sfrance@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Scott France) (05/28/91)
My wife and I will be visiting Montreal next weekend (May 31-June 5). Can anyone suggest a good birding spot to visit within an hour's drive of the city? Have there been any unusual sightings lately? Thanks. Scott France INTERNET: SFRANCE@SDCC6.UCSD.EDU
rising@zoo.toronto.edu (Jim Rising) (05/30/91)
This is a subject that I know nothing about, but no one else has posted any info to this question. You might try getting ahold of a copy of "A Bird-Finding Guide to Canada," J. C. Finlay (ed.), 1984 (i.e. not really up to date). In Mt. Royal they mention Mount Royal Park & Protestant Cemetary (esp. migration & winter); Westmount Summit Park (spring migrants, mid-April to mid-June). Mont-Tremblant Prov. Park, ca. 145 km n. of Montreal is apparently a good place for eastern warblers, and some boreal species (Black-backed woodpeckers; Boreal Chickadee; Gray Jay). I know none of this from personal experience, but hope that it will be of some help. Enjoy your stay in Canada! -- Name: Jim Rising Mail: Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1 UUCP: uunet!attcan!utzoo!rising BITNET: rising@zoo.utoronto.ca