WOODCOCK! WOODCOCK!

American Woodcock Scolopax minor

American Woodcock Scolopax minor

Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula

Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus

Yep, totally not creepy

  It was quite windy this morning, with not much movement in evidence. Things were looking down, until...WOODCOCK!

Westmount Summit + (both cemeteries), May 2, 2017
Mallard-2 circling in front of the Oratory
Turkey Vulture-(1)
Merlin-1 in NDG
Peregrine Falcon-(1 in the U de M 'box')
American Woodcock-(2 in Mount Royal Cemetery)
Downy Woodpecker-3
Hairy Woodpecker-(1 heard)
Northern Flicker-1 (1)
Pileated Woodpecker-(1)
Blue-headed Vireo-2 (1)
American Crow-3 (5)
Common Raven-(1)
Black-capped Chickadee-6+ (5)
White-breasted Nuthatch-1 (2)
Winter Wren-(1 on the slope above the cannons)
Golden-crowned Kinglet-(1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-6+ (10+)
Eastern Bluebird-(3)
American Robin-2 (4)
Nashville Warbler-(1)
(Western) Palm Warbler-(1)
Northern Cardinal-2 (3)
Chipping Sparrow-3 (30+)
Song Sparrow-1 (4)
White-throated Sparrow-5 (20+)
Dark-eyed Junco-2 (12+)
American Goldfinch-1 heard (4+)
House Finch-1 a few blocks south of the Summit