mayflowers in flower in Peakes on Mar. 28 (TR) and a single blossom was found in Donagh‘on Apr. 18 
     
     (JDM); the first marsh marigolds reported in flower were beside Johnston's River in Donagh on Apr. 18 
     
     (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     3 honeybees foraging on Crocus flowers in Stratford on Mar. 28 (FRC). Mosquitos present in Bethel on 
     
     Mar. 29 (TR). Birch bark crawling with tiny black bugs on Mar. 2 (HG). Wood Frogs calling at Mt. Albion 
     
     on Apr. 8 (HJ), in Donagh on Apr. 10 (JDM), and in Bethel on Apr. 11 (TR). Spring Peepers calling in 
     
     Bethel on Apr. 16 and American Toads calling in Bethel on Apr. 20 (TR). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pied-billed Grebe - 1 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Great Blue Heron - 4 on Nov. 21 at Brackley 
     
     (DG&GS), 1 at Mount Stewart on Mar. 23 (GBM), 1 at Charlottetown on Apr. 7 (JDM); Canada Geese - 
     
     35 at Cascumpec on Dec. 21 and 8 at Souris on Dec. 28 (EC), returned to Tryon Marsh on Mar. 2 
     
     (B&RH); Snow Geese - 1 at Mount Albion ponds most of autumn (HJ), at Rustico island in mid-January 
     
     (DGS); American Black Duck - 210 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Gadwell - 6 at Cymbria on Jan. 31 
     
     (JDM, RPh), 5 at South Rustico on Feb. 8 (JKC); Northern Pintail - 5 pair at Cymbria on Jan. 31 (JDM, . 
     
     RPh), 14 at South Rustico on Feb. 8 (JKC); Green-winged Teal - 2 d‘ at Home's Creek GBM); Blue- 
     
     winged Teal - at Long Pond on Oct. 22 (B&RH); Eurasian Widgeon - 2 d‘ at Long Pond on Oct. 27 
     
     (BH), 1 at Wright's Creek (Charlottetown) from early Jan. to Feb. 25 (BM, TD); American Wigeon - 1 at 
     
     Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Ring-necked Duck - 3 c‘ and 6 2 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Lesser 
     
     Scaup - 6 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Common Goldeneye - 29 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); 
     
     Bufflehead - 3 at Long Pond on Oct. 22 (B&RH), 3 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); Oldsquaw - 35 at 
     
     Souris on Jan. 18 (AG); Barrow's Goldeneye - 12 at Souris West On Jan. 17 (AG); Black Scoter - 1 at 
     
     Ellen's Creek on Feb. 10 & 17 (GBM); Hooded Merganser - 2 at Long Pond on Oct. 22 (B&RH), 17 
     
     (50:50 sex ratio) at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH), 1 at Cardigan on Feb. 10 (FRC); Common Merganser - 
     
     1 at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH), 60 d‘ and 37 9 at Cascumpec Bay on Feb. 23 (EC); Red-breasted 
     
     Merganser - 8 at Cardigan on Jan. 20 (FRC); Northern Goshawk - chasing Mourning Doves on Jan. 
     
     24, 25, 28, & Feb. 7 at Crossroads (DO), 1 at Riverton on Jan. 23 (TR), 1 being harassed by crows in 
     
     York on Feb. 4 (FC), 1 in Donagh on Feb. 25 (RPh, JDM); Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 chasing Mourning 
     
     Doves at Crossroads feeder on Jan. 29 & Feb. 1 (DO), 1 sitting in tree in Mermaid on Jan. 31 (DO), near 
     
     feeder in Crossroads on Feb. 5, 15, & 20 (DO), 1 killing a Mourning Dove on Feb. 21 and later on same 
     
     day killing a Starling at Crossroads feeder (DO), another Mourning Dove killed on Feb. 26 (DO); Rough- 
     
     legged Hawk - 1 at Cardigan on Jan. 6 (FRC), 1 at Cherry Valley on Jan. 17 & 18 (AG), 1 dark phase at 
     
     Vernon River on Jan. 20 (FRC), 1 immature light phase at Johnston's River on Feb. 24 (JDM); Bald 
     
     Eagle - 1 adult & 2 immature at Long Pond on Oct. 27 (BH); 2 circling high over French Village on Nov. 
     
     26 (HG), 2 regularly in Covehead Bay this winter (FC) 1 at Friston Road near piggery this winter (FC), 
     
     immature at Fullerton's Marsh on Feb. 16 (DO), 1 at Cardigan Fish Hatchery on Apr. 14 (DB); Northern 
     
     Harrier - 1 at Norboro on Oct. 14 (RT), 1 at South Granville and 1 at Central Bedeque on Nov. 3 (RT), 1 
     
     0* seen regularly at Robinson's Island up to Dec. 8 (DG&GS), 2 at Cherry Valley on Jan. 17 (AG), 1 2 at 
     
     French Village on Mar. 1 (HG), 1 d‘ at Bethel on Apr. 13 and 2 on Apr. 28 (TR); Osprey - 1 at Damley on 
     
     Oct. 12 (RT); Peregrine Falcon - 1 at Cardigan on Dec. 12 (EC); American Kestrel - 1 in Johnston's 
     
     River on Feb. 22 (JDM), 1 at Valleyfield on Apr. 14 (DB), d‘ & 9 at Bethel on Apr. 30 (TR); Ruffed 
     
     Grouse - 4 on Mar. 30 at lris (KB, KH), 1 at Bethel drumming in full moonlight around midnight on Apr. 
     
     30 (TR); Sharp-tailed Grouse - 7 at Cable Head on Jan. 18 (AG); Gray Partridge - 8 at Johnson's 
     
     River on Dec. 24 (RPh), 9 at Charlottetown Experimental Farm in midst of snowstorm on Jan. 13 (JDM); 
     
     Wild Turkey - 2 reports in the Cardigan area lst week of Apr. suggests someone is releasing them (KB); 
     
     Semi-palmated Plover - 1 on outside beach at South Lake on Nov. 29 (DGS); Piping Plover - tracks 
     
     and single vocalization at Canavoy Beach on Apr. 15 (AP), 1 seen at St. Peter’s Lake Run on Apr. 20 
     
     (AP). tracks at MacCallum's Beach on Apr. 21 (JDM); Killdeer - seen at North Rustico on Mar. 25 
     
     (MGa), calling and establishing nesting areas at tree nursery on Apr. (JDM); American Woodcock - 5 
     
     or 6 doing aerial displays starting Apr. 11 (TR); Common Snipe - 10 at Kinlock on Jan. 17, present on 
     
     Jan. 18 (AG), winnowing on Apr. 16 at Mount Albion, Dromore, and Donagh (JDM. JJ) and Bethel on 
     
    
   
   
    
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