White—rumped Sandpiper - a feeding on the embankment on new Ducks Unlimited 
     
     Impoundment at Mount Stewart on Nov. 30 (BCP); Black-headed Gull - l at Souris 
     
     River on Nov. 14th and another seen 1/2 hour later at Souris Breakwater. Both 
     
     had red bills. On Nov. 28 another with a black tipped bill was seen at the 
     
     Souris Breakwater (BCP); Mourning Daves - 7 at St. Peters Bay on Dec. 29 (An); 
     
     3 at Mt. Stewart on Jan. 4 (PS); 1 to 58 at East Royalty feeder in Nov., 1 to 
     
     30 in December, and 5 to 16 in early January (C&MW); Great Horned Owl - 1 
     
     hooting at Donagh on Jan. 22 (JDM); Snowy Owl — 1 at Rustico Island turnoff on 
     
     Nov. 15 (BCP); 1 at Earnscliffe on Dec. 17 (JH); 1 reported at Summerside in 
     
     Journal Pioneer in December (GM); Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Pleasant Grove, 
     
     week of Jan. 20 (J0); Northern Flicker — 1 at Stanley Bridge feeder in Dec. 
     
     (WM); Pileated Woodpecker - 2 at Bellevue on Jan. 6 (VM); Hairy Woodpecker - 
     
     WB notes that a female at his feeder utilizes a horizontal crack between 
     
     boards on a feeder to hold sunflower seeds while it cracks them open. 
     
     White-breasted Nuthatch — l at Sherwood, Dec. 5 (RC); Brown Thrasher - 1 seen 
     
     regularly at DeSable feeder in December and Jan.(RM); American Robin - very 
     
     scarce but present this year (JDM); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 at Hampshire on 
     
     Nov. 17 a 18 (J5); European Starling - 6 feeding on apples in tree on Jan. 28 
     
     (BP); Yellow-ramped Warbler - 3 at Rustico Island on Nov. 15 (RC); Northern 
     
     Oriole - 1 for from Nov. 1 to 24 at East Royalty (C&MW); Common Grackle - one 
     
     with a white head with scattered black feathers was seen in Sherwood in early 
     
     November (Baa); l with missing left leg at Stanley Bridge feeder in December 
     
     (WM); 1 Jan 28 at DeSable (BP); Evening Grosbeaks — relatively few reports; 11 
     
     at DeSable on Jan. 28 (BP); Pine Grosbeak - 1 on Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 (C&MW); 
     
     American Goldfinch — 40 + feeding on niger seed in Hampton, Jan. 8 - 20, (PF); 
     
     -50 feeding at DeSable on Jan. 28 (BP); European Goldfinch - first record seen 
     
     Jan. 27 at South Granville by Mary Rodger and shortly afterwards by Irene 
     
     MacLeod. Photographed and confirmed by JB, LT, RP, BH, & JDM; Savannah Sparrow 
     
     - 1 at Crapaud until mid-Dec. (TX); Northern Junco - 5 at st. Eleanor's feeder 
     
     (WB); American Tree Sparrow - 2 Dec. 12 & 13 at east Royalty (C&MW); 1 at 
     
     Tryon in Jan. (EH, BeH); up to 6 at Donagh feeder, Jan. (JDM) 
     
     White-throated Sparrow - 2 at east Royalty in Nov. (CSMW); at Tryon feeder in 
     
     January (BeH); Fox Sparrow - 2 at St. Eleanor's feeder on Dec. 24 (W8) 
     
     Song Sparrow - 1 at Crapaud on Jan. 5 (TX); several at Tryon (BeH); 1 at 
     
     DeSable Jan. 30 (JB, JDM, BH, RP, LT) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Alerts: Birders should look at House Sparrows closely to ensure they are 
     
     indeed House Sparrows and not Dickcissel as the some of the latter have been 
     
     reported this winter in Nova Scotia (RC) 
     
    

    
     Older Reports: Les Homans reported 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers at 2???? in 
     
     October of 1990 and a rare Worm eating Warbler at Cabot Park. The report on 2 
     
     Red-bellied Woodpeckers at Mrs. Maynard's feeder was changed to 1 at the 
     
     January meeting and it died shortly after the initial report. Dale Thompson 
     
     sent in a good written documentation on a sighting of a Royal Tern at the 
     
     Tracadie Sandbar. This is the first known sighting report. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to the following contributors who provided records for this listing, 
     
     namely: An - Anonymous; AM - Arlene McGuigan; JB - Jacqueline Badcock; WB — 
     
     Wylie Barrett; EC - Elwood Coakes; RC- Ray Cooke; PF - Paul Ferguson; BH - Ben 
     
     Hoteling; BeH - Betty Howatt; EH - Everett Howatt; JH - John Hayden; LH - Les 
     
     Homans; TK - Tom Klewin; GM - Gisele Martin; JDM - Dan McAskill; PM - Paul 
     
     McGuigan; RM - Rosey MacFarlane; SM - Scott Makepeace; VM - Victor MacLeod; WM 
     
     — Wendell Macxay; Jo - Jean Ouellette; BP - Brenda Penak; BCP - Bruce Pigot; 
     
     RP - Roberta Palmer; MaR - Mary Rodger; JS - John Sebastian; N&ss - Nora and 
     
     Steve Stephenson; PS - Peter Sheppard; DT - Dale Thompson; LT - Linda Thomas; 
     
     and C&MW - Carl & Mary Willms. 
     
    
   
   
    
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