Killdeer - l at Southport on Apr. 7 (DK), pair at Wood Islands on Apr. 12 (DCS) nest with 4 eggs in Wheatley River on Apr. 27 (AH), 1 at Pleasant View at Black Pond on May 15 (BI); Greater Yellowlegs - 2 at Tryon Marsh on Apr. 27 (EMa), 10 at PEI National Park on May 1 (EMa), 2 on owl surveys at Strathgartney to South Melville on May 1 (DO, FdB, DCS), 6 at North Cape on May 3 (LH), at Mount Stewart on May 6 (DC&ES), few at Brackley on May 10 (EMa), numerous at National Park on May 16 (DC&ES); Lesser Yellowlegs - 2 at Mt. Stewart marsh on May 9 (DCS), l at Brackley on May 10 (EMa), 2 at Cornwall Pond on May 15 (EMa), 4 at National Park on May 16 & ~30 on Brackley mudflats on May 22 (DC&ES); Willet - at Brackley Beach on May 9 (DCS), 2 at Mt. Stewart marsh on May 9 (DCS), many at Brackley on May 10 (EMa), 5 at Tignish on May 17 (JBl); Spotted Sandpiper - 4 at Brackley on May 16 & on May 19 (DC&ES); Upland Sandpiper - 2 at Charlottetown airport on May 10 (DO, DCS), at East Wiltshire on Rte 235 on May 15 (EMa); Ruddy Turnstone - at Covehead on May 22 (DC&ES); White-rumped Sandpiper - at Covehead on May 22 (DC&ES); Pectoral Sandpiper - 2 at Mount Stewart on May 6 (DC&ES); Dunlin - in partial breeding plumage on May 15 at Borden (EMa); Short-billed Dowitcher - at Brackley Marsh on May 19 (DC&ES); Wilson's Snipe - 1 winnowing at Mount Stewart on Apr. 13 (DO, DCS); American Woodcock - 1 in Summerside garden on Apr. 2 (LH), 3 on owl surveys at Strathgartney to South Melville on May 1 (DO, FdB, DCS); Thayer's Gull - 1 at Victoria on Feb. 26 (DCS); Ring-billed Gull - 1 at Souris Causeway & 1 at Cardigan Bridge on Mar. 30 (DO), numerous in flooded fields in early Apr. in Bunbury, Johnston's River (JDM); Iceland Gull - at Stratford Lagoon on May 14 (EMa); Kumlien's Iceland Gull - at Victoria Park on Mar. 11 (DCS, DO); Ivory Gull - 1 in lst winter plumage at East Point on Apr. 17 (RC); Bonaparte's Gull - 2 at St. Peter‘s on Apr. 23 (DO), at Bubbling Springs trail on May 14 (LH); Glaucous Gull - 9 at East Point on Apr. 30 (DK), several at Stratford Lagoon on May 14 (EMa); Black-tailed Gull - RC reported a bird that seemed to be an adult of this species at Dalvay along the shore line on Apr. 25 (RC); Caspian Tern - l at Warren Grove on Apr. 24 (EMa), 3 at Mount Stewart at Hillsborough River near lagoon on Apr. 29 (DO, BPi); Common Tern - first reported back at Hillsborough River bridge piers on May 1 (DO), 3 at Hillsborough Bridge on May 3 (JDM); Arctic Tern - 1 at Covehead Harbour on May 12 (DCS); Black Guillemot - 1 at Souris Bridge on Jan. 18 (DO), 1 at East Point on Apr. 14 (E&CMa), l at Rice Point on Apr. 27 (EMa), 5 at North Cape on May 3 (LH); Atlantic Puffin - 1 at East Point on May 14 (RC); Mourning Dove - 2 at Stanhope feeder on Mar. 26 (F&JC), pair mated in oak tree in Donagh on Mar. 27 (JDM), 3 at Donagh feeders on Apr. 10 (JDM); Great-horned Owl - 1 at Mount Stewart on Apr. 13 (DO, DCS), 10 on Owl Survey Route 24 (Vernon River to Baldwin's Road) on Apr. 17 (DCS, DO); Snowy Owl - on the breakwater at North Rustico on May 24 (TG) & May 25 to 28 (DK, DCS, DO); Barred Owl - on Owl Survey Route 24 (Vernon River to Baldwin's Road) on Apr. 17 (DCS, DO), 5 on owl surveys at Strathgartney to South Melville on May 1 (DO, FdB, DCS), 2 at Vernon River on May 24 (DK); Long-eared Owl - 1 at Mount Stewart from Mar. 30 to Apr. 1 (PS); Short- eared Owl - at Robinson's over past week On May 14 (LT via DCS); Northern Saw-whet Owl - l at Valleyfield on Apr. 13 (DO, DCS), 3 on Owl Survey Route 24 (Vernon River to Baldwin's Road) on Apr. 17 (DCS, DO); Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male at Cape Egmont on May 7 (F&GM), male on May 8 at Brooklyn (WC), first male of season at New Dominion feeder on May 12 (EMa), back at Bonshaw on May 15 (WG), male back at Crossroads on May 15 [with the first last year at this site on May 17](DO), l at Tignish feeder on May 15 (1B1), male back in South Melville on May 16 (RA); Belted Kingfisher — l at Mount Stewart on Apr. 14 (DK, JBl, ASt), 2 at Cavendish on Apr. 18 (JBl, SCI), 1 on the power line at Albany on Apr. 21 (BH), 2 calling and displaying at Donagh on May 12 (JDM); Red-bellied Woodpecker - l at Tryon Point Road on May 25 for past week (BHo) & on May 25 to 28 (DK, DCS, DO); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - drunnning up a storm at Macphail's Woods on Apr. 29 (DCS), at New Dominion feeder on May 12 (EMa); Downy Woodpecker - 1 displaying the gliding aspect of flight (looks more like a wrapped flying sausage) at Emerald on Feb. 24 (SMa, DF, ML), 1 female at Stanhope feeder on Mar. 26 (F&JC), 9 males & females at Egmont Bay on May 7 (F&GM), at Victoria Park in Charlottetown on May 14 (EMa); Hairy Woodpecker - 1 at Donagh feeder on Apr. 15 (JDM); Black-backed Woodpecker - female at Baltic on May 14 (RC); Northern Flicker -l at Charlottetown feeder on Apr. 15 (SCI), 2 at Tea Hill feeders on Apr. 21 (FdB); Pileated Woodpecker - one calling at Valley on Apr. 26 (GS&MC); Alder Flycatcher - at Cavendish on May 23 (DC&ES); Least Flycatcher - on May 20 (DCS); Eastern Phoebe - l at Wright's Creek on Apr. 29 (DO, DCS); Eastern Kingbird - at Cornwall Pond on May 21 (EMa); Northern Shrike - 1 at Kinkora on Mar. 29 (SMa), 1 at Greenwich on Apr. 24 (EMa); Blue-headed Vireo - l at Brackley Beach on May 9 (DCS), first of season at Brudenell Park on May 9 (SSi), 1 at Robinson's Island on May 10 (EMa); Red-eyed Vireo - in northeastern PEI on May 19 (DO, DCS); Gray Jay - 2 at Cable Head West on Mar. 14 (W&SFo); American Crow - first week of Apr. crows in various areas carrying nesting material (DO), dead crow at Vernon River on May 2 (DK); Common Raven - picking up sticks and roots on Apr. 5 at Valley (GS); Horned Lark — 35 near Kensington in field

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