- 1 entangled in barb wire at Sea Cow Head on Apr. 17 was taken to AVC but, sadly, died from too much blood 
     
     loss from its injuries (RB, DCS); Short-eared Owl - 1 at Fullerton‘s Marsh on Apr. 24 (JDM, RPH), 1 at South 
     
     Melville on Jul. 25 (via RA) Northern Saw-whet Owl - calling throughout May in Donagh (JDM, RPh); 
     
    

    
     Common Nighthawk - DR (via RC) reported seeing them at Officer's Pond in June, 7 flying at pond at end of St. 
     
     Peter's Harbour road (MK), 2 at Leard's Pond on Jul. 18 (D0); Whip-poor-will - 2 at Winsloe North on Mar. 22 
     
     (GP); Ruby-throated Hummingbird - returned to Cape Egmont on May 9 (GMa), l at Home Crossroad on May 
     
     21 (GP); Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Canoe Cove on Apr. 8 (SC), at Hartsville on Apr. 28 (JW a); Yellow—bellied 
     
     Sapsucker - l at Crossroads on Apr. 19 (DO), pair at Macphail Woods on Apr. 26 (DCS), 1 at Suffolk on May 5 
     
     (BMcO, LM), male drumming on propane tank cover on Jun. 16 in Donagh and female taking sap from Showy 
     
     Mountain Ash (JDM, Rph), immature taking sap from Showy Mountain Ash in Donagh on Sept. 8 (JDM); Red- 
     
     bellied Woodpecker - 1 at Macphail Woods feeder all winter (SL), 1 at Orwell (Macphail Woods) on Apr. 26 
     
     (DCS); Downy Woodpecker - chasing one another through the trees at South Melville on Apr. 5 (RA); Northern 
     
     Flicker - calling at Beach Grove on Apr. 9 (JDM), 10 at Brackley Beach/ Covehead area and 20+ in a small field at 
     
     Tracadie on Apr. 22 (SC), 1 at Winsloe North on Apr. 27, l at Marie Pond on Apr. 29 (BMcO, LM, EMa, JBl, 
     
     DCS, DO); Pileated Woodpecker - 1 at Blooming Point on May 29 (AG); Olive-sided Flycatcher - 2 at 
     
     Dromore Provincial Forest on May 29 (DO, DCS); Eastern Wood-Peewee - l at Pisquid (High Bridge) on May 
     
     29 (DO, DCS); Alder Flycatcher - 3 at Watcrvale on May 29 (D0, DCS); Eastern Phoebe - 1 at Indian Bridge 
     
     on Jun. 21 (DO); Northern Shrike - l at Green Meadows on Apr. 12 (DO); Warbling Vireo - 1 at Winsloe 
     
     North on Jun. 19 (GP); Blue-headed Vireo - 1 at Brackley/Stanhope on May 8 (DK); Gray Jay - 2 at MacPhee‘s 
     
     Shore on May 5 (AMcL), pair at Selkirk on May 25 (DMu), reported at Charlottetown in Jun. (EMu), immature and 
     
     adult at Mooney Road (Morell River) on Jul. 4 (DCS); Tree Swallow - 11 at East Point on Apr. 19 (RC), at York 
     
     on Apr. 29 (BMcO, LM, EMa, JBl, DCS, DC), at Mount Stewart on May 6 (JDM), at Cape Egmont on May 8 
     
     (GMa); Rough-winged Swallow - 1 at MacEwen‘s Road on May 24 (RC), at John Archies Pond on Jun. 24 (DK), 
     
     2 at Brackley on Jun. 24 (TB, DH); Boreal Chickadee - singing at South Melville on Apr. 5 (RA); Red-breasted 
     
     Nuthatch - singing at South Melville on Apr. 5 (RA); White-breasted Nuthatch - l at New Dominion feeder on 
     
     Apr. 6 (EMa); Winter Wren - I seen and heard at Macphail Woods on Apr. 23 (GS), 1 at Clyde Rd. on May 5 
     
     (BMcO, LM), 1 at route 313 on May 20 (DCS, EMa); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 at East Point on Aug. 27 (DK, 
     
     VL); Eastern Bluebird l in New Glascow area on May 10 (DSea); Veery - 2 pairs at Enmore on Jun. 23 (DCS, 
     
     DO); American Robin - 2 at Winsloe North on Mar. 30 + most days in Apr. & May (GP) , big difference since 
     
     day before with Robins heard protesting, chasing, and singing at South Melville on Apr. 5 (RA), 2 on electric lines 
     
     on Apr. 5 in Donagh (JDM), lots in South Melville on Apr. 13 (RA); Gray Catbird - l at John Archies Pond on 
     
     May 20 (DCS, EMa), l at Mount Stewart May 20 - Jun. 24 (BP); Northern Mockingbird - 1 at Redhead on Jul. 2 
     
     (MK) & Jul. 11 (EMa); Brown Thrasher - 1 at Crossroads on Apr. 28 (AS), 1 at South Melville on Jun. 4 (RA); 
     
     American Pipit - 3 at Cape Egmont on May 8 (GMa); Bohemian Waxwing - at Crossroads feeder on Apr. 20, fist 
     
     one here since late winter (DCS, DO); Cedar Waxwing - approx. 10 at Clark's Creek on May 29 (DO, DCS); 
     
     Nashville Warbler - at East Point on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males at New 
     
     Harmony Demonstration Woodlot in late May (AG), 2 singing and 1 female foraging on Jun. 30 (DCS, DO); Palm 
     
     Warbler - l on May 8, 4 on May 9, and 1 on May 11 at Mount Stewart WMA (BP), lots at Brackley/ Stanhope on 
     
     May 8 (DK), 3 at East Point on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Blackpoll Warbler - 2 at Pisquid (High Bridge) on May 29 
     
     (DO, DCS), several each day during birding May 29-31 (AG); Northern Waterthrush - l at Watcrvale on May 29 
     
     (DO, DCS); Wilson's Warbler - l at PEI National Park on May 30 (AG); Scarlet Tanager - l at Nine Mile Creek 
     
     on Jun. 17 (DCS), l at Enmore on Jun. 23 (DCS, DO); Eastern Towhee - 1 at Brackley on May 19 (DCS); 
     
     Chipping Sparrow - 1 at Winsloe North on May 27 (GP), 2 on May 10 at Valleyfield to Glenmartin area (JDM); 
     
     Field Sparrow - 1 in East Royalty on Apr. 16 (DCS); Savannah Sparrow - arrived at Hartsville on Apr. 25 
     
    

    
     (JW a), arrived at Crossroads feeder on Apr. 26 (DO), 1 at Winsloe North on May 27 (GP), 1 at Charlottetown on 
     
     May 4 (BMcO, LM); Sharp-tailed Sparrow - at Cape Egmont on May 8 (GMa); Fox Sparrow - first of season at 
     
     New Dominion feeder on Apr. 6 (EMa), 1 (first ever) at my Vernon River feeder on Apr. 15 (DK); Song Sparrow 
     
     - numerous on road sides in PEI National Park on Apr. 3 (DO); Lincoln Sparrow - l at East Point on Apr. 19 
     
    
   
   
    
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