BIRD REPORT

Common Loon - 3 at Rustico Island on May 16 (WEC); 1 at Enmore on June 4 (UPEI).

Red-throated Loon - 1 oiled individual on Brackley Beach on May 23 (LK, NBL).

Pied—billed Grebe - 1 at Dalvay on May 3 (AD); 1 courting pair in John Archie's Pond in Stanhope on May 16 (WEC); 2 at a nest on John Archie's Pond on May 29 (JM).

Northern Gannet — 2 ad at Dalvay on Apr. 25 (WEC).

Great Blue Heron - 1 at Ellen's Creek on Apr. 11 (MW); 1 at Indian River on Apr. 16 (TC).

American Bittern - 1 in Enmore on May 21 (UPEI).

Canada Goose _ 28 at Indian River on Mar. 17 and many more by May 9 (TC); 4 ad + 12 goslings at Cavendish on June 5 (TC).

Brant — 61 at Covehead Harbour and 5 at Rustico Island on Apr. 25 (WEC); 30 at St. Catherine's on May 22 (BK); 125 at Covehead Harbour on May 29 (WEC,EK).

Snow Goose - l at Middleton on Apr. 4 (GJ).

Black Duck — 2 at Donagh on Apr. 7 (JDM); 91 at Rustico Island and 18 at Covehead Harbour on Apr. 25 (WEC); 1 pr at Indian River on May 9 (TC).

Gadwall - 1 pr at Indian River on May 29 (TC).

Pintail — 12 at Stanhope on Apr. 9 (AD); 1 pr at Brackley Beach on May 16 (WEC). Blue-winged Teal ~ 3 pr at Indian River on Apr. 29 and 2 pr there on June 7 (TC). American Wigeon - 1 pr in Indian River on May 5 and June 7 (TC).

Ring-necked Duck — i m in Dalvay Pond on Apr. 25 (WEC).

Common Goldeneye — 1 pr at Rustico Island on Apr. 25 (WEC).

Oldsquaw - 1 at Stanhope on Apr. 9 (AD).

Common Eider — 1 at Hillsborough Bridge on Apr. 22 (JDM) and 1 there on Apr. 26 (MLM, RLD) .

Red—breasted Merganser — 8 pr at Covehead Bay and 16 at Rustico Island on Apr. 25 (WEC); 100 in Rustico Bay and 4 in Covehead Bridge Pond on May 16 (WEC).

Goshawk — l in Valleyfield on Apr. 27 (UPEI). Cooper's Hawk — 1 possible m just west of St. Ann's on May 15 (GGH). Red-tailed Hawk - l in Indian River on Apr. 6 (TC).

Marsh Hawk - 2 at Brackley Beach on Apr. 9 (AD); 1 at Milltown Cross on Apr. 29 (WEC); 1 each at Millview and Alberry Plains on May 5 (LA); 1 at Valleyfield on May 5 (UPEI); m at Milltown Cross on May 11 and l at Brackley Beach on May 16 (WEC).

Osprey — 1 at Murray River on Apr. 21 (BN); 1 at Rustico Island on Apr. 25 (WEC); 1 at Bonshaw on May 4 (TB); 1 at Valleyfield on May 5 (UPEI); 1 pr nesting on top of a-12 m high dead tree at Indian River on May 9 and f still incubating on June

7 (TC).

Peregrine Falcon - 1 ad at Brackley Beach on May 14 and 15 (PM, BM, PD, et 31:)