BIRDATHON "84 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The annual Francis Bain Birdathon was held May 26, 1984. 
     
     and windy, but not windy enough to keep dbwn the black flies! 
     
    
   
   
    
     The day was bright 
     
     This year most 
     
    
   
   
    
     of the counters participating ended up spending much of their time in Kings 
     
     County, particularly in the Valleyfield area and east of Souris. Once again, 
     
    

    
     the crew which visited the Townshend woodlot and environs came back with the best 
     
     results. As has become a tradition, the day ended with a delicious pot luck 
     
    
   
   
    
     supper, hosted by Geoff Hogan (thanks, Geoff). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pied-billed Grebe 
     
     Northern Gannet 
     
     Great Cormorant 
     
     Double—crested Cormorant 
     
     Great Blue Heron 
     
     American Bittern 
     
     Canada Goose 
     
    

    
     Brant 
     
    

    
     American Black Duck 
     
     Northern Pintail 
     
     Green-winged Teal 
     
     Blue-winged Teal 
     
     American Wigeon 
     
     Ring-necked Duck 
     
     Cbmmon Eider 
     
     Red—breasted Merganser 
     
     Northern Harrier 
     
     Osprey 
     
    

    
     Merlin 
     
    

    
     American Kestrel 
     
     Ruffed Grouse 
     
     Semipalmated Plover 
     
     Piping Plover 
     
     Killdeer 
     
     Black-bellied Plover 
     
     Common snipe 
     
    

    
     Upland sandpiper 
     
     Spotted sandpiper 
     
     Willet 
     
    

    
     Greater Yellowlegs 
     
     Great Black—backed Gull 
     
     Herring Gull 
     
     Ring—billed Gull 
     
     Bonaparte’s Gull 
     
     Common Tern 
     
    

    
     Rock Dove 
     
    

    
     Mburning Dove 
     
     Short-eared Owl 
     
     Ruby-throated Hummingbird 
     
     Belted Kingfisher 
     
     Northern Flicker 
     
    
   
   
    
     Yellow-bellied sapsucker 
     
     Hairy Wbodpecker 
     
    

    
     Downy Nbodpecker 
     
     Eastern Kingbird 
     
     ,Least Flycatcher 
     
    

    
     _Tree Swallow 
     
    

    
     Bank Swallow 
     
    

    
     Barn swallow 
     
    

    
     Blue Jay 
     
    

    
     Cbmmon Raven 
     
     Common“Crow 
     
     Black-capped Chickadee 
     
     Boreal Chickadee 
     
     Red-breasted Nuthatch 
     
     Winter wren 
     
    

    
     Oatbird 
     
    

    
     American Robin 
     
    

    
     Hermit Thrush 
     
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
     
     Common Starling 
     
     Solitary Vireo 
     
     Red-eyed Vireo 
     
    

    
     Black and White warbler 
     
     Tennessee Warbler 
     
     Northern Parula 
     
    

    
     Yellow warbler 
     
     Magnolia warbler 
     
     Yellow-rumped warbler 
     
    
   
   
    
     Black-throated Blue warbler 
     
     Black-throated Green Warbler 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blackburnian warbler 
     
     Chestnut—sided Wbrbler 
     
     Bay-breaSted Warbler 
     
     Blackpoll Warbler 
     
     Ovenbird 
     
    

    
     Northern waterthrush 
     
     Yellowthroat 
     
     Wilson's Whrbler 
     
     American Redstart 
     
     House Sparrow 
     
     Bobolink 
     
    
   
   
    
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     The day’s total was 97 species. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Red-winged Blackbird 
     
     Rusty Blackbird 
     
     Comon Grack le 
     
     Brown-headed Cow- 
     
     bird 
     
     Rose—breasted Gros- 
     
     beak 
     
     Evening Grosbeak 
     
     Purple Finch 
     
     Pine Siskin 
     
     American Goldfinch 
     
     Savannah Sparrow 
     
     Dark-eyed Junco 
     
     Chipping Sparrow 
     
     White—throated 
     
     Sparrow 
     
     Lincoln's Sparrow 
     
     Sbng Sparrow 
     
    
   
   
    
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