WEATHER EVENTS:

The first snow and sleet of the season in eastern Prince and Western Queen’s County was on Nov. 4 (EG). 3 to 5 cm of snow in NE part of Island on Nov. 9 (DO). ~7 cm of wet snow in Donagh on Nov. 14 (JDM).

ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS: Compiled by J. Dan McAskill

PLANTS: Evening primrose in flower at Rollo Bay on Sept. 26 (DCS, JDM).

INSECTS: 2 lady bugs at a Traveller’s Rest hay field on Oct. 12 (JDM).

AMPHIBIANS/REPTILES: Red-bellied snake at Redhead on Oct. 7 (DO, VL, DK).

Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) MAMMALS: 2 red fox at Mt. Herbert on Oct. 1 (JDM). Skunks still active along roadsides on Nov. 7 (JDM).

BIRDS: Red-throated Loon - 4 at Robinson’s Island on Oct. 1 (ml), 90+ at Nine Mile Creek on Oct. 21 (EMa), 1 at Fort Amherst on Nov. 21 (EMa); Common Loon - 1 on nest at Deroche Pond in early June (LT), 1 at Robinson’s Island on Sept. 18 (DC&ES), 2 at Robinson’s Island on Oct. 2 (B1), 1 at Clyde River on Oct. 7 (EMa); Pied-billed Grebe - 1 immature at Long Pond on Oct. 18 (DO); Red-necked Grebe - 4 or 5 at Earnscliffe on Oct. 3 (DK, DO), 1 at Clyde River on Oct. 7 (EMa); Leach’s Storm-Petrel - 2 bouncing around off Locke Shore Road (LH) and 1 off Gunning Shore (Malpeque Bay) on Sept 22 (LH, BMa); Northern Gannet - autopsies on dead gannets in National Park showed cracked chest bones (LT), 500 at East Point on Oct. 7-8 (DK, DO, VL), ~20 off Argyle Shore field on Oct. 14 (JDM, WFB, LY), 8 at Fort Amherst on Nov. 21 (EMa); Great Blue Heron - lat Hillsborough River at Mount Stewart on Nov. 13 (IDM, RPh), 6 at Basin Head on Nov. 17 (DO); Snowy Egret - 1 at Seaview in mid-Oct. (via RC); Little Blue Heron - 1 off Brudenell on Sept. 25 (MI via RC); Snow Geese - 3 at Clarkes Pond on Oct. 17 (DC&ES), 3 at Lake of Shining Waters in Cavendish on Oct. 18 (DO), 1 shot in Cavendish area in late Oct. (DC), 3 at Cavendish on Nov. 8 (BHo); Canada Geese - approx. 20 at Wilmot River and 1,000 at Lake Verde on Sept. 29 (JDM), 3,000 to 5,000 covering entire surface of Lake Verde on Sept. 30 (JDM), 50 at Ellen’s Creek on Oct. 4 (JDM), 600 in Northeast of Island on Oct. 7-8 (DK, DO, VL), ~60 in Argyle Shore grain field on Oct. 13 (JDM, LY), ~150 at Donagh grain field on Oct. 13 (JDM), ~2,000 at Sherbrooke grain field on Oct. 15 (JDM, LY), 250 at Clarkes Pond on Oct. 17 (DC&ES), ~1,000 at Wilmot River estuary on Oct. 21 (JDM), ~500 at Stanley Bridge on Oct. 26 (JDM), 100s landing in potato field in Bunbury on Nov. 2 (JDM), 400 at Ellen’s Creek WMA on Nov. 4 (JDM), 16 geese feeding in soyabean field at Upton Road on Nov. 4-5 which increased to ~500 on Nov. 23 (JDM); at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (DO), 1005 at Rustico Harbour on Oct. 29 (SCI, BMcO), 100 at Miminegash on Nov. 12 (DK), ~1,000 at Souris on Nov. 20 (DO); American Black Duck - 300 at Ellen’s Creek on Oct. 4 (JDM), 100 at Miminegash on Nov. 12 (DK); Mallard - 5 at Crapaud on Oct. 23 (IDM, LY); Northern Pintail - 6 at Rustico Harbour on Oct. 29 (SCl, BMcO), 1 at Eamscliffe on Nov. 11 (EMa); Redhead Duck - 6 at Borden Lagoons in last week of Aug. (RC); Greater Scaup - at Robinson’s Island on Oct. 1 (BI), 20 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (DO); Lesser Scaup - 1 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (DO), 1 at Clarkes Pond on Nov. 5-6 (DCS); Common Eider - at North Cape on Nov. 12 (DK); Harlequin Duck - 1 at East Point on Oct. 24 (DCS, DO); Surf Scoter - several at Clyde River on Oct. 7 (EMa), 120 at East Point on Oct. 7-8 (DK, DO, VL); White-winged Scoter - 120 at East Point on Oct. 7-8 (DK, DO, VL); Black Scoter - 100 at East Point on Oct. 7-8 (DK, DO, VL), several flocks moving cast off Governor’s Island on Oct. 22 (FdB); Long-tailed Duck - 2 at East Point on Oct. 24 (DCS, DO); Bufflehead - 1 adult male at Indian River on Oct. 26 (LH), 2 females at Long