‘Quiet Place’ in NDG, July 7, 2024

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
(juvenile)

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
(juvenile)

The rare NDG Treehog

Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax

Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes

European Common Blue Polyommatus icarus

  Seventeen species in 90 minutes, in the leafy land of spider-webs-in-your-mouth.

  Loads of young birds were out and about, monitored by watchful adults – notably Chipping and Song Sparrows, American Crows, White-breasted Nuthatches, Black-capped Chickadees, and American Robins.

  Still a lone Eastern Phoebe hanging around in the area of a failed nest.

  I was surprised to see a Groundhog chilling in a tree, but then again, they’re basically big lumpy squirrels, so why not?

Mont-Saint-Bruno, July 2, 2024

Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus

Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus

Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 

White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullates

Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor

White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus

American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa

Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta

Six-spotted Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata

A hiker was killed by a falling tree on
this trail last week

-Went out for the annual hike of Mont-Saint-Bruno with the Scottsman yesterday, in sweaty hot weather.

-Plenty of biting bugs out.

-Was surprised to hear the burry songs of two Yellow-throated Vireos around a small lake.

-Other highlights included Pied-billed Grebe, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, Veery, Hermit Thrush, and five warbler species (American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler).

-38 bird species in 5 hours.