on Jul. 20 (B&RH). Northern Red-bellied Snake seen at st. Andrews on May 28 (B&RH). Eastern Smooth Green Snake seen at St. Andrews on Jul. 20 (8&RH). Spring peepers heard at Stanhope on Apr. 15 (PC) and Northern Leopard Frog at Fort Amherst on Apr. 21 (LB).

Juvenile red squirrels seen on May 25 (MA). In the first week of August, a large pod of pilot whales was seen feeding on a school of mackerel off Covehead Harbour (C&DS via DBi).

Common Loon - two adults and two non-flying downy black young were seen at Deroche Pond on July 25th (GBM via TD); Northern Gannet - Apr. 21 (DB); Deuble—crested Cormorant — Apr. 29 at Brackley (DW); Great Blue Heron - 1 at Covehead Hbr. on Apr. 1, 7 at Brackley Marsh on Apr. 20 (DW); Snowy Egret - 1 at St. Peter’s Lake on Apr. 26 (GBM); Canada Geese - Mar. 16 first geese of the spring in Covehead, Apr. 7 (DB); Black Duck - mating at marsh in Rocky Point on Apr. 25 (LB); Redhead - 6 at North Lake on May 29 (GBM); Harlequin Duck - 26 & 19 at East Point (DG&CG); Common Merganser — back at Covehead Hbr. on Apr. 7 (FC); Turkey Vulture — 1 at Crowbush Golf Course on Aug. 13 (RC); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Stanhope on Mar. 12 (FC); Bald Eagle - 2 adults on ice in Covehead Hbr. on Mar. 15, adult at Stanhope Cape on Mar. 22 (FC), 1 soaring at Gladstone on May 6 (P&AW), l at Mount Albion on Jul. 14 (MJ); Northern Harrier - l at Rustico Island on Apr. 2 (FC), 6 at Rocky Point on Apr. 24 (LB), 1 seen week ending Apr. 21 (DB); 2 at Brackley on Apr. 29 (DW), 1 at Cavendish on May 13 (DMM), immature flying at Mermaid on Aug. 25 (RH); Osprey — 1 at Rocky Point on Apr. 23 (LD), 1 at Vernon River on May 5 (P&AW), 6 at Rustico as well as a Bald Eagle on Aug. 10 (LT); Peregrine Falcon - a large glass window and a pair of tropical birds within became the target of a Peregrine in the first week of August. The falcon struck the window and lay on the ground dazed. While it appeared to be unconscious, on approach it hobbled off into the woods (BL via BD); American Kestrel - seen week ending Apr. 21 (DB), 6 & 9 near Cherry Hill plus families at Cherry Hill, Peakes, and St. Patrick Road (BH), 1 on wire at Hunter River on Jun. 17 (DW), several on wires in Donagh and Johnson’s River in Aug. and Sept. (JDM); Ruffed Grouse - l with 6 young at Donagh (JDM) in Jun., 2 at Tyne Valley and 1 at Emyvale on Aug. 11 (JWa); Ring-necked Pheasant - covey of 16 in fields at Cousin's Shore in Nov. & Dec/9S, hen at Stanhope feeder on Apr. 7-14, 8 chicks and a hen were seen at Lake Verde on Jul. 27 (HJ); Gray Partridge - 10 at Seaview feeder in winter (N&SB); Killdeer - seen week ending Apr. 7 (DB); 4 at Rocky Point in march on Apr. 24 (LB); Whimbrel - reported in mid-July to August in blueberry fields in the Deroche Point area (DC), 13 in the fields in Waterside from approx. Jul. 9 to Jul. 23 (JH, JJ), 175' to 200 in Sherbrooke field on Jul. 13 (LH); willet - courting at Brackley Marsh on May 15 (BHa); Lesser Yellowlegs - 8 at Brackley Marsh on Apr. 29 (DW), 63 at Malpeque Bay on Aug. 4 (LH), 107 at Summerside Harbour on Jul. 15 (LH); Pectoral Sandpiper - at Indian River on May 27 (LH); White—rumped Sandpiper - 30 at Malpeque Bay on Aug. 11 (LH); Least Sandpiper — 2 at Malpeque Bay on Aug. 11 (LH); Short- billed Dowitcher - 114 at Wilmot Creek on Jul. 15 (LH); Hudsonian Godwit - 26 at Malpeque Bay on Aug. 4 (LH); Glaucous Gull - seen week ending Apr. 7 & 21 (DB); Bonaparte’s Gull - recorded May 10 near Bunbury (DG&CG), several present at Ellen’s Creek on Aug. 1 (JDM); Black-legged Kittiwake - en route to Magdalen Islands (DG&CG); Arctic Tern - feeding young at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 21 (RC); Caspian Tern - recorded in Apr. 27 to May 11 period (DG&CG); Black Tern - l at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 18 — 20 (LT, RP, DGS); Altantic Puffin - 1 at East Point on Sept. 4 (SMR); Pigeon - 1 with bands on two legs, 1 yellow on left and a silver band with #21 on right in Monticello (GM); Mourning Dove - Apr. 12 in Charlottetown (DMM); ; Great Horned Owl - l on Jun. 1 at Clyde River (M&MA); Barred Owl - 1 at Kilmuir woodlot on Jun. 10 (MA), 1 at Strathgartney on Jul. 29 (JWa); Short-eared Owl — 2 at East Point week ending Apr. 21 (DB), 1 at East Point on May 12 (BHa); Northern Saw— whet Owl - 2 calling at Indian Bridge on May 20 (8H), 1 utilized a nest box along the trail in the Brookvale Demonstration Woodlot (KM); Ruby-throated Hummingbird — 1 reported by neighbour on Apr. 26 at empty feeder in

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