NOVA SCOTIA & PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Species All feeders Only at feeders visited over whole winter by this species % of feeders Mean number/ Mean number Mean number

visited feeder/week per feeder of weeks

when seen recorded Black—capped Chickadee 98 3.1 4.1 10 Dark-eyed Junco 89 1.7 4.7 9 Blue Jay 87 1.4- 3.5 9 American Goldfinch 78 2.2—- 10.1 9 Pine Siskin 72 0.6 5.0 4 European Starling 67 0.6 5.2 6 American Crow 65 0.4 2.7 8 Downy Woodpecker 65 0.3+ 1.4 7 Evening Grosbeak 63 0.7-- 8.9 6 Mourning Dove 50 0.5 6.1 9 Song Sparrow 50 0.2 1.5 6 Hairy Woodpecker 48 0.2 1.4 8 House Sparrow 39 0.3 5.5 8 American Tree Sparrow 35 0.1 1.9 4 Common Grackle 35 <0.1 2.4 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 33 0.1 1.1 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 30 0.1 2.6 7 Purple Finch 30 0.1-- 1.7 3 White-throated Sparrow 30 0.1 1.7 3 American Robin 26 0.1 1.6 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 22 <0.1 1.3 2 Rock Dove 21 0.1 4.0 8

Editor’s Note - Project FeederWatch is a joint undertaking of the Long Point Bird Observatory and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. It is providing critical information on the population of wild birds through incorporating the observations of thousands of birds watchers across North America simply by their completion of a pencil marked data form which can be scanned for entry into a computer. It provides participants with detailed information on the results and on feeding studies. See Gift Ideas on page 10 if you would like to join.

The Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850-1999 is starting the National Science Experiment Seed Preference Test. Participants can put in as much time as they wish from one five-minute watch on just one day to repeated weekly watches. You provide the seed, your bird identification skills, your time, and $ 7 (US) to become a researcher in the first-ever National Science Experiment. The Lab will provide an easy-to-follow guide and straight forward data forms, a beautiful colour poster showing 40 common feeder birds, and a one-year subscription to the Lab’s quarterly publication Birdscope. Send cheque to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology or phone 1—800-843-BIRD to use your credit card.