(AG), 6 between East Point and South Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Peregrine Falcon - 1 at South Melville on Apr. 
     
     4 (MP); Gyrfalcon - 1 on picnic table at Vernon River on Mar. 25 (DK), 1 at Lakeside on Apr. 8 (AMcL); Gray 
     
     Partridge - 6 at Winsloe North on Jan 30 (GP); 1 at Tracadie Cross on Jun. 25 (TB, DH); Ring-necked Pheasant 
     
     - male at Seal River on Mar. 18 (DK), male & female near Victoria on Apr. 3 (RA), 1 male at Grandview on Jun. 23 
     
     (JDM); Rufi'ed Grouse - very few heard drumming this spring (IGM, JDM), 2 at Covehead on Apr. 9 (SC), 5 at 
     
     East Point on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Virginia Rail - 1 near Indian Bridge in marshy area on Morell River on Aug. 28 
     
     (DO); American Coot - 2 at Pisquid Pond on May 20-1 (DCS), 1 at Mount Stewart WMA on Jun. 12 (BP); 
     
     SHOREBIRDS: DCS reported variety down at Covehead, St. Peters, and Souris in migration period up to July 18 
     
     while Eastern US was reporting large numbers of shorebirds; Black-bellied Plover - 30+ at Rice Point on Aug. 14 
     
     (EMa), 250 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); American Golden Plover - 1 adult breeding plumage at 
     
     Brackley marshes and 1 at Dalvay Beach (DK, EMa) on Jul. 16, 1 at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Semi- 
     
     palmated Plover - 20 at Rice Point on Aug. 14 (EMa), 350 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); Piping Plover - 
     
     1 at Greenwich on Apr. 24 (GK); Killdeer - male harrier flushed two in Sherwood on Apr. 22 (DCS), 1 at Souris 
     
     Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); Greater Yellowlegs - 20+ at Brackley on May 8 (DK), 2 at Covehead Marsh on Jun. 3 
     
     (DCS), 2 at Brackley marshes on Jul. 16 (EMa), 10 at Rice Point on Aug. 14 (EMa), 60 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 
     
     17 (VL); Lesser Yellowlegs - 3 at Allisary Creek on May 12 (BP), 18 at Brackley marshes on Jul. 16 (EM), 240 at 
     
     Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); Solitary Sandpiper - l at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL), I heard at East 
     
     Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Willet - back at F ullerton's Marsh on May 7 (JDM), 2 at Bracldey on May 8 (DK), 2 at 
     
     Savage Harbour on May 20 (JDM, RPh); Spotted Sandpiper - l at Harrington on May 20 (GP); 6 at Souris 
     
     Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); Upland Sandpiper - 2 at Charlottetown Airport on May 20, 21, 25 (DCS); 
     
    

    
     Whimbrel - 1 at Covehead on July 11-18 (DCS), 4 at St. Peter‘s Bay on Jul. 10 (DK), 1 on Aug. 9 at Covehead 
     
     Harbour (ET via DCS), 3 at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Hudsonian Godwit - 3 at Brackley marshes on Jul. 
     
     16 (EMa), 4 at Covehead on July 11-18 (DCS); Ruddy Turnstone - 90+ at Rice Point on Jul. 26 & 50+ on Aug. 
     
    

    
     14 (Ema), 50 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL), 1 at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Red Knot - 30 at Rice 
     
     Point on Jul. 26 (EMa); Sanderling - 200+ at Blooming Point in mid-Aug. (LT), 300 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 
     
     17 (VL); Semipalmated Sandpiper - 65 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 18 (VL); Western Sandpiper -1 at 
     
     Cavendish in mid-Aug. (LT), 2 juvenile at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); Least Sandpiper - 20 several days at 
     
     Savage Harbour wrack line during last 2 weeks of August (JDM), 100 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL); 
     
     White-rumped Sandpiper - 2 at Brackley marsh on Jul. 27 (DCS), 30 at Souris Causeway on Aug. 17 (VL), 3 at 
     
     Souris Pond on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Baird's Sandpiper - 4 at East Lake & 2 at St. Peter's Harbour on Aug. 27 (DK, 
     
     VL); Pectoral Sandpiper - 1 at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Purple Sandpiper - 1 at Stanhope Bay on Jul. 
     
     27 (JJ via DCS)); Short-billed Dowitcher - 6 at Covehead Marsh on Jul. 6 (DCS), 15 to 54 at Covehead on July 
     
     11-18 (DCS), 30 at Rice Point on Jul. 26 & 150+ on Aug. 14 (EMa); Long-billed Dowitcher - 2 at Fullerton’s 
     
     Marsh impoundment on Sept. 8 (RC); Common Snipe - l at Tryon on Apr. 19 (B&RH), winnowing at Mount 
     
     Stewart Lagoon on May 12 (JDM, RPh); American Woodcock - 1 on nest with 4 eggs in cutover at Webster‘s 
     
     Corner on May 23 (JDM, GKe), 1 at Mount Albion and 1 at O'Keefe’s Lake on Aug. 28 (DO); Wilson's Phalarope 
     
     - male at Covehead Marsh on Jun. 3 (DCS); Bonaparte's Gull - 3 at Savage Harbour on Aug. 27 (JDM); Lesser 
     
     Black-backed Gull - 3 at Charlottetown on Apr. 20 (EMa), 1 at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Glaucous Gull - 
     
     1 at Bimbury lawn on Apr. 24 (JDM); Caspian Tern - 8 at Indian River on May 1 (RLD), 2 at Oyster Bed Bridge 
     
     on May 1 (AP), 2 at East Point on May 30 (AG), 2 at Savage Harbour (offshore) in last 2 weeks of August (JDM), 2 
     
     at East Lake on Aug. 27 (DK, VL); Common Tern - back at Hillsborough bridge piers on May 9 (IDM); Arctic 
     
     Tern - 2 at Covehead Bridge on Jun. 3 (DCS), 1 at Savage Harbour on Aug. 24 (JDM); Black Tern - l at 
     
     Fullerton’s Marsh impoundment on Sept. 8 (RC); Dovekie - 2 at East Point on Apr. 20 (RC); UID Murre - 1 at 
     
     East Point on Apr. 19 (RC); Black Guillemot - 6 at East Point on Apr. 19 (RC), 5 at Souris on Apr. 23 (EMa); 
     
     Mourning Dove - 2 to 4 at Donagh feeder all summer (JDM); Ringed Turtle Dove - 1 at Mormt Stewart feeder on 
     
     May 11 & several previous dates (BP); Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 almost daily Jun. 15 - 24 at Mount Stewart & 2 on 
     
     Jul. 9 (BP, EMa, DCS); Eastern Screech Owl - at Valleyfield Demo Woodlot on June 23 (TB, DH, IDM); Snowy 
     
     Owl - beautiful, almost completely white Snowy Owl at Hampton on power pole on Apr. 5 (RA); Long-cared Owl 
     
    
   
   
    
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