Red-breasted Merganser Norther Harrier Ruffed Grouse Black-bellied Plover Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Dunlin Ring-billed Gull Great Black-backed Gull Dovekie Mourning Dove Long-eared Owl Belted Kingfisher Black-backed Woodpecker Eastern Kingbird Blue Jay Horned Lark Barn Swallow Winter Wren Veery American Robin Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Northern Waterthrush Wilson's Warbler Savannah Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Bobolink Brown-headed Cowbird Pine Siskin Osprey American Kestrel Virginia Rail Killdeer Willet Ruddy Turnstone Common Snipe Herring Gull Common Tern Black Guillemot Great Horned Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Blue-headed (Solitary) Vireo American Crow Tree Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Golden-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Gray Catbird Nashville Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Palm Warbler American Redstart Mourning Warbler Canada Warbler Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Red—winged Blackbird Purple Finch American Goldfinch NEIL BENNETT AUTUMN BIRDING CLASSIC Bald Eagle Merlin Sora Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper American Woodcock Glaucous Gull Arctic Tern Rock Dove Barred Owl Ruby-throated Hummingbird Hairy Woodpecker Least Flycatcher Red-eyed Vireo Common Raven Bank Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Ruby-throated Kinglet Hermit Thrush European Starling Northern Parula Cape May Warbler Black—throated Green Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Chipping Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Common Grackle White-winged Crossbill House Sparrow For the seventh year, the Natural History Society will be working in conjunction with the Island Nature Trust to raise money for the acquisition and protection of natural areas throughout the province. This year the team will consist of Dan McAskill, Eric Marcum and Michelle Johnston. On September 29‘“, they will take to the fields, wood, shore, and wetlands to count birds, collect sightings for the newsletter, and to raise money for the Island Nature Trust's conservation programs. You can help by: * pledging a set amount or pledging by the species and seeing what the team can do; contacting Barb McDonald at 566-9150 and obtaining a pledge sheet to collect monies for the island Nature Trust for this event; or Barb to set this option up). fielding your own team and signing up pledgers for your team's efforts (contact