Holiday reds and orange

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis

House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

American Robin Turdus migratorius

Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis

Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis attended by
American Crows Corvus brachyrhynchos

Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor

Mount-Royal Cemetery, December 21, 2022

  Went for a brief bimble in the cem, and refilled the feeders while George is out of town. What to report? Sixteen species encountered in two hours, mostly concentrated around the feeders. Bucket loads of House Finch (at least 35). Nice to see the Red-bellied Woodpecker out and about. A Red-tailed Hawk was being annoyed by a dozen or so American Crows. No sign of the Wood Thrush.

What else? Getting cold up there. Panic on the streets! ONCEINAGENERATIONBOMBCYCLONE!! It’s winter.

Christmas Bird Count 2022

Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

  Did the CBC with Dan this year at Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery. The whole thing was almost called off because of snow…in December…in Montreal. People are kinda losing their minds over regularly scheduled snow - ‘extreme weather alert!’ I think it’s extreme that the first major snowfall comes on December 17th. Ah well.

  Overall it was decidedly quiet in the less glamorous of the two cems, with most activity confined to the little woods in the southeast of the cemetery. The thick layer of snow gave the whole affair a very Tim Burton-y feel.

Downy Woodpecker: 2

Northern Flicker: 1

American Crow: 18 (+3 in UdeM)

Common Raven: 1

Black-capped Chickadee: 17 (+2 in UdeM)

White-breasted Nuthatch: 4

American Goldfinch: 11 (+3 in UdeM)