Sightings for Sunday May 5

Montréal: Mount Royal Cemetery this morning from 8 am to 1 pm. The birds were very active today. Quite a few species have occupied nests already, while others were observed either carrying nesting material or constructing nests. 

Bird of the day was a Black-billed Cuckoo, which was initially heard singing ("po-po-po-po") in the Mountain View sector. It was then observed briefly in the Mt Murray sector (the slope with bluebird boxes), after which it flew into the woods bordering the University of Montreal campus.

The Eastern Towhee reported yesterday was still present this morning in sector C4 (near the crematorium). Itwas really shy and kept to the thicker bushes. I could not locate the bird later in the afternoon (around 12:30).

Six warbler species were seen today, including Nashville, Yellow-rumped, Black-throated Green, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Common Yellowthroat. 

Both House Wrens and Eastern Bluebirds have occupied nest boxes in sectors M4/M3 and F10 respectively. A pair of Eastern Phoebes are nesting in the bushes behind the office area. 54 species were observed in total.
1 Canada Goose, 2 Mallard, 1 Great Blue Heron, 3 Turkey Vulture, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 4 Ring-billed Gull, 10 Rock Pigeon, 1 Mourning Dove, 1 Black-billed Cuckoo, 3 Chimney Swift, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 6 Downy Woodpecker, 1
Hairy Woodpecker, 4 Northern Flicker, 4 Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Great Crested Flycatcher, 7 Blue-headed Vireo, 2
Warbling Vireo, 3 Blue Jay, 20 American Crow, 1 Common Raven, 18 Black-capped Chickadee, 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1
Brown Creeper, 4 House Wren, 1 Winter Wren, 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6 Eastern Bluebird, 12 Hermit Thrush, 25 American Robin, 20 European Starling, 3 Cedar Waxwing, 1 Ovenbird, 8 Nashville Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 2 American Redstart, 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4 Black-throated Green Warbler, 1 Eastern Towhee, 20 Chipping Sparrow, 10 Song Sparrow, 12 White-throated Sparrow, 3 White-crowned Sparrow, 5 Dark-eyed Junco, 10 Northern Cardinal, 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 5
Purple Finch, 1 House Finch, 12 American Goldfinch, 4 House Sparrow

1 Bernache du Canada, 2 Canard colvert, 1 Grand  Héron, 3 Urubu à tête rouge, 1 Épervier de Cooper  4 Goéland à bec cerclé  10 Pigeon biset, 1 Tourterelle triste, 1 Coulicou à bec noir, 3 Martinet ramoneur, 1 pic maculé, 6 Pic mineur, 1 Pic chevelu, 4 Pic flaboyant, 4 Grand Pic, 1 Faucon pèlerin, 2 Moucherolle phébi, 1 Tyran huppé, 7 Viréo à tête bleue, 2 Viréo mélodieux, 3 Geai bleu, 20 Corneille d'Amérique, 1 Grand Corbeau, 18 Mésange à tête noire, 4 Sittelle à poitrine rousse, 3 Sittelle à poitrine blanche, 1 Grimpereau brun, 4 Troglodyte familier 1 Troglodyte mignon, 2 Roitelet à couronne dorée, 8 Roitelet à couronne rubis, 6 Merlebleu de l'Est, 12 Grive solitaire, 25 Merle d'Amérique, 20 Étourneau sansonnet, 3 Jaseur d'Amérique, Paruline couronnée 1, 8 Paruline à joues grise, 1 Paruline masquée, 2 Paruline flamboyante, 3 Paruline à croupion jaune, 4 Paruline à gorge noire, 1 Tohi à flancs roux, 20 Bruant familier, 10 Bruant chanteur, 12 Bruant à gorge blanche, 3 Bruant à couronne blanche, 5 Junco ardoisé, 10 Cardinal rouge, 1 Vacher à tête brune, 5 Roselin pourpré, 1 Roselin familier, 12 Chardonneret jaune, 4 Moineau domestique  - Vivek Govind Kumar