BIRDS: Northern Gannet - 1 dead on Conway sand hills on June 16 (JDM, DWi); Snow Geese - 4 at Cavendish Sandspit on May 10 (LT); Eurasian Widgeon - 1 at Pisquid Pond in mid—May (DGS), 1 at Blooming Point ephemeral pond in early Jun. (PA); Wood Ducks — male at Mount Albion on Apr. 9 (HJ), 6 at Cavendish lagoon on May 27 (LT); Ring-necked Ducks - arrived in Mount Albion on Apr. 25 (HJ); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Darlington on May 15 (JWa); UID hawk on fence post on May 16 at Hartsville (JWa), 1 at Alexandria chasing a Willet the week of May 29th (ASt); Northern Harrier - 1 at Sharam Point Causeway on June 8 (P&AW); Kestrel — 1 at Parkdale on June 15 (JDMc); Piping Plover — 4 to 5 at Cousin's Pond (JW); Killdeer - pair in park in Parkdale on Apr. 16 (BB), nest with 4 eggs at Kinlock Park (RM); Willet - 1 nesting at Alexandria wet meadow overlooking the bay on June 3 (JDM); Greater Black-backed Gulls - 2 pairs on Hillsborough Piers, 1 on nest in early May; nests removed under permit on May 20th (JDM, BS); 1 pair renested lst. week of June (JDM); Common. Tern - several back at the Hillsborough Piers on May 4 (JDM), 1 nest with egg on Hillsborough Pier # 4 on May 20 (BS); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 visited a tree in Mt. Albion on Jan. 7 (R&LM), 1 juvenile in woods at Hartsville on June 8 almost 1 year to the day from her first sighting of a Barred Owl (JWa); Whip-poor-will - 1 heard at Green Bay in early Apr. (JW); Ruby—throated Hummingbird - seen at Kinlock Road on May 25 (WC); UID Hummingbird. with red cap, white throat, and red forewing area reported from Clyde River Road (JLR); arrived late this year at Bunbury with first sighting the week of May 25th (P&AW); Pileated Woodpecker - 1 at Boughton River on Apr. 18 (RC0); Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 at Green Meadows on May 26 (RC); Horned Lark — pair at Cousin’s Pond on May 5 (JW); Swallows - reports of a decline in Barn Swallows over the past decade continue as do comments on the scarcity of Tree Swallows, Bank Swallow colonies seem to be thriving in some areas; Blue Jay — P&AW report sightings down at Sharam Point while other reports submitted

show no change; Northern Mockingbird — 1 at Brackley on Apr. 1 (RP); 1 at Meadowbank on May 13-4 (PC), 1 at Cape Turner on June 7 (DC); Northern Shrike ~ 1 at Tea Hill on Dec. 18 (BHa); Catbird - 1 at Charlottetown on May 17 (BBa), 2 at Donagh on May 21—3 (SM); Yellow-rumped Warbler - seen at Hunter River on Apr. 29 (MM); Blackpoll Warbler - female reported at Sharam Point on May 20 (P&AW); Northern Parula - seen at Hunter River on May 4 (MM);

Blackpoll — 1 at Sharam Point in May (P&AW); Northern Oriole - 1 at Sharam Point bog on May 20 (P&AW); 1 at Crapaud on May 28th (JDM, BB, LT, RP); Indigo Bunting - 1 in Mayfield on May 10 (LB); Purple Finch - higher numbers than usual at Sharam Point this year

(P&AW); White-winged Crossbill - 8 seen feeding on budworms in white spruce at Macphail Woodlot (SM); American Tree Sparrow - 1 at Sharam Point (n1 May 21 (P&AW); White-crowned Sparrow - more reports than usual this spring (LT, RP, JDM, CM); Lincoln’s

Sparrow - 2 at Donagh on May 21-3 (SM).

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