BIRD REPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sharp-tailed sparrow — 5 singing near Pisquid DU Impoundment, June 1 (BD) 
     
    

    
     Vesper sparrow — 1 singing in scrubby field on Panmure 15., May 24; 6 
     
     heard in blueberry barrens in Morell Rear, June 1 (BD) 
     
    

    
     White-throated sparrow - about 5 at Newtown Cross, May 7 (TP) 
     
    

    
     Lincoln's sparrow - 1 singing near Alliston, May 24; 6 on territory at 
     
    

    
     Big Pond near Hermanville, June 8 (BD) 
     
    

    
     Swamp sparrow — 3 singing at North River, May 7; 40+ singing in marsh and 
     
     dunes between St. Peter's Harbour and St. Peter's Lake, 
     
     June 1 (BD) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH: BD — Brian Dalzell; GH — Geoff Hogan; TP — Terry 
     
     Power; RR - Ruth Richman; GS — Gary Schneider; STS — Scott Sinclair. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Results Of Atlas Dy 
     
    
   
   
    
     On June 21, 4 crews of birders tested their footwear, eyes and ears 
     
     at Howe Pt., Valleyfield, Seacow Head and Burton while participating in 
     
     the North American Breeding Bird Atlas Day. The task was to find evidence 
     
     of breeding by birds, record the same and have a good time while doing so. 
     
     Evidence of breeding birds was not so easily obtained, but everyone en— 
     
     joyed the outings and learned a bit about the Atlas project in the process. 
     
     Briefly, here are the results: 
     
    

    
     Howe Pt. Seacow Head Burton Valleyfield 
     
    
   
   
    
     # Observed Only 7 6 2 6 
     
     # Possible Breeders 11 — ll 12 
     
     # Probable Breeders 10 1 6 4 
     
     # Confirmed Breeders 4 5 3 4 
     
    
   
   
    
     The confirmed species at Howe Pt. were black guillemot, bank swallow, 
     
     barn swallow and belted kingfisher; at Seacow Pond - black guillemot, am. 
     
     robin, bank swallow, savannah sparrow and song sparrow; at Burton — am. 
     
     crow, barn swallow and song sparrow; and at Valleyfield - dOWny wood— 
     
     pecker, northern flicker, ovenbird and am. redstart. 
     
    

    
     "Observed" birds are those not found in suitable nesting habitat, for 
     
     example, a flicker seen on the shore at Seacow Head. It should also be 
     
     noted that nests in Valleyfield were scouted in advance of Atlas Day and 
     
     are included in the Atlas Day totals. Thanks to Terry Power for those 
     
     treats. 
     
    

    
     Other sightings of interest were guillemot nests at Seacow Head and 
     
     Howe Pt., common loons at Seacow Head, a mourning dove at Burton, and a 
     
     cooperative barred owl in the Valleyfield demonstration woodlot. The owl 
     
     sat quietly while being viewed from 15 ft. by 3 amazed humans. 
     
    

    
     Thanks to the leaders, Jennifer Brown, Terry Power, Gerald MacDougall 
     
     and Rosemary Curley, and to the participants, Rick Burger, Sylvia Furgeson, 
     
     Geoff Hogan, Jerry Kennefic, Gerald MacDonald, Joyce MacLeod, Margaret 
     
     Mallett, Thelma Murchison, Howard Norton, Mabel and Bruce Peveril, Fran 
     
     Piercey, Sid Watts, Sandy Wagner and Gary Woodworth. Let's try for even 
     
     better things in 1987. 
     
    
   
   
    
     — Rosemary Curley