ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Common Loons - 2 at Deroche Pond, June 3 (DW) 
     
    

    
     Great Blue Heron - 40+ at Tracadie Bay, June 3 (DW) 
     
    

    
     Snowy Egret - 1 in marsh and roosting in trees at Tracadie, May 11 & 12 (RM) 
     
    

    
     American Bittern - 1 at Mount Albion, April 28 (RC) 
     
    

    
     Canada Geese - 1 pair of geese using the pond, May 20 (BB, JDM) 
     
    

    
     Brant - 200 at Covehead Harbour, April 17 and 100 on April 21 (RC); 50 at 
     
     Brackly Marsh on May 5 (RC) 
     
    

    
     Snow Geese - 7 or 8 overhead at Brooklyn on March 22 (RT); 2 in mid-April at 
     
     Cherry Valley (JH) 
     
    

    
     Green-winged Teal - 1 female at Campbell's Pond (OW) 
     
    

    
     Eurasian Widgeon - 1 male Brackley Marsh, June 2 & 3 (RP, RC); June 5 (JDM, BH) 
     
    

    
     Northern Shovellor - 1 at Stanhope, May 22 (88a) 
     
    

    
     Greater Scaup - 60+ at Oyster Bed Bridge, April 15 (MAL) 
     
    

    
     Surf Scoter - 1 at Covehead Pond, April 21 (RC) 
     
    

    
     Turkey Vulture - 1 at Milltown Cross late March to April 11, (TB) 
     
    

    
     Northern Goshawk - 1 at Sir Andrew MacPhail, May 2 (GS) 
     
    

    
     Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Perth Station, April 24 & 1 at Baldwin's Road, May 6 GS) 
     
    

    
     Bald Eagle - 2 immatures at Pinette on March 14 (HR); 1 at Wheatley River, 
     
     April 15 (MAL); pair with chicks at Wheatley River, May 26 (DW) 
     
    

    
     Northern Harrier - 1 at Cherry Valley, April 11 (GS); 1 at Baldwin's Road, 
     
     April 13; 1 at Sherwood, April 17 (RC) 
     
    

    
     Kestrel - 1 at Summerville on April 11, (GS);2 near Hunter River, April 20 (MF) 
     
    

    
     Semi-palmated Plover - 6 at Savage Harbour, May 26 (BH, S&JF, JDM) 
     
    

    
     Piping Plover — lst birds of season seen April 25 (GP) 
     
    

    
     Killdeer - 1 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, April 1 (RC); pair with 3 chicks at 
     
     Savage Harbour, June 4 (BC, BH, JDM, MK, & NL) 
     
    

    
     Black-bellied Plovers - several at Rustico sandbar, May 26 (JDM, S&JF, GP, & 
     
     DeC); 5 to 10 on Conway & Cascumpec Sandhills on June 1 (JJ, AM, BB, BH, 
     
     JDM, RWT); 2 at Blooming Point on June 6 (DW) 
     
    

    
     Ruddy Turnstone - 1 at Hog Island, June 2 (BB, JDM) 
     
    

    
     American Oystercatcher - 1 seen on Rustico Island Causeway, May 8 (DeC) 
     
    

    
     Black-legged Kittiwake - 2 at west end of Conway Sandhills, June 8 (DC, MF) 
     
    

    
     Ring-billed Gulls - at Ellen's Creek, March 22 (GH) 
     
    

    
     Bonaparte's Gull at Hermitage Creek (Ellen's) on March 31 (GH) 
     
    

    
     Common Terns - 9 flying about the Hillsborough Bridge Exclosures, May 3 (JDM) 
     
    

    
     Great Horned Owl - 1 at Dalvay Pond, April 21 (RC); 1 at 4:30 P.M. at Perth 
     
     Station on April 24 (GS) 
     
    

    
     Northern Hawk-owl — app. May 10, 8:40 P.M. 1 mi. off coast at Cape Tormentine 
     
     flying 30 ft ahead of the boat and being harrassed by 2 gulls (JO) 
     
    

    
     Barred Owl - 1 brought within 15 yards using taped calls at Elmwood, June 16 
     
     (BB, TO, JD, DW, RP, LT, JDM) 
     
    

    
     Short-eared Owl - 1 at Traveller's Rest on Jan. 19, 24, & 26. (JB); 1 in 
     
     mid-April at Stanhope to Rusrico Island (GH) 
     
    

    
     Boreal Owl - 1 in mid to late April at National Park (SM) 
     
    

    
     Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 May 9, (LD); back to feeders at the Baltic, (MM); 
     
    

    
     1 at East Baltic on May 19 (ER) 
     
    

    
     Northern Flicker - 1 at Sherwood, April 23; 1 at Earnscliffe, April 27 (RC) 
     
    

    
     Pileated Woodpecker - 1 at Selkirk feeding on apple tree for 2 days lst week in 
     
     June (FS) 
     
    

    
     Black-backed Woodpecker - pair at Baldwin's Road feeder, May 6 (GS) 
     
    

    
     Barn Swallow - returned to Milton, May 6 (GH) 
     
    

    
     Winter Wren - 2 at Sir Andrew MacPhail's, May 2 (GS) 
     
    

    
     Townsend's Solitaire - 1 at China Point, February 27 & 28 (JH) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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