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12-August |
From Dorval airport to Baie-du-Febvre, small village along the
Saint-Laurent River
and Saint-Pierre Lake |
B&B "Carmen et Gustave" 450 783 6024. A lovely
place ! |
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13-August |
- Baie-du-Febvre,
Saint Pierre Lake ; road to Saint-Vallier
- Saint-Vallier area with Guy Poisson
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B&B Gite de
L'Ardèche 418 884 4177 |
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14-August |
- Road to Cacouna
- Montmagny Batture
- We tried to find the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow without
succes near La-Pocatière
- First visit to Cacouna and we saw our first White Whales
|
Motel Cacouna |
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15-August |
- Second visit to Cacouna
- Road to Saint-Anne-des-Monts
- A stop near Pointe-au-Père
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B&B Saint-Anne-des-Monts |
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16-August |
A lot of rain, Road to
Percé |
Motel Percé |
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17-August |
- Cruise to the Rocher Percé
and Bonaventure Island where there's a big colony of Northern
Gannet. The sea was very rough and we cannot go round the
Island... We landed to the island to visit the Gannet colony.
- Road to Forillon NP
- Stop to the Visitor Center
- Walk to an observatory near the Cap-Bon-Ami
|
Motel to Cap-des-Rosiers |
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18-August |
- Walk to the Anse-au-Griffon. We saw a Porcupine
with a young and we made few good sights of birds. We have excellent
recollections of this place...
- Lunch to Cap-Bon-Ami.
- Return to Percé for a cruise to see Whales. Unfortunatly
it was cancel ! However, there's no whale because of the storm
of yesterday...
- Road to Saint-Anne-des-Monts by Gaspé, Murdochville,
L'Anse-Pleureuse. In the evening we saw a black bear almost on
the road.
|
Motel Saint-Anne-des-Monts |
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19-August |
Walk to the Mont Jacque
Cartier : the weather was very beautiful but the wind was
very strong to the summit (as usually). We made some beautiful
observations of the Woodland
Caribou of this region: there's only 150 animals today (After
a long decline, the population is stable for 5 years now). We
also saw 2 American Golden Plovers to the summit! |
Hostel of the Mont Albert (Gaspesia Park) |
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20-August |
- Walk to the "lac des Américains"
- Road to the "Lac Cascapédia". Lunch at the
start of the Moose track. It's a lovely place but we have only
fifteen minutes for a walk after the lunch. We must take the
boat at Matane at the end of the afternoon. Just after our start,
we saw a beautiful female of Moose.
- Boat between Matane Baie-Comeau : we saw almost nothing until
the harbour of Baie-Comeau where we observe a Piked
Whale!
|
B&B Au Petit Bonheur Pointe Lebel |
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21-August |
- Pointe-aux-Outardes Park
- Road to Saint-Anne-de-Portneuf
- A small walk to the Barre-de-Portneuf in the fog and the
rain !
- A small visit of the forest
|
B&B La Nichée
: A lovely place : don't miss it ! |
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22-August |
- Cruise for the Whales. We were in the fog at the beginning
(it rain all the night). A first stop where whales were present
the previous day gave nothing. A little farther, we heard the
breath of a whale at approximately 3km! It was a Blue
Whale. We observed it several times all 10 or 15 minutes.
We also saw a second one and some porpoises.
- If you go near Tadoussac, dont miss this place (only 1h30
in car form Tadoussac). The cruise with "Le Grand Héron"
and the B&B la
Nichée are wonderfull !
- Road and stop to Cap-de-Bon-Désir: we saw few White
Whales, Piked Whales
and porpoises. It's a nice place with good animations.
- Road to Cap-Tourmente
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B&B l'Oie des neiges Cap-Tourmente |
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23-August |
Cap-Tourmente Park
with Gérard Cyr. The biggest day of the trip for birds
species because of big diversity of landscape. Moreover we saw
a Black Bear, a nice Red Fox and a big Frogg
green and yellow! |
B&B l'Oie des neiges Cap-Tourmente |
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24-August |
- Road to Otawa
- Stop to the Provencial Voyageur Park
|
Ottawa |
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25-August |
- We stay with the family
- Visite of the Parlement
|
Ottawa |
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26-August |
- Visit of the Gatineau
Park with Réal Bisson : we saw a small migration of
Warbler with 7 species in one group!
- Small visit to the Outaouais River
- A/R to Montréal
|
Ottawa |
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27-August |
- We stay with the family
|
Ottawa |
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28-August |
Visit of the Gatineau Park.
We met a local birder who help us to identify a big diversity
of Warbler. At the end of day we had seen 13 species of Warbler...
Almost 60 species for this day. |
Ottawa |
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29-August |
Visit of the Gatineau Park
and the Outaouais River. I tried to find the Purple Martin without
success |
Ottawa |
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30-August |
Ottawa, Monréal, Boston, Paris |
France ! |
