kits were red. only one of the adults was red. Another was silver and the 
     
     third champagne (off-white). The latter is most likely an escapee from a fox 
     
     farm. ' 
     
    

    
     The den was active for about two months before they moved on. During 
     
     this time. we were able to record the kits of video tape. Once. with the 
     
     mother looking guite frantic as the kits scattered everywhere on the lawn 
     
     playing. three of the kits played at my uncle‘s feet until they heard_the 
     
     video camera whirring. Many times. the kits were seen playing hide and seek 
     
     around the farm machinery. 
     
    

    
     We did find large bones near the den. However. their diet consists 
     
     mainly of mice. voles, hares. grouse. eggs, ducks, fruit. berries, insects. 
     
     and earthworms. , ' 
     
    

    
     There are ten species of fox worldwide. Also. there are twelve 
     
     subspecies of red fox in North America. The red fox molt once a year and the 
     
     new coat is at its best in December. Although they are most acceptable 
     
     species to rabies. P.E.I. still does not have that problem. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     NEW BIG DAY RECORD ESTABLISHED by Ray Cooke 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Sept. 2 1991 four birders met at 3:30 AM to begin a day of bird- 
     
     finding.l Sue Stephenson. Bill Bowerbank. Dan Mcaskill. and I set out to find 
     
     over 104 species of birds on P.E.I.. establishing a new American Birding 
     
     Association record for species seen in one day in the Province. and putting 
     
     the record in the hands of Islanders. 
     
    

    
     Our first stoo. near Selkirk. was to try for owls and the day was begun. 
     
     we were unsuccessful. Another stop near St. Margarets yielded a Northern 
     
     Saw-whet Owl which answered to a taped recording. The next stop gave us a 
     
     Great Horned owl. As dawn was approaching we made our way to the Townshend 
     
     'woodlot to try for passerines during their early morning activity. In Souris 
     
     west we were lucky enough to spot a Great Horned Owl in our headlights. and 
     
     when we arrived at the woodlot the bird sightings began to grow. The drive in 
     
     yielded Savannah Sparrows and Blue Jays. which were quickly followed by a 
     
     Northern Opshawk and a few minutes later by a Red-Tailed Hawk. A walk through 
     
     this woodlot is supposed to be very productive when seeking birds and this was 
     
     my first trip here. Within a few minutes I had a superb look at my first 
     
     Barred Owl ever obligingly perched only a few feet off the trail. Although it 
     
     was getting late in the season and we could not count on easily finding the 
     
     passerines. with help from two other birders we met in the woodlot. Roberta 
     
     Palmer and Linda Thomas. we were successful. . 
     
    

    
     A mixed flock was passing and we began "pishing" to keep the birds 
     
     nearby: Roberta and Linda were instrumental in keeping this and another flock 
     
     around long enough for identification of several species. By the time we left 
     
     Tawnshend our list was 37 species. The unccnnpn species included the warbling 
     
     Vireo. which was picked out of one of the flocks and confirmed independently 
     
     by some of the others present. The very similar Philadelphia Vireo was also 
     
     seen. A first record for Pine warblers was made when three individuals were 
     
     seen. The woodlot had supplied more species than we could have hoped for. 
     
    

    
     A stop in Harmony Junction gave us two more warblers and our first 
     
     waterfowl. The only gadwall seen were here. as was the only Spotted 
     
     Sandpiper. The next stop was the Souris causeway where we hoped to view 
     
     shorebirds. Although we were able to add some gull species and a Merlin. the 
     
     stop was unsuccessful in giving us the expected. and counted on. shorebirds. 
     
     The Merlin was without doubt instrumental in this. Undaunted we made our way 
     
     to Black Pond which supplied us with most of the dUCks we could expect as well 
     
     as a Red-necked Grebe. The trip to East Point was productive with the days 
     
    
   
   
    
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