Parc des Rapides/Cap-St-Jaques - April 14, 2013

The rapids

Parc des Rapides

I actually spotted a fox down by the reeds!

Precarious ice bridge at Cap-Saint-Jaques

Swamp birding

Dan, goose

Canada Goose Branta canadensis

Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia

American Robin Turdus migratorius

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Wood Duck Aix sponsa with Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus

Photog scrum

Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

  Nice and fresh today, good day for what was probably my last Montreal birding session for a while. Spotted 30 species today - best was luxuriant views of a Pileated Woodpecker working on a stump at Cap-St-Jacques. Highlights at Parc des Rapides included American Wigeon, Hooded Merganser, and Song Sparrow mania. A phalanx of photographers were very interested in a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret skulking in the reeds.

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Leaping the ice bridge

  One week til Gageo! :o