European Starling Blackpoll Warbler White-throated Sparrow

Cedar Waxwing Black-and-white Warbler Dark-eyed Junco Tennessee Warbler American Redstart Rose-breasted Grosbeak Orange-crowned Warbler Ovenbird Bobolink

Northern Parula Northern Waterthrush Red-winged Blackbird Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat Rusty Blackbird Chestnut-sided Warbler Wilson's Warbler Common Grackle Magnolia Warbler Canada Warbler Brown-headed Cowbird Cape May Warbler Chipping Sparrow Purple Finch Black-throated Blue Warbler Savannah Sparrow American Goldfinch Yellow-rumped Warbler Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Evening Grosbeak Black-throated Green Warbler Song Sparrow House Sparrow Blackbumian Warbler Lincoln’s Sparrow

Palm Warbler Swamp Sparrow

Bay-breasted Warbler

NEWS FROM ABOUT: Compiled by Dan McAskill

The Cameron's Island Bird Banding Station commenced operations on May 10 with Donna Martin heading the banding operations and Fiep de Bie assisting on many days. In addition, nesting birds were monitored at sample sites at Macphail Woods.

Birders were saddened with the closure of Birder's Journal after 13 years of publishing and 75 issues being produced. Congratulations to Margaret Bain, Phil Holder, and other staff and writers from Birder’s Journal who supported this initiative for the past 13 years and contributed so well to birding in Canada.

Ron Arvidson, Jean Blanchard & Dan Kennedy seen 56 species on May 16 for the NABC.

VVEATIHER EVENTS:

St. Peter's Bay was almost completely iced over on Mar. 19 and snow banks were still 7 to 8 feet high with some field centre bare of snow (JDM). Open water amidst the icefloes at East Point on Apr. 15 (DK). Mt. Stewart pond by Pigot‘s Trail partly open on Apr. 15 (DK, IB, ASt).

ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS: Compiled by J. Dan McAskill

PLANTS: Ground pine and ground hemlock shedding pollen, some red maple and red elderberry were in flower, and shiny leaf willow and hazelnut in flower in the Kensington area on May 3; red maple in full flower on May 12 between Miscouche and O'Leary and yellow birch and ironwood in flower at Burton (JDM, HI). Ground hemlock shedding pollen in Green Road woods on May 15 (WG). White violets in flower at Donagh on May 14 and lots on May 15 as well as a few purple violets. A few dandelions in flower at Charlottetown on May 1 (JDM) and dandelions in flower on the warmest parts of the lawn in Donagh on May 22, in Charlottetown on May 23, and with fields in full bloom on June lst in Mermaid area (JDM). Service berries starting into flower at Donagh on May 24 (JDM). Painted trillium in flower at Head of Hillsborough on May 28 (WFB, EM). Wild strawberry was in flower in various areas of north eastern and central PEI on May 29 (JDM). Mountain ash and red-berried Elder in flower on Jun. 7 and pin cherry and hawthorn starting to flower on Jun. 8 at Donagh (JDM).

INSECTS: Swatted first mosquito of the year on Apr. 9 (DO). June bug flying in Donagh on Apr. 11 (JDM).

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