- adult at Point Prim on Jul. 28 (DW), immature at Beech Grove on 
     
     Sept. 8 (JDM), 1 at Emyvale on Sept. 25 (JWa); Northern Harrier - 
     
     l at West point on Jul. 19 (DW), i at Point Prim on Aug. 15 (DW); 
     
     Osprey - 1 at Point Prim on May 29 (DW); a at park Corner on June 
     
     30 (DW); 1 fishing at Belvedere Pond on Jul. 1 (JDM) Kestrel - 1 
     
     at Johnson's River and 1 at Fullerton’s Marsh on July 1 (JDM), 1 in 
     
     Donagh on Aug. 3 (JDM); Ruffed Grouse - 4 at Eldon on Aug. 21 
     
     (DW); 3 at Tarantum on Sept. 15 (JDM); Northern Lapwing - first 
     
     summer record at Fullerton’s Marsh on July 13 (SMa); Semipalmated 
     
     Plover - numbers down dramatically at Cousin’s Shore this year 
     
     (N&SB); Piping Plover - 1 at st. Peter’s Lake Run on Jul. 2 (PH); 
     
    
   
   
    
     Black-bellied Plover - - numbers down dramatically at Cousin’s 
     
     Shore earlier this year but 70 at Cousin’s Shore on Sept. 10 
     
     (NSSB); Whimbrel - 60 at Summerside on Jul. 23 (JDM), 6 at 
     
    
   
   
    
     Earnscliffe on Aug. 7 (JH); Black-necked Stilt - first record at 
     
     Belmont Pond on July 14 (SMa), confirmed by Ray Cooke with 
     
     photographs, seen July 24 (LB, GH); Red Knot - 50 at Schurman's 
     
     Shore on July 23 (LR, GH); White-rumped Sandpiper - 1 at Bay 
     
     Fortune on May 23 (JW, DG); Curlew Sandpiper - confirmed record at 
     
     Covehead Harbour Sandbar on July 19 (MR, BdL, MdL, RG), 
     
     photographed by RC and BdL on July 20; Sanderling - numbers down 
     
     dramatically at Cousin's Shore this year (N&SB); Ring-billed Gull 
     
     — 150 at Ellen’s Creek on Aug. 4 (JDM); Black-headed Gull - 1 at 
     
     Covehead on Jul. 24 (NP reported by RG); Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 
     
     with young at Skinner’s Pond in late July (LH, GH); Barred Owl - 
     
    
   
   
    
     1 at Strathgartney Park on Jul. 31 (G&FM); Ruby-throated 
     
     Hummingbird - at Point Prim, male and female on May 29, 2 on Aug. 
     
     15 and 3 (n1 Aug. 22 (DW); Northern Flicker - abundant along 
     
    
   
   
    
     roadsides in August often in what appeared to be family groups 
     
     (JDM); Pileated Woodpecker - 1 calling at South Melville in early 
     
     Jul. (CM); Tree Swallow - 1 at Point Prim on Jul. 28 (DW); Bank 
     
     Swallow - numerous at Point Prim on Jul. 28 (DW); Barn Swallow - 
     
     15 at St. Catherine's and 35 at Green Road on Jul. 23 (EC); Gray 
     
     Jay — 1 at st, Margaret’s on May 17 (GM); Pied Crow - a venture 
     
     west for a reported Black-billed Magpie led to the discovery of a 
     
     Pied Crow at Miminegash on Jul. 28th (RC, JDM). This bird was 
     
     mistakenly identified in the paper as a Chihuahuan Raven, a 
     
     Magnificent Frigate Bird, and a Black Billed Magpie. A report was 
     
     received a week later of a similarly marked bird at the East Point 
     
     Lighthouse (SC via GM). While researching the sighting Ray Cooke 
     
     was advised by Stu Tingley that a similarly marked bird was 
     
     reported in New Brunswick but had not been checked as it was 
     
     thought to be an albino raven. In mid-September, a letter and 
     
     photograph from Marie Paquette and Gordon Grant identified the Pied 
     
     Crow at Cedar Dunes on August 15-16th; Boreal Chickadee - 1 at 
     
     Emyvale on Sept 25 (JWa); Black-capped Chickadee - pair feeding 5 
     
     young in cavity in red maple located 3.27 m off ground in branch 
     
     stub created hole (SM); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 at North Cape on 
     
     Aug. 29 (RC); Cedar Waxwing - flock of 20 at Dromore in cutover on 
     
     Sept. 15 (JDM); Philadelphia Vireo - 1 at Macphail's Woods on May 
     
     23 (DW); Canada Warbler - 1 at Point Prim on May 29 (DW) Indigo 
     
     Bunting - male and female at East Point in mid-June (FC reported by 
     
    
   
   
    
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