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                                                           Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) Results

                                                                                                                                    submitted by Christine Trudeau Brunet
 

Audubon' s 118th annual Christmas Bird Count period ran from December 14 to January 5th

There are 3 local CBC and here are the dates they took place:

                                                                     Vankleek Hill CBC - December 17, 2017

                                                             Alfred-Montebello CBC - December 26, 2017

                                                               Casselman-Larose Forest - January 2, 2018


To view the 3 CBC circles, go to the following link: 

https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zqKmUR0yZG5w.kzDsqU9eNzOI

Here are the results and highlights of each local count.



                                            Vankleek Hill Christmas Bird Count Results

This year was the 40th anniversary of the Vankleek Hill and District Nature Society and by the same token the 40th for the Vankleek Hill Christmas Bird Count.
The count was on December 17, 2017 where 21 field participants and 49 feeder watchers tallied 46 species and 5655 individual birds.  This was surprising because bird visits to feeders in November and December were uncharacteristically low. It was quite discouraging at times!!!
 
Compared to the 40-year average of 41.1 species and 5653 individual birds this year was quite good and a few records were surpassed.  Since no new species were found on this count the cumulative number remains at 99.
 
Record Highs   (previous high in parenthesis)
Mallard 312  (288 in 2011)
Wild Turkey 521   (361 in 2014)
Common Raven  39   (23 in 2014)
Red-breasted Nuthatch   23   (16 in 2012)
 
Tied High
Brown Creeper   4  (2006)
 
I'd like to thank the following field participants: 
Sheldon Harvey with Wayne Grubert
Lesley Ann Howes with Ria Quick, Christine Southgate and Finn Southgate
Bill Radix with Barry Proudfoot, Alistair MacDonald and Leslie Dandy
Thérèse Bélanger-Dunsmore with Frances Fraser, Joëlle Claudon and Elaine Kennedy  
Jonathan France with Hermann Frouin   
Jacques Bouvier with Christine Trudeau Brunet, Lance Laviolette and Dick Moore
 
Many thanks to the following feeder watchers:
Peter Wass, Evelyn Jean-Louis, Dawn Jean-Louis, Alice MacLaurin, Michelle Paquette, Katrine Stewart, Stella Howes, Shirley Howes, Ted Nelson, Audrey Nelson, Kathy Nelson, Anita Regan, Lynda Bennett, Heather Meyer, Anne MacGillivray, Nicole St Pierre, Rose-Marie Deley, Ian McLennan, Nick Thomas, Joan Rigby, Défrid Théoret, Louise Seguin, Phyllis Nobel, Eric Northrup, Margaret Northrup, Valerie Fraser, Rosalind Charest, Margaret Dupelle, Laurier Dupelle, Mary Higginson, Gordon Higginson, Anna Hausermann, Rodolphe Hausermann, Dennis King, Louise King, Lucia Trommer, Armin Trommer, Pat Demers, Jean-Jacques Demers, Jackie Craig, Maurice Landry, Lise Landry and guest, Gaston Cadieux, Louise Montminy, Jean Hodgson, Peter Hodgson, Penny Kallio, Ron Kallio, Leslie Ann Shane and Peter Szwec.
 
 
The Audubon Christmas Bird Count Report for Vankleek Hill can be viewed at the following link:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=31b88829de&view=att&th=1619f52ec6d64e95&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw
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                                              Alfred - Montebello Christmas Bird Count Results

The 11th edition of the Alfred-Montebello Christmas Bird Count took place on December 26th, 2017.  There were 14 field participants and 3 feeder watchers.  A total of 37 species and 4296 individual birds were tallied.  The 11-year average is 40.5 for species and 4778 for individuals. 
Mute Swan (1) and Red Crossbill (1) were 2 new species bringing this count’s circle cumulative total to 80.
 
Record Highs (previous high in parenthesis)
Blue Jay  290   (289 in 2013)
Horned Lark   140   (113 in 2010)
Red-breasted Nuthatch  56   (53 in 2015)
White-breasted Nuthatch   63   (52 in 2015)
Brown Creeper  13   (8 in 2008)
American Tree Sparrow   213  (196 in 2011)
Dark-eyed Junco    305  (243 in 2016)
Pine Grosbeak   40  (33 in 2008)
Pine Siskin  103   (44 in 2008)
 
Tied High
Common Grackle   1  (2009 & 2016)
 
I'd like to thank the following field participants:
Pascal Samson avec Joël Lalonde, Claude Martineau et Alain P. Tremblay
Frédéric Bédard avec Edgar Prud'homme
Jacques Rochon avec Ann Rochon
Christian Renault with Bill Greaves
Jacques Bouvier avec Christine Trudeau Brunet
Gerhard Bruins avec Madeleine Lemieux
 
Many thanks to the following feeder watchers:
 
Hélène Carrière, Royal Cadieux et Michèle Stringer
 
 The Audubon Christmas Bird Count Report for Alfred - Montebello can be viewed at the following link:

 
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                                 Casselman - Larose Forest Christmas Bird Count Results




The Casselman-Forêt Larose Christmas Bird Count took place on January 2, 2018.  There were 20 field participants and 3 feeder watchers.  A total of 40 species and 5151 individual birds were tallied.  All-time averages are 44.5 for species and 5973 for individuals.  
No new species were encountered in this count thus the cumulative number of species remains at 78.

Record Highs (previous high in parenthesis)
Red-tailed Hawk    13   (12 in 2010 & 2016)
Dark-eyed Junco   414   (406 in 2015)

Tied results:
Bald Eagle 9   (2016)
Common Crackle   1 (2007, 2012, 2015, 2016)   

I'd like to thank the following field participants:
Sheldon Harvey with Wayne Grubert
Lynn Overden with Diane Lepage
Gordon McArthur with Stew Hamill
Christian Renault et André Renault
Mark Gawn and  Tom Hanrahan
Christine Trudeau et Jacques Bouvier
Jacques Rochon, Ann Rochon et Jean-Guy Bisson
Kyle Bertrand et Dave Bertrand
Sue Lumdsen and Tim Brophy
​Jon Ruddy
Many thanks to the following feeder watchers:
Ghislaine Rozon, André Paris and Steve Bradley

The Audubon Christmas Bird Count Report for Casselman - Larose Forest can be viewed at the following link:

Results of the May 23-24 2015 Bill Pilon Memorial Spring Bird Count
submitted by Christine Trudeau Brunet

 

Eleven birders participated in our annual Bill Pilon Memorial Spring Bird Count.  

Despite the unfavourable weather our combined efforts produced a total of 144 species.  Windy conditions made hearing difficult and even on the Alfred Lagoons` observation tower, it was sure hard to observe through the telescopes!!!

Two teams added a new species to the count.  The Yellow-throated Vireo was observed by Jonathan, Jacques and I.

Interestingly this weekend seemed to be peak migration for Tennessee Warblers.  During the 2-day period Jacques and I happened to hear 8 of them.

The following expected species could not be found, Gray Partridge, Upland Sandpiper, Chimney Swift, Horned Lark, Pileated Woodpecker, and Cedar Waxwing.
 

Bill Radix with Défrid Théoret tallied 62 species in the day that they were able to participate.  They are the only team who located a White-rumped Sandpiper. 

 
Thérèse Bélanger-Dunsmore with Frances Fraser, and Joelle Claudon travelled together while Nicole St-Pierre and Louise Leblanc-Mazur noted species from their yards.  Their combined efforts produced a total of 74 species.  Noteworthy species include Merlin, Great Horned Owl (Nicole St-Pierre), Black-billed Cuckoo, Barred Owl, and Field Sparrow.

 
Jonathan France found a total of 81 species of which Greater Yellowlegs and  Bay-breasted Warbler were unique to the count.

 
Lance and Andrée Laviolette tallied 112 species and they contributed the only Red-shouldered Hawk, Blue-winged Teal, Short-billed Dowitcher, Black Tern, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Blackburnian Warbler, and Canada Warbler,

 
Christine Trudeau Brunet with Jacques Bouvier tallied 122 species of which White-winged Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Sora, Whip-poor-will, Hermit Thrush, Vesper Sparrow, House Finch, and Pine Siskin were unique to the count.

 

As mentioned above, our combined efforts produced 144 SPECIES

 Thanks to all who participated!!!!!

 Here is the final tally:

Pied-billed Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night- Heron, Turkey Vulture, Snow Goose, Canada Goose, Brant, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Redhead, Lesser Scaup, White-winger Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser,  Ruddy Duck, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin,  Peregrine Falcon, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey, Virginia Rail, Sora, Common Gallinule, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Spotted Sandpiper,  Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Dunlin, Short-billed Dowitcher, Wilson`s Snipe, American Woodcock, Wilson`s Phalarope, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Tern, Black Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Black-billed Cuckoo, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Whip-poor-will, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Wood Pewee,  Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher,  Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Marsh Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Pine Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Black and White Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Canada Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, White-tdcrowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, House Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, and House Sparrow.

Alfred Sewage Lagoons Outing on July 14, 2015
Submitted by Christine Trudeau Brunet

 

Participants included Jacques Bouvier, Bill Radix, Rhéal Sarrazin, Michelle Stringer and Dave Stringer and Christine Trudeau Brunet

Total Species - 14
Canada Goose (1), Wood Duck (5), American Widgeon (2), American Black Duck (4), Mallard (60 – several families), Northern Shoveler (2), Northern Pintail (1 Ad with 3 Fledged young), Redhead (14), Lesser Scaup (1), Ruddy Duck (11), Pied-billed Grebe (1), Common Gallinule (1), American Coot (1), Spotted Sandpiper (1).

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