Sightings for Monday May 11th

We did some birding around Chateauguay this morning at centre écologique Fernand-Seguin (FS), ruisseau Saint-Jean and Île St-Bernard(ISB) and ended up with a list of 62 species

Pied-billed grebe, Double-crestested cormorant, Great blue heron, Great egret, Turkey vulture, Canada goose, Mallard, Northern harrier(FS), Ring-billed gull, Great black-backed gull, Common tern, Rock dove, Mourning dove, Woodpeckers – Yellow-bellied sapsucker(FS), Downy, Hairy, Northern flicker, Pileated. Least flycatcher(ISB), Great-crested flycatcher(FS)(ISB), Eastern kingbird(FS), Warbling vireo(FS), blue jay, American crow, Purple martin(ISB), Tree swallow, Northern rough-winged swallow(ISB), Cliff swallow(ISB), black-capped chickadee, White-breasted nuthatch, House wren(ISB), Ruby-crowned kinglet(ISB), Wood thrush(FS), American robin, European starling, Warblers – Yellow(FS) (ISB), Chestnut-sided(FS) (ISB), Black-throated blue(FS), Yellow-rumped(ISB), Black-throated green(FS), American redstart(FS) (ISB), Ovenbird(FS), Wilson’s(FS). Scarlet tanager(FS), Song sparrow, White-throated sparrow, White-crowned sparrow, Northern cardinal, Rose-breasted grosbeak(FS), Bobolink(ISB), Red-winged blackbird, Common grackle, Brown-headed cowbird, Baltimore oriole(FS) (ISB), House finch, Pine siskin, American goldfinch, House sparrow

Grèbe à bec bigarré, Cormoran à aigrettes, Grand heron, Grande Aigrette, Urubu à tête rouge, Bernache du Canada, Canard colvert, Busard Saint-Martin, Goéland à bec cerclé, Goéland marin, Sterne pierregarin, Pigeon biset, Tourterelle triste, Pics – Maculé, Mineur, Chevelu, Flaboyante, Grand. Moucherolle tchébec, Tyran huppé, Tyran tritri, Viréo mélodieux, Geai blue, Corneille d'Amérique, Hirondelle noire, Hirondelle bicolore, Hirondelle à ailes hériss, Hirondelle à front blanc, Mésange à tête noire, Sittelle à poitrine blanche, Troglodyte familier, Grive des bois, Merle d'Amérique, Étourneau sansonnet, Parulines – Jaune, à flancs marron, bleu, à croupion jaune, à gorge noir, flaboyante, couronnée, à calotte noire. Tangara écarlate, Bruants – chanteur, à gorge blanche, à couronne blanche, Cardinal rouge, Cardinal à poitrine rose, Goglu des prés, Carouge à épaulettes, Quiscale bronzé, Vacher à tête brune, Oriole de Baltimore, Roselin familier, Tarin des pins, Chardonneret jaune, Moineau domestique - Thomas Long, S. Veysey

Sightings for Sunday May 10th

Fabre, rang 2 nord: Trumpeter swan (Cygne trompette) - Gilles Ethier, Monique Rouleau

Bird Protection Quebec's Ile Bizard Field Trip Report for Saturday May 10th
8:00 - 11:30 Cool, cloudy, slight shower 5 observers 34 species

Canada Goose 12, Wood Duck 2, Mallard 6, Hooded Merganser 1, Pied-billed Grebe 2, Great Blue Heron 1, Virginia Rail 2, Sora 1, Ring-billed Gull 1,Barred Owl 1, Northern Flicker 2, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Great Crested Flycatcher 2, Tree Swallow 25, Nothern Rough-winged Swallow 6, Cliff Swallow 12,Blue Jay 2, American Crow 6, Black-capped Chickadee 6, House Wren 2, Marsh Wren 4, American Robin 2, Gray Catbird 3, Brown Thrasher 2, Cedar Wawing 24, European Starling 2, Warbling Vireo 1, Yellow Warbler 6, Northern Cardinal 2, Song Sparrow 6, Swamp Sparrow 3, Red-winged Blackbird 50, Common Grackle 4, American Goldfinch 6 - Felix

Sightings for Saturday May 9th

Bird Protection Quebec's Philipsburg Field Trip Report for Saturday May 9th
8:30-1:00pm

Cool, cloudy, blustery turning to rain. Prematurely terminated due to heavy rain. S. Montgomery, 22 observers. 68 species

Canada Goose 40, Wood Duck 2, Mallard 5, Great Blue Heron 5, Great Egret 1, Turkey Vulture 7, Osprey 1, Bald Eagle 1, Merlin 2, Killdeer 1, Wilson's Snipe 1, Ring-billed Gull 2, Rock Pigeon 2, Mourning Dove 4, Great Horned Owl 1 + 2 juv., Barred Owl 1, Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1, Belted Kingfisher 2, Red-bellied Woodpecker 2, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6, Downy Woodpecker 4, Hairy Woodpecker 4, Northern Flicker 2, Pileated Woodpecker 2, Least Flycatcher 6, Eastern Phoebe 3, Great Crested Flycatcher 7, Yellow -throated Vireo 3, Warbling Vireo 9, Red-eyed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 7, American Crow 15, Common Raven 7, Tree Swallow 6, Black-capped Chickadee 12, White-breasted Nuthatch 3, House Wren 6, Marsh Wren 6, Eastern Bluebird 3, Veery 2, Hermit Thrush 3, Wood Thrush 4, Am. Robin 36,Gray Catbird 3, European Starling 26,Yellow Warbler 3, Black-throated Blue Warbler 2, Yellow-rumped Warbler, 9, Black-throated Green Warbler 1, Black-and-white Warbler 1, Ovenbird 9, Common Yellowthroat 5, Scarlet Tanager 2, Chipping Sparrow 11, Song Sparrow 18, Swamp Sparrow 12, White-throated Sparrow 4, White-crowned Sparrow 6, Northern Cardinal 9, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3, Red-winged Blackbird 40, Common Grackle 32, Brown-headed Cowbird 8, BaltimoreOriole 11, House Finch 2, Pine Siskin 6, American Goldfinch 16, House Sparrow 8.- Felix

Pincourt: Ruby-throated hummingbird (Colibri à gorge rubis) at my feeder - Sharon
Dundee, Réserve nationale de faune du lac St-François: Egret trail – 2 SANDHILL CRANES, 3 Great blue herons, Northern harrier, Red-tailed hawk, Chimney swift, Common tern, 2 Wood ducks, 3 Green-winged teal, American bittern, 2 Gray catbirds, Scarlet tanager, Many Canada geese and one family with 8 young. 12 Yellow warblers, Ovenbird, 12 Red-winged blackbirds, 12 Tree swallows, Wilson’s snipe
All accompanied by the calls of Wild turkeys, Magnolia warbler, Black & white warbler, American robins, Wood ducks, Mallards, Northern shovelers and Pintails
Digue aux aigrettes 7h00 à 9h45: 2 GRUES DU CANADA, 8 Grandes aigrettes, 3 Grands hérons, 1 Busard St-Martin, 1 Buse à queue rousse, 1 Martinet ramoneur, 1 Sterne pierregarin, 2 Canards branchus, 3 Sarcelles d'hiver, 1 Butor d'Amérique, 2 Moqueurs-chats, 1 Tangara écarlate, Plusieurs Bernaches du Canada dont une famille de 10 (2 parents et 8 bébés), Une dizaine de Parulines jaunes, 1 Paruline couronnée, Une dizaine de Carouge à épaulettes, Des dizaines d'Hirondelles bicolores, 1 Bécassine de Wilson, 1 Paruline couronnée
Le tout accompagné de chants/cris de Dindons sauvages, de Paruline à tête cendrée, de Paruline noir et blanc, de merles d'Amérique, canards branchus, colverts, souchets et pilets - Patrick Laniel & Christine Lambert

Chateauguay,
ruisseau Saint-Jean: Canada Goose, Mallard, Pied-billed Grebe, American Bittern, Great Egret, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Warbling Vireo, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Song Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch
Bernache du Canada, Canard colvert, Grèbe à bec bigarré, Butor d'Amérique, Grande Aigrette, Bihoreau gris, Goéland à bec cerclé, Viréo mélodieux, Corneille d'Amérique, Hirondelle bicolore, Hirondelle rustique, Mésange à tête noire, Sittelle à poitrine blanche, Merle d'Amérique, Moqueur chat, Étourneau sansonnet, Jaseur d'Amérique, Paruline jaune, Paruline à tête cendrée, Paruline blue, Paruline à croupion jaune, Paruline á gorge noir, Bruant chanteur, Carouge à épaulettes, Quiscale rouilleux, Quiscale bronzé, Vacher à tête brune, Oriole de Baltimore, Chardonneret jaune

Lac St-Louis: Common Loon (Plongeon huard) Common Tern (Sterne pierregarin)

Île St-Bernard: Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Mallard, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Turkey Vulture, Ring-billed Gull, Common Tern, Rock Pigeon, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Cliff Swallow, American Robin, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow
Oie des neiges, Bernache du Canada, Canard colvert, Petit Garrot, Grèbe à bec bigarré, Cormoran à aigrettes, Urubu à tête rouge. Goéland à bec cerclé, Sterne pierregarin, Pigeon biset, Pic mineur, Pic flamboyant, Moucherolle tchébec, Tyran huppé, Viréo mélodieux, Corneille d'Amérique, Hirondelle bicolore, Merle d'Amérique, Moqueur chat, Étourneau sansonnet, Paruline jaune, Paruline à croupion jaune, Bruant chanteur, Cardinal rouge, Carouge à épaulettes, Quiscale bronzé, Vacher à tête brune, Oriole de Baltimore, Chardonneret jaune, Moineau domestique

67 rue St-Francis: Merlin (Faucon émerillon) - Thomas Long
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Montréal, Mount Royal Cemetery: Scarlet tanager, Northern mockingbird, Cooper’s hawk pair at their nest
Cimetière Mont-Royal: Tangara écarlate et un Moqueur polyglotte tout en voix ! Le couple d’épervier de Cooper s’échangeaient la garde du nid - Johanne Paquette

parc du Mont-Royal: Eastern towhee singing in the small woods separate from the park, between boul. Camillien Houde & boul. Mont-Royal
Warblers - Northern parula, Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Magnolia, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black & white, American redstart, Ovenbird
Also more than a dozen Blue-headed vireos, around 12 Rose-breasted grosbeaks, a Pileated woodpecker at the nest, 1 Purple martin, 75+ White-throated sparrows, Hermit thrush, Veery
Tohi à flanc roux qui chantait Il était dans le petit boisé, un peu séparé du parc, entre le boul. Camillien Houde et le boul. Mont-Royal.
parulines - à collier 3, à joues grises 7, à croupion jaune 40, à tête cendrée 1, bleue 5, à gorge noire 8, à gorge orangée 3, à flancs marron 4, noir et blanc 4, flamboyante 1, couronnée 3
Aussi, plus d'une dizaine de Viréos à tête bleue, environ 12 Cardinals à poitrine rose, un Grand Pic au nid, une Hirondelle noire, plus de 75 Bruants à gorge blanche, Grive solitaire et la Grive fauve - Samuel Denault
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Boucherville, Parc de la Frayère: Warblers all over on both side of blvd. Marie-Victorin. 12 species seen – Nashville, Northern parula, Yellow Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated blue, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated green, Blackburnian, Palm, Bay-breasted, Black & white. Others seen the American redstart, Common yellowthroat and Ovenbird.
Also: Warbling vireo, Blue-headed vireo, Gray catbird, Baltimor oriole, Great-crested flycatcher, Eastern kingbird, Least flycatcher, Marsh wren, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Belted kingfisher, Black-crowned Night-heron, Common moorhen, Pied-billed grebe, Black tern etc.
Parulines et il y en avait un peu partout, des deux côtés de blvd. Marie-Victorin. J'en ai observé 12 espèces (à joues grises, à collier, jaune, à flancs marron, à tête cendrée, bleue, à croupion jaune, à gorge noire, à gorge orangée, à couronne rousse, à poitrine baie, noir et blanc). D'autes ont vu la flamboyante, la masquée et la couronnée).
Aussi, Viréo mélodieux, le Viréo à tête bleue, Moqueur chat, l'Oriole de Baltimore, le Tyran huppé, le Tyran tritri, le Moucherolle tchébec, le Troglodyte des marais,Roitelet à couronne rubis, Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique, Bihoreau gris, Gallinule poue-d'eau, Grèbe à bec bigarré, Guifette noire, etc. - Michel Bertrand

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield: Mute Swan rivière St-Charles west of the intersection of blvd. Langois & autoroute 30
Cygne tuberculé rivière St-Charles Il se trouvait à l'ouest de l'intersection du boulevard Langlois et de l'autoroute 30. - Jacinthe et Raymond Sauvé

Québec, domaine de Maizerets: Warblers - Yellow-rumped, Pine, Cape May, Chestnut-sided, Yellow, Blackburnian, Northern parula, Warbling vireo, Brown thrasher, Black-crowned night-heron
Paruline à croupion jaune, Paruline des pins (femelle de première année),Paruline tigrée, Paruline à flancs marron, Paruline jaune, Paruline à gorge orangée, Paruline à collier, Viréo mélodieux, Moqueur roux et Bihoreau gris - Laval Roy

Sighting for Friday May 8th

Verdun, Île des Sœurs: 8 species of Warbler - Yellow-rumped, Yellow, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, Black & white, Nashville, Palm, Magnolia + 4 Baltimore orioles, Warbling vireo, Blue-headed vireo
8 espèces parulines : croupion jaune, jaune, bleu, à gorge noire, noir et blanc, àjoues grises, à couronne rousse, à tête cendrée + 4 Orioles de Baltimore, 1Viréo mélodieux, 1 Viréo à tête bleue
Carolina wren, Red-shouldered hawk, Least bittern, Great-crested flycatcher, Eastern phoebe
Troglodyte de Caroline, Buses à épaulettes, Petit Blongios, Tyran huppé et un Moucherolle phébi - Charles Ménard
Westmount, Summit park: Yellow rumped, Nashville, Black-throated blue (heard only), Blue-headed vireo, Pileated woodpecker
Parc Summit d’où j’arrivais et réussi àl’arraché de voir la croupion jaune, à joues grises et entendu seulement :la gorge noire et la bleue. Plus le Viréo à tête bleue, le Grand Pic - Richard Guille

Sightings for Thursday May 7th

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose still present
Bernache nonnette - Alain Daigle
Gatineau, marais des Grenouillettes: Ruff seen with other shorebirds
Combattant Varié est toujours présent au avec d'autres limicoles Dubois
marais des Laîches: Eurasian wigeon (Canard siffleur) (m) - Rodolphe Dubois & Jean

Between Bergeronnes & Les Escoumins: King eider (m) visable from Bon-Désir campground
entre Bergeronnes et Les Escoumins la présence d'un splendide Eider à tête grise mâle visible depuis le camping Bon-Désir - Renaud Pintiaux

Sightings for Tuesday May 5th

Westmount (parc) Summit park - Jim Houghton warbler Walk - Tuesday 5 May 2009

We began with a beautiful sunny morning, slightly cool, and with light wind. Observers numbered 25, and we thought they would outnumber the bird species. However, at the end of the walk, 30 bird species were counted. Birds of the day were *two Pileated Woodpeckers, male and female seen entering and exiting a rotten tall stump of a tree just off the south side of the north road, and later in the woods enjoying low lying foraging; also a beautiful **Great Crested Flycatcher was both seen and heard.

For all who are birding in Park Summit in Westmount for spring migrants, a shady-looking man was observed walking along the road looking inside cars. Make sure you keep your valuables with you when you are birding. - Alain Goulet

Merlin 1 (flying over, toward the cemetery), Ring-billed Gull 2, Rock Pigeon 3, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1, Downy Woodpecker 2, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Northern Flicker 4, Pileated Woodpecker 2 *See above, Great Crested Flycatcher 1 **See above, Blue-headed Vireo 1, Blue Jay 1, American Crow 12, Black-capped Chickadee 8, Red-breasted Nuthatch 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 2, Hermit Thrush 3, American Robin 7, European Starling 4, Nashville Warbler 2, Northern Parula 1, Black-throated Blue Warbler 1, Yellow-rumped Warbler 6, Chipping Sparrow 3, Song Sparrow 1, White-throated Sparrow 8, Dark-eyed Junco 1, House Finch 1, Pine Siskin 2, American Goldfinch 3, House Sparrow 1
Faucon émerillon, Goéland à bec cerclé, Pigeon biset, Pic maculé, Pic mineur, Pic chevelu, Pic flamboyant, Grand pic, Viréo à tête bleue, Geai blue, Corneille d'Amérique, Mésange à tête noire, Sittelle á poitrine rousse, Sittelle á poitrine blanche, Grive solitaire, Merle d'Amérique, Étourneau sansonnet, Parulines – á joues grise, à collier, Blue, Paruline à croupion jaune, Bruant familier, Bruant chanteur, Bruant á gorge blanche, Junco ardoisé, Roselin familier, Tarin des pins, Chardonneret jaune, Moineau domestique

À tous ceux qui visite le parc Summit de Westmount ce printemps, un homme a été observé en train de regarder dans toutes les voitures stationnées au parc Summit hier. Soyer prudent et ne laissez pas d'objets de valeur dans votre voiture lorsque vous visitez le parc Summit (ou lorsque vous visitez n'importe quel endroit dans le fond). - Alain Goulet

Next walk is on 12 May 09 at 7:00 am - Kyra

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Eared grebe (Grèbe à cou noir) , Banacle goose (Bernache nonnette) - Alain Goulet

Baie du Fèbvre, rue Janelle: Wilson’s snipe, American golden plover, Black-bellied plover, Semipalmated plover, Greater & lesser yellowlegs, Dunlin, Pectoral sandpipers, Least sandpipers, House wrens, etc
halte de la Bernache: 3 Greater white-fronted geese
halte de la Sarcelle, Peregrine falcon perched in a dead tree
Many ducks, Canada geese, Snow geese
rue Janelle: 1 Bécassine de Wilson, 1 Pluvier bronzé, 4 Pluviers argenté, 1 Pluvier semi-palmé, Plusieurs Grand et petit chevalier, 7 Bécasseaux variable, 11 Bécasseaux à poitrine cendrée, 7 Bécasseaux minuscule, 2 Troglodytes familier, etc
halte de la Bernache: 3 Oies rieuse
halte de la Sarcelle: Faucon pélerin perché dans un arbre mort.
Beaucoup de canards, Bernaches et Oies des neiges - Gilles Ethier

Dundee, parc faunique du lac Saint-Francois: 2 Sandhill cranes, American bittern, Turkey vultures, Osprey (on nest), Northern harrier, Greater yellowlegs, Wild turkeys (calling)
2 grues du Canada 1 butor d'Amérique, 3 urubus à tête rouge, 1 balbuzard pêcheur (sur son nichoir), 1 busard Saint-Martin, 1 grand chevalier, des cris de dindons sauvages - Patrick Laniel

Notre-Dame, rang Édouard: Snowy owl sitting on top of a garage
Harfang des neiges posé sur un grange - Jean-Guy Papineau

Sightings for Monday May 4th

bassin de Chambly basin: 1 Little gull, 12 Bonaparte’s gulls, 2 Horned grebes, 2 Red-necked grebes

Une autre matinée radieuse sans trop de vent, où le plan d'eau du bassin de Chambly semblait pourtant désert. Postée au fort pour profiter d'un soleil arrière, la lunette d'approche roulait à pleine vapeur pour débusquer un groupe d'oiseaux à plus d'un kilomètre, collés sur la rive opposée.

Qu'à celà ne tienne, parmi une dizaine de Mouettes de Bonaparte, les critères se révèlent lentement: petit bec, absence de croissants blancs aux yeux sur une calotte très sombre, de plus petite taille que la Bonaparte, voilà une Mouette pygmée. Pas évident à cette distance, alors qu'elle aurait pu se trouver à quelques mètres de mon trépied.

Mais j'aimerais la voir s'envoler... Étirant ma patience, Charles Ménard s'approche par hasard et une panoplie d'oiseaux aquatiques se regroupent où nous observons côte-à-côte : 2 Grèbes esclavons, 2 Grèbes jougris, des Mouettes de Bonaparte et la potentielle Mouette Pygmée, qui finalement décolle et nous montre le dessous foncé des ses ailes!

Si vous voulez comparer ces deux mouettes posées sur l'eau, de quoi s'écorcher les yeux...! - Raymond Belhumeur - click photo to enlarge

Westmount, parc Summit park: A nice day and hopefully a repeat for tomorrow's Jim Houghton Spring Warbler Walk
7:00 am - 10:00 am Summit Park Lookout - Au Belvédère du Summit Park
7:00 AM Tuesdays May 5, 12, 19, 26
7 h 00 les mardis 5, 12, 19, et 26 mai

Pine Siskin, Black-capped Chickadee, Chickadee, American Robin, Blue-headed Vireo, American Crow, American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Piliated Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Great-crested Flycatcher, White-breasted Nuthatch, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay, Great Blue Heron, Peregrine Falcon, House Finch, European Starling, Dark-eyed Junco, Ring-billed Gull
Tarin des pins, Mésange à tête noire, Merle d'Amérique, Viréo à tête bleue, Corneille d'Amérique, Chardonneret jaune, Pic Flaboyant, Pic mineur, Grand pic, Cardinal rouge, Tyran huppé, Sittelle à poitrine blanche, Roitelet à couronne rubis, Parulines – á gorge noir, á joues grise, blue, à couronne rousse, noir et blanc, Grimpereau brun, Grive solitaire, Bruant familier, Bruant á gorge blanche, Bruant chanteur, Geai blue, Grand heron, Faucon pèlerin, Roselin familier, Étourneau sansonnet, Junco ardoisé, Goéland à bec cerclé – A. Goulet, A. Plimer

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Eared grebe, Barnacle goose still present
Grèbe à cou noir Bernache nonnette - Daniel Gagné

Sightings for Sunday May 3rd

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for Saturday May 3rd
Pointe-aux-Prairies field trip report

11 birders joined in for a walk at Pointe-aux-Prairies Nature Park. The temperature was nice, sunny and not too cold, but the wind started blowing stronger by mid-morning.

We made two stops, at both parking lots (the first visited (P1) being the onethat is west of the other (P2)), plus an additional stop east of the park, alongthe bicycle path (BP).

The cold northern winds from the previous night might be to blame for scarcity of migrating song birds. In fact, only two warbler species were met along thepark, but one singing Yellow Warbler showed itself very generously, for the joy of all of us. A Blue-headed Vireo was also well seen by everyone, but the Warbling Vireo was only heard by three of us before it flew away.

The bird of the day has to be the «White-headed Robin» that was previouslyspotted by the COMIR group (P2). That American Robin had its head all white, contrasting with the rest of the body that was presenting more normalpigmentation. A picture of the bird is being posted on the Songsparrow email list. Unfortunately, not all members of our group were lucky enough to see the bird, as it was flushed away at some point. A Brown Thrasher was also seen hiding in the nearby bushes.

Thanks to Sheldon, who had his scope all along, we were able to add two Greater Scaups standing on the Rivière des Prairies at a good distance, plus two Northern Pintails.

Thanks also to the will and determination of the birders left after the list, we were able to add a 50th species, the Rock Pigeon, by birding some extra minutes along the bicycle path east of the park (BP), our third and last stop. I also added another species on the list, the Green Heron (number 51) that was mentioned by a member of our group on the Songsparrow. I was sorry we had missed it with the group.

Finally, as I previously birded the area on my own from 7h15 to 7h45 AM, I had a Baltimore Oriole and a House Wren singing (BP), as well as three Red-necked Grebes standing on the river, spotted first with binoculars, and then observed with a scope before they flew away westward (P2). Unfortunately, none of those species were found again as we visited these areas with the group.
Here are the 51 species encountered: Canada Goose (110), Gadwall (15), AmericanWidgeon (8), American Black Duck (2), Mallard (6), Blue-winged Teal (3),Northern Shoveler (3), Northern Pintail (2), Greater Scaup (2), Red-necked Grebe(3), Double-crested Cormorant (15), Green Heron (1), Black-crowned Night Heron(1), Turkey Vulture (1), Sharp-shinned Hawk (1), Ring-billed Gull (20), GreatBlack-backed Gull (3), Rock Pigeon (5), Mourning Dove (2), Belted Kingfisher(1), Downy Woodpecker (2), Northern Flicker (12), Eastern Phoebe (2),Blue-headed Vireo (1), Warbling Vireo (1), Blue Jay (6) American Crow (2), TreeSwallow (2), Black-capped Chickadee (10), White-breasted Nuthatch (1), HouseWren (1), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3), American Robin (50), Gray Catbird (1), BrownThrasher (2), European Starling (15), Yellow Warbler (3), Yellow-rumped Warbler(1), Chipping Sparrow (3), Song Sparrow (20), Swamp Sparrow (12), White-throatedSparrow (6), Dark-eyed Junco (1), Northern Cardinal (6), Red-winged Blackbird(50), Common Grackle (4), Brown-headed Cowbird (12), Baltimore Oriole (1), HouseFinch (1), Pine Siskin (12), American Goldfinch (30).

Warm thanks to everyone for coming, and staying alert for birds all long.- Diane Demers

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Eared Grebe (Grèbe À Cou Noir) Photo - Andre Fontaine

Montréal, Île de la Visitation: 46 especes Species
Sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk, Merlin, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (seen Saturday also), Northern mockingbird, Sparrows Lincoln & Swamp, Warblers – Northern parula, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Pine, Black & white
Épervier brun et de Cooper, Faucon Émerillion, VIRÉO A GORGE JAUNE, (observe hier, Samedi,aussi), Moqueur polyglotte, Bruant de Lincolin et Marais. Parulines - a collier, a flancs marron, a croupion jaune, des pins, et la noir et blanc - Joel Coutu

Verdun, Île des Sœurs: 2 Least Bittern were calling in the phragmites at the south end of lac des Battures. Also a Baltimore oriole was singing, and I heard a Purple finch in the woods. Around the island Common tern. 44 species tolal
2 Petits Blongios vocalisaient dans les phragmites au sud du lac des Battures de l'île des Sœurs ce matin. Aussi, un Oriole de Baltimore chantait et j'ai entendu un Roselin pourpré dans le boisé. Au large de l'île, j'ai vu ma première Sterne pierregarin. Un total de 44 espèces -Pierre Bannon

Ayer's Cliff, Sentier Nature Tomifobia: 6:30 – 12:45 64 (espèces) Species
Of the 11 Warblers found five were heard only. Norhtern parula, Yellow, Yellow-rumped, Black & white, Northern waterthrush and Common yellowthroat. Heard only Nashville, Black-throated blue, Black-throated green, American redstart and Ovenbird
Sur les 11 parulines recensées, 5 n'ont été qu'entendues. Parmi les «vues», il y avait la Paruline à collier, la jaune, la croupion jaune, la noir et blanc, la paruline des ruisseaux et la masquée. Celles seulement «entendues», la joues grises, la bleue, la gorge noire, la flamboyante et la couronnée.
Flycatchers – Least, Phoebe, Kingbird. Rose-breasted grosbeak. Warbling & Blue-headed vireos. House & Winter wrens. Solitary sandpiper, Spotted sandpiper, Sparrows – Savannah, Vesper, Song, Chipping, Swamp & White-throated
Moucherolles tchébec, phébi et tritri. Cardinal à poitrine rose, le Viréo mélodieux et à tête bleue, le Troglodyte familier et mignon, le Chevalier solitaire et grivelé et les Bruants des prés, vespéral, chanteur, familier, des marais et à gorge blanche.
Raptors – Broad-winged hawk, Red-tailed hawk, Sharp-shinned hawk, American kestrel, Red-shouldered hawk, Turkey vultures
Rapaces - Petite Buse, Buse à queue rousse, Épervier brun, Crécerelle, Buse à épaulettes, Urubu à tête rouge - Gisèle Gilbert, Serge Mailhot

Bird Protection Quebec's Field Trip Report for Saturday May 2nd

Cooper Marsh
It was a beautiful morning at Cooper Marsh though decidedly cool at amaximum of 14 degrees Celsius. Bright sun gave way to cloud as the morning progressed.

There were 26 birders so we divided into two official groups, and someothers birded on their own. Felix led the other group for which thanks.

It is difficult to choose a Bird of the Day that everybody saw. Felix's group, for example, saw Rusty Blackbirds, which people in my group wanted. My group saw a pair of Eastern Meadowlarks that people in Felix's group wanted. Everybody saw a Black-crowned Night-Heron perched in a snag as the walk began so I would say that this was the Bird of theDay with Honduran Mention (don't you love spell check? That's what I was offered for a mistyped Honourable!) to the other two as well as two late Common Redpolls found in the far southwestern corner of the marsh.

Thanks to everybody who came out to share a great morning - Martin
Here is the species list and count for today's trip to

SPECIES SEEN OR HEARD in Cooper Marsh ~ 54

Double-crested Cormorant 20 Cormoran à aigrettes, Great Blue Heron 2 Grand heron, American bittern Butor d'Amérique, Green Heron 1 Héron vert, Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Bihoreau gris, Canada Goose 30 Bernache du Canada, Wood Duck 1 Canard branchu, Mallard 12 Canard colvert, Osprey Balbuzard pêcheur, Turkey Vulture 3 Urubu à tête rouge, Virginia Rail 4 Râle de Virginie, Common Moorhen 1 Gallinule poule-d'eau, Wilson’s Snipe 12 Bécassine de Wilson, Ring-billed Gull 6 Goéland à bec cerclé, Common Tern 3 Sterne pierregarin, Mourning Dove 4 Tourterelle triste, Belted Kingfisher 1 Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Pic maculé, Downy Woodpecker 6 Pic mineur, Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pic chevelu, Northern Flicker 3 Pic flamboyant, Pileated Woodpecker 2 Grand pic, Eastern Phoebe 4 Moucherolle phébi, Eastern Kingbird 4 Tyran tritri, Tree Swallow 45 Hirondelle bicolore, Barn Swallow 1 Hirondelle rustique, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Roitelet à couronne rubis, House Wren 1 Troglodyte Familier, Marsh Wren 3 Troglodyte des marais, Gray Catbird 1 Moqueur chat, American Robin 60 Merle d'Amérique, Black-capped Chickadee 5 Mésange à tête noire, White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Sittelle à poitrine blanche, Blue Jay 2 Geai blue, American Crow 6 Corneille d'Amérique, European Starling 18 Étourneau sansonnet, Warbling Vireo 2 Viréo mélodieux, Common Redpoll 2 Sizerin flammé, Pine Siskin 1 Tarin des pins, American Goldfinch 10 Chardonneret jaune, Yellow Warbler 5 Paruline jaune, Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Paruline à croupion jaune, American tree sparrow 2 Bruant hudsonien, Savannah Sparrow 2 Bruant des prés, Song Sparrow 30 Bruant chanteur, Swamp Sparrow 60 Bruant des marais, White-crowned Sparrow 2 Bruant à couronne blanche, White-throated Sparrow 4 Bruant à gorge blanche, Dark-eyed junco 1 Junco ardoisé, Northern Cardinal 2 Cardinal rouge, Red-winged Blackbird 100 Carouge à épaulettes, Eastern Meadowlark 2 Sturnelle des prés, Rusty Blackbird 12 Quiscale rouilleux, Common Grackle 20 Quiscale bronzé, Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Vacher à tête brune

Sightings for Saturday May 2nd

Dundee, parc faunique du lac Saint-Francois: 3 Sandhill cranes (Grue du Canada) - Lyne Pelerin, Gaétan Proulx, Pierre Lamontagne

Sherbrooke, Boisé Blanchard: White-eyed vireo about 150m from rue Delorme along the bicycle path
Viréo aux yeux blancs, il se tenait à environ 150 m de la rue Delorme le long de la piste cyclable - Réjean Tanguay

Between St-Valère & Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose rte 161 still being seen
Bernache nonnette route 161 entre St-Valère et Victoriaville - Laval Roy +
2 Horned grebe, 1 EARED GREBE & 5 Red-necked grebes
2 eGrèbes esclavons, 1 GRÈBE À COU NOIR, & 5 Grèbes jougris - Claude Roy

Hemmingford, Fisher road: Singing Ovenbird (Paruline couronnée) and Veery (Grive fauve) - Mark Tomalty

Rosemère, Marais Tylee: 2 Wood duck couples, Brown creeper, 2 Canada goose couples, Downy woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker, Northern flicker, Great blue heron, Yellow-rumped warbler
2 couples de branchu, grimpereau brun, bernache ( 2 couples ) pic mineur,chevelu, flamboyant, grand héron et paruline croupion jaune - Michel Lecavalier

Sightings for Friday May 1st

Ville Lasalle: Peregrine falcon (Faucon pèlerin) flying beside the (pont) Mercier bridge - T. Long

Between St-Valère & Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose rte 161 across from 664
Bernache nonnette route 161 et elle est maintenant en face du 664, entre St-Valère et Victoriaville - Claude Roy

While commuting home by bicycle from Montréal to St Lambert via Ile Notre Dame to Victoria Bridge. I had a group of 13 Bonapartes Gulls (Mouette de Bonaparte) in flight in tight formation. They seemed to come from the public beach there, which is now 3/4 drained for maintenance, and headed out over the St Lawrence River towards Habitat. A Peregrine Falcon (Faucon pèlerin) had passed low over the area moments before and likely flushed the gulls. 2 Yellow Warblers (Paruline jaune) were also singing on the island - Mark Tomalty

Sightings for Thursday April 30th

Montréal: (500+)Snow Geese (Oie des neiges) high over Le Plateau - Peter
avenue du Parc: 7 Turkey vultures (Urubu à tête rouge) - Johanne Paquette

Maple Grove, rue Mcdonald: Long-tailed duck (M) with a group of Ring-necked ducks in the bay behind the park
Harlede kakawi mâle adulte nuptial était avec un groupe de fuligule à collier dans la baie en arrière du parc - Pierre Lamontagne

Terrebonne, rue Plaisance: 2 Field sparrows (Bruants des champs) - Ginette & Gilles Cyr

l'aeroport de St-Hubert airport: 3 Snowy owls (Harfangs des neiges)

Boucherville, boise de La Saulaie: Yellow-rumped warblers, Yellow warbler, Hermit thrush, White-throated sparrows, Song sparrows, Ruby-crowned kinglets, Dark-eyed juncos, Northern cardinals, Downy woodpecker, Hairy woodpecker, Northern flicker, American goldfinch, House finch, Cowbirds, Redwings, Grackles
2 Parulines a croupion jaune, 1 Paruline jaune, 2 Grives solitaire, 10+ Bruants a gorge blanche, 9 Bruants chanteur, 5 Roitelets a couronne rubis, 3 Juncos ardoise, 3 Cardinals rouge,2 Pics mineur, 1 Pic chevelu, 2 Pics flamboyant, 7 Chardonnerets jaune, 4 Roselins familier, vachers, carouges et quisacale bronzé.
Ducks Unlimited marsh: Black-crowned night heron, Great blue heron, Great egret, Common moorhen, Pied-billed grebes, Northern shoveler, Gadwall, Mallards, Canada geese, Tree swallows, Redwings, Grackles
Au marais de Canards Illimites: 1 Bihoreau gris, 1 Grand heron, 1 Grande aigrette, 1 Galinule poule d'eau, 2 Grebes a bec bigarre, 2 Canards souchet, 2 Canards chipeau, 6 Canards colvert, 4 Bernaches du Canada, des dizaines d'hirondelles bicolore, carouges et de quiscales - Gilles Ethier

Between St-Valère & Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose rte 161 behind the Gaillard farm
Bernache nonnette derrière la ferme Gaillard sur la route 161, entre St-Valère et Victoriaville - Claude Roy

Sightings for Wednesday April 29th

Westmount, parc Summit park: Canada Goose-8 (Bernache du Canada), Killdeer-1 (Pluvier kildir), Sharp-shinned Hawk-1 (Épervier brun), Woodpeckers - Downy-2, Hairy-1, Northern flicker-1, Yellow-breasted sapsucker-1 (Pics – Mineur, Chevelu, Flaboyant, Maculé), Blue-headed Vireo-4 (Viréo à tête bleue), Eastern Phoebe-1 (Moucherolle phébi), American Crow-several (Corneille d'Amérique), Black-capped Chickadee-7 (Mésange à tête noire), White-breasted Nuthatch-1(Sittelle à poitrine blanche), Brown Creeper-2 (Grimpereau brun), Ruby-crowned Kinglet-15 (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Hermit Thrush-4 (Grive solitaire), Robins (Merle d'Amérique), Starlings (Étourneau sansonnet), Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler- 6 (Paruline à croupion jaune), Nashville Warbler-1 (Paruline à joues grises), Black & White Warbler-1 (Paruline noir et blanc), Black-throated Green Warbler-1 (Paruline á gorge noire), Cardinal-1 (Cardinal rouge), Chipping Sparrow-2 (Bruant familier), White-throated Sparrow-25 (Bruants à gorge blanche), Junco-15 - Peter

Pileated woodpecker (Grand pic) Photo - Micheline Ouellet

Chateauguay, Île Saint-Bernard: Northern thrasher (Moqueur roux) Photo - Micheline Ouellet

bassin de Chambly basin, rue Bourgogne: 12 Red-necked grebes, 2 Horned grebes

une dizaine de Grèbe jougris et deux Grèbes esclavons

quai de Saint-Mathias dock: 100’s of Canada geese, 2 Common terns

plusieurs centaines de Bernaches du Canada 2 Sternes pierregarins

parc des Voiles: 4 Long-tailed ducks in the middle of the basin

4 Hareldes kakawi à longue queue qui paradaient au milieu du bassin.

Later, heard a Warbling vireo, a dozen Common terns, Osprey, Northern rough-winged swallow

Plus tard, je pouvais entendre le Viréo mélodieux, une dizaine de Sternes pierregarins, Balbuzard pêcheur, Hirondelle à ailes hérissées - Raymond Belhumeur - click photo to enlarge

Sightings for Tuesday April 28th

Valleyfield: SANDHILL CRANE (GRUE DU CANADA) feeding with geese just south of the Seaway bridge, off Rue Leger. Today, a.m., in the lake at the junction of Hwys 132/201 and Hwy 30, adult Mute Swan (Cygne tuberculé). With the hot weather, 1000 plus hawks migrating, with 36 Ospreys (Balbuzard pêcheur), 3 Bald eagles (Pygargue à tête blanche) & 3 Golden Eagles (Aigle royal) (eagle nos 117 to 122). The nesting Ravens (Grand corbeau) continuing to harry migrating hawks and, especially, eagles, providing comic relief. Last week, Caspian Tern (Sterne caspienne) migrating over du Canal - (first Common Tern (Sterne pierregarin) today). Still thousands of Snows geese (Oies des neige) and Canada geese (Bernache du Canada). 3 Tufted titmouse (Mésange bicolore) still at Hungry Bay, probably nesting. - Bob

Montreal, parc Angrignon(7h00 à 7h30): small woods in the north of parc Angrignon – 12 Yellow-rumped warblers, Northern parula, Nashville warbler
Dans le petit boisé situé au nord du parc Angrignon, une bonne douzaine de Parulines à croupion jaune, une Paruline à collier, et une Paruline à joues grises - Diane Demers

Westmount, parc Summit park: Warblers – Yellow-rumped, Black & white, Nashville, Black-throated green, Pine. Blue-headed vireos, Juncos, White-throated sparrows, Pine siskins, Hermit thrush, Woodpeckers – Downy, Hairy, Pileated, Northern flicker, Yellow-breasted sapsucker
parulines - à croupion jaune, paruline noir et blanc, joues grises, gorge noire, des pins. viréos à tête bleue, juncos, bruants à gorge blanche, tarin des pins, grives solitaires, Pics – Mineur, Chevelu, Grand, Flamboyant, Maculé - Daniel Ouellette

Laval, Parc des Prairies: Northern parula (Paruline à collier) - Janine May

Valleyfield: Mute swan rivière St-Charles west of the intersection of boulevard Langlois & autoroute 30
Cygne tuberculé dans la rivière St-Charles à Valleyfield, ce matin 7:10 hr. L'ouest de l'intersection du boulevard Langlois et de l'autoroute 30 - Denis Collins - Photo

Parc de Mont St-Bruno: Many Black-throated green warblers
Plusieurs Parulines a gorge noire - Leah den Besten

Sherbrooke, Boisé Beckett: 4 Black-throated green warblers, 1 Great-crested flycatcher, Nashville warbler (heard), 2 Tufted titmouse
4 Parulines à gorge noire et 1 Tyran huppé, entendu une Paruline à joues grises, 2 Mésanges bicolores - Serge Beaudette

Quebec, woods at University of Laval campus: Northern flicker, Blue-headed vireo, Brown creeper, Winter wren, Ruby-crowned kinglet, Golden-crowned kinglet, Hermit thrush, American robin, Yellow-rumped warbler, Chipping sparrow, Fox sparrow, White-throated sparrow, White-crowned sparrow, Dark-eyed junco, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Purple finch, Pine siskins, American goldfinch. Observed in flight heading east – Lapland longspur, Broad-winged hawk, Sharp-shinned hawk, Osprey
boisés du campus de l'Université Laval: Pic flamboyant: 5, Viréo à tête bleue: 2, Grimpereau brun: 10, Troglodyte mignon: 2, Roitelet à couronne rubis: 40, Roitelet à couronne dorée: 8Grive solitaire: 3, Merle d'Amérique: 55, Paruline à croupion jaune: 7, Bruant familier: 8Bruant fauve: 3, Bruant à gorge blanche: 50, Bruant à couronne blanche: 1, Junco ardoisé: 100, Cardinal à poitrine rose: 1, Roselin pourpré: 5, Tarin des pins: 10, Chardonneret jaune: 25.
Observés en vol vers l'est, un Bruant lapon, 5 Petites Buses, un Épervier brun et un Balbuzard - Olivier Barden

Sightings for Monday April 27th

Montréal Botanical Gardens: White-throated sparrows, Ruby-crowned kinglets, Palm warbler, Yellow-rumped warbler, Black & white warbler, Brown thrasher, Blue-headed vireo, Hermit thrush, Winter wren, Eastern phoebe, Swamp sparrow
Jardin Botanique: Bruants à gorge blanche et des Roitelets à couronne rubis partout. une Paruline à tête cendrée et plusieurs Parulines à croupion jaune, une Paruline noir et blanc, un Moqueur roux et quelques Viréo à tête bleue, Grives solitaire et un Troglodyte mignon. 3 Moucherolles phébi et un Bruant des marais. - Lucette d'Amours

Valleyfield: Mute swan on the rivière St-Charles east of the intersection of Boulevard Langlois & autoroute 30
Cygne tuberculé dans la rivière St-Charles ce soir vers 18h. Il se trouvait à l'est de l'intersection du Boulevard Langlois et de l'autoroute 30 - Eric Bégin

Montréal, Parc-Nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies: This morning. I was finally rewarded with my first warblers of the year for Quebec: as many as twelve Yellow-rumped warblers (all males) (Parulines à croupion jaune) were singing on three different spots. It really felt like summer. Hermit Thrushes (Grives solitaire) must also have arrived on a big move last night, six were seen on the same spot. Also encountered: a Green Heron (Heron vert) perched high on a bare three, a Broad-winged Hawk (Petite buse) soaring, a Brown Thrasher (Moqueur roux) singing well in view, a female Purple Finch (Roselin pourpré) also singing, Pine Siskins (Tarin des pins) heard and seen on various spots, etc.- Diane Demers

Sightings for Sunday April 26th

Low (Lac Bernard): 6 Evening Grosbeaks (Gros-bec errant) from April 6 to 9 (4 males and 2 females) on the feeder; 26 April, 6 females and 2 males. Last time we saw Evening Grosbeaks was in April 2000 - Sirpa Utriainen

- click photo to enlarge

Westmount, parc Summit park: 15 Double-crested Cormorant-15 (over flight) (Cormoran à aigrettes), Woodpeckers - Downy-2, Hairy-1, Pileated-2 (Pics – Mineur, Chevelu, Grand), Blue-headed Vireo-1 (Viréo à tête bleue), American Crow-several (Corneille d'Amérique), Black-capped Chickadee-5 (Mésange à tête noire), Whte-breasted Nuthatch-1 (Sittelle à poitrine blanche), Winter Wren-1 (Troglodyte mignon), Ruby-crowned Kinglet-25 (Roitelet à couronne rubis), Hermit Thrush-6 (Grive solitaire), Robin-6 (Merle d'Amérique), Starling-few (Étourneau sansonnet), Northern Cardinal-1 (Cardinal rouge) Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler-10 (Paruline à croupion jaune), Palm Warbler-1 (Paruline à couronne rousse), Black & White Warbler-2 (Paruline noir et blanc), - Peter

Hemmingford, Fisher Road: Barn Swallows (Hirondelle rustique) and a singing Brown Thrasher (Moqueur roux) seen - Mark Tomalty

Victoriaville, réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose (Bernache nonnette) - Daniel Gagné

Sighting for Saturday April 25th

Sandhill crane / Grue du Canada

National Wildlife Area Dundee, Quebec, Canada. I had the chance to see the Sandhill crane couple nesting in this Wildlife area. For the second year in a row, they are the only couple nesting in southern Quebec.
Réserve nationale de faune du Lac St-François. J'ai eu la chance d'observer le couple de Grues du Canada qui nichent dans cette réserve faunique. Pour la deuxième année de suite, c'est le seul couple nicheur dans le sud du Quebec - Eric Bégin


Otterburn Park
Great day for watching raptors' migration around mount St-Hilaire. Around 12 noon, we were following a Red-tailed Hawk (Buse à queue rousse) circling, soaring in an updraft over our house located in Otterburn Park, when a very large bird caught my attention. At short distance from the raptor, it was also taking altitude in the same updraft. It was showing the typical shape of a crane (long streched neck and long legs also streched behind), but the bird was white, with black primaries. No doubt about it, that bird could not be anything else than a WHOOPING CRANE (GRUE BLANCHE)! This is not a joke, we could not beleive what we were seeing! After circling high for about a minute, the crane continued on its way towards east-north-east, just south of mount St-Hilaire, carried away by the south-west winds. What seemed odd is that, when the viewing angle allowed to see the back of the bird, the plumage showed some fainted brown color, on the back and on the head also, suggesting that this single individual was in its first year - Christian Coté & Monique Laramée

Boucherville Parc de la Frayère: Looking towards the pylons at the river a group of 21 Horned grebes
en regardant sur le fleuve vers les pylônes, on pouvait voir un groupe de 21 Grèbes esclavons

Bassin de Chambly basin: 9 Horned grebes, 8 Red-necked grebes, 8 Common loons
9 Grèbes esclavons, 8 Grèbes jougris, 8 Plongeons huards

l'aéroport de St-Hubert airport: Snowy owl sitting in the sun on one of the large grey boxes with the red lights at the end of the runway
Harfang des neiges posé au sol sous l'un des gros boîtiers gris fixés aux supports rouges à lumières en bout de piste - Jean Marc Béliveau

Verdun, Île des Sœurs: Ruby and Golden-crowned kinglets, Field sparrow at lac Lacoursière, Blue-headed vireo singing in the woods. White-throated sparrows, Red-bellied woodpecker, Carolina wren, Cooper’s hawk, Red-tailed hawk – 53 species (including some species seen on the river)
Roitelet à couronne dorée et Roitelet à couronne rubis, un Bruant des champs au lac Lacoursière. Un Viréo à tête bleue chantait dans le boisé, quelques Bruants à gorge blanche. Pic à ventre roux, Troglodyte de Caroline, Épervier de Cooper, Buse à épaulettes, etc. 53 espèces (incluantquelques espèces aperçues sur le fleuve) - Pierre Bannon

Victoriaville: réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose (Bernache nonnette) - Claude Roy +

Hemmingford, Fisher road: 2-3 singing Yellow-rumped warblers (Paruline à croupion jaune) & 2 singing Field Sparrows (Bruant des champs) - Mark Tomalty

Sightings for Thursday April 23rd

St Bruno: Singing Chipping Sparrow (Bruant Familier) in municipal park on Des Aulnes street. As well, a nice look at a singing male Pine Warbler (Paruline des pins) in a stand of white pines in woodlot at the end of Des Aulnes - Mark Tomalty

Cap Tourmente, 1:45 & 5:00 pm: Pied-billed grebe - Grèbe à bec bigarré 1, Turkey vulture - Urubu à tête rouge 6, Snow geese - Oie des neiges 8000, Ross’s goose - *Oie de Ross 1*, Gadwall - Canard chipeau 5, Black duck - Canard noir 14, Mallard - Canard colvert 23, Northern shoveler - Canard souchet 4, Northern pintail - Canard pilet 65, Green-winged teal - Sarcelle d'hiver 27, Ring-necked duck - Fuligule à collier 15, Bufflehead - Petit Garrot 1, Common merganser - Grand Harle 6, Northern harrier - Busard Saint-Martin 4, American kestrel - Crécerelle d'Amérique 1, Sandhill crane - *Grue du Canada 2*, (en vol, se dirigeant vers le nord-est), Killdeer - Pluvier kildir 2, Ring-billed gull - Goéland à bec cerclé 5, Belted kingfisher - Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique 1, Pileated woodpecker - Grand Pic 1, American crow - Corneille d'Amérique 5, Common raven - Grand Corbeau 2, European starling - Étourneau sansonnet 1, Bohemian waxwing - Jaseur boréal 100, Song sparrow - Bruant chanteur 2, Red-winged blackbird - Carouge à épaulettes 61, Common grackle - Quiscale bronzé 1, Brown-headed cowbird - Vacher à tête brune 2
A lesser yellowlegs and a Northern shrike were present at the marais des Graves (marsh)
Un Petit Chevalier et une Pie-grièche grise adulte étaient également présent au marais des Graves - Sébastien Rioux, Thomas Biteau

Victoriaville: réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose park your vehicle on chemin de la pointe Beaudet and take the bicycle path near the pines. For the third day the bird was at the edge of a small march near the middle of the resevoir.
Bernache nonnette Je suggère de stationner votre véhicule sur le chemin de la pointe Beaudet et d'emprunter la piste cyclable près de la pinède. Pour une troisième journée consécutive l'oiseau était au début, en bordure d'un petit marais qu'il quitte en direction du centre du réservoir - Claude Roy

Jim Houghton Warbler Walk - Westmount Summit - Tues 21 April 09

The trees and paths were bare - no more snow! After a couple beautiful sunny days with temperature as high as 18 degrees C the week before, we were greeted with rain and cold and windy conditions. Thanks to the four birders who arrived on time at 7:00 am in spite of the weather unpleasant conditions and observed 14 species after a one and a half hours walk.

Ring-billed Gull, 2 Goéland à bec cerclé
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Pic maculé
Downy Woodpecker, 1 Pic mineur
Hairy Woodpecker, 2 Pic chevelu
Northern Flicker, 1 Pic flamboyant
American Crow, 10 Corneille d'Amérique
Black-capped Chickadee, 4 Mésange à tête noire
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6 Roitelet à couronne dorée
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1 Roitelet à couronne rubis
American Robin, 6 Merle d'Amérique
European Starling, 8 Étourneau sansonnet
Fox Sparrow, 2 Bruant fauve
Dark-eyed Junco, 20 Junco ardoisé
Northern Cardinal, 2 Cardinal rouge

Next walk will be on Tuesday, 28 April 09. Here's hoping for more spring-like conditions, and good birding for those departing for/or already at other more distant locations - Kyra Emo


Jim Houghton Spring Warbler Walks

Tuesday April 28, 7:00 am - 10:00 am

This event repeats every week until Tuesday May 26, 2009.

Summit Park Lookout - Au Belvédère du Summit Park

7:00 AM Tuesdays on April 21, 28 and May 5, 12, 19, 26
7 h 00 les mardis le 21, 28 avril et le 5, 12, 19, et 26 mai

Summit Park is a wooded area, transected with numerous footpaths. From mid-April to late May, spring migrants find the Summit an attractive place in which to rest and feed. At least 33 warbler species have been seen there over the years, and 24 warbler species are seen each year. Come and participate in one or all of the Jim Houghton Spring Warbler Walks led by Kyra Emo; it's a perfect start to a spring day.

Sightings for Wednesday April 22nd

Verdun, Île des Sœurs: 1000’s of Snow geese flying over Île des Sœurs this morning in a N.E. direction. Red-bellied woodpecker and Carolina wren are always in the woods. Cooper’s hawk was on it’s nest, and a Red-shouldered hawk was hunting at the edge of the lake. Also Eastern phoebe, Pine siskins, American tree sparrows. Total of 36 species
Des milliers d'Oies des neiges ont survolé l'île des Sœurs en direction dunord-est en matinée. Le Pic à ventre roux et le Troglodyte de caroline étaient toujours dans le boisé. Un Épervier de Cooper était au nid en trainde couver. Une Buse à épaulettes chassait en bordure du lac. Aussi - Moucherolle phébi, Tarins des pins et les Bruants hudsoniens. Un total de 38 espèces - Pierre Bannon

Victoriaville: réservoir Beaudet: Barnacle goose, pair of Long-tailed ducks, pair of Red-breasted mergansers, 1 Cackling goose, Common loon
Bernache nonnette Un couple d'Harelde kakawi, un couple de Harle huppé, 1 Bernache de Hutchins et un premier Plongeon huard étaient aussi présents - Claude Roy