BIRDS: Northern Gannet - 1 dead on Conway sand hills on June 16 
     
     (JDM, DWi); Snow Geese - 4 at Cavendish Sandspit on May 10 (LT); 
     
     Eurasian Widgeon - 1 at Pisquid Pond in mid—May (DGS), 1 at 
     
     Blooming Point ephemeral pond in early Jun. (PA); Wood Ducks — 
     
     male at Mount Albion on Apr. 9 (HJ), 6 at Cavendish lagoon on May 
     
     27 (LT); Ring-necked Ducks - arrived in Mount Albion on Apr. 25 
     
     (HJ); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Darlington on May 15 (JWa); UID hawk 
     
     on fence post on May 16 at Hartsville (JWa), 1 at Alexandria 
     
     chasing a Willet the week of May 29th (ASt); Northern Harrier - 1 
     
     at Sharam Point Causeway on June 8 (P&AW); Kestrel — 1 at Parkdale 
     
     on June 15 (JDMc); Piping Plover — 4 to 5 at Cousin's Pond (JW); 
     
     Killdeer - pair in park in Parkdale on Apr. 16 (BB), nest with 4 
     
     eggs at Kinlock Park (RM); Willet - 1 nesting at Alexandria wet 
     
     meadow overlooking the bay on June 3 (JDM); Greater Black-backed 
     
     Gulls - 2 pairs on Hillsborough Piers, 1 on nest in early May; 
     
     nests removed under permit on May 20th (JDM, BS); 1 pair renested 
     
     lst. week of June (JDM); Common. Tern - several back at the 
     
     Hillsborough Piers on May 4 (JDM), 1 nest with egg on Hillsborough 
     
     Pier # 4 on May 20 (BS); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 visited a tree 
     
     in Mt. Albion on Jan. 7 (R&LM), 1 juvenile in woods at Hartsville 
     
     on June 8 almost 1 year to the day from her first sighting of a 
     
     Barred Owl (JWa); Whip-poor-will - 1 heard at Green Bay in early 
     
     Apr. (JW); Ruby—throated Hummingbird - seen at Kinlock Road on May 
     
     25 (WC); UID Hummingbird. with red cap, white throat, and red 
     
     forewing area reported from Clyde River Road (JLR); arrived late 
     
     this year at Bunbury with first sighting the week of May 25th 
     
     (P&AW); Pileated Woodpecker - 1 at Boughton River on Apr. 18 
     
     (RC0); Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 at Green Meadows on May 26 
     
     (RC); Horned Lark — pair at Cousin’s Pond on May 5 (JW); Swallows 
     
     - reports of a decline in Barn Swallows over the past decade 
     
     continue as do comments on the scarcity of Tree Swallows, Bank 
     
     Swallow colonies seem to be thriving in some areas; Blue Jay — P&AW 
     
     report sightings down at Sharam Point while other reports submitted 
     
    
   
   
    
     show no change; Northern Mockingbird — 1 at Brackley on Apr. 1 
     
     (RP); 1 at Meadowbank on May 13-4 (PC), 1 at Cape Turner on June 7 
     
     (DC); Northern Shrike ~ 1 at Tea Hill on Dec. 18 (BHa); Catbird - 
     
     1 at Charlottetown on May 17 (BBa), 2 at Donagh on May 21—3 (SM); 
     
     Yellow-rumped Warbler - seen at Hunter River on Apr. 29 (MM); 
     
     Blackpoll Warbler - female reported at Sharam Point on May 20 
     
     (P&AW); Northern Parula - seen at Hunter River on May 4 (MM); 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blackpoll — 1 at Sharam Point in May (P&AW); Northern Oriole - 1 
     
     at Sharam Point bog on May 20 (P&AW); 1 at Crapaud on May 28th 
     
     (JDM, BB, LT, RP); Indigo Bunting - 1 in Mayfield on May 10 (LB); 
     
     Purple Finch - higher numbers than usual at Sharam Point this year 
     
    
   
   
    
     (P&AW); White-winged Crossbill - 8 seen feeding on budworms in 
     
     white spruce at Macphail Woodlot (SM); American Tree Sparrow - 1 at 
     
     Sharam Point (n1 May 21 (P&AW); White-crowned Sparrow - more 
     
     reports than usual this spring (LT, RP, JDM, CM); Lincoln’s 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sparrow - 2 at Donagh on May 21-3 (SM). 
     
    
   
   
    
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