Northern Pintail - male & female at Cardigan River on Jan. 10 (DCS), 2 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 18 (JB), male at Fortune Bay on Jan. 23 (DCS), l overwintered at Basin Head Mar. 14 (DO) Green-winged Teal - 1 male at Cornwall on Ferry Road on Jan. 31 (DCS), 1 overwintered at Basin Head and was singing and displaying on Mar. 14 (DO); Greater Scaup - 3 males on Mar. 4 (DCS) & 6 males at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 14 (DC&ES); Scaup - 1 at Ferry Rd. in Cornwall on Mar. 9 (EMa); Common Eider - 3 at Dalvay Beach on Jan. 1 (DCS), 100 males & females offshore at East Point on Jan. 23 (DCS), Harlequin Duck - male at Cardigan Bridge in Jan. & Feb. (DCS, DO), male at Cardigan during NHS field trip on Feb. 28 (FdB, DO, DK, DCS); Surf Scoter - 1 female at Georgetown Harbour on Jan. 11 (DCS); Long-tailed Duck - 5 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Jan. 18 (DCS), 200+ males & females offshore at East Point on Jan. 23 (DCS); Bufflehead - l at Bayview Causeway on Jan. 18 (DCS); Common Goldeneye - numerous at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 (DO), 1 male daily at Fullerton's Marsh bridge in Feb. (JDM), 25 mostly males at North River on Feb. 14 (JDM), numbers down dramatically at causeways on Mar. 4 (DCS); Barrow's Goldeneye - 4 males & a female at Cardigan on Jan. 10 (DCS), 9 at West River Causeway on Jan. 13 (DCS); 5 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Jan. 18 (DCS), counted ll with 4 males courting a lone female at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 (DO), 5 males at North River on Feb. 14 (JDM), 6 male & a female at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 14 (DC&ES), male doing head trows and singing at Cardigan Bridge on Mar. 14 (DO),; Common Merganser - 20 at Vernon Bridge on Jan. 11, 30 at West River Causeway on Jan. 13 (DCS), pair at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 18 (JB), 50 to 100 at Cardigan Bridge in Jan. (DCS) & numerous on Feb. 6 (DO); Red-breasted Merganser - 2 males at Beach Point on Jan. 11 (DCS), 4 females at Rusticoville Causeway on Jan. 18 (DCS), 7 with 1 male at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 (DO); Bald Eagle - 6 visiting chicken pile at Ebenezer on Feb. 6 (DO), 1 flushed gulls twice at Cardigan bridge on Feb. 6 (DO), 4 at Beach Point on bait in Feb. (LB), 1 at Tea Hill on Feb. 15 (FdB), adult at Rusticoville Causeway on Feb. 15 (DCS), 1 mature & 6 immatures at Cardigan during NHS field trip on Feb. 28 (FdB, DO, DK, DCS), 2 on the ice by Hillsborough bridge on Mar. 1 with 1 eating a bird on the ice on Mar. 1 (DO), mature at New Glascow on Mar. 5 (FdB), at Grand River on Mar. 8 (DF), 1 adult & 8 immatures at Cardigan Bridge on Mar. 14 (DO), 1 3rd year on top of ice ridge on Hillsborough River on Mar. 15 (JDM); Sharp-shinned Hawk - a mature individual at Tea Hill deck on Feb. 6 watching for birds at the feeder with Blue Jays issuing alarm calls to its presence (FdB), 2 on Feb. 21 & l on Feb. 22 at Crossroads feeder (DO), repeated sightings at Crossroads feeder in early March (DO). immature in Springton feeder on Mar. 15 (JWa); Northern Goshawk - l at Argyle Shore on Jan. 21 (DCS), 1 pursuing a red squirrel around a tree at Crossroads feeder station on Mar. 1 (DO) and seen on Mar. 4 & 17 (DO); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Dunk River at Ross‘s Comer perched in dead tree on Dec. 29 (DF, SMa), immature at York watching hundreds of birds at a feedlot facility (DCS), a mature, dark phase at Vernon River on Feb. 10 (DK), numerous sightings in January this winter (DCS, DO, BH); Rough-legged Hawk - light phase at Stanhope on Feb. 6 (DO), dark morph on Rte. 3 (DK), numerous sightings in January this winter (DCS, DO, BH); American Kestrel - female on Mill Road Rte. 246N near Breadalbane on Dec. 29 (DF, SMa); Merlin - l at Dalvay on Jan. 1 (DCS), 1 at West Royalty on Jan. 20 (DCS), Gyrfalcon - possible gyrfalcon spotted when RM seen a murder of crows harassing a whitish bird in flight at Charlottetown on Feb. 7 (RM, RD), a few other reports in this area depicted a similar white large raptor (Dr. Moak. FdB); Gray Partridge - 17 at Cymbria on Jan. 18 (DCS), 9 in snow covered field at Greenwich on Feb. 11 (JDM), 10 at Cymbria & 8 at Orby Head on Feb. 15 (DCS), 8 at Cymbria on Mar. 14 (DC&ES), 8 at Springton on Mar. 15 (JWa); Ruffed Grouse - 1 on fir bough on Jan. 18 at Cymbria (DCS); Lesser-black Backed Gull - 1 or 2 (adult, 2nd winter) in Jan. (DCS, l at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 & Mar. 13 & 17 (DO); Glaucous Gull - 1 at Charlottetown at sewage plant on Jan. 1 (DCS) & Mar. 1 (DO); Greater Black-backed Gull - ~100 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 18 (JB); Black Guillemot - 1 at Fortune & l at Souris on Jan. 23 (DCS); Mourning Dove - 7 most days at Donagh feeder in Feb. to mid-Mar. (JDM), 3 at Charlottetown on Jan. 4 (GP), ~50 after the big March storms on York Point Rd. (ASm); Barred Owl - 1 in woods by Green Gables at Cavendish on Mar. 12 (AP); Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Scales Pond on Dec. 29 (DF, SMa), l at Chapel Creek on Jan. 2 (DCS), 1 at Basin Head on Jan. 23 (DCS), 1 at Mount Albion on Feb. 18 (DO); Downy Woodpecker - 1 male at West Royalty feeder on Jan. 1 (DCS), pair periodically at suet and sunflower feeders in Jan. (JDM, RPh), l at Charlottetown feeder on Jan. 14 (JB), 1 female at Charlottetown on Feb. 2 (GP), 1 at Springton feeder on Mar. 15 (JWa); Hairy Woodpecker - male at peanut feeder on Jan. 1 (DCS), at Springton feeder on Mar. 14 (JWa); Northern Flicker - 1 at Cape Turner & l at Robinson's Island on Jan. 18 (DCS), l at Springton feeder on Feb. 7 (JWa)', male at Donagh sunflower feeder on Feb. 14 (JDM), 1 male at Charlottetown feeder on Feb. 16 (DGS), 1 at Maximeville on Feb. 21 (GMa); Pileated Woodpecker — male & female at Johnston's River on Feb. 13 (MW via FRC); Gray Jay - 1 at Ardgowan Park in Charlottetown on Feb. 18 (GP); Blue Jay - many in Breadalbane & area on Dec. 29 (DF, SMa); American Crow - many in Breadalbane & area on Dec. 29 (DF, SMa), ~l,000 on the ice at North River above the causeway on Feb. 9 (JDM), ~700 in tree tops near Victoria Park (North River Road) on Feb. 18 (JDM), 2 crows rolling laterally in the snow at Upton Road on Feb. 26 (JDM), many reports of crows attacking other crows on the ground; Common Raven - 200+ visiting chicken pile at Ebenezer on Feb. 6 (DO); Black-capped Chickadee - utilizing the two note whistle call in Upton Road hedgerow on Feb. 26 (JDM) & DO reported several singing at Crossroads on ~Feb. 24; Boreal Chickadee - 1 at Chapel Creek on Jan. 18 (DCS); White-breasted Nuthatch - l at Crossroad's feeder on Feb. 5 (DO); Blue-gray

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