Park Pointe aux Prairies :: Muuuh Wildlife Photography

Park Pointe aux Prairies

Park Pointe-aux-Prairies consists of three sections. There is the largest area, the middle section with ponds and forests and the Chalet de l’Heritage. Then the eastern section connecting the middle area with the river on the east. Finally the western part on the other side of the highway, connecting to the river on the west.

How to Get Here

To visit middle and east section, I take metro line green up to the end station Honore-Beaugrand and then bus line 186, a trip of about an hour. In summer, the western part is not accessible from the other sections and no public transport available. I take the bike and drive along the river on the left. In winter, all three sections are connected. It takes a long walk, though.

What to See Here

In winter, you can see White-tailed deers in this place besides birds like different woodpeckers and hawks. During spring thanks to the different ponds, you can see and hear different frog species. Finally, in summer this park with the different ecosystems like prairies, forest, swamps, ponds and rivers is a place abundant of different species habituating these ecosystems.

Observation Logs

On every park visit, we maintain a log of species spotted and identified. If you maintain a similar list, please consider sharing it with Muuuh Wildlife Photography: Share Logs.

	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter
Park Visits
Visits tracking species	9	2	1	1
Birds
American Crow	1	0	0	0
American Goldfinch	2	0	0	0
American Robin	2	0	0	0
American Yellow Warbler	1	0	0	0
Black-capped Chickadee	4	0	0	0
Black-crowned Night Heron	1	0	0	0
Canada Goose	2	0	0	0
Chipping Sparrow	1	0	0	0
Common Grackle	1	0	0	0
Common Starling	1	0	0	0
Cooper's Hawk	1	0	0	0
Dark-eyed Junco	1	0	0	0
Downy Woodpecker	3	0	0	0
Hairy Woodpecker	4	0	0	0
Mallard	3	0	0	0
Northern Cardinal	3	0	0	0
Northern Flicker	2	0	0	0
Pileated Woodpecker	1	0	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	4	0	0	0
Ring-billed Gull	2	0	0	0
Song Sparrow	4	0	0	0
White-breasted Nuthatch	3	0	0	0
White-throated Sparrow	2	0	0	0
Butterflies
Mourning Cloak	2	0	0	0
Flowers
Coltsfoot	2	0	0	0
Mammals
American Red Squirrel	4	0	0	0
Eastern Grey Squirrel	4	0	0	0
Raccoon	2	0	0	0
White-tailed Deer	3	0	0	1

Times a species has been spotted, identified and logged while visiting this park. A species is reported only once / park visit. Consult the page animal tracking about how we log observations in field. Only species shown which we have logged at least 5 times in the Montreal area.