Reserve Faunique Marguerite-D’Youville, Île Sainte-Bernard, Châteauguay, April 25, 2026

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus

Wood Duck Aix sponsa

-Sunny, but still cool, and breezy.

-First warbler of the year was a restless Palm Warbler near the entrance.

-Evelyn was thrilled to get her first ever Wood Duck – we had to work for it – constant scanning of the flooded woods.

-Several Rusty Blackbirds in those same woods, with a Brown-headed Cowbird heard nearby.

-Plentiful Tree Swallows were the only hirundines (Hirundines! Hirundines!)

-Bird of the day was on the way out – two Brown Thrashers, one showy, one not so much. Love a Brown Thrasher.

-Mourning Cloaks, Eastern Commas, and Cabbage Whites all out.

-32 species in 2.5 hours.

NDG, April 25

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

-20 species in 90 minutes
-Sunny, gusty, 5 degrees…probably shoulda brought some gloves
-Have to remember to look up again, warbler season (but not today)
-Started slow…ended slower
-A pair of leaf blowers produced ridiculous levels of noise and dust
-3 Hermit Thrush
-A Common Raven on patrol
-The pair of Cooper’s Hawks are setting up their nest again in the same spot
-Ruby-crowned Kinglets still out and noisy
-Several White-throated Sparrows, along with double-digit Chipping Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco
-The suet feeder is gone

Endeejee, April 18

Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii

-11-15 degrees and sunny

-Didn’t spot any warblers, but it felt like they were watching me from afar

-40+ Dark-eyed Juncos

-A lone Red-breasted Nuthatch was notable, only my second for the site

-Several Pine Siskins moving through some woods

-Eastern Phoebes and Song Sparrows are back at the site, and quite vocal

-Decent numbers of American Robins and Northern Flickers working the dirt

-Several Brown Creepers out and about

-10 or so Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and 2 Golden-crowned

-Single White-throated and Chipping Sparrows

-24 species in 90ish minutes

Same April 11, different spot

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolour

Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolour

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus

American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea

Greater Scaup Aythya marila

Great Egret Ardea alba

White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

Reserve Faunique Marguerite-D’Youville, Île Sainte-Bernard, Châteauguay, April 11, 2026

-Temps in the 3-5 degree range

-A blustery (especially on the west side) go-around at lovely Marguerite-D’Youville with Evelyn, who got a huge kick out of hand-feeding birds (Black-capped Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatch and Tufted Titmouse…the Downy Woodpeckers were not feeling it)

-150+ Bohemian Waxwing

-1 American Tree Sparrow

-Local specials were out - Tufted Titmouse and Red-bellied Woodpecker

-Loads of Song Sparrows, as per usual

-3 Great Egrets

-5 Blue-winged Teals

-2 Common Goldeneye

-1 Northern Harrier

-Several vocal Pied-billed Grebes

-2 Greater Scaup

-1 Winter Wren

-35 species in 3 hours

-Martha Black, Coast Guard ice breaker, went past

-Nice to be back, been a while

Cooper’s and Creepers, Cooper’s and Creepers, Cooper’s and Creepers

Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Merlin Falco columbarius

Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Mount Royal Cemetery, April 11

-Sunny, 2 degrees

-30ish species in about three hours

-A satisfying selection of birds that should be in the cemetery on April 11

-A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers appeared to be excavating a nest hole 

-Carpets of Dark-eyed Juncos (300?!)

-Personal first of year birds included Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, and Winter Wren

-A Pine Siskin near the feeders (Good ear, George)

-A pair of Cooper’s Hawks patrolled the high ground.

-Brown Creepers were everywhere (12+)