BIRD’REPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Red-breasted Merganser - l m at Cardigan Bridge, Mar. 7 (JuS) 
     
     Goshawk - 2 on ground in Valleyfield, Mar. 27 (GS,RR) 
     
     Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 at North River Rd., Mar. 17 (AK) 
     
     - 1 almost daily over feeder in Valleyfield, April 
     
     3 to 10, (GS,RR) 
     
     - 1 hunting a bluejay (successful) at feeder in 
     
     Valleyfield, April 4, (GS,RR) 
     
     (probable) at Riverside Dr., Mar. 30 (AK) 
     
     at 48 Rd., April 9 (RR,Gs) 
     
     pair in Emyvale, April 14, (VB,RM) 
     
     in Cherry Valley, April 21 (RR,GS) 
     
     pr. in Valleyfield, April 21 (RR,GS) 
     
     on Rte. 24 near Uigg, April 21 (RR,GS) 
     
     Osprey — 1 at Vernon River, April 8 (JA) 
     
     Merlin - l in North Wiltshire, Mar. 16 (GGH) 
     
     Kestrel - 1 at Point de Roche, April 5 (AK) 
     
     - 1 near Hazelbrook, April 6 (GGH) 
     
     - 1 at Vernon River, April 10 (JA) 
     
     Ruffed Grouse - 1 pr. in tree in Little York, Mar. 2 (VB) 
     
     - 2 on Souris Line Rd., Mar. 29 (GM) 
     
     Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 m., Souris Line Rd., Mar. 17 (GM) 
     
     Gray Partridge — 3-10 in Winsloe North, throughout Feb. and on Mar. 3 
     
     (GP,FP) ' 
     
     - 6 in New Perth, Mar. 8 (JuS) . 
     
     — 12+ at North River, Mar. 10 (AK) 
     
     Killdeer - 3 at Riverside Dr., Mar. 30 (AK) 
     
     - 2 in Caledonia, April 7 (SH) 
     
     - 1 m in Springvale, April 10 (GGH) 
     
     Red-necked Phalarone - 4 in winter plumage at Cape Tormentine, Apr. 12 (SS) 
     
     Iceland Gull - (probable), no # cited, Ch'town Harbour, April 5 (AK) 
     
     Great Black-backed Gull - 1 at Vernon Bridge, Mar. 17 (TDP) 
     
     Herring Gull - 6 at Vernon Bridge, Mar. 22 (TDP) 
     
     Rina-billed Gull — several at Hermitage Creek, late Mar. (GGH) 
     
     Bonaparte's Gull — (probable) 2 at Ch'town Harbour, April 1 (NL) 
     
     Barred Owl - l (in answer to call) in Valleyfield, mid-April (GS) 
     
     Belted Kingfisher — 1 on wire on Rte. 24 near Caledonia, April 23 (RR) 
     
     Northern (Common) Flicker - l at Point de 
     
     Roche, April 5 (AK); 2 in Springvale, April 
     
     15 (GGH,SS); 1 in Vernon River, April 8 (JA); 
     
     1 in Peakes, April 22 (SH) 
     
     Hairy Woodpecker - 1 in Winsloe North, Feb. 
     
     24 and Mar. 3 (GP,FP); l f on 48 Rd., Mar. 16 
     
     (RR,GS); l m in Valleyfield, April 10 (RR,GS); 
     
     1 every other day throughout winter to Sum- 
     
     merside feeder, up to April 16 (LC) 
     
     Downy Woodpecker - 1 in Winsloe North, Mar. 
     
     7 (GP); 1 m in Point Prim, Mar. 25 and past 
     
     six weeks (TM); 2 f in Valleyfield, Mar. 29 
     
     (RR); 1 m in Valleyfield, April 3 (RR,GS); . 
     
     1 m in Valleyfield, April 9 (RR,GS); 1 in 
     
     Baldwin's Rd., April 10 (RR,GS); - more - 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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