CHANGES TO SOCIETY'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND CALL FOR 2002 NOMINATIONS: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ben Hoteling has announced his resignation as President of the Society to allow him to take the 
     
     Presidency of the Island Nature Trust. Jim Jenkins has agreed to accept the position of President. Ben 
     
     now becomes Past President and Ray Cooke has agreed to serve as \fice President until year's end. 
     
    

    
     The Executive Committee of the Society has established a Nominations Committee to bring 
     
     fonivard a slate of officers to the January Annual General Meeting of the Society. The Committee 
     
     members are Ben Hoteling and Eric Marcum. If you would be interested in sewing on the Executive or 
     
     as a volunteer for one of the programs, please contact either Ben or Eric (See page 2 for telephone 
     
     numbers and the mailing or E-mail addresses to forward your nominations). 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BAIN BIRD COUNT 2001: J. Dan McAskilI 
     
    
   
   
    
     Two birding teams provided reports on this year's Bain Bird Count held on May 26th. Gerald 
     
     MacDonald. Jean Watts, and Paul and Arlene McGuigan made up the first team and spent their birding 
     
     time in northeastern Prince Edward Island. The second team included Ray Cooke, Linda Thomas, 
     
     Roberta Palmer, Eric Marcum, and Dan McAskill. They birded a variety of places scattered from 
     
     Charlottetown to East Point to Rustico Island. 
     
    

    
     It was a great counting day from the weather perspective. It was already 14 degrees Celsius at 3 
     
     am with a light north west wind. It was even warmer by the following afternoon. Each team seen some 
     
     real birding highlights that will evoke pleasant memories for years. 
     
    

    
     Jean called in the evening to excitedly describe their absolute highlight, 
     
     a Glossy Ibis in the marsh at Little Harbour Beach. The first Island sighting in 
     
     many years! She also described two wonderful sightings of American Bittern 
     
     at Little Harbour and then at Selkirk. One of these bittem was only feet away 
     
     from them in the ditch. By their birding day's end. Jean, Gerald, Paul and 
     
     Arlene recorded 65 bird species, 5 snowshoe hare, 1 muskrat, and 2 red 
     
     squirrels. 
     
    

    
     Ray, Linda, Roberta, Eric, and Dan also had some great sightings. Glossy 
     
     During their owl calling period between 3 am and 430 am, they recorded a this 
     
     Long-eared Owl at Mount Albion. In early afternoon at Greenwich, a 
     
     woodpecker flew across the road and started flicking the bark off a tree. It 
     
     was a Black-backed Woodpecker. They too had a wonderful American Bittern 
     
     sighting. This one was at the marsh north of Deroche Pond where it responded to taped vocalizations 
     
     and walked out of the marsh right up to the front of the vehicle. In late evening, a stop at the back side of 
     
     the Charlottetown Airport brought the day's last highlight. It yielded first one and then several Upland 
     
     Sandpipers. In total this team recorded 117 species during 16 hours of birding all habitats. 
     
    

    
     The two teams in total seen 122 species of birds. A good day's birding as shorebirds were 
     
     relatively scarce, few seabirds were seen, and the warbler flight had only started to arrive on the Island 
     
     in the few days before the count. The sightings list was as follows: 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
           
     
    
   
   
    
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     Red-throated Loon Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe 
     
    

    
     Northern Gannet Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant' 
     
     American Bittern Great Blue Heron Glossy Ibis 
     
    

    
     Canada Goose Wood Duck Green-winged Teal 
     
     American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail 
     
     Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Gadwall 
     
    

    
     American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Oldsquaw 
     
    

    
     Black Scoter White-winged Scoter Common Goldeneye