Bird reports

Summer sightings are down as usual (not the sightings, ports), but all reports are saved and will be used when the List of Birds is updated in the future.

‘ on a pond in Woodville Mills, June 16 V of about 35 at Borden, Aug. 14 (CM) Snow Goose 4 at North River, March 30 (NH) Hooded Merganser 3 at Corran Ban, April 4 -Bald Eagle imm. at Milton, May 11 (LH)

pr. at Glenfinnan River bridge, May 20

1 over Boughton Island, Aug. 21 (SS,GS) Osprey - in nest at Covehead, June 8 (BP,DR)

1Ring-necked Pheasant 1 at Winsloe N., Apr. 16, June 9 Gray Partridge — pr. at Earnscliffe Rd., May 20 (BT)

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Common Loon — - Canada Goose

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~ Piping Plover - 2 at Hebron, on the beach where they had 9 been seen twenty years ago but not since. :— ~i;<fjfl' ik‘: a; June 5 and on. (AC)

,,7 g [W Y F Long—tailed Jaegar - a first for P.E.I.? Seen from about 3.$§‘~;a&v ég; :, 20 yards away, in Belmont on April 29. ‘ if". #3; 1, lg Congratulations! (SW,MG)

L9ikg¥§§%§§V¢"Ruby-throated Hummingbird - a report from Margaret Mallett _. v that in 1987 a Hampton resident rum-w y x a was amazed to see a flock of at

least 12 hovering in a cherry tree at blossom time.

Black-backed Woodpecker - nesting in Wood Islands, April 18 (CB)

Eastern Wood Pewee — 1 at Winsloe N., May 30, June 4 (GP)

Boreal Chickadee - 4-6 on Boughton Island, Aug. 21 (SS,GS)

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 at Boughton Island, Aug. 21 (SS)

Cedar Waxwing - 8 at Harrington, June 28 (GP)

- 40+ at Baldwin Road, Aug. 1 (GS)

Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 at Emyvale, May 10 (VB)

Mourning Warbler - l m. at Winsloe N., June 24 (GP)

Wilson's Warbler - pr. at Winsloe N., May 27 (GP)

Northern Oriole - during May and June in Montague (CM)

Red Crossbill 1 at Boughton Island, Aug. 21 (SS)

Fox Sparrow - 1 at Emyvale, Apr. 14—21 (VB)

MISCELLANEOUS SIGHTINGS

Snowshoe Hare — l in Emyvale meadow, May 10 (VB)

Red Squirrel - 3 at feeder in Emyvale, May 17 (VB)

Coyote - chasing cat down road in Emyvale (bigger boned than a fox, mangy, greyish) April 2 (VB)

Red Fox - in front of Point Prim house, April 1 (TM) - in meadow at Emyvale, April 6 (VB)

THANKS TO THE CONTRIBUTORS

Many thanks to all those who took the time to send in sightings. Alice Clements; VB — Val Beers; CB - Clare Birch; MG — Mike Gillis; LH — Larry Hughes; NH - Nelson Hurry; KL - Kim LeRoux; CM - Colin MacKinnon; TM — Thelma Murchison; BP — Brian Pellerin; FP - Frank J. Peters; GP Geraldine Peters; DR - Don Reeves; GS r Gary Schneider; SS - Sue Stephen— son; BT - Bob Thompson; and SW - Sandy Wagner.

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