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Northern Oriole - q on May 31st (RC)
Common .Grackle -- mating on side branch in tree at Vernon River on May 8 (JDM)
Rusty Blackbird - 2 observed with grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds on Apr. 24
at York (JtR); 1 seen at Riverton on May 16 (RC)
.Northern Cardinal - 1 male in bush at corner of Brackley marsh on May 31 (MR)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males at Bunbury on May 22 and 1 male and 1 female
on May 26 (SEV); pair nesting at Rocky Point (JB&F)
House Finch - 1 with 11 Purple Finches at Charlottetown feeder (HL)
Pine Grosbeak - 1 on Rattenbury Road in June (TG).
Savannah Sparrow - present at Sherbrooke on May 1 (LH)
Red Crossbill - present at Sharam Point feeder on Apr. 6 (P&AW)
Fox Sparrow - first seen in years at Point Prim feeder (TM); 1. at Winsloe North
on May 11 (G&FP) :
Swamp Sparrow - 3 at Indian ‘River on May 8 (RP,LT)
Song Sparrow - 1 on ground at Charlottetown feeder on Apr. 8 (HL)
Lapland Longspur - large mixed flock of longspurs and Horned Larks at
Sherbrooke on Apr. 29 (LH)
Snow Bunting - pair seen foraging on beach at Cavendish Beach on May 15 ABB)
Older Reports - mockingbirds last year at Centennial Park (JB). 1 Peregrine
Falcon in early October at Lakeside (GK). Very timid Red-winged Blackbird at
Point Prim on Dec. 15, 1 to 5 Song Sparrow from Dec. to Feb., and 1 to 4 Tree
’ Sparrows in Feb., 1 to 6 American Robins in Feb. and Mar.(TM). Thelma
Murchison, whose name was missed in reporting on the CBCs, contributed feeder
counts to Diane and Kevin Griffin.
Thanks to the following. contributors who provided records for this listing,
namely: BB - Bill Bowerbank; CB - Clair Birch;-DB - Danny. Birt; JB - Janet
Bevan; JB&F - John Burka and Family; MB - Myrtle: Bateman; BC - Barb Currie; EC
- Elwood Clive Coakes; FRC - Rosemary Curley; ‘RC- Ray Cooke; BD - Brad Duplise;
RD - Richard Daury; S&JF - Stephen & Jo-ann Flemming; RG - Rachel Gautreau; TG
- Terry Gauthier; BH - Ben Hoteling; LH - Les Homans; SH - Sheilagh Hunt; HJ -
Harold Jenkins; GK - Gerry Kennific; HL - Hilda Lewis; CM - Christopher Majka;
EM - Evelyn Meader; JDM - Dan McAskill; KM - Kent MacRae; SM - Scott Makepeace;
T - Thelma Murchison; BP - Brenda Penak; BCP - Bruce Pigot; F&GP -. Frank &
Geraldine Peters;.RP - Roberta Palmer; JtR - John te Raa; MR - Maurice Roy; DS
- Dwayne Sabine; AS - Ardeth Smith;°DSo - Doug Sobey; N&SS - Nora & Steve
Stephenson; BT - Bob Thompson; LT - Linda Thomas; NV - Norma Vass; SEV - Stan
Vass; TW - Trevor Wadman; DWo - David Wood;- and P&AW - Pat & Ann Wootton.
Red-bellied Snake report:
; Dr. Doug Sobey sent along a photograph and the following report on two
red-bellied snakes in 1989.
One red-bellied snake corpse was found on the weekend of 5 -6 August,
1989 on a cottage lane cut through the woodland. The snake was found on the
roadway (presumably it had been run over) - about 50 meters north of the
shoreline of the Montague River perhaps a couple of kilometers west of
Brudenell Point.
Later in the same month (about mid-August) the second (and living) snake
was found under bricks as shown in the photograph. I caught it, and after a
brief examination released it. The spot was only about 15 meters from the spot
where the dead snake had.been found.
Common .Grackle -- mating on side branch in tree at Vernon River on May 8 (JDM)
Rusty Blackbird - 2 observed with grackles and Red-winged Blackbirds on Apr. 24
at York (JtR); 1 seen at Riverton on May 16 (RC)
.Northern Cardinal - 1 male in bush at corner of Brackley marsh on May 31 (MR)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males at Bunbury on May 22 and 1 male and 1 female
on May 26 (SEV); pair nesting at Rocky Point (JB&F)
House Finch - 1 with 11 Purple Finches at Charlottetown feeder (HL)
Pine Grosbeak - 1 on Rattenbury Road in June (TG).
Savannah Sparrow - present at Sherbrooke on May 1 (LH)
Red Crossbill - present at Sharam Point feeder on Apr. 6 (P&AW)
Fox Sparrow - first seen in years at Point Prim feeder (TM); 1. at Winsloe North
on May 11 (G&FP) :
Swamp Sparrow - 3 at Indian ‘River on May 8 (RP,LT)
Song Sparrow - 1 on ground at Charlottetown feeder on Apr. 8 (HL)
Lapland Longspur - large mixed flock of longspurs and Horned Larks at
Sherbrooke on Apr. 29 (LH)
Snow Bunting - pair seen foraging on beach at Cavendish Beach on May 15 ABB)
Older Reports - mockingbirds last year at Centennial Park (JB). 1 Peregrine
Falcon in early October at Lakeside (GK). Very timid Red-winged Blackbird at
Point Prim on Dec. 15, 1 to 5 Song Sparrow from Dec. to Feb., and 1 to 4 Tree
’ Sparrows in Feb., 1 to 6 American Robins in Feb. and Mar.(TM). Thelma
Murchison, whose name was missed in reporting on the CBCs, contributed feeder
counts to Diane and Kevin Griffin.
Thanks to the following. contributors who provided records for this listing,
namely: BB - Bill Bowerbank; CB - Clair Birch;-DB - Danny. Birt; JB - Janet
Bevan; JB&F - John Burka and Family; MB - Myrtle: Bateman; BC - Barb Currie; EC
- Elwood Clive Coakes; FRC - Rosemary Curley; ‘RC- Ray Cooke; BD - Brad Duplise;
RD - Richard Daury; S&JF - Stephen & Jo-ann Flemming; RG - Rachel Gautreau; TG
- Terry Gauthier; BH - Ben Hoteling; LH - Les Homans; SH - Sheilagh Hunt; HJ -
Harold Jenkins; GK - Gerry Kennific; HL - Hilda Lewis; CM - Christopher Majka;
EM - Evelyn Meader; JDM - Dan McAskill; KM - Kent MacRae; SM - Scott Makepeace;
T - Thelma Murchison; BP - Brenda Penak; BCP - Bruce Pigot; F&GP -. Frank &
Geraldine Peters;.RP - Roberta Palmer; JtR - John te Raa; MR - Maurice Roy; DS
- Dwayne Sabine; AS - Ardeth Smith;°DSo - Doug Sobey; N&SS - Nora & Steve
Stephenson; BT - Bob Thompson; LT - Linda Thomas; NV - Norma Vass; SEV - Stan
Vass; TW - Trevor Wadman; DWo - David Wood;- and P&AW - Pat & Ann Wootton.
Red-bellied Snake report:
; Dr. Doug Sobey sent along a photograph and the following report on two
red-bellied snakes in 1989.
One red-bellied snake corpse was found on the weekend of 5 -6 August,
1989 on a cottage lane cut through the woodland. The snake was found on the
roadway (presumably it had been run over) - about 50 meters north of the
shoreline of the Montague River perhaps a couple of kilometers west of
Brudenell Point.
Later in the same month (about mid-August) the second (and living) snake
was found under bricks as shown in the photograph. I caught it, and after a
brief examination released it. The spot was only about 15 meters from the spot
where the dead snake had.been found.