Yesterday was our annual field trip to Baie du Febvre and this time we had wonderful weather a bit on the cool side, between 3C and 6C. A group of 20 people showed up and the observation began right there at the beginning of rue Janelle with the star attraction two Eurasian Wigeon in bright plumage, second star two Ross Goose swimming in the floode field between Snow Geeses.
We would like to welcome two very recent immigrants to Quebec, less than three months, Agata and Quentin Turbanska, very nice people with all lifers, isn’t that great.
We proceeded along rue Janelle, the two ponds along the road were ice free but containing only a few ducks. Further north a flock of Snow Buntings and Horned Larks. We addes a few species present on the river. We then proceeded to the other observation sites where we added a few more species ending with 53 species.
Snow Geese
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
160,000 Snow Geese
2 Ross Geese
5,000 Canada Geese
3 Wood Duck
30 Gadwall
2 Eurasian Wigeon
30 American Wigeon
20 American Black Duck
50 Mallard
2 Blue-winged Teal
200 Northern Shoveler
50 Northern Pintail
150 Green-winged Teal
6 Redhead
200 Ring-necked Duck
1 Greater Scaup
4 Buffledhead
24 Common Goldeneye
6 Hooded Merganser
10 Common Merganser
4 Pied-bill Grebe
3 Double-crested Cormorant
5 Turkey Vulture
4 Northern Harrier
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
3 Red-tail Hawk
4 Rough-legged Hawk
1 American Kestrel
9 Kildeer
3 Wilson Snipe
100 Ring-bill Gull
3 Greater Black-backed Gull
8 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Blue Jay
12 American Crow
200 Horned Lark
75 Tree Swallow
1 Black-capped Chickadee
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
12 American Robin
12 European Starling
36 American Tree Sparrow
1 Chipping Sparrow
15 Dark-eyed Junco
35 Song Sparrow
4 Swamp Sparrow
70 Snow Bunting
500 Red-winged Blackbird
150 Common Grackle
16 Brown-headed Cowbird
Thanks to everybody a very nice and fun group, see you all on another field trip
Clémence and Jean
