Saturday, October 19, 2019

Every D’You down in D’Youville


Lovely

Tiny Montreal on the horizon

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
(actually showing a hint of that seldom-seen red belly)
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolour
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
American Black Duck Anas rubripes
Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
  Lovely as always at Marguerite-D’Youville yesterday, in spite of…no…because of, the gloomy skies and powerful winds. Those winds were flesh-flayingly intense at times on the west side. Overall very birdy, I thought, given the weather and time of year, with 36 species logged in five hours.
  Notable birds included good looks at the “D’youville specials” (Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Harrier, Tufted Titmouse, and Swamp Sparrow), and distant looks at some pelagic species such as White-winged Scoter and Horned Grebe (not super fun without a scope…). Five species of sparrows on the day, good times. Ahh, love that place.

Reserve Faunique Marguerite-D’Youville, Île Sainte-Bernard, Châteauguay, October 18, 2019
Pied-billed Grebe-2 at Pont Soeur Louise-LaSource
Horned Grebe-2 off Baie du Nord
Double-crested Cormorant-5
Great Blue Heron-4
Great Egret-4
Canada Goose-12+
Wood Duck-1
Mallard-35+
American Black Duck-6
Green-winged Teal-8+
White-winged Scoter-3 off Pointe Nord
Northern Harrier-1 along Petite digue
Bald Eagle-1
Ring-billed Gull-12+
Red-bellied Woodpecker-2
Downy Woodpecker-10
Hairy Woodpecker-3
Pileated Woodpecker-1
Black-capped Chickadee-15+
Brown Creeper-4
Tufted Titmouse-4-6
White-breasted Nuthatch-10+
Golden-crowned Kinglet-1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-10+
Eastern Bluebird-5
America Robin-1
Cedar Waxwing-2
Yellow-rumped Warbler-4
Northern Cardinal-8+
Chipping Sparrow-3
Song Sparrow-15
Swamp Sparrow-3 or more along Petite digue
White-crowned Sparrow-1 along Petite digue
White-throated Sparrow-20+
Dark-eyed Junco-12+
Common Grackle-1

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