge), 3 Red-shouldered hawks (Buses à épaulettes), 3 Rough-legged hawks (Buses pattues), 2 American kestrels (Crécerelles d'Amérique), 1 Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) Barn swallow (Hirondelle rustique), American pipits (Pipits d'Amérique), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col), Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleu de l'Est), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Northern flicker (Pics flamboyants), Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelles des prés), Wilson’s snipe (Bécassines de Wilson), 3 Pileated woodpeckers (Grands Pics) calling in the woods - Pierre Bannon

Baie-du-Febvre: Rte. 132 between the road and the woods at civic number 450 Sandhill crane (Grue du Canada) Elle s'est posé à moitié chemin entre la route et le boisé sur le côté nord de la 132 au numéro civique 450.
4 Great blue heron (Grand Héron), 3000 Snow geese (Oie des neiges), 400 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 2 American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), 2 Gadwall (Canard chipeau), 8 Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver), 40 Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Black duck (Canard noir), Mallards (Canard colvert), 3 Gray partridge (Perdrix grise), 2 Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), Red-tailed hawk (Buse à queue rousse), 4 Rough-legged hawks (Buse pattue), 4 Ring-billed gulls (Goéland à bec cerclé), 3 Killdeer (Pluvier kildir), Rock pigeon (Pigeon biset), 9 Horned larks (Allouette hausse-col), 3 Mourning dove (Tourterelle triste), 3 American crow (Corneille d'Amérique), 13 American robins (Merle d'Amérique), 19 european starlings (Étourneau sansonnet), 30 Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur), 9 Dark-eyed junco (Junco ardoisé), 2 Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges), 120 Red-winged blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 80 Common grackle (Quiscale bronzé), 8 Cowbirds (Vacher à tête brune) - Roger Roy

Sightings for Tuesday April 8th

Chateauguay, rue Flanagan: American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique) – T. Long

Montreal Botanical Gardens: 25 species (espèces) including – Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur), Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Tree sparrow (bruant hudsonien), Junco, Common redpolls (Sizerin flammé), Cedar waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique). A Bluebird was reported seen yesterday (autre observateur nous a dit avoir vu un Merlebleu hier. Nous ne l'avons cependant pas retrouvé). - Lucette d'Amours - 7 American woodcock (Bécasse d'Amérique), 2 Fox Sparrows (Bruants fauve), Pileated Woodpecker (Grand Pic), Cedar & Bohemian waxwings (Jaseurs - d'Amérique et Boreal), Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Purple finch (Roselin pourpré), European goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant), 2 Golden-crowned kinglets (Roitelets à couronne dorée) - Yves Gauthier
Viau street facing parc Maisonneuve: European goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant) – A. Francis

Saint-Mathias, Bassin de Chambly at the dock: Greater White-Fronted Goose (Oie Rieuse ) - Raymond Belhumeur

Verchères, Montée Chicoine-Larose: ce soir que j'ai débuté mon BGBY - 24 espèces, 5,5 km de marche - Cackling goose (Bernache de hutchins) 1, Wood duck (Canard branchu) 7, Northern pintail (Canard pilet) 9, Green-winged teal (Sarcelle d'hiver) 1, Northern harrier (Busard Saint-Martin) 1, Red-tailed Hawk (Buse à queue rousse) 1, Snow buntings (Bruant des neiges) 300, Tree sparrow (Bruant hudsonien) 1, Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur) 5, Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) 4000, Killdeer (Pluvier kildir) 1 - Sébastien Rioux

Ste-Foy/Sillery 2hrs observation on rue de Bruyères: Canada geese (Bernache du Canada) 40, Hooded merganser (Harle couronné) 2, Great blue heron (Grand Héron) 2, Turkey vulture (Urubu à tête rouge) 16, Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) 1, Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) 2, Sharpshinned hawk (Épervier brun) 5, Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper) 3, Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulettes) 10, Red-tailed hawks (Buse à queue rousse) 34, Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) 17, American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique) 1, Merlin (Faucon émerillon) 2, Raptor sp (Rapace sp.) 12, Killdeer (Pluvier kildir) 11, Glaucous gull (Goéland bourgmestre) 1, Bohemian waxwing (Jaseur boréal) 24 - Olivier Barden

Sightings for Monday April 7th

Lasalle
parc des rapides: 2 Hooded mergansers (harles couronnées), 1 American wigeon (canard d’Amérique), 1 Common mergansers (couple de Grands harles), Many American robins (plusieurs merles d’Amérique), Gadwalls (2 couples de canard chipeau) - Sylvie

On this beautiful spring day it is difficult to stay inside so I conducted my first “marathon walk” to the St. Lawrence River at Parc des rapides and along the river to Verdun.

As people have been reporting there are lots of ducks on the river but the Harlequin and Barrows escaped me. Did find four Buffleheads along with Greater and Lesser Scaup Ring-necked Duck and the usual suspects, bringing my Bigby total to a much more respectable 46. Numerous DC Cormorants including some showing the double crest which is not often seen.

There was a “Black-headed” Gull on the ice where the RB Gulls usually congregate at the east end of Parc des rapides. Unfortunately it did not fly so while I think it was a Franklin’s, visibility was not great even with the scope as I could not get an angle that eliminated the sun’s glare. I am hoping others will check it out and get a photo to confirm one way or another?

Noticeably smaller than the RB’s, it was coming into breeding plumage with an almost completely dark hood, fairly long, what appeared to be all-black fairly thin bill with a definate slight downward hook (but not as much as a Laughing), and partial white eye-ring. The legs appeared reddish-orange. - Jeff

Sightings for Sunday April 6th

Dundee: Egret trail - Sandhill crane (Grue du Canada) est à la Réserve-nationale-de-faune-du-Lac-Saint-François (digue aux aigrettes) - Alain Hogue

Sainte-Barbe: j'ai photographié les Oies des neiges. - Régis Fortin - click photo to enlarge

Verdun, across from the Douglas Hospital: Harlequin Duck (Arlequin Plongeur) with a group of Common goldeneye (garrot à oeil d'or)

Lasalle, Parc des rapides: 3 Black-crowned night-herons (Bihoreau gris). A Belted kingfisher (Martin pêcheur) was reported seen - Sylvie Vanier

Ville-St-Laurent, Parc Technologique: Northern goshawk (Autour des palombes), Cedar waxwings (jaseurs d'Amérique), Cowbirds (vachers à tête brune), killdeer (pluvier kildir), Robins (merles d'Amérique), Song sparrows (bruants chanteurs), Grackles (quiscales bronzés) - Julie Tremblay

Between Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu & Saint-Blaise on rue Fernet: Carolina wren (Troglodyte de Caroline)

Saint-Blaise, 1re Rue face off 50e Avenue: Mute swan (Cygne tuberculé) - Raymond Belhumeur - photo

Montréal, Île Notre-Dame: Townsend's Solitaire (Solitaire De Townsend) - Jean-Pierre Tousignant, Jacques Falardeau, Lynn Chainey et autres

Baie-du-Fèbvre, route Janelle: Horned larks (Alouettes Hausse-col), 2000 Snow geese (oies des neiges), 10 Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), Killdeer (Pluvier Kildeer) (4) - Suzanne Bisaillon

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu: American coot (Foulque d'Amérique) entre le chemin Ste-Thérèse (la 223) et la rue Ste-Marie de l'Île Ste-Marie près du pont - Roger Roy

Sherbrooke, lac des Nations along rue L'Esplanade: Lesser black-backed gull (Goéland brun), Accompanied by Gulls- Herring, Ring-billed, Greater black-backed (Goélands - Argentés, à Bec cerclé, Marins), Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés), Common mergansers (Grands Harles), Mallards (Canards colverts) - Michel Bertrand

Percé towards Île Bonaventure: Common murre (guillemot marmette) (40), Black guillemot (guillemot à miroir) (200), Razorbill (petit pingouin) (800) also in the Brant geese (Bernaches cravant) (180) - Albini Couture

Between Cap-Rouge and Grondines 40 species (espèces) including
Cap-Rouge: 12 Common eiders (Eiders à duvet)

Saint-Augustin: 4 Rusty blackbirds (Quiscales rouilleux)

Neuville: 2 Killdeer (Pluviers kildirs)

Portneuf, at the dock: 2 Green-winged teal (Sarcelles d'hiver), 7 Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à collier), 1 Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé), 2 Hooded mergansers (Harles couronnés)

Deschambault 75 Snow geese (Oies des neiges), 1 Wood duck (Canard branchu), 2 Turkey vultures (Urubus à tête rouge)

Grondines: 1 Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Bufflehead (Petit Garrot) - Gaétan Lord

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report – April 5th

Lasalle, Parc des Rapids & Verdun: "bring a friend birding" trip to Parc des Rapides and the Verdun waterfront was attended by 21 birders looking for a taste of spring. We were pleased to see some new faces among the group and hope they enjoyed themselves, the company and the birds.

We started out under a blanket of gray but ended the morning with some stretches of sunshine and bright blue sky. Temperatures were above freezing and eventually reached +7 or +8 by the noon hour. The best aspect of the weather - NO WIND! Yours truly had the easy job of the morning chatting with participants and helping with ID hints. Co-leader Diane Demers was given the hard work of finding the birds and she came through with some great ones. Bird of the day was a"sub-adult" male Harlequin Duck at the Verdun waterfront opposite the Douglas Hospital. It proved elusive at first as it fed with a large group of other divers but eventually climbed out on the ice to "catch some rays" and gave everyone a great chance to admire it.

Runner up bird, for those who continued on to Ile des Soeurs at the end of the trip, was a male Barrow's Goldeneye at the end of O'Reilly Street. It was"displaying" with a group of common goldeneyes and gave us a chance to hold an impromptu clinic as we dissected the various ID clues which separate these two species. (I think Diane had this one "tied down" because she drove us to the end of the street, walked down and there it was at relatively close range!) The Harlequin and the Barrow's were lifers for some in the group. Always a nice touch.

HARLEQUIN DUCK (ARLEQUIN PLONGEUR), Bufflehead (Petit Garrot), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Barrow’s goldeneye (Garrot d'Islande), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or), Mallard & Black duck (Canard Colvert et noir), American wigeon (Canard d’Amérique), Common merganser (Grand harle), Hooded mergansers ( Harles couronné), Red-breasted merganser (Harle Hupée), Gadwall (Canard chipeau), Lesser & Greater scaups (Fuligules - Petit et milouinan), Herring gull (Goéland argenté), Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marin), Ring-billed gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé), Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), Double-crested cormorants (Cormorans à aigrettes), Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Dark-eyed Junco (Juncos ardoisé), Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue), American kestrel (Crécerelle d'Amérique), Robins (Merles), Mourning dove (Tourterelle triste), Rock dove (Pigeon biset), Downy woodpecker (Pic mineur), American crows (Corneille d’Amérique), Black-capped chickadee (Mésange à tête noir), European Starling (Étourneau sansonnet), Songsparrow (Bruant chanteur), Cardinal (Cardinal rouge), House finch (Roseline familier), Common grackle (Quincale bronzé), House sparrow (Moineau domestique) - American goldfinch (Chardonneret jaune), Red-winged blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes)

Thanks to Diane for her "eagle-eyed" spotting, thanks to Mary Ellen for compiling the list under duress,and thanks to everyone for coming out on a fun morning. A taste of spring at last!

Wayne Grubert

Sightings for Saturday April 5th

Ile Bizard Nature Park: 1 Barred Owl (Chouette rayée), 1 Great horned owl (Grand Duc) seen near the small passarelle being harassed by crows, 1 Broad-winged Hawk (Petite buse), 3 Great Blue Herons (Grand herons), about 20 Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), and the baby of them all, 1 Great Gray Owl (Chouette lapone) seen behind the marsh of the big passarelle (snowshoes recommended) - Hal Trachtenberg - click photo to enlarge

St-Armand, chemin Luke: Eastern meadowlark (sturnelle des prés) - Jean-Guy Papineau

Bromont, l'aéroport de Bromont: Eastern meadowlark (Sturnelle des prés), also in the area 4 American kestrels (Crécerelles d'Amérique), 1 Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), 4 Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 1 Rough-legged hawk (Buse pattue) - Claude Lalande

Saint-Blaise, in a field on 48th ave: Greater white-fronted goose (Oie rieuse) - Arne Rasmussen

Montreal, Mount-Royal Cemetery: Golden-crownen kinglet (Roitelet à couronne dorée), Winter wren (Troglodyte mignon), Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de Cooper), Song sparrow (Bruant Chanteur) - Johanne Paquette

Boucherville: Black-crowned night-heron (Bihoreau gris) Parc de la Frayère en face
du boisé de la Saulaie - Claudette Archambault

Montreal, Ile ste-Hélène: Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Pic maculé) - Lucette d'Amours

Godmanchester, montée Smellie: 1 Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Golden eagle (Aigle royal), 1 Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin), many Red-tailed hawks (Buses à queue rousse), 1 Northern shrike (pie grièche grise), 1000’s Snow geese (Oies des neiges) & Canada geese (Bernaches du Cananda), 2 Killdeer (pluvier kildir)

St-Stanislas-de-Kostka, Hungry Bay: Greater scaup (Fuligule de milouinan), Lesser scaup (petit fuligue), White-winged scoter (macreuse brune), Bufflehead (petit garrot), Common goldeneye (garrot à oeil d'or), Hooded merganser (harle couronné), Red-breasted merganser (harle huppé), Common merganser (grand harle), Common loon (plongeon huard) - Sylvie Vanier

Montérégie near Dewittville: in a field on Rockburn between 3e rang & le chemin de la Rivière-aux-Outardes 30 Wild turkeys (dindons sauvages) dont plusieurs mâles en parade nuptiale, près de Dewittville dans un champ sur Rockburn entre le 3e rang et le chemin de la Rivière-aux-Outardes - Sylvie

Magog,
rue Custeau: Black-crowned night-heron (Bihoreau gris) sur le bord du ruisseau
route 108: Eastern phoebe (Moucherolle phébi), Norhten harrier (Busard Saint-Martin), 11 Snow geese (Oies des neiges)
chemin de Venise: 2 Green-winged teal ( Sarcelle d'hiver), 2 American wigeon (Canard d'Amérique), 325 Canada geese (Bernache du Canada), 50 Ring-necked ducks (Fuligule à collier), Common loon (Plongeon huard), Mallards, Black ducks, Common merganser, Common goldeneye, Turkeys (Canards colvert, noirs, harles , garrots, dindons). Other Raptors seen: Merlin (Faucon émerillon), Sharp-shinned hawk (Épervier brun), Bald eagle (Pygargue à tête blanche) - Benoît Turgeon

Gaspésie,
Rivière-au-Renard: Common eider (Eider à duvet) (106), Surf scoter (Macreuse à front blanc) (10), Common merganser (Grand Harle) (1), Red-breasted merganser (2), Northern gannet (Fou de Bassan) (40), Great Cormorant (Grand Cormoran) (13), Purple sandpiper (Bécasseau violet) (2), Gulls - Great black-backed, Herring, Iceland, Glaucous & Kittiwakes (Goélands - marins, argentés, arctiques et bourgmestres, Mouettes tridactyles), Razorbill (Petit Pingouin) (1), Black Guillemot (Guillemot à miroir) (8), Crow & Raven (Corneilles et Grand Corbeau) (1).

l'Anse-au-Griffon: Common eider (Eider à duvet) (230), Black duck (Canard noir)(8), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or) (21), Great cormorant (Grand Cormoran) (12), 1 Song sparrow (Bruant chanteur)

Cap-des-Rosiers: Common eider (Eider à duvet) (632), King eider (Eider à tête grise) (3), Long-tailed duck (Harelde kakawi) (1), Common goldeneye (Garrot à oeil d'or) (10), Red-breasted merganser (Harle huppé) (9), Red-throated loon (Plongeon catmarin) (1), Northern gannet (Fou de Bassan) (1), Great cormorant (Grand Cormoran) (6), Gulls - Great black-backed, Herring, Iceland, Glaucous & Kittiwakes (Goélands - marins, argentés, arctiques et Mouettes Tridactyles), Common murre (Guillemot marmette) (1), Razorbill (Petit Pingouin) (178), Black guillemot (Guillemot à miroir) (35) - Diane Jalbert

Plaisance: Great gray owl (chouette lapone), Wild turkeys (dindons sauvages), Killdeer (pluviers kildirs) Following the Outaouais river east - Red-tailed hawks (buse à queue rousse), Pileated woodpecker (grand pic), Turkey vultures (urubus), Rough-legged hawk (buse pattue)

Grenville Ontario, Outaouais river: Common goldeneye (garrots à oeil d'or), Bufflehead (petits Garrots), Common merganser (grands harles), Hooded merganser (harle couronné), Lesser scaup (petits fuligules), Ring-necked ducks (fuligules à collier), Gree-winged teal (sarcelle d'hiver)

Bald eagle (pygargue à tête blanche) West of the bridge between Hawkesbury and Grenville. At the mouth of rivière Rouge and rivière Outaouais. 5 more Bald eagles (pygargue à tête blanche). 2 Easten Phoebe’s (moucherolles phébis) singing on both sides of rivière Rouge - Daniel Ouellette

Sightings for Friday April 4th

Saint-Eustache, route 148 in an open field: Great gray owl (Chouette lapone) est observée depuis mardi dernier dans un champ vacant de la route 148 - Isabelle Malette

Philipsburg marsh: 8 Woodducks (canards branchu), 9 Green-winged teal (sarcelles d'hiver), 4 Common mergansers (grand harle), 2 Belted kingfishers (martin-pêcheur), 2 Black ducks (canard noir), 2 Mallard (canard colvert), 2 Tufted titmouse (mésange bicolore), 1 Northern flicker (pic flamboyant) - Jean-Guy Papineau

Chamly Basin: 9 Common merganser (Grand harle), 12 Bufflehead & 30+ Common goldeneye (Petit et Garrot à oeil d'or), 50 Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), 100 Mallard & 20 Black duck (Canard Colvert et noir), 29 Canda geese (Bernache du Canada), 1 Great blue heron (Grand Héron), 50+ Northern pintails (Canards pilet), 2 Wood ducks (Canards branchu), 1 Gadwall (Canard chipeau), 1 Herring gull (Goéland argenté), 2 Great black-backed gulls (Goélands marin), 50+ Ring-billed gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé), 2 Dark-eyed Juncos (Juncos ardoisé), 1 Cedar waxwings (Jaseur d'Amérique), 11 Tree swallows (Hirondelles bicolore) - Gilles Ethier

St-Jean: Hooded merganser (Harle couronné), Tree Swallow (Hirondelle bicolore)

Verdun, Behind the Natatorium: Canvasback (Fuligule à dos blanc), Lesser & Greater scaup (Petit et Fuligule milouinan) - Lucette d'Amours

Montreal, St-Alexandre & René-Lévesque: Golden-crowned kinglet (Roitelet couronne dorée) -Denis Lauzon

Sightings for Thursday April 3rd

Verdun
I just came back from a last check on the Verdun waterfront and Île des Soeurs before Saturday's field trip. At Île des Soeurs I was amazed at how fast the ice along the shore had completely melted. There were some duck species Hooded and Common Mergansers, etc. Harles – couronné et Grand), and one immature, probably 2nd winter, Glaucous Gull (Goéland bourgmestre), Song Sparrows (Bruant chanteur) and Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes) were singing while American Robins (Merles d’Amérique) were «laughing». At Verdun, the male Canvasback (Fuligule à dos blanc), was still there, but I could not find his female partner from last week. There were still plenty of Scaups (both species) (Fuligules (Petit et milouinan), and a few Ring-necked ducks (Fuligules à Collier) along with Buffleheads (Petit Garrot), American Wigeons, Gadwalls (Canards - d’Amérique, chipeau) etc. For those of you interested in coming on Saturday, you would need to wear appropriate footwear for melting snow, water, mud, anything you can thing of, etc. - Diane Demers


Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, marina Gosselin, at the end of 67th Ave – 5 Mute swans (Cygnes tuberculés) - Yves Payette et des membres du COMIR

Boucherville, 26 Jean-Cadieux: European goldfinch (Chardonneret élégant) - Pierre Casavant

Ste-Martine, at the dam: Graylag goose (Oie cendrée) au barrage de Ste-Martine - Denis Collins
(Micheline Ouellet et Luc Laberge)

Godmanchester, montée Smellie 10am et 1pm: 7 Red-tailed hawks (Buse à queue rousse), 6 Rough-legged hawks (Buse pattue)(2 foncé, 4 pâle), 1 Red-shouldered hawk (Buse à épaulette), 7 Turkey vultures (Urubu à tête rouge), 1 Cooper’s hawk (Épervier de cooper), Northern harrier (Busard St-Martin) mâle, 4 Bald eagles (Pygargue à tête blanche), 1 Golden eagle (Aigle royal), Robins (Merles) (150+), Killdeer (Pluvier kildir) (50+), Song sparrow (Bruants chanteur) (8), 1000’s Snow geese (Oies des neiges) & Canada geese (Bernaches du Canada), 100’s Snow buntings (Bruants des neiges), Horned larks (Alouettes hausse-col), 2 Common redpolls (Sizerins flammés) - Simon Chaloux

Sightings for Wednesday April 2nd

Montreal, Bois-De Liesse Nature Park: In the marsh under the overpass for Autoroute 13 was 1 Killdeer (Pluvier kildir). Also 2 Red-tailed Hawks (Buse à queue rousse), 25 Bohemian Waxwings (Jaseurs Boreal), 1 (m)Hooded Merganser (Harle Couronné) seen in the stream by the 2nd footbridge on the way to Maison Pitfield. - Hal Trachtenberg

Sightings for Tuesday April 1st

Ste-Martine: at the dam "possible" 3 Graylag geese (possibles Oies cendrées) au barrage de Ste-Martine - Denis Collins

Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Centennial Park: 25 male Red-winged Blackbirds (Carouge à épaulettes), 20 Ring-billed Gulls (Goélands à bec cerclé), 10 Mallards (Canards colvert), 2 Great Blue Herons (Grand herons), 6 American Robins (Merle d’Amérique) - Hal Trachtenberg

Blainville: Bohemian waxwings (Jaseurs boréal) – L. Dumont