BlRD REPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pied-billed Grebe - 1 at Deroche Point on Aug. 27 and Sept. 5 (JDM). 
     
     Double—crested Cormorant - 56 at Savage Harbour on Aug. 27 (JDM). 
     
    

    
     Great Egret - 1 at a Great Blue Heron colony in Murray Harbour on July 11 (PM). 
     
     American Bittern - 1 at Cardross on July 19 (JDM). 
     
    

    
     Canada Goose — about 500 at Orwell on Sept. 4 and 11 (Jw). 
     
    

    
     Snow Goose - 1 at Indian River on July 7 (TC). 
     
    

    
     Green—winged Teal - 3 at Deroche Point on May 27 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     American Black Duck - 1 with 9 young at Black Pond on July 3, and 100 at Deroche 
     
     P01nt on Sept. 5 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mallard - 1 m at Beech Grove on June 30 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blue-win ed Teal - 1 pr at Deroche Point on May 27, 1 with 10 young at Black Pond 
     
     on July 3 and 4 at Deroche Point.on Aug. 27 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gadwall - 3 at Deroche Point on May 27 (JDM). 
     
     American Wigeon - 86 at Deroche Point on Aug. 27 and 10 there on Sept. 5 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ring-necked Duck - 5 m and 1 f on May 27, 4 pr on June 5, 2 pr on June 12, 1 wjth 
     
     10 young on June 26, all at Deroche Point (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Harleguin Duck - 7 at East Point on July 3 (JDM). 
     
     Common Eider - 8 at East Point on July 3 (JUN). 
     
     Surf Scoter- 15 at East Point on July 3 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Osprey - 1 in Bonshaw in early June (JS); 1 with a fish at West River Causeway 
     
     on May 22, 1 in Donagh during June sometimes carrying fish, 1 at Deroche Point on 
     
     June 20 and 1 at Blooming Point on June 26 (JDM); 1 with a fish at Indian Bridge 
     
     on the Morell River on June 28 (RBM); 1 at Savage Harbour on Aug. 27, 1 at Donagh 
     
     on Sept. 2, 1 at Mt. Stewart on Sept. 5 and 1 at Deroche Point on Sept. 5 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bald Ea le — 1 at Maple Hill on July 16 (JDM); 1 ad in Vernon River on Aug. 25 
     
     (GGH); 1 ad in Winsloe on Aug. 27 (JCr). ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     Northern Harrier — 1 at Deroche Point on May 27 and 1 there on June 26 (this bird 
     
     made a Single pass at an osprey carrying a fish and was then harassed by a male 
     
     red-winged blackbird), 1 at Five Houses on July 3, 1 at Mt. Stewart and 1 at 
     
     Millvale on July 16, 1 at Cardross on July 19, 1 at Deroche Point on Aug. 17, 
     
     and 1 at Donagh on Sept. 7 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 in Milltown Cross on June 27 (WEC). 
     
     Red-tailed Hawk - a pair in Bonshaw seen daily in early June (JS). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     American Kestral - 1 at Morell Rear on May 20 (had center tail feathers missing) 
     
     and 1 at Savage Harbour on June 27 (JDM); 1 in Brooklyn on June 29, 1 in Caledonia 
     
     on June 30 and 1 in East Royalty on July 1 (WEC); 1 at Emyvale on Aug. 9, Sept. 
     
    

    
     2 and 10 (JDM); 1 at Donagh Sept. 4, 7 and 10 (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Merlin - 1 at North Cape on Aug. 15 and 2 in Keppoch on Aug. 28 (GGH). 
     
    
   
   
    
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