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from mid-Feb to early Mar. flying out over ice flows (AP); Vultures - several in Iris/Beach Point area in Mar. eating bait (AB via JJ); Northern Goshawk - 1 being seen periodically in Jan. & Feb. at Rustico Island (IF, PA, LT), 1 male looking over dinner possibilities from a willow perch from which several feeders hung in Rocky Point on Jan. 25 (LD), 1 at South Rustico on Feb. 19 (EMa, RC, BH, JW); Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 at Crossroads feeder on Jan. 9, 16, 18, 23, 24 (came twice), 25, & 27 (DO), 1 at Rocky Point feeder took a Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, and Black-capped Chickadee between mid- Jan. and mid- Feb. (LD), 1 in East Royalty on Feb. 2 (EMa), 1 at Donagh feeder killed Blue Jay on Feb. 12 (JDM, RPh), l at St. Peter on Feb. 24 (EMa), 1 at Kensington on Mar. 25 (M&BLB), 1 took flicker at Charlottetown on Apr. 1 (BMcO); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Rollo Bay on Jan. 6 (EMa), l at Albion (DB), 1 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Feb. 19 (EMa), 1 at Kelly/s Cross on Feb. 22 (EMa), 1 at Donagh on Mar. 24 (JDM, RPh); Rough-legged Hawk - 1 at Maximeville on Feb.

5 (GMa), 1 at Mermaid on Feb. 11 (JDM), 1 on Mar. 7 at Car's Creek, Miscouche (BI-I), 1 at Primrose on Feb. 29 (EMa); Bald Eagle - l at Murray River on Jan. 7 (EMa), l at Covehead Bridge on J an. 23 (B&RH), adult sitting in poplar overlooking open water at Fullerton's Marsh bridge on Feb. 11 (JDM), 1 at Souris on Feb.'7 & 4 (2 immature and 2 adults) at Murray Harbour on Feb. 18 (EMa), 1 at Kingston Road on Feb. 24 (??), 1 at Springdale on Mar. 11 (M&BLB), an adult at Indian River this winter (BG), 5 adults at Covehead on Apr. 2 (1]); Northern Harrier - 1 at PEI National Park on Jan. 11 (EMa), 1 female hunting over lower field at Maximeville (GMa), 1 at Panmure Island on Jan. 29 (EMa), 1 at Car's Creek, Miscouche in early Mar. (Bl-I), 1 at Robinson's Island on Apr. 2 (JJ); Osprey - 1 . at Oyster Bed Bridge on Feb. 24 (??), 1 at Car's Creek, Miscouche in early Mar. (BI-I); Gyrfalcon - 1 at Mont- Carrnel on Jan. 9 (M&BLB); Merlin - knocking small bird out of tree then taking it off the ground at Stanhope feeder on Jan. 25 (F&JC), 1 at feeder on Mar. 6 (F &J C), I flew across road in Summerside on Mar. 5 (M&BLB), 1 carrying small prey at Charlottetown on Apr. 3 (JDM, BoBa), RC, Ema, MK,JJ, BH); American Kestrel - 1 at Panmure Island on Jan. 29 (EMa), Ruffed Grouse - 2 in birch trees off Rte. 16 on Feb. 14 (EMa); Sharp-tailed Grouse- 17 in a big field with tall weeds near Hermanville on Feb. 14 (EMa); Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 at Stanhope on Mar. 6 (F&JC); Gray Partridge - 11 at Damley on Jan. 29 (B&RH), 7 at Tryon on Jan. 30 (B&RH), l8 at Winlsoe feeder on Feb. 19 (NN), 16 at York Point, 13 at Desable, 4 at Long Creek on Feb. 22 (EMa), 2 at Stratford on Mar. 22 (JDM); Killdeer - 2 at J. Frank Gaudet Tree Nursery on Mar. 26 (GK), 1 flying in Donagh on Mar. 29th, 3 at Wood Island's Ferry Terminal on Apr. lst (EMa); Red Knot - 9 at Montague on Jan. 7 (EMa); Black-headed Gull - 10 at Rollo Bay on Dec. 5 (EMa), 3 at Souris on Jan. 6 (EMa), 4 at Souris lagoon on Jan. 10 & 31 and 2 on Feb. 3, 7 & 14, 1 on Jan. 15 at Guernsey Cove (EMa), ; Bonaparte's Gull -1 at Murray River on Jan. 7 (EMa); Black Guillemot - 3 at Souris dock on Jan. 6 (EMa); Mourning Dove - 1 at Donagh feeder on Feb. 5 (JDM); Barred Owl - 1 at Bethel in late Dec. (TR), 1 at Poverty Beach in late Feb. (DB), 1 at Strathgartney on Mar. 26 (LD); Short-eared Owl — 1 or 2 being seen periodically in Jan. & early Feb. at Rustico Island Causeway and Brackley Beach dunes area (PA, RH, MR, JF, LT), l at Cymbria on Jan. 23 (RC), 2 at Robinson's Island on Apr. 2 (JJ); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 giving saw-whet call on Oct. 6 for approx. 15 to 20 min while sitting 3 feet up on ' a spruce tree about 6 feet from house in Rocky Point (LD), started piping again in Donagh in early Mar. (RPh, JDM), singing on Mar. 21 (RA), MJ reported a late night serenade from one at Hardy’s Mill Pond on Mar. 22; Owls - 2 silvery undersided owls flying near dusk at Cherry Valley (JI-I); Belted Kingfisher - l at Rocky Point with fish in bill on Jan. 9 (LD), 1 at Basin Head on Jan. 10 (EMa), l at Murray River on Feb. 18 (EMa), l at Warren Grove on Feb. 23 (WMacK), l at Rusticoville on Feb. 24 (??), 1 at Point Pleasant on Feb. 26 (EMa), 1 at Hazel Grove on Mar. 25 (M&BLB), calling at Tryon on Mar. 31 (BH), at Desable on Apr. 3 (RA); Yellow-shafted (Northern) Flicker -

' l at Lakeside on Jan. 13 (EMa), 1 at Crossroads feeder on Jan. 19 (DO), 1 at Lakeside on Dec. 27 (AMc), 1 feeding on niger seed in Jan. at Rocky Point (LD), 1 at East Royalty on Mar. 30 (JDM), few at Stanhope in early Mar.

(F &JC); Hairy Woodpecker - male & female at Crossroad's feeder on Jan. 19 (DO), occasional male and female at Rocky Point feeder in Jan. & Feb. (LD); Downy Woodpecker - female & 2 males at Crossroads feeder on J an. 19 (DO), occasional male and female at Rocky Point feeder in Jan. & Feb. (LD); Horned Lark - on road edge in DeSable in mid-Feb. (BMcO), 6 in Bedeque on Feb. 18 (M&BLB), 1 on the beach at Greenwich on Feb. 26

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