Friday, April 17, 2026

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

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