VANIHAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Child carrying pussy willows in Sherwood, Apr. 23 (JDM, SS) 
     
    

    
     Eastern Chipmunk at Donagh feeder, Mar. 28 (JDM). A seal was seen 
     
     rolling over and over rapidly in the water at the east end of the Hillsborough 
     
     Bridge near Pier # 10 on April 2Sth.'(JDM) . . 
     
    

    
     ‘Partly red and black fox sitting on lawn on Mar._30 & 31 (ABMW) 
     
    

    
     American smelt were in the creek to Doyle's Pond at Mount Stewart on 
     
     April 30th (PS) and the spring peepers started calling in Donagh on May 3 
     
     (JDM). ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pied—billed Grebe.- 1 feeding on fish at Dalvay Pond, April 25 (BB, SS) 
     
    

    
     Northern Gannet - 5 adults in open water off Dalvay, 3 sitting and 2 flying 
     
     (JDM, BB, SS) 
     
    

    
     Great Cormorant H 1 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 25 (RP); 
     
    

    
     Cormorant - 1 sitting on ice at Wheatley River Bridge on Mar. 11 (BS)' 
     
    

    
     Great Blue Heron - 1 at Tracadie Bay and 3 at Head of Hillsborough Apr. 5 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     . (JtR); 2 at Winsloe North, Apr. 8 (carp) . . r _J'9 
     
    

    
     Brant - 200+ at Brackley Beach along with 20 Canada Geese (RP) ' ,Xygfy . - 
     
    

    
     Mallard -'pair at Bellevue Cove, Mar. 14 (RC) -. —“*‘-fff:;¥§i “ ::;;¥— 
     
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     Northern Pintail - l at Ellen's Creek, Mar. 25 (RC) ‘= _<!*§¥§§_§=:§§§r7 
     
    
   
   
    
     Green-winged Teal - male and female at Covehead on Apr. 20 (RP) ‘emfifi;jn;;gg 
     
     ‘ Blue-winged Teal - l at Hatchery Pond in Southport on April 27 (WM) 
     
    

    
     COmmon Goldeneye v SO at Oyster Bed Bridge, Marr 25 (RP); 40 to 50 on West 
     
     River at Beech Grove on Apr. 22 (A&MW); ’ u 
     
    

    
     Barrow's Goldeneye - 15 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Mar. 25 (RP) 
     
    

    
     Oldsquaw_- 40 to 50 flying offshore at Brackley, Mar, 25 (SS, BB, JDM) 
     
    

    
     Common Eider - 1 at North River causeway, Apr..17 (MK) 
     
    

    
     Red-breasted Merganser - 30 at Oyster Bed Bridge on Apr. 3 (RP); very common 
     
     in mid to late April in tidal raceways at causeways and in estuaries as 
     
     the ice thawed (JDM) - ' 
     
    

    
     Northern Goshawk - 1 On April 17 (EC) . 
     
    

    
     Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 at Bellevue Cove feeder on Apr. 15 (SS) 
     
    

    
     Bald Eagle - 2 sitting on ice at Wheatley River Bridge, Mar. 11-(BS); 1 
     
     immature seen at Klondyke Road on Mar. 19 (WM); mature and immature 
     
     feeding_Mar. 20th on Billsborough River ice (WM); 
     
    

    
     Northern Barrier - 4 were seen at Mount Herbert swooping and diving at each 
     
     other on April 10 (JDM). 
     
    

    
     'Hawk sp. - client reported 5 hawks flying in kettle formation on Apr. 6 to 
     
     Brian Brown; . ' . 
     
    

    
     Osprey — 1 at North River, April 19 (EC) 
     
    

    
     Gyrfalcon - 1 making a dive pass at the Hillsborough Bridge in March 
     
    

    
     Peregrine Falcon - 1 at York, Apr. 12 (JtR); 
     
    

    
     Kestrel - 1 at Ebenezer on April 27 (EC); 
     
    

    
     Gray Partridge - 2 at Bellevue Goya, Apr. 20 (SS) 
     
    

    
     Killdeer-— 1 heard calling overhead at Brackley (RP) - . 
     
     Common Snipe — 1 heard at Brackley very early in morning on Apr. 5 (RP); 1 at 
     
     Cherry Valley on April 21 and 1 at Sleepy Hollow on April 25 (EC) 
     
    

    
     Glaucous Gull - 3 in Summerside, Mar; 23 (RC) ‘ ‘ 
     
    

    
     Iceland Gull - 25 or more at Ellen's Creek, Mar. 25 (RC); 10 plus at 
     
     CharlOttetown Harbour until late May (JDM) (v 
     
    

    
     Great Black-backed Gull - 1 on Pier # 10 at Hillsborough‘Bridge on'Mar. 21; 1 
     
     on f 2, 2 on.# 4, and 1 on t 5 at Billsborough Bridge Apr. 2; 2 adults 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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