MARITIME BHORBBIRD SURVEYS AT MACCALLUM’B POINT Gisele Martin & Susanne EsSense

Species Date

Au 2 Au 9 Au 19 Se 5 Se 19 0c 10 Semipalmated Plover 10 5 24 28 Black-bellied Plover 2 18 58 46 9 13 Ruddy Turnstone 2 6 6 Willet 22 12 9 Greater Yellowlegs 1 2 2 3 Red Knot 73 1 67 Least Sandpiper 165 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 9 Sanderling 1 85 FALL BIRD COUNT - P.E.I. NATIONAL PARK adapted from

information compiled by Maurice Roy

The first annual Autumn Bird Count was held at the P.E.I. National Park on Saturday, October 8th, 1994. This project was a joint initiative of the Department of Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada and the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island. Four groups participated in the counts for 3 hours each. In total, 59 species were observed. These were: 1 Common Loon; 2 Red- throated Loon; 16 Pied-billed Grebe; 27 Northern Gannet; 11 Great Cormorant; 125 Double-crested Cormorant; 12 Great Blue Heron; 397 Canada Geese; 1 Snow Goose, 8 Mallard; 170 American Black Duck; 8 Northern Pintail; 76 Green-winged Teal; 20 Blue-winged Teal; 161 American Widgeon; 10 Wood Ducks; 22 Ring-necked Ducks; 13 Greater Scaup; 31 Common Goldeneye; 18 Common Eider; 3 White-winged Scoter; 30 Common Merganser; 1 Red-breasted MerganSer; 1 Northern Harrier; 1 Merlin; 5 Semipalmated Plover; 12 Black—bellied Plover; 3 Ruddy Turnstone; 12 Greater Yellowlegs; 9 Lesser Yellowlegs; 1 White- rumped Sandpiper; 6 Dunlin; 40 Semipalmated Sandpiper; 6 Hudsonian Godwit; 2 Sanderling; 16 Greater Black-backed Gulls; 17 Herring Gull; 33 Ring-billed Gull; 19 Bonaparte’s Gull; 25 Common Tern; 2 Caspian Tern; 1 Northern Flicker; 1 Black-backed Woodpecker; 31 American Crow; 1 Common Raven; 13 Blue Jays; 15 Black-capped Chickadees; 6 Boreal. Chickadees; 15 ‘Red-breasted. Nuthatch; 10 American Robin; 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet; 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet; 1 Philadelphia Vireo; 1 Tennessee Warbler; 17 Yellow-rumped Warblers; 3 Savannah Sparrow; 2 Northern Junco; 1 White-throated Sparrow; 3 Song Sparrow.

ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS:

Plants: Dandelions were seen in flower in early Nov. by AS. In Dromore, the leaf colour peaked this year in the last week of

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