Apr. 16 (TR);  1 at Cymbria reported by John Clements on Jan. 29 and identified 
     
     by Ray Cooke on Jan. 30 First record for province! Still present on Feb. 20 (RC)(ST, DCh); 
     
    

    
     Glaucous Gull - 1 at Souris on Jan. 18 (AG), 1 first winter plumage at Argyle Shore on Feb. 23 (BC); 
     
     Mourning Dove - good number of sightings this winter, 1 at French Village feeder on Jan. 21, singing at 
     
     Charlottetown on Apr. 5 (JDM); Snowy Owl - 2 at Rustico Island in Feb. (DGS); Long-eared Owl - 1 
     
     calling in Bethel woods from late Jan. to Apr. (TR) Northern Saw-whet Owl - started calling during full 
     
     moon in late Feb and calling frequently in woods in Donagh throughout March and April (JDM); Ruby- 
     
     throated Hummingbird - 1 on Sept. 29th at Rocky Point feeding on Nicotiana (flowering tobacco)(LD), 1 
     
     in Charlottetown on Apr. 21 (RC0); Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Port Hill on Nov. 2 (RT), 1 at West River on 
     
     Jan. 1 (BP), 1 at Cardigan on Jan. 6 (FRC), 1 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 20 (GBM), 1 at Cardigan on Feb. 
     
     10 (FRC); Yellow-shafted Flicker- 1 Nov. 5 at French Village (HG), 1 at DeSable feeder on Jan. 1 
     
     (BP), 1 at Ellen's Creek on Jan. 23 (FRC), 3 at Hope River on Feb. 8 (JKC), territorial calls at Beach 
     
     Grove on Apr. 7 (JDM), 1 at Bethel on Apr. 26 (TR); Red-bellied Woodpecker- 1 at Long Creek feeder 
     
     from Nov. 22 to 25, Dec. 12, Dec. 20 (DH, ME); Pileated Woodpecker- 1 Dec. 11 on telephone lines in 
     
     Rocky Point (LeaD); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1 in mid-Apr. at Bethel (EJ); Downy Woodpecker - 1 
     
     at Argyle Shore feeder on Feb. 20 (BC); Three-toed Woodpecker - 1 at Donagh feeding on dead larch 
     
     in Feb. (RPh, JDM); Blue Jay - few seen at French Village feeders in Oct.& Nov. (HG), some at 
     
     Arlington in Jan. (LP), 0 to 3 at French Village feeder in Jan. and Feb. depending on wind and other 
     
     weather conditions (HG). 24 at Argyle Shore feeder on Feb. 20 (BC), 6 regularly at Stanhope feeder on 
     
     Feb. 20 (FC); Common Raven - 3 feeding on fresh compost on Feb. Feb. 7 (HG); Black-capped 
     
     Chickadee - 0 to 3 depending on wind and other weather conditions at French Village feeder in Jan. and 
     
     Feb. with increase in numbers on Jan. 30 and 31 (HG), some at Arlington feeder in Jan. (LP), 4 at 
     
     French Village feeder on Mar. 2 (HG), 6 at Argyle Shore feeder on Feb. 20 (BC), 20 at Stanhope feeder 
     
     on Feb. 20 (FC); Boreal Chickadee - 3 at Rustico Island on Feb. 21 ((RPh, JDM); Brown Creeper - 1 
     
     at Crossroads feeder on Jan. 18 & 31 (DO); American Robin - 1 at Winsloe North on Jan. 17 (GP), 4 at 
     
     Hope River on Jan. 28 (JKC), 1 in tree in Summerside on Feb. 8 (RMo), 52 in Winsloe on Feb. 11 (BB), 
     
     24+ on Feb. 20 (DO), 1 with flock of waxwings in Stanhope on Feb. 26 (FC); Bicknell's Thrush - 1 at 
     
     North Cape in early summer of 1998 (DC); Bohemian Waxwing - 25 at Malpeque Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 
     
     (B&SH), 24 at Fullerton's Marsh on Feb. 16 (DO); Cedar Waxwing - 11 in Parkdale on Feb. 14 (BB), 9 
     
     in Stratford on Mar. 21 (BS); Waxwing - 50 in hedgerow at Argyle Shore on Feb. 20 (BC), 30 at 
     
     Stanhope in spruce trees and flying down to ground on Feb. 26 (FC); Northern Shrike - 1 at Cardross 
     
     on Jan. 18 (AG); European Starling - roost under Hillsborough Bridge still attracting 1,0005 each 
     
     evening at dusk. Even with breeding activity commencing in April, large numbers were still returning to 
     
     the roost. (JDM), 12 eating peanut bitter at French Village feeder on Feb. 23 (HG); Plne Warbler - at 
     
     Crossroads feeder until Jan. 5 (DO); Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 at Rustico island in Jan. (LT, RP), 2 at 
     
     Souris West on Jan. 18 (AG); Red-winged Blackbird - back in Mt. Albion on Mar. 20 (HJ), 3 calling in 
     
     Bethel on Mar. 25 (TR); Common Grackle - at Winsloe North feeder on Feb. 28 (GP), in tree tops at 
     
     Victoria Park on Mar. 18 (ML), 20 in Souris on Mar. 22 (GBM); Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 at 
     
     Crossroads feeder on Jan. 10 and 2 $3 on Feb. 26 (DO); Evening Grosbeak - almost no sightings 
     
     reported this winter, 15+ at Mitchell River on Feb. 10 (FRC); Purple Finch - 3 at Riverton on Jan. 23 
     
     (TR), 2 pair at Bethel feeder in Mid-Mar. (TR); Common Redpoll - 2 at Bethel feeder on Jan. 22 & 23 
     
     (TR), small flocks again being seen in late Mar. (JDM); Pine Siskin - 1 on Feb. 3 up to 8 on Feb. 26 
     
     (DO), eating black oil seed at Bethel feeder on Mar. 15 (TR); American Goldfinch - 6 to 10 at Donagh 
     
     niger feeder from late Dec to Jan. (JDM, RPh), 5 at Desable feeder on Jan. 1 (BP), 31 at Arlington feeder 
     
     in early Jan. (LP), 12 at Riverton on Jan. 23 (TR), 70 at Stanhope feeder for a brief snow accumulation 
     
     period on Feb. 19 (FC), 2 at Argyle Shore feeder on Feb. 20 (BC); Red Crossbill - 6 at Mitchell River on 
     
     Jan. 20 and 5 on Feb. 10 (FRC) White-winged Crossbill - 6 at Southampton on Jan. 18 (AG), present 
     
     all winter at Fullerton's Marsh, 14 on Jan. 19 and 20 on Feb. 16 (DO), pair at Riverton on Jan. 23 (TR), 
     
     FC reported that he had not seen any in Stanhope this winter; Rufous-sided Towhee - 1 at York Point 
     
     feeder on Jan. 2 (KC), 1 at Argyle Shore feeder early Jan. to Feb. 24 (BC); " , - the 
     
     towhee reported at the Rustico feeder in the last issue displayed the spotted wings of I. cies (KL); 
     
    
   
   
    
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