HILLSBOROUGH COUNT 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     December 27, l980. 37 species, snow Buntlng 275 
     
     4028 individuals. Total party \. 
     
    

    
     miles 2l7.5 (5.5 walking, 4 4028. 
     
     snowshoeing, 4 skiing,204 driving). 
     
    

    
     Toatal party hours 34 25 (4.75 Compiler, Winifred Cairns 
     
     walking, 3 snowshoeing, 2.5 50 Newiand Cres. 
     
     skiing, l9 driving, 5 stationary). Chariottetown 
     
     Participants: Lenore Andrews, P.E.I. , 
     
    
   
   
    
     Roger Andrews, Liz Baglole, Anna 
     
     Cairns, David K. Cairns, David 
     
    

    
     l. Cairns, Winifred Cairns, 
     
     Rosemary Curley, Dirk de Graaf, 
     
     Danny Johnston, Winston Johnston, 
     
     Norah Longworth, Karen Lowther, 
     
     Clare Martin, Kathy Martin, 
     
    
   
   
    
     David_Smith. (l6 observers in W 
     
     6 parties). _ , 
     
     Although life on this planet began 
     
    

    
     Canada (goose 3 I in water, most of the development 
     
     Mai-iard , 4 of higher forms of animal life has 
     
     giaci; guck 901 occured on land. But the return of 
     
     Commori Golrjeneye 137 reptiles, mammals, and birds to an 
     
     Biack Scoter 50 aquatic lifestyle has been an oft- 
     
     Common iqergansey. 276 repeated theme in evolutionary 
     
     Red-breasted Meroanser ll . hl§t0PY: and to see examples of 
     
     Rough- legged iaawk 7 this trend we need look no farther 
     
     Gray partridge 59 than our own local wildlife. 
     
     Iceland Gull l . i . 
     
     Great Black—backed Gull iii - If wepan imagine a chain of 
     
     Herri,1g Guii 288 stepping stones from the dry 
     
     Rock igove 66 land to a completely aquatic 
     
     MOUYq11ng {Dove 2 eXistence, the first step 
     
     Hairy Woodpecker 3 Wu” Perhaps be the mink. 
     
     Downy Woodpecker 2 Mink belong to the weasel family, 
     
     Biack_backed Three_toed andflikeothm~mQMmrsof Ufis 
     
    

    
     Woodpecker l famlly, they are quite at home 
     
     Horned lark 28 0" land- By denm'ng in hollow 
     
     Blue .Jay 88 - 1095, and feeding on voles and 
     
     Commor‘ Raven 15 other land rodents, a mink 
     
     Commor, Crow 434 would never have to go near 
     
     Biack_capped Chickadee 69 water. But mosterm spend a 
     
     Boreal Chickadee 7 great deal 0f.tlme in or near 
     
     White-breasted Nuthatch 2 water, wriggling their lithe 
     
     Brown (3reeper 1 bodies into muskrat houses in 
     
     G0]den_CY-owned  4 Order  devour   
     
     Bohemian Naxwing 23 6“th 0r Pursuing fish with 
     
     Stariiing 398 their rapid undulating swim. ‘ 
     
     House Sparrow 300 
     
     commor, Grackie 3 One step ahead of the mink in 
     
     Brown-headed Cowbird 4 the Wad toward a completely , 
     
     Evening qu35beak 21 aquatic life is the beaver. 
     
     pine (grosbeak i Beavers can move easily on land, 
     
     Pine Siski‘n 13 but, throughout much of their . 
     
     Dar~k—eyeci Junco ll range, a heave? Stepping out 
     
     'Tree Sparrow 2 0f hls Pond mUSt be ever wary 
     
    
   
   
    
     of wolves or coyotes against