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     WINTER BIRD SIGHTINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great Cormorant - l in the Valleyfield Road area well away from water on Feb. 29 
     
     (SW). About 60 in patches of open water off Launching on Mar. h (WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Goshawk - l seen feeding on a Starlin at Mrs. Irene Craig's on St. Clair Ave. in 
     
     Charlottetown on Mar. 3 (fide GH). A possible bird of this species was sighted on 
     
     St. Peter's Island on Mar. 8 (DKC, WEC, GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sharp-shinned Hawk — l in Mrs. Irene Craig’s yard on St. Clair Ave. on Feb. 13 
     
     (fide GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bald Eagle — 2 adults seen in Montague—Commercial Cross area on Feb. 18 (WEC). 
     
    

    
     Gray Partridge - a covey of h at Milltown Cross in early March (LA). 
     
    

    
     Barred Owl - 1 at Kilmuir on Mar;  (S W). " I A _ . 
     
    

    
     Belted Kin fisher - l at Knox's Dam on the South Mbntague Road all winter until at_Ah‘ 
     
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     Horned Lark - 8 seen at Vernon Mar. 12. Several more, possibly including the same 
     
     ones were seen in Orwell and Cherry Valley on the 13 of Mar. (JW). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown Creeper - l in Milltown Cross in,early March (LA). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Robin — 3 to b have been spending the winter in Georgetown (fide JW). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bohemian Waxwing — 1 at Mrs Alex MacKinncn's feeder ‘r 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Red-winged Blackbird - l in Kilmuir on Feb. 29 (SW). 3 at a feeder on North River 
     
     Road on Mar. 3 (GH) . 2. at a Feeder in Orchard Hill Park during the week of Man. 10 (KL). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Common Grackle - h at a feeder on North River Road near CHTN Radio on Mar. 3 (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brown- headed Cowbird - h males consorting with House Sparrows in Montague on Mar. 1 
     
     (JW). 3 in Kilmuir on Mar. 2 (SW). 6 at a feeder on North River Road near CHTN 
     
     'Radio on Mar.3 (GH). 5 males and 2 females at Mrs. Alex MacKinnon's feeder in 
     
     Georgetown from last week of February on.l 
     
    
   
   
    
     Song Sparrow - l in Georgetown on Mar. 5 (JW). The individual wintering at the 
     
     Holman feeder on North River Road began singing on Feb. 26 and has continued 
     
     since (GH). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Snow Bunting — about 125 near the Summerside air base on Jan. 27 (GH and WEC). S in 
     
    

    
     a flock of Starlings in Hampshire on Jan. 27 (GH and WEC). 12 at York Point on 
     
    

    
     Feb. 29 are reported to have been around most of February (GH). 3 flocks of 30,30 and 
     
     SO seen in the Summerville — Albery Plains area on Feb. 29 (WEC). 150 at Brudenell 
     
    

    
     on Mar. 5 (JW). 
     
    
   
   
    
     . WINTERING DUCKS 
     
     Orwell Cove - about 100 Black Ducks on Mar. 7 (WEC). _ 
     
     . Vernon Bridge - 7 Black Duck, ho Common Goldeneye and h Common Merganser (Mar. T,WEC). 
     
    
   
   
    
     West River Causeway at St. Catherine's - 1 male Mallard, 110 Black Duck, 1 male 
     
     allard — Black Duck hybrid, 100 Common Goldeneye and 25 Common Merganser (Mar. 8, 
     
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