a Merlin on May 13 at East Point (GM); Black Guillemot - 15 at North Cape on A .18 (GMa, SE); uffed Grouse - drumming in Donagh from mid- Apr. to mid-May; # g - 6 at Hermanville on May 12 flushed from blueberry land by runing ire (neighbour via GM); Ptarmigan - 1 in white colouration reported at Savage Harbour on May 9 (HG)[probable release or escapee]; Piping Plover - returned to Cousin's Shore on Apr. 19 (N&SB); American Woodcock - doing aerial displays in Monticello during period May 10 to 15 (GM); Common Snipe - 1 heard winnowing on Apr.
4 in Donagh (JDM); Iceland Gull - 2 at Stratford sewage lagoon on Apr. 18 (JDM); Great Black-backed Gull - pair mating on old Hillsborough Bridge piers on Apr. 16
(JDM); - 1 off the Confederation Bridge on Mar. 27 (RC); Great Horned Owl - 1 . (D0), responded to calls at Mt. Albion, Watervale, Dromore, and Auburn on Apr. 18 (JDM); — 1 at Lennox Island on Mar. 7 (RP, RC, LT, JDM, LH, SW); Barred - resp calls at Mt. Albion, Watervale, Dromore,
and Auburn on Apr. 18 (JDM); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 calling on Mar. 29 at Emyvale (GR), responded to calls at Mount Albion, Watervale, Auburn on Apr. 18 (JDM), called for long period on May 4 at Morell (MK); Ruby-throated Hummingbird - first of this year at Hazelgrove on May 18 (first last year on May 19)(IG&KM), first of season in Monticello on May 19 (GM); Northern Flicker — 1 at feeder on Ferry Road in early Mar. (FH), calling and drumming in Donagh on Apr. 16 and doing tail fan and call displays in tree tops on Apr. 18 (JDM); Tree Swallow - arrived in Bethel and Donagh on Apr. 30 (TR, JDM); 2 in Monticello during mid-May period (GM); 2 at Goose River on May 18 ; ommon Raven — seen carrying food in Dover on May 9
and Fullerton's Marsh on Ma 10 ); Brown Creeper - 1 at Fullerton's Marsh on Apr. 12 (DO); - 1 at Flat River singing on fence posts and tree tops on May 21 , Thrush - singing in Monticello during period May 1 to 15
(GM); Yellow-rumped Warbler - at Iris on May 7 SheriLyn Kirkpatrick, singing in Donagh on May 9 (JDM), many singing in Monticello during period May 10 to 15 (GM); Black-throated Green Warbler - singing in Monticello during period May 10 to 15 (GM);
W - 1 at Monticello on May 2 (MK); Fer — 1 at Monticello on ay ; American Redstart - at Rustico Is and on approx. Apr. 28 (JJ); Bobolink
- singin o's a Mermaid on May 12 (JDM) , 2 d's at Bethel on May 15 (TR); - l at Mt. Albion on Apr. 5 (E&SM); Red-winged Blackbird - first 2 s at Crossroads on Mar. 14 (DO), 6 in tree in Dundee on Mar. 26 (JDM); Bullock's
Oriole - seen in Pleasant Grove area (MJ); Common Grackle - first at feeder in Crossroads on Mar. 11 (DO), several at Donagh feeder on Mar. 28 (JDM); Brown-headed Cowbird - d on Apr. 11 at Crossroads (D0); Evening Grosbeak - very few around this past winter; 2 65 on Feb. 11, Mar. 25, & Apr. 3 at Crossroads feeder (DO), 15 at Arlington feeder in Feb. (LP); Purple Finch - last sighting of 9 visiting Crossroads
feeder (DO), 2 to 3 ds singing in Bethel on May 11 (TR); Pine Grosbeak - 7 on Feb. 23 (DO), 9 eating last of Mountain Ash berries near Crossroads feeder on Feb. 24 (DO); Common Redpoll - 50+ at Crossroads on Feb. 28 (D0), 150 on Mar. 4 at Arlington
feeder with some Pine Siskin's mixed in (LP), 1 on the ground unable to fly in Stanhope on May 9 & 10 [after talking with Scott McBurney, a veterinary pathologist at Atlantic veterinary College, FC attempted to catch the bird. As it flew short distances between branches, a merlin took it out of the air and retired with its lunch. The symptoms suggest infection with salmonella] (FC); Pine Siskin - 1 mixed in with redpolls and goldfinch on Mar. 13 at Crossroads (DO); American Goldfinch - 50+ at Crossroads on Feb. 28 (DO), 15 at Arlington feeder in Feb. (LP), plentiful at feeder in Bethel in May (TR); Savannah Sparrow - singing in Bethel on May 11 (TR); Sharp-tailed Sparrow — in Bethel on May 11 (TR); Dark-eyed Junco - 22 on Apr. 10 at Crossroads (DO); American Tree Sparrow - flock of about 2 dozen at Ferry Road feeder on Mar. 22 (FH) , 3 at Donagh feeder in early to mid-Apr. (JDM); Md in Monticello during period May 1 to 15 (GM), 1 at Ma 0 on May
; Fox Sparrow — first at Crossroads feeder this spring on Mar. 31 (DO), 2 on
Apr. 7 at Crossroads (DO), 9 on Apr. 12 at Crossroads feeder (DO), 1 in Bethel on May
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