female at Brackley Bay on Apr. 5 (DCS), 12 at Rice Point on Apr. 29 (EMa), 40 on Hillsborough River off Allisary Creek on May 6 & 7 (DCS, DK), 15 at this location on May 25 & 4 on May 31 (DCS, RC, JDM, 1&EMa); Common Eider - 100 at East Point on Apr. 1 (DCS), 9 (5 males 7 4 females) at Cape Tryon on Apr. 15 (FdB), many at North Cape on Apr. 18 (DCS), 5 at Rice Point on Apr. 26 (EMa); Harlequin Duck - immature male at Cardigan Causeway on Feb. 6, 13, & 18 (FRC), male at Cardigan on Mar. 18 (DO), 1 at Orby Head on Apr. 28 (LT), 20 male & female at East Point on May 20 & 21 & 13 on May 25 (DCS); Surf Scoter - 2 at Cape Tryon on Apr. 15 (FdB), 60 off wharf road in Rice Point on Apr. 18 (EMa), 50 at Rice Point on Apr. 26 (EMa); Black Scoter - 20+ off Victoria on Apr. 21 (DCS), 120 at Rice Point on Apr. 26 (EMa), 80+ at East Point on May 21, 50+ on May 21, 3 on May 31 (DCS); Surf Scoter - 3 males at East Point on May 20 (DCS); White-winged Scoter - 6 at East Point on May 20 (DCS); Long—tailed Duck - 1 at Fort Amherst on Mar. 25 (EMa), 5 male & females at East Point on Apr. 12 (DCS), 5 at Rice Point on Apr. 26 (EMa), male at Savage Harbour on beach in early May (JW); Bufflehead - pair at Long Pond on Apr. 7 (BMcO); Common Goldeneye - 120 male & female at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 23 (1B); Barrow's Goldeneye - 13 at West River Causeway on Jan. 1 (EMa); Hooded Merganser - female at Ellen's Creek on Mar. 13 (EMa), Mar 20-2 (JB), & Apr. 6 (DCS), 7 at Hyde Point on Apr. 21 (DCS); Common Merganser - male & female at Fullerton's Marsh on May 3 (DCS), 13 at Basin Head on May 21 (DCS); Red-breasted Merganser - female at West River Causeway on Feb. 20 (EMa), 14 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 30 (LM, BMcO), 6 at Basin Head on Apr. 1 (DCS); Ruddy Duck - 1 male in breeding plumage at Borden Lagoon on Jun. 10 (C&EMa); Osprey - 1 at New Dominion on Apr. 18 (EMa), pair vocalizing in aerial display over Donagh on Apr. 20 (JDM, RPh), fishing at West River Bridge on Apr. 21 (CC), at Moore's Pond on Apr. 23 (AP), 2 constructing nest on Robinson's Island on Apr. 26 (DCS), pair at nest at Wright's Creek on May 5 (DCS); Bald Eagle — 2 at West River Causeway on Jan. 1 (EMa), a pair of adult eagles seen on Feb. 17 at Crossroads in some kind of courtship display with the male chasing the female around in tight circles and they would dip and dive together (DO), adult at Ellen’s Creek on Mar. 12 (JDM), on nest at Macphails on Apr. 7 (GS), 2 adults over Donagh on Apr. 20 (JDM, RPh), 2 daily at Maximeville in Apr. (G&FMa), immature at Harmony Road on Apr. 23 (HI); Northern Harrier - 1 at National Park on Apr. 1 (LT), 1 at Red Point Park on Apr. 1 (DCS), male at Egmont Bay on Apr. 20 (G&FMa), male glided through the backyard below tree level and the sparrows took cover after an alarm call from chickadees on Apr. 24 (DO), male at Rice Point on Apr. 29 (EMa), male at Donagh on Apr. 29 (J DM), female setting up shop at the marshes in Brackley on May 1 (DCS); Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 at New Dominion feeder on Jan. 28 (EMa), 1 at Crossroads feeder struck a starling on Apr. 6 but it escaped (DO), 1 cruised by the Crossroads feeders on Feb. 25 scattering the chickadees and the nuthatches (DO); Northern Goshawk - 1 at Rocky Point on Feb. 4 (EMa), adult-landed inbirch tree near Crossroads feeder on Feb. 25 (DO); I Broad-winged Hawk - see Bain report; Red-tailed Hawk - I at Nine Mile Creek on Jan. 1 & 1 in New Dominion on Jan. 7 (EMa), 1 at Charlottetown near AVC on Feb. 10 (DO), 1 at Point Prim on Feb. 16 (DO, DCS), 1 at Crossroads on Feb. 26 (DO), 1 at Crapaud on Mar. 2 (RA), 1 at Basin Head woods on Apr. 1 (DCS), 1 at Highland Park Road on May 27 & 1 at Desable on May 29 (DCS); Rough-legged Hawk - 1 dark phase at Eamscliffe on Feb. 16 (DO, DCS), 1 in Tea Hill area on Mar. 29 (EMa); Golden Eagle - 1 reported at East Point on May 20 (DCS, TMa, KG, MB); Merlin - male and female at Robinson's Island on Apr. 5 (DC&ES); American Kestrel - 1 at Mill River on Apr. 18 (LH), 1 off Rte. 15 on Apr. 20 & 1 at Rice Point & 1 at Hunter River on Apr. 21 (DCS) 1 on wires at Cornwall on May 11 (DCS), 1 at Hartsville on May 18 (JWa), 1 in West Prince on May 24 (BMcO, J B); Merlin - male came swooping in scattering the feeder birds especially the Red- winged Blackbirds and Cowbirds on Apr. 24 (DO), 1 at Robinson's Island on May 11 (DCS); Peregrine Falcon - 1 at Brackley on May 3 (DCS), 1 at East Point on May 20 (DCS, TMa, KG, MB); Gray Partridge - 5 at Fairview on Feb. 4, 2 small flocks at Wellington in February (GA via JCz), 7 at Crossroads on Mar. 12 (DO), 5 at Nine Mile Creek on Mar. 16 (EMa), 5 at Johnson’s River on Mar. 20 (JDM), 2 feeding in freshly planted grain field at Johnson's River on May 26 (JDM); Ring-necked Pheasant — male at Midgell on Apr. 2 (BM), male at Hampton on Apr. 18 (RPh); Ruffed Grouse - 4 eating hardwood buds at dusk at Dingwell's Mills (Mar. 8 (DO), 3 at Cymbria on Mar. 29 (DCS); Virginia Rail - 2 at Little Harbour on May 21 (DCS); Sora Rail - at York Marshes on Apr. 28 (DCS), lured out with taped calls at Mount Stewart lagoon on May 4 (DO, BPi)) American Coot - 3 at Mount Stewart Allisary Creek on May 2 (BPi, DO); Black-bellied Plover - at Covehead & Tracadie on May 6 (EMa), at National Park on May 6 (LT), 9 at Rice Point on May 18 (EMa), at Egmont Bay on May 21 (G&FMa); Semipalmated Plover — first of the season by observer at Rustico Causeway on May 15 (LT), seen on mudflat in Rustico Bay off Robinson's Island on May 16 (DCS); Piping Plover - first at Covehead on Apr. 18 and 5 at Cavendish on Apr. 22 (LT), banded pair copulating at Covehead on Apr. 28 (DCS, LT); Killdeer - singing at South Melville on Apr. 10 (RA), at York DU impoundment on Apr. 26 (DCS); Greater Yellowlegs - 22 at Brackley on May 4 (DCS), at Wright's Creek on May 5 (DCS), at Brackley on May 6 (EMa); Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 at Mt. Stewart Marsh on May 15 (DO); Willet - here end of April (DCS), at wharf road at Nine Mile Creek on May 4 (EMa), at Wright's Creek on May 5 (DCS), at Fullerton's Marsh on May 6 (JDM), first of season at Egmont Bay the week of May 16 (G&FMa); Spotted Sandpiper - at East Point on