Leaf colour was declining in Central PEI on Oct. 20 due to leaf loss (JDM). Eastern Larch needles dropped in the 2nd week of November in Donagh (JDM) INSECTS:

Grasshoppers, cabbage butterfly, 4 spot lady beetle, and horsefly were active at Hampton clover field on Oct. 26 (JDM, WFB).

AMPHIBIANS/REPTILES:

A twelve inch long Garter snake was seen at Auburn Demonstration Woodlot on Oct. 21 (LP, RPh, JDM).

MAM MALS:

Red fox sightings were common at dusk and dawn in October in the Charlottetown to Bonshaw travel corridor.

BIRDS: Red-throated Loon - 40 at Argyle Shore on Oct. 1 (JDM), 22 off Black Pond in Peasant View (Prince Co) in mid-Oct. (JBI), 7 off north shore at Covehead on Oct. 14 (DSe), present at Campbell's Provincial Park on Nov. 4 (DSe), 1 between East Point & North Lake on Nov. 5 (DK), present between East Point & North Lake on Nov. 6 (DSe, EMa), 2 males at East Point on Nov. 9 (JDM, RC); Common Loon - 2 off Robinson's island and 2 off Brackley on Oct. 14 (DSe), 1 flying over fields at Sherbrooke on Oct. 24 (JDM, WFB), present at Souris Harbour on Nov. 4 (DSe), 1 between East Point & North Lake on Nov. 5 (DK); Pied-billed Grebe - 1 at East Lake on Nov. 17 to 20 (EVL); Horned Grebe - 1 off Robinson's Island on Oct. 13 & 4 in Rustico Bay on Oct. 14 (DSe); Red-necked Grebe - 2 at Lobster Point near Souris on Nov. 18 (EVL); Northern Gannet - a few flying off-shore at Savage Harbour on Sept. 22 (JDM), >300 at East Point on Oct. 15 (DSe), 800 at East Point on Nov. 2 (RC), 50 between East Point & North Lake on Nov. 5 (DK), lots at East Point on Nov. 7 (DK), fair number off East Point on Nov. 18 (DSe); Great Cormorant - 1 at Hampton Shore on Oct. 26 (JDM), 15 mature & immature at East Point on Nov. 9 (JDM, RC); Double-crested Cormorant - hundreds flying in the southern Malpeque Bay to Summerside Harbour area on Oct. 1, 150 on Oct. 22, 130 on Oct. 24, 100 on Oct. 25, 0 on Nov. 10 & 12 (JDM), 10 at Hampton shore on Oct. 26 (JDM), 1 at East Point on Nov. 18 (DSe); Great Blue Heron - 3 at Ellen's Creek on Sept. 28 (JDM), 20 at Covehead on Sept. 12, 29 on Sept. 29, 8 on Oct. 8, & 9 on Oct. 13 (DSe), 10 at Tracadie on Sept. 29 (DSe), 2 at Rice Point on Nov. 3 (EMa), 3 at Basin Head on Nov. 9 (JDM, RC), 1 at Desable on Nov. 12 (JDM); Greater White-fronted Goose - 1 at Cavendish on Oct. 21 (DSe); Canada Geese - small flocks flying in Donagh in mid to late Sept (JDM), 25 in grain field at Upton Road in Charlottetown on Sept. 28 (JDM), 100 in grain field off Maypoint Road in Charlottetown (JDM), approx. 1,000 in Sherbrooke & southern Malpeque Bay on Oct. 1st (JDM, LY), 100 feeding in grain field off May Point Road in Charlottetown on Oct. 2 (JDM), 500 in grainfeild near Five Houses on Oct. 6 (JDM), 7 near bridge in St. Peters, 0 at Rollo Bay at 8 am on Oct. 6 (JDM), 500 in water at Souris on Oct. 6 (JDM), approx. 150 at Ellen's Creek on Oct. 9 and 250 on Oct. 10 (JDM), 800 at Lake of Shining Waters in Cavendish & 800 at Covehead on Oct. 28 (DSe), 100 between East Point & North Lake on Nov. 5 (DK), approx. 1,000 at Argyle Shore on Nov. 3, 350 at Five Houses grainfield on Nov. 9 (RC, JDM), 2,000 at St. Eleanors on Nov. 20 (LY), 150 at Dunk River on Nov. 21 (LY, JDM); Wood Ducks - at Clark's Pond in Cavendish on Oct. 12 & 20 & 3 at Borden lagoons on Sept. 9 and 2 on Sept. 16 (DSe); Green-winged Teal - 20 at Sherbrooke on Oct. 23 (JDM, WFB). 50 at New Glascow pond on Oct. 29 (JDM), at Sheep Pond in Souris on Nov. 6 (DSe, Ema) & at Souris on Nov. 18 (DSe); American Black Duck - approx. 150 at Ellen's Creek on Sept. 28 (JDM), approx. 5,000 flushed from Ellen's Creek marsh in approx. Sept. 27 (WFB, EM), approx. 1,000 off Riverside Drive in Charlottetown on Oct. 9 (JDM), approx. 250 at Ellen's Creek on Oct. 9 (JDM), approx. 50 pitching into field in West Royalty on Oct. 18 (JDM), 1 at Clark's Pond in Cavendish on Oct. 21 (DSe), 100 at John Archies on Oct. 28 & Nov. 2 (DSe), approx. 300 at New Glascow pond on Oct. 29 (JDM), 125 at Souris on Nov. 9 (RC, JDM), approx. 300 at Ellen's Creek on Nov. 20 (JDM), 250 in Hillsborough

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