I have consulted a copy of the Sibley guide from the library, which includes another possibility not 
     
     appearing in my out-of—date Golden guide: Streptopelia decaocto, the Eurasian Collared-Dove. It is noted as “much 
     
     larger and heavier than mourning dove”, with markings very close to the turtle-dove. The bird I saw was quite a bit 
     
     taller and plumper than the mourning doves with which I saw it - this was the first thing I noticed, before the 
     
     difference in colouration. So now I am unsure which it might have been. Sibley indicates the Collared-Dove is 
     
     “rapidly colonizing North America” and that the Turtle-dove “fares poorly in the wild”. Is it the Turtle-dove or the 
     
     Collared-dove which appears on the 2003 checklist for PEI? I have only the French version. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Editor’s Note: Based on the description, it appears that the bird seen was a Ringed T urtle-Dove. It is most 
     
     probable that this bird was an escapee from captivity. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEATHER EVENTS: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dubbed by some of the media as White Juan, a strong nor'easter brought hours of winds with sustained 
     
     velocities of 90 km/hr, wind gusts of 103 km/hr, and 75 cm of snow on February 19th. Many roads were blocked 
     
     till the evening of the 20th when many secondary roads were partially opened. Drifts of 2 to 4 metres were not 
     
     uncommon. Fortunately, a predicted 1.2 to 1.3 metre storm surge was less severe that anticipated and little 
     
     flooding damage occurred. 
     
    

    
     LY reported 20 to 24 inches of ice in Summerside Harbour and Hillsborough River in February. The north 
     
     shore was completely closed in with ice to the horizon on Mar. 14 although there were some open leads earlier in 
     
     the week (DCS). 
     
    

    
     By early March, many field centres had patches bare of snow in central and eastern PEI (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANIMAL SIGHTINGS: Compiled by J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     MAMMALS: 1 ermine at Maximeville on Feb. 21 (GMa). 1 flying squirrel on Dec. 23 and 
     
     up to 5 red squirrels in Jan. at Crossroads feeder (DMu). 2 flying squirrels feeding in a tray 
     
     feeder at 5 am on Mar. 1 (DO). Red squirrels were seen on Feb. 25 at Beach Grove in 
     
     Charlottetown in what appeared to be in the repeated pursuit chases utilized to select mates 
     
     (J DM) 1 very large raccoon feeding on sunflower seed hulls at Donagh feeder on Mar. 15 
     
     (JDM, RPh). Moderate sized raccoon killed in yard near feeder in Donagh by animals. 2 red 
     
     fox, 1 male with a black tail, at Argyle Shore on Mar. 18 (LY). Dark phase coyote at 
     
     Bunbury on Mar. 15 (JDM). Lots of sightings of red fox in various areas (JDM, LY, DO). 
     
     One fox walked by the edge of a flock of 30+ Canada Geese in a Bunbury grain field before 
     
     deciding to retreat to better hunting grounds (JDM). Adult harp seal at Rusticoville 
     
     causeway on Feb. 15 (DCS). 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRDS: Great Cormorant - 2 to 4 at North Rustico breakwater on Jan. 1 to 4 (DCS); Great Blue Heron - 1 at Tryon Marsh 
     
     in late Feb. (BH); Canada Geese - 200+ at Dalvay on Jan. 1 (DCS), 200+ at Eamscliffe on Jan. 11 (DCS), 49 in grainfeild at 
     
     East Point on Jan. 23 (DCS), 8 flying at Argyle Shore in Mar. 4 & 7 in grain field on Mar. 10 (LY), flying and later in day in 
     
     field at Clyde River on Mar. 13 (RA), 6 at Victoria on Mar. 14 (RPh), 18 at Reeds Comer on Mar. 15 (HM via SMa), ~30 in 
     
     grain field in Bunbury with ~50 American Crows on Mar. 16 & 18 (JDM), 70 along Argyle Shore on Mar. 18 (LY), 20 feeding 
     
     in Donagh potato field on Mar. 25-27 (JDM); Wood Ducks - l at Norboro on Feb. 16(JDM); Eurasian Wigeon - l foraging 
     
     on grass at Stratford lagoon on Jan. 2 (DCS); American Wigeon - male & female at North Rustico on Jan. 4 (DCS); Black 
     
     Duck — 50 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 18 (JB), ~30 in corn field at Vernon River on Feb. 6 along with ~120 crows (DK), 
     
     numerous at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 with some black ducks chasing goldeneye to retrieve mussels dropped from harassment 
     
     (DO); Mallard - 20 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 18 (JB); Gadwall -3 at Chapel Creek on Jan. 2 (DCS), 1 male at Ellen's Creek on 
     
     Jan. 3 (DCS), l at Cardigan on Jan. 10 (DCS), 9 at Chapel Creek on Jan. 18 (DCS), 21 at Cymbria, 33 at Anglo Rustico, & 13 
     
     at New Glascow Mills on Feb. 6 (DO), 1 female at Ferry Rd. in Cornwall on Mar. 9 (EMa); Mallard - 4 pairs at Cardigan on 
     
     J an. 10 (DCS), 4 males & 2 females at Cumberland Golf Course on Jan. 21 (DCS), couple at Cardigan Bridge on Feb. 6 (DO); 
     
    
   
   
    
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