participated in some 1,800 registered counts throughout North America, the Caribbean, Central America and South 
     
     America. The entire data base is accessible on line through www.audubon.org and click your way to the results 
     
     under birds and science. 
     
    

    
     Based on the participant’s comments, the counters on the Island enjoyed the outings. Arja Page fired up 
     
     the wood stove at the Dalvay interpretive centre so the rather wet participants could enjoy the pot luck around the 
     
     fire. Fiep de Bie and Hans Gelens hosted the Hillsborough pot-luck. Both pot lucks were well attended and, 
     
     based on their comments, enjoyed by those present. For the fourth year, Vernon Laux organized a fourth Island 
     
     count encompassing the area from off East Point to the eastern outskirts of Souris. Unfortunately, the results for 
     
     the East Point Count were not available at the time of publication. Gary Schneider and Ruth Richman organized 
     
     the Montague Count while Dan McAskill coordinated the RBI. National Park and Hillsborough counts. 
     
    

    
     During this year’s CBCs on the Island, owl surveys were conducted in the East Point and P.E.I. National 
     
     Park counts. Most coastal waters were open but there were variable levels of ice in fresh water ponds and some 
     
     bays. There were certainly some memorable sightings during the four count periods and counts days with a Mew 
     
     Gull, Black-headed Gulls, Bonaparte’s Gulls, a Northern Cardinal, hundreds of American Robins, and a Rose- 
     
     breasted Grosbeak. Rather than the huge numbers of redpoll and siskin seen on the 2003-04 counts on P.E.I., 
     
     scarcity was the norm. However, there were large numbers of American Goldfinch as well as huge numbers of 
     
     American Robin were seen with 740 on the Montague Count and 417 on the Hillsborough counts. 
     
    

    
     The reports for the three CBCs for which we have numbers are provided below. 
     
    
   
   
    
     OBSERVATIONS NUMBERS OBSERVED 
     
    
   
   
    
     National Park Total 
     
    

    
     Dec. 19 2004 Jan. 3 2005 Jan. 2005 18 -Jan. 3 
     
     Red-throated Loon 1 1 
     
     Northern Gannet 1 1 
     
     Double-crested Cormorant 2 
     
     Cormorant 
     
     Great Blue Heron 
     
     Canada Geese 
     
     Gadwell 
     
     American Black Duck 
     
     Mallard 
     
     Northern Pintall 
     
     American 
     
     UID Duck 
     
     Greater 
     
    
   
   
    
     Common Eider 
     
    

    
     Surf Scoter 
     
    

    
     Black Scoter 
     
     Duck 
     
    
   
   
    
     Common 
     
     Barrow's 
     
     Hooded 
     
     Common 
     
     Red-breasted 
     
     Bald 
     
    

    
     Northern Harrier