Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac

SITE INFORMATION

SITUATION

The Observatoire d’oiseaux de Tadoussac (OOT) is situated 300 km northeast of Québec City at Tadoussac (Québec, Canada) within the limits of the Parc national du Saguenay (sector Baie du Moulin-à-Baude). The observation and ringing of migrating birds is done from a marine terrace also known as the Dunes of Tadoussac. The terrace, which is just downstream from the mouth of the Saguenay Fjord, is 60 metres above sea level and overlooks the marine estuary of the St. Lawrence. The site is characterized by a subpolar and subhumide continental climate (mean annual temperature 2.5ºC, mean annual precipitation 900-1000 mm)^* and falls within the balsam fir-yellow birch bioclimatic region.

Geographic coordinates: 48˚09’ N, 69˚40’ W.

BIOCLIMATIC REGIONS COVERED

The birds recorded from mid-August up until the end of November originate from the following bioclimatic regions: the Arctic, the taiga, the Boreal forest, the maritime estuary of the St. Lawrence and the northern limit of the mixed forest.

BIRD SPECIES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST

Species in danger

Golden Eagle
Peregrine Falcon (tundrius) ^1,2
Bald Eagle ²

Abundant species

Common Eider ^1,2 Black-legged Kittiwake ^1,2 Herring Gull ^1,2 Northern Goshawk ^1,2 Sharp-shinned Hawk ¹ Red-tailed Hawk ¹ Rough-legged Hawk ¹ Northern Harrier ² Osprey ¹ American Kestrel ¹	Merlin ¹ Northern Saw-whet Owl Boreal Owl American Three-toed Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker ² Horned Lark ² Swainson's Thrush Boreal Chickadee ² American Pipit Cedar Waxwing	Palm Warbler ² Yellow-rumped Warbler Magnolia Warbler Fox Sparrow Rusty Blackbird ² White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Purple Finch Pine Grosbeak ² Pine Siskin
1) Priority species IBA-Tadoussac, 2) Priority species NABCI-Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs) 13 & 14 *Robitaille, A & JP Saucier 1998 Paysages régionaux du Québec méridional

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