Short-eared Owl - 1 atrfillmbtvafie,JmfidsSeptEmber (P&AN) , ~” Ruby-thrdafibdAHNmminggirdégngatgflovehead marsh, Septéhbér“8%(SM, JDM,fBB):

,Mz 1m. lfee min-markitohisepgémb”gm (JTR) it”: r A w Belted Kingfisher {LQNat55tanhope3 SeptemberTB (JDM, SM; BB) "~ : ~ Blue Jay - 3 harvesting hazelnuts at York: September 29;(JTR)”“ ‘ ” I Red—breasted Nuthatch - 3 + singing‘atEBonshaw, September 1¥”(JDM, BGl)

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_ 1 at Rose Valley,'Oqtober-4I(Jnfi; 5c) , 1" I. \' ' Northern Mockingbirda- l eafiiflgnhawtbqrnelberrieseat.{AdjanIRiVer, October‘lgr. (BG, I . A» . j : ,V 3“," . .. _ I, L

Brown Thrasher - 1 at Savage Harbour,”midbseptember (EU) :;“j. if - , f Goldéh-cfideedSKingletfigBlgathu bligg Springs Traili“0ttofien:7 (JDM, SM; RPjggp 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet --6 at Bub ying.Spring Trail, October 7 (SM, JDM,JRPQrsax‘ Water Pipit - 35 at Covehead,marshy'octobErr71(SM)';*42« fi‘fl "’ g 2: L

Black and White Warblen,1 Lfab Brookvale, Afigust‘24 (SM, 39M) 1 7 7'; ”¢un(Q'" Cape May Warbler - 1 at gobbling Springs Thai] (SM, fipM)3.3x* -: ‘t I- .= ~ am Yellow-rumped Warbler - sevenal‘atlSharam‘Point,hmosthf October-(P&AN)

_ 1 at Summerside,:Omtober.2 (JC) ff‘fl~', *;f '_VL«.5.J~ L4 : Black-thnbated Green WarblereJ l;at BrookVaTegmAng t 24’(SM§‘JDM .Vdj.»|xfl ‘:~ 5 Blackburnian Warbler — 1 in white pine plantation, Brookvale‘August-ZQ (SM); Evening Grosbeak - 20 to 30-in spruce hedgerOW‘at York; Séptember 29 (JTR):; Purple Finch - 4 to 6 males, 3 females at SummerSide}KSept; 22 { Got. 3.(JC)

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-'1 at Cherry,Hill marsh, October 1 (JDM)*“< ‘ “ Pine Siskin - 9 in shrubs at Brookvale, August 24 (SM, 30M)fv « fa«§L.a American Goldfinch - 4-males, 3 females, and 1 begging young_at Summerside, all

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. — 2 at Stanhope, October 7 (SM) "“ ’ ’“'~ .»o 1 Dark-eyed Junco -;1 om nest with 4 young, August 24 (JH) -a~' r:- -: . - ;uwz <1. Chipping Sparrow;- with fledglings at Brookvale, Angust’24 (SM, JDM)«1. ’e~.:ns

- 2 at Stanhbpe, October 7 (SM, JDM, RP) _ Nhite-throated Sparrow - at Sharam Point, October 10 (P&Aw) Song Sparrow - 8 at Stanhope, October 7 (SM, JDM, RP)

OTHER NATURAL HISTORY OBSERVATIONS

September 1 - dragonflies and gulls pursing swarms of ants at Brackley (JDM);

September 8 - several red maples on Old Fort Augustus road starting to show Law, red leaves on single branches (JDM) "

September 9 — 4 Atlantic white sided dolphins seen at Red Point on '.¢g;l.

Hillsborough‘River (BB) v' \. 5' L 4 to 6 Atlantic White sided dolphin just‘upriver of the causeway _ causing traffic jam on Hillsborough_Bridge't” =~ 4. , — September‘30 arflandeldpns in flower at Dunstaffnage (AS)“' ”

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October I ‘: Atlantic_white sidéd dolphins seen just below Moant Stewart (MF) October 7 - fresh inky cap mushrooms growing on laWh’in Winsloe (JDM) -~~ October 8 - chipmunk seen feeding on apple at theuDErbche Pond Natural Area October 13 - 3 lupins in flower at Alliston (BB) " ' . a .

Thanks to all those who contributed observations. This iSsue's contributors were: BB - Bill Bowerbank; SC - Sheila'Christie; JCfL Mrs;>Joe Clark; BC — Barb Currie; KD - Keith Davidson; MF A Mark Feehan; BGre Bruce Gillespie; BGl — Bill Glen; JH - James Hughes; SH JISally Hooff; MK - MeikaTKeuneoke; EL - Eleanor Lowe; AM - Arlene McGuigan; AMi_5'Alan MillerngDM»- Dan McAskill;-MM - r ‘ ‘ Margaret Mallett115M'- Scott Makepeaceg Roberta'Palmer; JTR“J John te Raa; AS - Allan Saint; P&Aw - Pat & Ann Wootton. ‘iv 1 v 7‘ I '1’

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