Sunday, October 20, 2013

Bird Protection Quebec "Field Trip Report) Saturday October 19

Parc-nature du Bois-de-l’Île-Bizard

8:00 to 11:30 Sunny, calm, coolish 10 observers, 27 species: Canada Goose 55, Wood Duck 9, Mallard 27, Pied-billed Grebe 8, Great. Blue Heron 2. Merlin 1, Ring-billed Gull 1, Downy Woodpecker 1, Hairy Woodpecker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 1, Blue Jay 6, American Crow 50, Black-capped Chickadee 5, White-breasted Nuthatch 3, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, American Robin 30, European Starling 2, Cedar Waxwing 6, Yellow-rumped Warbler 2, Song Sparrow 4, Swamp Sparrow 2, Dark-eyed Junco 1, Northern Cardinal 6, Red-winged Blackbird 24, Rusty Blackbird 3, Common Grackle 13, American Goldfinch 1

27 espèces: Bernache du Canada 55, Canard branchu 9, Canard colvert 27  Grèbe à bec bigarré 8, Grand. Héron 2. Faucon émerillon 1, Goéland à bec cerclé 2, Pic mineur 1, Pic chevelu 1, Grand Pic 1, Geai bleu 6, Corneille d'Amérique 50, Mésange à tête noire 5, Sittelle à poitrine blanche 3, Roitelet à couronne rubis 1, Merle d'Amérique 30 , Étourneau sansonnet 2, Jaseur d'Amérique 6, Paruline à croupion jaune 2, Bruant chanteur 4, Bruant des marais 2, Junco ardoisé 1, Cardinal rouge 6, Carouge à épaulettes 24, Quiscale rouilleux 3, Quiscale bronzé 13, Chardonneret jaune 1

A better result than I expected, with a bonus: Bird-of-the day: a young Great Blue Heron swimming on the marsh like a swan. In fact the bird was walking in the shallows with water up to the belly, it just seemed to be swimming. - Felix Hilton

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