Road, Charlottetown. For more information, contact the Nursery Complex Headquarters at 902-368-4700. There 
     
     are still a limited number of the older Road Atlas’s available at the Nursery Complex and District offices and these 
     
     can be purchased for $12.95 plus GST. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRDING FIELD TRIP: by Ron Arvidson 
     
    

    
     During the Natural History Society’s May 7th bird outing, the participants birded the Strathgartney and 
     
     Bonshaw trails. The group also tried to see Indigo Buntings in York Point and Arger Shore. No Luck! A total of 
     
     33 species were seen. We did not record numbers except where noted in the report below. The day was cloudy and 
     
     pleasant. (Adapted from PEIbirders mailing list E-mail dated May/05) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Start time: 8:00 AM 
     
     Species Observed (Species Name — Number Reported) 
     
    
   
   
    
     3 American Black Duck 
     
     2 Osprey 
     
    
   
   
    
     American Crow 
     
     Common Raven 
     
    
   
   
    
     Song Sparrow 
     
     Swamp Sparrow 
     
    
   
   
    
     1 Bald Eagle Black-capped Chickadee  White-throated Sparrow 
     
    

    
     1 American Kestrel Red-breasted Nuthatch Dark-eyed Junco 
     
     Mourning Dove 2 Winter Wren Red-Winged Blackbird 
     
     Belted Kingfisher Golden-crowned Kinglet Common Grackle 
     
    

    
     2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hermit Thrush Brown-headed Cowbird 
     
     Downy Woodpecker American Robin Purple Finch 
     
    

    
     Hairy Woodpecker European Starling Pine Siskin 
     
    

    
     Northern Flicker Yellow-rumped Warbler American Goldfinch 
     
    

    
     Blue Jay Chipping Sparrow House Sparrow 
     
    

    
     2005 BAIN BIRD COUNT: by Dan McAskill, Ray Cooke, David Seeler, Eric Marcum, Dwaine 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oakley, Gerald, Gene, Carolyn, & Richard MacDonald, Paul & Arlene 
     
     McGuigan, Jean Watts, Barb Currie, and Elaine Murley 
     
    
   
   
    
     At 3 am, the first team assembled in Charlottetown and commenced the 2005 
     
     Bain Bird Count. It was cool, damp, and relatively calm with the temperature starting 
     
     Heated at ~8°C. For a brief period in the afternoon, it was a relatively pleasant with the 
     
     Woodpecker temperature rising to ~11°C. Misting rain occurred sporadically throughout the day. 
     
     At times visibility was hampered by fog or mist so we could not see to the middle or 
     
     ends of Pisquid Pond and very far offshore at Souris and Little Harbour. The winds 
     
     were erratic and ranged from 1 to 10 km/hr with the highest wind being recorded 
     
     about 3 pm. One positive impact of the weather was the low temperature which kept 
     
     the blackflies to a minimum, no need for fly dope even for those who sometimes use 
     
     it! Leaves were only partly flushed so that visibility in the trees was good in most 
     
     areas. The two teams birded in the central and northeastern parts of the Island and 
     
     two birders from Charlottetown and Argyle Shore provided reports forthis year’s 
     
     Bain Bird Count. 
     
    

    
     The participants are listed above. One team birded for 8.5 hours plus 40 minutes of owling the previous 
     
     night. They drove 75 km and walked 3 km. The other team went from 3:00 am to 6:00 pm and covered some 294 
     
     kilometres. The remaining birders provided observations from their homes. Together, they observed and/ or heard 
     
     128 species down from last year’s 139 species total on the Bain Bird Count. A great day was had by all the