Cymbria on Jan. 2, 1 eating starling on Crossroads deck on Jan. 8 (DO), 1 hunting at Crossroads feeder on Jan. ‘3 (DO); 
     
    

    
     1 Northern Goshawk - 1 at East Lake on Dec. 10 (DCS); Broad-winged Hawk - l at Donagh on Dec. 17 (JDM), 1 at 
     
     Ebenezer in Jan. (AP); Red-tailed Hawk - l at Crapaud & 1 at Clyde River in week of Nov. 28 (RA), 1 at Cymbia on 
     
     Dec. 2 (AP), 1 at Brackley Point on Dec. 2 (DO), regular in Dec. & early Jan at Hampton, Crapaud (BH), immature seen 
     
     frequently in Dec. & Jan. in Johnston’s River (JDM), l at West Royalty on Dec. 23 (JDM), 1 at Whim Road on Jan. 3 
     
     (DCS), numerous reports widespread across the Island this year; Rough-legged Hawk - 1 at Covehead the week of Nov. 
     
     30 (AP), 5 at Cavendish East with 1 dark phase, 1 at Dalvay on Dec. 2 (DO), 1 dark phase & 1 light phase at Covehead on 
     
     Dec. 14 (F&JC), 7 at Rustico Island causeway overhead above 1 mature and 2 immature Bald Eagles on Dec. 29 (F&JC), 
     
     1 at Cymbria on Jan. 2 & 4 in the areas on Jan. 12 (DO), 1 at Robinson’s Island on Jan 2 (DO), numerous reports 
     
     widespread across the Island this year; Gray Partridge - 7 at Summerville on Dec. 9 (DO), 15 at Lot 16 on Dec. 9 (HI), 
     
     1 1 at Freetown on Dec. 11 (DMa), 15 at New Dominion on Dec. 11 (EMa), 20 at York Point Road in early Jan (ASm), 
     
     present at Locke Road feeder in Jan. (LH), 6 at Johnston’s River on Jan. 30 (JDM), 2 coveys with 8 and 7 individuals in 
     
     J an. & early Feb. at West Royalty (UID), 9 at York Point in Jan. (ASm), 12 at Bungay Road near Hunter River in late Jan. 
     
     (ED); Ring-necked Pheasant — male in field on Selkirk Road near Iona on Dec. 15 (GS), 1 male along Iona Road on Jan. 
     
     22 (ML via GS); Ruffed Grouse - 2 at Stanhope on Nov. 30 (F&JC), l at Summerville eating larch buds on Dec. 9 (DO); 
     
     Sharp-tailed Grouse - 5 near Hunter River early Dec. (JMacQ), 1 at Vernon River on Jan. 13 (DK); American Coot - 3 
     
     adults spent the summer at Mount Stewart with 2 young first being seen on Jul. 8 (BP), 1 at Cavendish on Nov. 29 
     
     (EMA); Purple Sandpiper - 4 at East Point on Dec. 13 (VL); Mew Gull - 1 at Stratford Lagoon and Stewart Cove on 
     
     Dec. 27 ~ 31 (EMa, DCS, DO, JDM); Black-headed Gull - 22 at Rollo Bay on Dec. 13 (VL), 3 at Stratford Lagoon and 
     
     Charlottetown on Dec. 27 - 31 (EMA, DCS, DO, JDM, JBl, SCl, LD), 2 at Belvedere Pond on Jan. 3 & 4 (EMA, DCS); 
     
     Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 at Georgetown Royalty on wharf road on Jan. 3 (SSi), 2"d winter individual at Cardigan 
     
     bridge on Jan. 10 (DO); Glaucous Gull - l at Souris Lagoon on Nov. 2, 7, 22, & 2 on Nov. 30 (DCS), 2 at Souris Lagoon 
     
     on Dec. 6 (DCS), 1 at East Point on Dec.13 (DCS), l at Souris Lagoon on Dec. 26 (DCS); Great Black-backed Gull - 1 
     
     eating a Dovekie at St. Peter’s Bridge on Dec. 13 (VL); Bonaparte's Gull - 80 at Clark’s Pond on Nov. 16 & 30 on Nov. 
     
     17 (DCS), 20 at St. Peter’s on Nov. 23 (DCS), 2 at Covehead on Nov. 29 (DCS), 3 at East point on Nov. 30 (DCS), 
     
     1,000+ at South Lake in feeding frenzy on Dec. 14 (DCS); Black-legged Kittiwake - 1 adult at East Point on Dec. 14 
     
     (DCS); Common Tern - pair nested on a muskrat nest and fledged 2 young at the Mount Stewart marsh and up to 8 adults 
     
     were seen [this was the first nesting of terns in this area in many years] (BP); Dovekie - 1 found dead in P.E.I. National 
     
     Park on Dec. 8 (85h), reports at Summerside (2), Kensington, & Traveller’s Rest (CG via FRC), 7 at East Point on Dec. 9 
     
     (DO), 3 at North Lake wharf on Dec. 9 (DO), 1 flying inland at Priest Pond & l at Campbell’s Cove on Dec. 9 (DO), 3 at 
     
     East Point on Dec. 13 & 1 on Dec. 26 (DCS); Common Murre - 1 at East Point on Dec. 9 (DO); Razorbill - 6 at East 
     
     Point on Dec. 9 (DO) & 1 on Dec. 13 (DCS); Black Guillemot - 12+ at East Point on Dec. 9 (DO); Rock Dove - 4 to 14 
     
     at Crossroads feeders in Dec. & early Jan. (DO), 41 at Covehead on Dec. 19 (DCS), 50 at Cornwall in Jan. (JDM), 3 at 
     
     Crossroads feeders on Jan. 24 (DO); Mourning Dove - 4 to 9 at Donagh feeder in Nov. to early Feb. (JDM, RPh). 3 at 
     
     Vernon River feeders on Dec. 6 (DK), 20+ at Crossroads feeders on Dec. 9 (D0), 23 at North Rustico feeders on Dec. 9 
     
     (DCS), 2 at Charlottetown feeder in Dec. & early Jan. (SCL), 3 roosting on wires at Seaview on Jan. 19 (SMa&DF), 5 at 
     
     Crossroads feeders on Jan. 24 (DO); Black-billed Cuckoo - heard at Mount Stewart on Jun. 7, 8, 11, 12, 19, & 20 (BP); 
     
     Snowy Owl - 2 on ice at Stanhope in mid. Dec. (DC via DCS), 1 at New Haven on pole on Dec. 21 (A0), 2 at Fort 
     
     Amherst on Jan. 18 (LD); Short-cared Owl - 1 at Johnston’s River in Dec. (JDM), 1 at Cymbria on Dec. 20 (DCS), 1 at 
     
     Pownal and 1 at Alexander in early Dec. (DC), 2 at Damley on Dec. 28 (SMA&DF), l at Rocky Point on Jan. 2 (LD), 1 
     
     at Covehead boat ramp on Jan. 2 (DO), 2 at North Rustico over the dunes on Jan. 2 and one of these captured and ate 5 to 
     
     6 rodents during 1 hour of observation (DO), 1 at Robinson‘s Island on Jan. 5 (DK) & 1 on Jan 12 (DO), 2 at Souris in 
     
     fields near AgriWest Foods on Jan. 22 (DO), fiat Rocky Point in late Jan. (LD); Belted Kingfisher - male at Cymbria on 
     
     Dec. 2 (DO), 1 at Basin Head on Dec. 26 (DCS),1 at Stratford on Dec. 31 (JDM); Downy Woodpecker - pair at 
     
     Crossroads feeders on Dec. 9 & 3 on Jan. 24 (DO), 2 at Charlottetown feeder in Dec. & early Jan. (SCI), 1 at Donagh 
     
     feeder in Dec. & Jan. (JDM); Hairy Woodpecker - pair at Crossroads feeders on Dec. 9 & l on Jan. 24 (D0), lat 
     
     Charlottetown feeder in Dec. & early Jan. (SCL); Black-backed Woodpecker - l calling & drumming at Cavendish 
     
     campground on Nov. 29 (DCS); Northern Flicker - 1 in Charlottetown on Nov. 29, Dec. 4 & 6 (SCL), 1 at West Royalty 
     
     feeder in Dec. & early Jan. (DC&ES), 1 at Cavendish on Dec. 9 & 24 (DCS), l at North Rustico on Dec. 20 (DCS), l at 
     
     Robinson’s Island on Dec. 24 (DCS), l at Fort Amherst & 2 at Rice Point on Jan. 4 (EMA), 1 male at Tea Hill feeder on 
     
     Jan. 24 (FdB), 1 at Charlottetown feeder in Jan. (JBl); Pileated Woodpecker - l at Glenwilliam on Nov. 30 (RS); 
     
     Northern Shrike - 1 in Cap Egmont on Nov. 27 (BMa), l in Mont Carmel area in Dec. (G&FMa), 1 at Orby Head on 
     
    

    
     ’ Dec. 20 DCS), 1 on Rte. 6 on Dec. 21 (DCS), 1 at Bayfield on Dec. 26 (DCS), 1 chasing juncos at Crossroads feeders on 
     
    
   
   
    
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