Sightings for Saturday June 16th

Côte-Sainte-Catherine : Caspian tern (Sterne caspienne), Common terns (Sterne pierregarin), Bonaparte’s gull (Mouette de Bonaparte) - Michel Bertrand

Saint-Timothée marsh: Least bittern (Petit Blongios), Great egret (Grande Aigrette), Great blue heron (Grands Hérons), Common terns (Sterne pierregarin), Black terns (Guifette noire), Common moorhen (Gallinule poule-d'eau), Pied-bill grebe (Grèbe à bec bigarré), Redhead duck (Fuligule à tête rouge), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Marsh wren (Troglodyte des marais) - Michel Bertrand

Irlande, (near Saint-Ferdinand) beind 106 or across from 111 du chemin Gosford: NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER (GUÊPIER ÉCARLATE) - G. Paquet, C. Jacques

Sightings for Saturday June 9th

Huntington, chemin Jameson: Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coulicou à bec jaune) - E. Milot, H. Brunoni, M. Bisson, J.-C. Aznar, H. Paucar

Sightings for Friday June 8th

Pointe de Yamachiche: Snowy Egret (Aigrette neigeuse) - J. Gélinas & M. Bourassa

Sightings for Thursday June 7th

Elgin chemin Paul near the 3rd Concession: Clay-colored Sparrow (Bruant des plaines) - A. Quenneville, L. Goneau

Stanbridge, 17 North Road: Northern Mockingbird (Moqueur polyglotte) - S. Baker

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

Sightings for Wednesday June 6th

Montréal, Rivière-des-Prairies rue Marco-Polo: Northern Mockingbird (Moqueur polyglotte) - F. J. Corriveau

Sightings for Monday June 4th

Montreal, Rivière des Prairies 68th ave: Bonaparte’s gull (Mouette de Bonaparte) - Jean Gawloski

Sightings for Sunday June 3rd

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: Black-billed cuckoo (Coulicou à bec noir), Blackpoll warbler (Paruline rayée), Willow flycatcher (Moucherolle des saules), 23 Great egret (Grand egret) – T. Long & S. Veysey - 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (Gobemoucheron gris-blue) - Stéphane Guimond

Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois, 1st pond: White pelican (pélican d'Amérique), Great egret (Grande Aigrette), Great blue heron (Grand Héron), Redhead (Fuligule à tête rouge), Ring-necked duck (Fuligule à collier), Northern pintail (Canard pilet), Blue-winged-teal (Sarcelle à ailes bleues), 1 Snow goose (Oie des neiges), Common & Black tern (Sterne pierregarin et Guifette noire) - Régis Fortin

Saint-Blaise, 96th avenue in a flooded field: Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalarope de Wilson)
Hemmingford 1st rue: Black-billed cuckoo (Coulicou à bec noir), 5 Pine warblers (Parulines des pins), 3 Mourning warblers (Parulines tristes) - Pierre Bannon

Sightings for Saturday June 2nd

St-Étienne, 1st pond: White pelican (pélican d'Amérique) - Daniel Ouellette

Laval, parc des Prairies: Yellow-bellied flycatcher (Moucherolle à ventre jaune), Least flycatcher (Moucherolle Tchébec), Eastern wood-pewee (Pioui de l'Est), Blackpoll warbler (Paruline rayée) - Élaine Presseau et Georges Lachaîne

Sightings for Wednesday May 30th

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard - refuge faunique Marguerite-D'Youville, “plage du Nord” section: 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers (Gobemoucheron gris-blue) - M. Groulx and members of COL

Baie-du-Febvre: Wilson's Phalarope (Phalarope de Wilson) - J. Gélinas

Bird Protection Quebec: Hudson's evening field trip

Tuesday May 29th, 13 birders enjoyed Hudson's evening field trip in memory of long time BPQ member Marg Hendricks. Marg was a keen birder and along with Mabel McIntosh, banded Saw-whet owls in the Cote Vertu woods. Marg had a collection of bird nests and she gave interesting talks to many school children in the Montreal area.The weather was beautiful last evening, the mosquitoes not bad, and we were ableto observe 46 species.
We had an interesting start to the evening when Felix Hilton found a painted turtle in the process of laying eggs. The evening got more interesting when we spotted an American bittern standing on the rail (as in road ) catching insects.

The following is our complete list. Thanks to all who came out for a fun evening.

Canada goose 2, Wood duck 1, Mallard 6, Ruffed grouse 1 heard, American bittern 3, Great blue heron 1, Green heron 1, Virginia rail 1 heard, Wilson's snipe 1 ( it landed on the tracks near the Bittern ),Ringed-billed gull 1, Rock pigeon 3, Mourning dove 12, Whip-poor-will 1 (heard by 2 members at the St. Lazare sand pits on the way home), Belted kingfisher 1, Northern flicker 3, Eastern wood peewee, 1 Alder flycatcher 2, Eastern phoebe 1, Great-crested flycatcher 2, Eastern kingbird 6, Warbling vireo 1, Blue jay 2, American crow 2, Tree swallow 4, Barn swallow 4, Black-capped chickadee 1, White-breasted nuthatch 1, Marsh wren 1, Eastern bluebird 1, Veery 1, American robin 12, Gray catbird 1, European starling 12, Cedar waxwing 6, Yellow warbler 6, American redstart 2, Common yellowthroat 4, Wilson's warbler 1, Song sparrow 2, Swamp sparrow 2, White-throated sparrow 2, Red-winged blackbird 50, Common grackle 20, Brown-headed cowbird 2, Baltimore oriole 6, American golfinch 6, Bobolinks 3

Also seen 1 beaver and 1 white-tailed deer.

Barbara MacDuff

Westmount Summit, Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler

Report of the Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at Westmount Summit between 7:00 am and 9:00 am, Tuesday 29 May 2007. 22 birders observed and/or heard 34 bird species this morning. The weather was sunny and warm with a light wind. The leaves on trees and theunder growth were spectacular in the amount of growth in a short time:

1 Turkey Vulture, 2 Ring-billed Gull, 3 Rock Pigeon, 1 Eastern Screech Owl, 10 Chimney Swift, 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 6 Great Crested Flycatcher, 30 Red-eyed Vireo, 2 Blue Jay, 0 American Crow, 3 Black-capped Chickadee, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 4 American Robin, 6 European Starling, 6 Cedar Waxwing, 1 Northern Parula, 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 2 Magnolia Warbler, 3 Blackburnian Warbler, 2 Black -and-white Warbler, 3 American Redstart, 1 Canada Warbler, 1 Chipping Sparrow, 6 Northern Cardinal, 3 Indigo Bunting, 2 House Finch, 6 American Goldfinch, 2 House Sparrow

Kyra Emo

Sightings for Sunday May 27th

Montreal, parc nature Cap St-Jacques: 61 species 9 species of warblers including Magnolia, Tennessee, Nothern waterthrush, Morning (Parulines à tête cendrée, obscure, des ruisseaux et triste), Common loon (Plongeon huard), Scarlet tanager (Tangara écarlate), Bobolinks (goglus des prés), Eastern meadowlarks (Sturnelle des prés), Red-bellied woodpecker (pic à ventre roux), Northern thrasher (Moqueur roux), Veery (Grive fauve) - Sylvie Vanier

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: 50 Species including: Roughed grouse, Bobolink, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Veery, Marsh and house wrens, Warblers – Yellow, American redstart, Common yellowthroat, Chestnut-sided, Black & white, Blackpoll, Ovenbird and Canada – T Long

Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at Westmount Summit

7:00 and 9:00 am, Tuesday 22 May 2007:
The weather was perfect this morning, sunny and warm. Unfortunately it was also perfect for the leaves on the trees and the birds were not singing very much,which made birding a bit more challenging. But the 19 birders who came out managed to find 40 species, although the number of each was disappointing in most cases.

3 Ring-billed Gull, 5 Rock Pigeon, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Northern Flicker, 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee, 6 Least Flycatcher, 3 Great Crested Flycatcher, 1 Philadelphia Vireo, 6 Red-eyed Vireo, 6 American Crow, 5 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Veery, 1 Hermit Thrush, 1 Wood Thrush, 7 American Robin, 10 European Starling, 1 Orange-crowned Warbler, 2 Nashville Warbler, 3 Northern Parula, 8 Magnolia Warbler, 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4 Black-throated Green Warbler, 3 Blackburnian Warbler, 3 Black-and-white Warbler, 1 Tennessee Warbler, 2 Bay-breasted Warbler, 4 American Redstart, 5 Ovenbird, 1 Canada Warbler, 1 Scarlet Tanager, 2 Chipping Sparrow, 6 White-throated Sparrow, 8 Northern Cardinal, 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 2 Indigo Bunting, 4 Common Grackle, 1 Baltimore Oriole, 10 American Goldfinch, 5 House Sparrow

Kyra Emo

Bird Protection Quebec:Ile Bizard Field trip

Saturday, May 19th: splendid weather, birds singing everywhere; a good time was had by 14 observers. 7am to 12:30:
Pied-billed Grebe (1), Am. Bittern (1), Great Blue Heron (1), Green Heron (2) TurkeyVulture (2), Canada Goose (12), Wood Duck (8ad, 12 ducklings ), Mallard (12),, Blue-winged Teal (2), Hoodies (3), Osprey (1), Red-shouldered Hawk (1), Virginia Rail (8), Sora (3), Common Moorhen (4), Solitary Sandpiper (1), R/B Gull (1), Common Tern (1), Black Tern (2), Mourning Dove (1), Y/B Sapsucker (1), Downy (3), Hairy (1), N. Flicker (6), Pileated W/P (1), Least Flycatcher (4), Gt CrestedF/C (30) E. Kingbird (1) Warbling Vireo (3) Philadelphia (1) Red-eyed Vireo(6) Blue Jay (12), A. Crow (8), Tree Swallow (50), B/C Chickadee (6), W/Bnuthatch (2), Brown Creeper (1), House Wren (6), Winter Wren (2), Marsh Wren (20), R/C Kinglet (1), Wood Thrush (1), A. Robin (12), Catbird (6), E. Starling (120), Cedar Waxwing (16), Tennessee Warbler (1), Northern Parula (1), Yellow Warbler (50), Chestnut-sided Warbler (3), Magnolia Warbler, (20), Black throated blue warbler (1), Yellow-rumped Warbler (6), Black &White Warbler (6), American Redstart (6), Ovenbird (6), Song Sparrow (12), Swamp Sparrow (6), Whitethroat (4), N. Cardinal (10), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (24), Red-winged Blackbird(50), Common Grackle (12), Brown-headed Cowbird (2), Baltimore Oriole (50), American Golfinch(10)

Thanks to all who attended Felix

Sightings for Saturday May 19th

The Club des ornithologues de Châteauguay did their Annual census of Île Saint-Bernard on Saturday May 19th, with the help of members of the Montreal Biological Society. Twenty-four observers split into three groups and found 100 species. Icluding: Glossy ibis (Ibis falcinelle), Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Gobemoucherons gris-bleu), Eastern bluebirds (Merlebleus de l’Est), Bald eagle (Pygargues à tête blanche), Mourning warbler (Paruline triste), Bobolink (Goglus des prés) - Monique Groulx

Sightings for Thursday May 17th

Montreal, Westmount - Summit park: Warblers – Nashville, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, Northern waterthrush, Ovenbird (parulines - à joues grises (1), à collier (1), à poitrine baie (1), rayée (1), noir et blanc (2), des ruisseaux (1) et couronnée (6)
Mont-Royal cemetary: Warblers – Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape may, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s
(Parulines verdâtre (1), Paruline à joues grises (2), Paruline à collier (3), Paruline à flancs marron (2), Paruline à tête cendrée (3), Paruline tigrée (2, mâle et femelle), Paruline bleue (1), Paruline à croupion jaune (8), Paruline à gorge noire (5), Paruline à gorge orangée (3), Paruline rayée (1), Paruline noir et blanc (4), Paruline flamboyante (4), Paruline couronnée (7), Paruline masquée (4), Paruline à calotte noire (1) - Don-Jean Léandri

Laval, Parc des Prairies: 13 species of Warblers – Nashville, Yellow, Magnolia, Cape may, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush also seen Wood duck, Cooper’s hawk, Solitary sandpiper, Veery, Least flycatcher, Warbling vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Lincoln’s sparrow, Baltimore oriole
13 espèces de (parulines à joues grises (1), jaune (2), à tête cendrée (2), tigrée (1), bleue (2), à gorge noire (1), à gorge orangée (1), à couronne rousse (4), à poitrine baie (1), noir et blanc (1), flamboyante (1), couronnée (4), des ruisseaux (2) Aussi: Canard branchu (9), Épervier de Cooper, Chevalier solitaire, Grive fauve, (1), Moucherolle tchébec), Viréo mélodieux, Grive à dos olive (2), Grive solitaire, Bruant de Lincoln (3), Oriole de Baltimore - Georges Lachaîne

Sightings for Tuesday May 15th

Laval, parc des Prairies: 21 species of Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Cape May, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush, Mourning, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s
Also seen Wood ducks, American kestrel, Killdeer, Solitary sandpiper, Least flycatcher, Phoebe, Blue-headed vireo, Warbling vireo, Red-eyed vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Lincoln’s sparrow, Baltimore oriole

21 espèces de Parulines: Paruline obscure (2), à joues grises (2), à collier (1), jaune (4), à flancs marron (3), à tête cendrée (8), tigrée (4), bleue (3), à croupion jaune (20), à gorge noire (6), à gorge orangée (3), à couronne rousse (6), à poitrine baie (2), rayée (4), noir et blanc (1), flamboyante (4), couronnée (6), des ruisseaux (2), triste (1), masquée (1), à calotte noire (2).
Aussi: Canard branchu (14 mâles), Crécerelle d'Amérique, Pluvier kildir, Chevalier
solitaire, Moucherolle tchébec, Moucherolle phébi, Viréo à tête bleue, Viréo mélodieux, Viréo aux yeux rouges, Grive à dos olive (4), Grive solitaire, Bruant de Lincoln (3), Oriole de Baltimore

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Élaine Presseau et Georges Lachaîne

Rosemère, along rues Perrault, Philippe, Rose Alma, et Ovila, also a small marsh behind the soccer field on rue Perrault: Red-eyed vireo, Warbling vireo, Blue-headed vireo, Swainson’s thrush, Hermit thrush, Eastern wood pewee, Alder flycatcher, Least flycatcher, Kingbird, Catbird,Cedar waxwings, Scarlet tanager, Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Blackpoll, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Common yellowthroat, Wilson’s

Rosemère, c'est le long des rues Perrault, Philippe, Rose Alma, et Ovila, ainsi qu'au petit marais situé derière le terrain de soccer (au bout de la rue Perrault): Viréo aux yeux rouges (1), Viréo mélodieux (7), Viréo à tête bleue (1), Grive à dos olive (1),Grive solitaire (1), Pioui de l'est (1), Moucherolle des aulnes (1), Moucherolle tchébec (1), Tyran huppé (3), Moqueur chat (2), Jaseur d'Amérique (2), Paruline obscure (2), Paruline à joues grises (1), Paruline à collier (3), Paruline jaune (6), Paruline à flancs marron (8),Paruline à tête cendrée (16), Paruline tigrée (1), Paruline bleue (1), Paruline à croupion jaune (25), Paruline à gorge noire (10), Paruline à gorge orangée (13), Paruline à poitrine baie (2), Paruline rayée (3), Paruline noir et blanc (9), Paruline flamboyante (2), Paruline couronnée (1), Paruline masquée (1), Paruline à calotte noire (1), Tangara écarlate (1) - Don-Jean Léandri

Westmount Summit, Tuesday May 8th

Jim Houghton Memorial Spring Warbler Walk at WestmountSummit between 7:00 am and 10:30 am:

Only six birders enjoyed an overcast morning and were rewarded by 42 species.The highlight was sighting 16 warbler species, including a rare Prairie Warbler. The birds were very active at ground level and high in trees. There was little wind, plenty of leaves, and the rain luckily held off until we were ready to go home.

1 Cooper's Hawk, 3 Ring-billed Gull, 2 Rock Pigeon, 1 Eastern Screech-Owl, 1 Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, 2 Least Flycatcher, 7 Great-crested Flycatcher, 2 Blue-headed Vireo, 1 Philidelphia Vireo, 1 Red-eyed Vireo, 3 Blue Jay, 6 American Crow, 3 Black-capped Chickadee, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Swainson's Thrush, 2 Wood Thrush, 3 American Robin, 1 Tennessee Warbler, 3 Nashville Warbler, 5 Northern Parula, 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 6 Magnolia Warbler, 1 Cape May Warbler, 12 Black-throated Blue Warbler,30 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 20 Black-throated Green Warbler, 6 Blackburnian Warbler, 1 PRAIRIE WARBLER, 2 Bay-breasted Warbler, 1 Blackpoll Warbler2 Black-and-white Warbler2 American Redstart12 Ovenbird30 White-throated Sparrow, 2 White-crowned Sparrow, 3 Northern Cardinal, 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 15 Baltimore Oriole, 3 House Finch, 13 American Goldfinch

Kyra Emo

Field Trip Report - Westmount Summit - May 13

Happy Mothers Day everyone. A cool morning on Westmount Summit this morning. Clear and sunny conditions provided an excellent panoramicview from the lookout for everyone to start the day. Throughout themorning various BPQ members popped in and out of the field trip,resulting in an overall total of 25 birders.

A small group of us also headed off to Mount Royal Cemetery late in the morning to wrap up the trip.The buzz word of the morning was certainly "quiet". It has been avery long time since I have been on a field trip where there were so few bird sounds in the air. Persistence did pay off though. A Black-throated Green Warbler kicked off the morning, visible below the lookout and, thanks to Chuck, everyone was able to get a great view of one of the Eastern Screech Owls taking in the morning sun in hisfavourite tree trunk. The rest of the birds really had to be searched out with the group circling the park several times throughout the morning.

The morning was complete with a total of 42 species, with a tentativebut probable 43rd species that several of us thought to have been a Yellow-throated Vireo. That would be a lifer for many in the group,but our view of it was brief. The bird was seen at the western end of the park. I personally would have preferred a much longer view ofthe bird but all the field marks seemed to fit.Other highlights included a Coopers Hawk sitting over our heads whilewe were scouring the trees for warblers! (might explain why therewere none where we were looking);

8 species of warblers; a Broad-winged Hawk, Eastern Bluebirds and a Gray Catbird, each at the cemetery; and a Pileated Woodpecker. So, here is the species list for the morning. I will indicate (MRC) beside those species seen at the cemetery.

Turkey Vulture, Northern Harrier, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk (MRC), Ring-billed Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, E. Screech Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Least Flycatcher (MRC), Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird (MRC), Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird (MRC), European Starling, Northern Parula, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow (MRC), White-throated Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak (MRC), Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird (MRC), American Goldfinch.

Thank you to all who turned out.

Sheldon

Sightings for Saturday May 12th

Île de la Visitation: Veery (grive fauve), Great-crested flycatcher (tyran huppé), Spotted sandpiper (chevalier grivelé), Black-crowned night heron (bihoreau gris), Chimney swift (martinet ramoneur), Least flycatcher (moucherolle tchébec), House wren (troglodyte familier), Warblers – Tennessee, Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow, Magnolia, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird, Canada, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green (parulines – obscure, à joues grises, à collier, jaune, à tête cendrée, noir et blanc, flamboyante, couronnée, du Canada, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire), Baltimore oriole (oriole de Baltimore), Rose-breasted grosbeak (cardinal à poitrine rose) - Sylvie Vanier

parc national du Mont-Tremblant, la Diable sector: Roughed grouse (gélinottes huppées), Osprey (balbuzards pêcheurs), Broad-winged hawk (petite buse), Merlin (faucon émerillon), American Woodcock (bécasse d'Amérique), Ravens (grands corbeaux), Winter wrens (troglodytes mignons), Swainson’s thrush (grive à dos olive), Warblers – Nashville, Northern parula, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Black & White, Ovenbird (parulines - à joues grises, à collier, à flancs marron, à tête cendrée, bleues, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, à gorge orangée, noir et blanc, couronnée), Purple finch (roselins pourprés) - Louise Cadieux