Thanks also to the following counters and feeder watchers without whom these counts could not have taken place: Lenore and Roger Andrew; Gwen Beck; Eileen Best; Christina Blake; Sophie Borcoman; Bill Bowerbank; Tim Brennan; David Cairns; Cathy and Pat Chan; Elaine Clark; Donna Collings; Rosemary and Wanda Curley; Peter Feldstein; Blair, Chris, and Francis Fraser; Edith Graffweg; Daphne Harker; Don Harris; Hilda Hilchey; David and Judy Holman; Geoff Hogan; Sandra Hume; Connie Ings; Barb and Sonny Johnson; Winston Johnston; Doug Kelly; Louise Leeco, Elizabeth and Thane LeLacheur, Mary Ann Lidstone; Norah Longworth; Gerald MacDonald; Margaret MacDonald; Peter MacKenzie; Don and Christine MacKinnon; Allan MacLennan; Bob MacNeil; Zelda and Peter MacNevin; Ann MacPhail; Frank MacQuaid; Paul and Arlene McGuigan; Margaret Mair; Kathy Martin; Dan and Danny McAskill; Arlene and Paul McGuigan; Linda and Sandy Munro; Carole Nicholson; Dorothy Nielson; Jim and Elizabeth Nimmo; Marvin Paisner; Brenda Pennak; Glen Raynor; Ivan and Freda Reid; Ruth Richman; Francois and Gary Schneider; Sue Stephenson; Anne and John Stewart; Mrs. Herman Teunissen; Margaret and Vic Toews; Liz Townshend; Hubert White; Blair Wood; Anne and Patrick Wootton; and Glenda Wright.

The count summaries were as follows:

Species Number in the Count Area National Park Hillsborough Montague

Great Blue Heron 1

Canada Geese 2 32 Mallard 2 39 Black Duck 204 386 428 Common Goldeneye 314 201 612 Barrows Goldeneye 5 6 4 Oldsquaw 32 1 53 Common Eider 3

White-winged Scoter 6 Common Merganser 74 191 163 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Northern Goshawk 1 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1

Rough-legged Hawk 1

Bald Eagle 1 2 Merlin 1 1

Ruffed Grouse 3 12 Ring-necked Pheasant 2 2 Gray Partridge 6 8 25 Common Snipe 1

Iceland Gull 2 2

Ring-billed Gull 3

Great Black-backed Gull 73 29 62 Herring Gull 61 36 474 Rock Dove 24 175 260 Mourning Dove 38 Short-eared Owl 1

Belted Kingfisher 3