American Goldfinch (cont'd) — 4 at Royalty Oaks, April 30 (GS) White-winged Crossbill - 3 feeding on spruce cones, Baldwin Rd., Ap. 6 (GS) Savannah Sparrow — 2 at Indian River, April 19 (TC) Northern Junco - 1-2, up to Mar. 7 in Sherwood (BF)

- 18 on Mar. 31, Baldwin Rd. (GS) American Tree Sparrow — 6 at Monticello eating weed seeds, March 27 (GM) Snow Bunting — 100 at West River Causeway, Mar. 11 (NB,JB)

MISCELLANEOUS

Chipmunk - 4 coming to door for peanuts, first out Mar. 25, Indian River (TC - lst on April 12, Baldwin Rd., pr. daily May 14 on (GS)

Mink — sitting on ice at pond near Indian River, then taking large trout home with him, early April (TC)

Muskrat - eating seeds at Indian River feeder, in April (TC)

Raccoon - at feeder in the evening during April, Baldwin Rd. (GS)

Skunk - under feeder at noon on a sunny day, Baldwin Rd., Mar. 24 (GS)

Red squirrel - 2 at Indian River, during April (TC)

Spring peepers and Wood frogs — lst heard April 26, Baldwin Rd. (GS)

Sundogs (in sky) - March 11 (NB,JB)

Special thanks to all those who sent in sightings 1/4/: for this issue. Nice to see so many people parti— fig 1 cipating. DB — Daniel Burka; JB - John Burka; MB —- Martha Burka; NB — Nicholas Burka; PB - Paul ‘" ” Boetcher; BC - Barb Currie; TC - Thelma Clark; 7 WC - Wanda Curley; BF - Barbara Fisher; HF - Helen' Ferguson; DH - Don Harris; MK - Meika Keunecke;

SL - Sharon Labchuk; DM — Dan McAskill; EM - Ernie MacKay; EvM - Evelyn Meader; GM - Gerald MacDonald;

JM - Joyce MacLeod; MM -Margaret Mallett; RBM - R.B. MacLaren; LN - Larry Nixon; BP -Bruno Peripoli; GP - Gertrude Partridge; MP - Mabel Peveril; AS — Ardeth Smith; GS - Gary Schneider; JS — John Stewart; EW — Edith White and P&AW - Pat and Ann Wootton.

WHOOPS! Tucked behind another page are Ann and Peter Dutton's sightings. Sorry about that, but here they are:

Great Blue Heron - 1 at pinette, April 3

Ring-necked Pheasant - 2 males at Pinette, April 3

Sharp-shinned Hawk — 1 in Uigg on April 7

Northern Harrier - in Uigg on April 9

Downy Woodpecker - m. in Uigg on April 9, f. in Vernon River April 18 Killdeer - 3 in Ch'town near Provincial Library, April 10

Belted Kingfisher — 1 in Southport, April 14

Rusty Blackbird - in Brackley on April 13

Bald Eagle - pr. circling high over Vernon River, April 18

Red-breasted Nuthatch — f. cleaning nest hole in dead tree, Uigg, April 15 Savannah Sparrow — 2 m. in Uigg, May 1

Tree Swallows - 4 in Uigg: May 1

American Goldfinch - 3 in Marsh in Uigg, May 2

Great Horned Owl - heard in Uigg woods, April 9

Common Snipe - 4 in marsh in Uigg, April 25

4 seals in Hillsborough River near bridge, mid-April Frogspawn and frog choruses in Uigg ditches Coltsfoot in bloom in Uigg ditches, May 1

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