Point Park on Dec. 22 (MGC); Western Kingbird - 1 at Red Head from Nov. 10 
     
     - 16 (MK); Boreal Chickadee - at Keith's Mill Trail in Montague on Dec. 5 
     
     (LT); Winter Wren - 1 in brush pile in woods at Vernon Bridge on Dec. 28 
     
     (DK); Brown Thrasher - 1 at feeder in New Annan on Dec. 19 and for 1 day 
     
     in mid-Nov. (BM,LH); American Robin - abundant this year, 50 or more in 
     
     East Royalty in Dec. and Jan. (C&MW), 40 to 60 in woods at Vernon on Jan. 
     
     18 (JH); Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 at Wood Islands feeder on Dec. 22 (MKo); 
     
     Water Pipit - 1 at York on Dec. 19 (BBa); Bohemian Waxwing - no reports; 
     
     Cedar Waxwing - 24 at Red Head on Dec. 26 (MK); Northern Shrike - 1 at 
     
     Stanhope on Oct. 23 (RC); Tennessee Warbler - 1 at Dalvay on Oct. 8 (RC); 
     
     Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 on Oct. 7 at Redhead (MK); Eastern Meadowlark - 
     
     1 at Mt. Albion on Jan. 9 & 14 (LM); Evening Grosbeak - numbers sharply 
     
     down across the Island this winter; Pine Grosbeak - 8 to 9 at Grand 
     
     Tracadie in early Jan. (MR0); Hoary Redpoll, Common Redpoll and Pine Siskin 
     
     - no to very few reports this winter; American Goldfinch - appear to be 
     
     very common this year, 15 at Southport feeder on Dec. 5 (CAC); 50 at Argyle 
     
     Shore feeder in Jan. (BC), 30 to 50 at Crossroads feeder (BH); Rufous- 
     
     sided Towhee - 1 in Summerside on Nov. 15 (LH); Lark Sparrow - 1 at the 
     
     Hooff feeder in Malpeque from mid-Nov. to mid—Dec. (LH); Northern Junco - 4 
     
     at Tryon Point on Jan. 4 (BHo); American Tree Sparrow - 3 to 9 at Donagh 
     
     feeder (JDM); Song Sparrow - 1 at Tryon Point on Jan. 4 (BHo); Snow 
     
     Bunting - 4 in Donagh on Feb. 4 (JDM) but none seen on a 158 kilometer 
     
     birding trip from Donagh to St. Peter's to Lower Montague to Donagh on Jan. 
     
     28 (BB, JDM). 
     
    

    
     Older sightings: Horned Grebe at Sea Cow head on May 17, 1994 (LH). Least 
     
     Bittern reported on basis on call at Belmont Park on July 24th (LH,GH). 
     
    

    
     One Hooded Merganser at Grand River on Mar. 27 (LH). Two Wood Ducks in 
     
     Donagh spring area last winter (BD). One Northern Goshawk on Sept. 23 at 
     
     Cabot Park (LH). A Virginia Rail swimming at Cavendish Lagoons on Sept. 1 
     
     (LH). Elsie Mitchell reported seeing coots at Pisquid a few years ago. A 
     
     Marbled Godwit at Fullerton's Marsh on Aug. 21 (DET). Two Black-billed 
     
     Cuckoo at Skinner's Pond (LH,GH). One Short-eared Owl at Highway 20 in Sea 
     
     View on Jan. 12 (LH). Wylie Barrett reported that on May 29th, 1994, he 
     
     saw the first brood of Mourning Doves, the first pair having apparently 3 
     
     young and a single bird having 2. Janette Conklin seen a Pileated 
     
     Woodpecker at Brookvale in fall of 1993. One Winter Wren at Indian River 
     
     on Aug. 5 (LH). One White-breasted Nuthatch on Apr. 9 at Sherwood (LH). 
     
     One Northern Mockingbird at Sherwood on Dec. 19/93 (BHa). A Marbled Godwit 
     
     at Fullerton’s Marsh on Aug. 21 (DET). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to the following contributors who provided records for this listing, 
     
     namely: BA - Bruce Affleck; BB - Bill Bowerbank; BBa - Bob Barwise; WB - 
     
     Wylie Barrett; BC - Barb Currie; CAC - Carol Ann Corner; FC - Fred 
     
     Connolly; JC - Janette Conklin; MGC - Mrs. Grant Curtis; RC- Ray Cooke; 
     
     FRC - Rosemary Curley; EC - Elwood Coakes; BD - Billy Dockendorff; BHa - 
     
     Bob Hambly; BHo - Betty Howatt; B&RH - Ben & Rosalie Hoteling; GH - Gary 
     
     Horton; JH - John Hayden; LH - Les Homans; DK - Dan Kennedy; MK - Meike 
     
     Keunecke; MKo - Margaret Koren; BM - Barry Martin; JDM - Dan McAskill; LM - 
     
     Lydia MacDougall; WMac - Wade MacKinnon; DO - Dwayne Oakley; EP - Edward 
     
     Perry; GP - Glen Petrie; MR - Mike Richardson; MRo - Maurice Roy; D&AS - 
     
     Don & Alma Steeves; DET - Dale Thompson; LT - Linda Thomas; SVe - Sharon 
     
     Vessey; C&MW - Carl & Mary Willms; JW - Jean Watts; and MBW - Mary Beth 
     
     Watts. 
     
    

    
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