Hillsborough River on ice near Bridge on Feb. 15 (88a); 2 adults 
     
    

    
     on ice downstream of Hillsborough Bridge with one doing neck stretch displays to 
     
     the other and then doing a short hop flight over the other (repeated five times) 
     
     on Feb. 15 (JDM); 1 at Tryon Mar. 12 (Ben); 1 at Cherry Hill on Mar. 16 (DW); 1 
     
     at Mount Herbert on Mar. 19 (MK); 1 immature at Hillsborough Bridge on the ice 
     
     on Mar. 25 (BM); Gray Partridge - 18 at Elliotvale on Feb. 1 (JDM); 5 at 
     
     Johnsons River on Mar. 5 (JDM); Glaucous Gull - 4 at Ellen's Creek on Feb. 24 
     
     (RC); 1 at Charlottetown on Mar. 13 (SM, JB); Iceland Gull - 2 at West Royalty 
     
     throughout Jan and early February (JDM); 3 at Belvedere Pond on Feb. 6 (SM, JB); 
     
     20 at Borden on Feb. 21 (JDM); l4 Kumlein's and 2 nominate at Ellen's Creek on 
     
     Mar. 20 (SM, JB, JDM); Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 at Ellen's Creek on Mar. 3 
     
     (RC); Black Guillemot — 5 off Panmure Island on Mar. 21 (JDM, RC); Mourning 
     
     Doves — 1 at York feeder over Christmas (JtR); 1 at Stanley Bridge Feeder on 
     
     Feb. 6 (JB, MaR); l to 47 at East Royalty feeder from Jan. 1 to Mar. 4 (C&MW); 
     
     Great-horned Owl — 1 calling at Springvale on Jan. 11 (SS); Snowy Owl — 1 at 
     
     Lockeshore Road between Jan. 16 & Feb. 14 (LB); 1 had to be chased of 
     
     Charlottetown airport runway (RP); l at Summerside on Mar. 27 (PA); Barred Owl - 
     
     2 at calling at DeSable Marsh on Feb. 28 (BP); Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Sleepy 
     
     Hollow on Mar. 13 (EC); 1 at Cardigan Bridge on Mar. 20 (GeM); 1 at Marshall's 
     
     Pond on Mar. 24 (FC); Red—bellied Woodpecker - 1 male still at Stanley Bridge 
     
     feeder, carrying and storing dog food pellets in holes in snag like trees and 
     
     poles until Feb. 27 (W&JM, JDM, SM, JB); Northern Flicker - 1 male at Desable 
     
     feeder on Feb. 17 (RM); 1 at Panmure Island on side of leader of 3 meter white 
     
     spruce and 1 at Lower Montague on Mar. 21 (JDM, RC); Horned Lark - 12+ at 
     
     Lockeshore Road On Jan. 17 (LE); 12 at West Cape on Feb. 25 (GeM); 16 at 
     
     Charlottetown Airport with 3 Snow Buntings on Mar. 10 (RP); Gray Jay — 2 at 
     
     Monticello and l at Cardross on Mar. 13 (GeM); Blue Jay - in tree tops giving 
     
     comb call at Vernon Bridge on Mar. 21 (RC, JDM); Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 at 
     
     Tryon in Mar. (BeH); American Robin — 1 at Sherwood on Mar. 12 (RC); Bohemian 
     
     Waxwing - 53 at West Royalty on Feb. 24 (EC); 26 at Sleepy Hollow on Mar. 7 
     
     (EC); Cedar Waxwing - 15 at Charlottetown on Feb. 21 (RC); 12 at Crossroads on 
     
     Mar. 14 (DW); Northern Shrike - 1 hunted through conifer hedge beside South 
     
     Granville feeder on Feb. 7 (MaR); 1 at Poverty Beach and l at High Bank on Mar. 
     
     21 (RC, JDM); Common Grackle - 1 at Charlottetown on Feb. 25 (GeM); S at 
     
     Sherwood on Mar. 10 (RC); 1 at Sleepy Hollow on Mar. 24 (BB); Pine Siskin — 2 at 
     
     Montague feeder in Feb. (GB); very_few sightings this winter to date;Evening 
     
     Grosbeak - 20 in single flock at Little York over Christmas (JtR); Pine Grosbeak 
     
     - 8‘to 10 males and females at Summerside on Jan. 26; 16 to 20 Feb. & Mar. 12 at 
     
     Tryon (BeH); 1 pair at East Royalty in Feb. & Mar. feeding on ash seed (C&MW); 2 
     
     males and 2 females at Monticello on Feb. 17 (GeM); European Goldfinch - 1 still 
     
     at South Granville on Feb. 6 (MaR) but flew away to Pinsent feeder about 2 
     
     kilometers north when a large gray hawk made a swing by the feeder (MaR, MP); 
     
     American Goldfinch - 24 - 30 at Springvale feeder on niger seed (55); Northern 
     
     Junco - about 20 daily at Springvale feeder from Dec. - Feb. (SS); 6 daily at 
     
     York feeder in Feb. (JtR); 8 to 10 at Montague feeder in Feb. (GB); American 
     
     Tree Sparrow - l at Brackley Beach on Feb. 5 (EC); several at Malpeque on Feb. 
     
     14 (LH);; 3 at Donagh feeder in Mar. (JDM); White-throated Sparrow - 1 immature 
     
     at York feeder Dec. - Feb. (JtR); Song Sparrows - 2 at York feeder daily in Jan. 
     
     - Feb. (JtR); 2 at Tryon feeder in Feb. (BeH) 2 at Malpeque on Feb. 14 (LB); 1 
     
     singing at Pownall on Mar. 21 (RC); Lapland Longspur - 19 at Graham's Pond in 
     
     Feb. (VM, GJ); Snow Bunting - first at feeder on Jan. 27 (SS); 40 to 60 at 
     
     Graham's Pond Mar. 5 - 11 (VM, GJ); 36 - 48 at Stanhope feeder in February (EM). 
     
     Older Reports: Northern Mockingbird at St. Charles in summer of 1992 (SF); 7 
     
     Red—throated Loons at Sea Cow Light in September/92 (RJM, LH, JH); and FC 
     
     reported a decline in Northern Harriers at Covehead in 1992 as well as a general 
     
     decline in small birds at feeder this winter (down from 200 to 300 per day to 40 
     
     to 50 per day) 
     
    
   
   
    
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