- 6 at Covehead, August 6 (05, SM) Baird's Sandpiper - 2 at Murray Harbour North, August 6 (SM, 05) - 1 at Covehead Inlet, August 18 (DS) Least Sandpiper - 8 at Ellen's Creek, August 1 (SM, 05) - 25 at Covehead Inlet, August 18 (DS) Semipalmated Sandpiper - 15+ at Blooming Point, July 31 (SM, JDM) - 10 at Covehead Inlet, August 3 (05, SM) - 37 at Murray Harbour North, August 10 (SM, 05) 7g - 60 at Covehead Inlet, August 18 (DS) western Sandpiper - 1 at Covehead Harbour, August 18 (DS) __: _._4§ Sanderling - 11 at Brackley Beach, August 8 (SM, 05) ;m.mmm - 43 at Murray Harbour North, Augsut 10 (SM, 05) Short-billed Dowitcher - 300 at Ellen‘s Creek, July 31 (DS, SM) Marbled Godwit - 1 at Desable with 8 Hudsonian Godwits, August 3 (DS, SM) Hudsonian Godwit - 7 at Brackley Beach, August 7 (SM, DS) - 4 at Summerside, August 19 (DS, JDM) Hilson's Phalarope - 1 at Covehead in tidal pool, August 16 (SM, 05) Great Black-backed Gull - 1 killed and ate an immature, fully grown Herring Gull at Beach Point, August 4 (SM, 05) Bonapartes Gull - 12 at Argyle Shore, July 29 (DG) - 74 at Covehead Inlet, August 7 (SM, DS) - 6 at North Lake, August 9 (A&BS) Little Gull - 1 at Summerside, August 17 (05) Arctic Tern - 1 at Murray Harbour North, August 4 (05, SM) - 4 at Covehead Inlet, August 18 (DS) Caspian Tern - 3 at Covehead Inlet, August 3 (05, SM) - 2 at Desable, August 3 (05, SM) - 12 at Covehead Inlet, August 16 (SM, 05) - 17 at Covehead Harbour, August 23 (SM, JDM) Mourning Doves - 2 seen on August 4th, (DH) Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 carrying food at North Enmore, August 4 (05) Great Horned Owl - 1 at New Zealand, July 20 (DH) Long-eared Owl - 1 drinking from puddle, Cedar Dunes Park, August 19 (DH) Common Nighthawk - several seen at Cedar Dunes Provincial Park, August 19 (DH) Eastern Kingbird - 1 at Hest Point, August 20 (DH) Hillow Flycatcher - 1 at East Baltic, July 27 (DH) - 1 at Union Corner, August 7 (MS) American Crow - approximately 1,500 roosting at Beach Grove, August 14 (05, SM) Northern Mockingbird - 1 in a maple on lawn in Milo, June 1 (AC) Philadelphia Vireo - 1 adult with 2 fledglings at North Enmore, August 4 (DS) Black & Hhite Harbler - 1 at East Baltic, 18 July (DH) Hilson's Harbler - 1 singing at North Enmore, August 4 (05) Common Grackle - 100 at New Argyle, August 24 (MSc) Purple Finch - 3 males and 2 females at feeder in Hebron, May 7 - 31 (AC) - family nesting at Campbell Cove, July 27 - 31 (DH) Pine Siskin - 20 at feeder in Hebron, May 7 - 31 (AC) - family unit of 12 attending young, July 27 - 31 (DH) - 2 at Beach Grove, August 10 (DS)

Thanks to all those who contributed sightings. This issue's contributors were: AC - Alice Clements; DG - Diane Griffin; MK - Margaret Koren; JDM - Dan McAskill; SM - Scott Makepeace; A&BS - Anne & Bill Stewart; DS - Dwayne Sabine; MS - Mary Smith; MSc - Margaret Scott; DH - Donald Hilkinson.

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