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)