respectively.

An additional species was recorded in the Hillsborough

Count with the sighting of a Belted Kingfisher in the three day count

period on either side of the count day.

recorded 71 species and a total of 25616 birds.

The reports for each area are provided below.

Observations

Northern Gannet Great Blue Heron Canada Geese Mallard Black/Mallard Hybrid Black Duck Northem Pintail Green-winged Teal Ducks UID

Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye

Oldsquaw White-winged Scoter

Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Northem Goshawk Sharp-shinned Hawk

Red-tailed Haw Rough—legged Hawk Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier Rufied Grouse Ring-necked Pheasant Gray Partridge Glaucous Gull

Iceland Gull

Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Bonaparte's Gull

Gull spp.

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Belted Kingfisher Northem Flicker

Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker

Horned Lark

Gray Jay

Blue Jay

Common Raven American Crow Black—capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper American Robin Golden-crowned Kinglet

Number in Count Area National Park H Montague Dec. 20. 1997 Dec.27. 1997 Jan. 3. 1998 1 3 1 2 4 1098 83 5 5 82 15 1 219 996 508 1 1 5 4 41 8 263 297 554 1 1 2 11 233 6 1 49 415 630 1 1 31 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 4 4 13 1 1 3 6 5 6 1 21 6 7 5 1 1 1 14 1 132 403 87 172 376 888 1 2 2 4 4 8 98 191 291 10 4o 39 8 4 2 3 1 9 6 4 14 21 2 50 50 3 1 184 310 393 53 17 78 864 1014 895 185 288 388 14 7 7 2 24 11 16 1 2 63 119 424 6 3 9

Total

N AM-fibm—Aw-t

.5

Vgsr

39

100 4 887 148 2773 861 28 2 51 3 606 16

Observations

Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing European Starling House Sparrow Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Evening Grosbeak Purple Finch Pine Grosbeak Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch White-winged Crossbill Dark-eyed (Northern) Junco American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Song Sparrow Sparrow spp Snow Bunting Total Birds Total Species Count Period Species Date: Participants: Field Feeders

Mammals: Red Squirrel Seals Walked: Km

Hours Driven: Km

Hours Earliest Start

Latest Ending

Total Party Hours

Quling Hours

CMling Kilometers

Snow Cover - aver. cm. Salt Water Bays - % frozen Salt Water - % frozen Fresh Water - % frozen Weather.

Bright Sunshine (hrs) Precipitation

Cloud %

Temperature C.

Wind Speed - aver km/hr Preval. wind direction Max. Wind Speed

Max. Wind Prev. Dir.

In total, the three counts

Number in Count Area

National Park Hillsborough Montague Total Dec. 20. 1997 Dec.27. 1997 Jan. 3. 1995 12 402 251 665 34 93 317 444 679 5128 1055 6862 113 150 89 352 2 2 3 3 48 211 259 1 1 32 1 35 68 474 71 442 987 1 1 95 152 420 667 4 4 2 10 53 98 291 442 4 5 20 29 1 1 1 4 4 9 1 9 6 ‘16 22 238 260 264 59 217 540 5314 11024 9278 25616 50 53 62 71 Dec. 20/97 Dec. 27/97 Jan. 3/98 - 19 21 34 ‘ 74 2 11 23 36 2 15 0 3 13.4 22.3 39.3 75 8.9 14.6 23.5 481.6 335.1 506.9 1323.60 266 28.1 54.70 710 725 1635 1652 35.5 42.7 52.5 130.70 0 O 0 0 O 0 2 4 80 75 o 25 80 95 2 o 1.6 1 .0 Drizzle variable 100 100 ~67 -0.7 0t03 16 15.7 WNW SW 22 28 WNW WSW

A special thanks to Ruth Richman and Gary Schneider who compiled the Montague Counts and to Maurice Roy of the PEI National Park who

provided the Dalvay Interpretive Centre and stoked the fire for the Graeme & Molly

potluck!

Armstrong; Ron Arvidson; Bradley; David Burgoyne;

Thanks also to the many participants, namely: Gwen Beck; Bill Bowerbank; Mary & Fred Pat and Cathy Chan; Donna Collings; Fred

Connolly; Ray Cooke; Rosemary Curley; Wanda Curley; Eleanor & Emery Downing; Liz Driscoll; Jesse Francis; Chris & Blair Fraser; Janet Fraser; Don & Jane Harris; David & Dude Holman; Ben Hoteling; Sandra