& the egret reported at Lily Pond in last newsletter was a Great Egret (RC), 1 at Black Pond on Jun. 8 (JW, 
     
     SMACD) 1 or 2 at Souris Causeway on Jun. 8‘h to 13th (DO, L&JH, DC&ES); Canada Geese - first seen at 
     
     Argyle Shore on Mar. 21 (BC), pair browsing in hay field in Donagh in first week of May (JDM), pairs at Clarkes 
     
     Pond and John Archies Pond on Jun. 1, at route 337 on Jun. 10, and 2 adults with 4 young at Dalvay Lake on Jun. 
     
     22 (DC&ES); Brant - 7 on Hillsborough at Wright’s Creek on May 31 (DCS, EBM); Wood Ducks - 10 males at 
     
     Borden lagoon on Jun. 5 (DC&ES), 1 at Albion Cross on Jun. 4 (DC&ES), 1 to 9 at Mt. Stewart Allisary Creek on 
     
     various days in Jun. (DC&ES), at Pisquid Pond, Dalvay Lagoon, route 303/304 in early Jun. (DC&ES), pair at 
     
     French Village on Jun. 12 & l9 (JDM, RHP), at Borden Carleton on Jun. 18 (RA); Gadwall - at Hyde Park on 
     
     May 19 (EBM), Pleasant View/Black Pond on May 31 (JB), 6 to 24 at Bracklcy north marsh/mudflats or 
     
     Covehead marsh in Jun. (DC&ES); Eurasian Wigeon - male at Hillsborough River at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 8 
     
     (DCS), male at Brackley north marsh/mudflats or Covehead marsh on Jun. 12 to 24 (DCS); American Wigeon - 
     
     common in many ponds; American Black Duck - common in many ponds; Blue-winged Teal - 3 at Hyde Park 
     
     on May 12 (EBM); Northern Shoveler - 1 on Apr. 25 at Mt. Stewart (BPi); Northern Pintail — 2 at Hyde Park 
     
     on May 19 (EBM), female & 12 young at Mt. Stewart lagoon on Jun. 23 (DC&ES); Green-winged Teal - at 
     
     Borden Carleton on Jun. 18 (RA), 48 males on Hillsborough River mudflats on Jun. 30 (DC&ES); Greater Scaup 
     
     - 1 at Hyde Park on May 12 (EBM), 1 male at Borden lagoon on Jun. 5 (DC&ES) 4 to 6 males at Dalvay Lake on 
     
     Jun. 17 & 23 (DC&ES); King Eider - late male at East Point on May 15 (DCS); Common Eider - few at North 
     
     Cape on May 6 (EBM), lots on May 17 (FRC), 71 on May 18 (LH), 25 at North Cape on Jun. 25 (DC&ES), at 
     
     Norway on Jun. 15 (DO), 1 to 75 at East Point on various days in Jun. (DC&ES); Harlequin - 13 at East Point on 
     
     May 2 (DO), 2 males & 1 female at North Cape on May 17 (FRC); White-winged Scoter - 5 at East Point on Jun. 
     
     30 (DC&ES); Black Scoter - 3 males at East Point on Jun. 30 (DC&ES); Long-tailed Duck - 5 at Rice Point on 
     
     May 3 (EBM), 30 to 40 at North Cape on May 6 (EBM), male in breeding plumage at Norway on Jun. 15 (DO); 
     
     Common Goldeneye - male at Hillsborough River at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 6, 9, & 23 (DC&ES); Common 
     
     Merganser - at Mount Stewart on Jun. 9 (DC&ES); Red-breasted Merganser - 8 at Rice Point on May 3 
     
     (EBM), 3 at North Cape on Jun. 25 (DC&ES); Ruddy Duck - male in breeding plumage at Borden Carleton on 
     
     Jun. 18 (RA) & Jun. 21 (DO); Osprey - 3 at Johnston’s River on May 5 (RHP), common in June around estuaries; 
     
     Bald Eagle - 1 at East Point on May 2 (DO); Northern Harrier - l at East Point on May 2 (DO), at many 
     
     locations in J un.; Sharp-shinned Hawk - at Argyle Shore on May 1 (BC), 10+ at East Point on May 2 (DO), 1 
     
     made a strike attempt on Blue Jay at Donagh feeder on May 15 (JDM), 1 hunting daily at Ocean View blueberry 
     
     fields in Jun. & early Jul. with 3 being present on Jul. 7 (TM); Northern Goshawk - being seen in Watervale area 
     
     in Jun. (DD); Broad-winged Hawk - 1 at Portage on May 31 (DO), 1 at East Point on Jun. 9 (DO, DCS); Red- 
     
     tailed Hawk - 2 at East Point on May 2 (DO), 1 at Fort Amherst on May 17 (LD), 1 at Cornwall Road on May 18 
     
     (LD), 1 at Richmond on May 31 (DO), 1 at Bonshaw on Jun. 19 (DC&ES), 1 at West Royalty being harassed by 
     
     several crows on Jun. 23 (JDM), 1 at Wellington Centre on Jun. 25 (DC&ES); American Kestrel - 1 hunting off 
     
     the wires in two areas of Johnston’s River during first week of May through late Jun. (JDM, RHP), 1 at East Point 
     
     on May 2 (DO), 1 at Fort Amherst on May 17 (LD), 2 at Victoria in Jun. & 1 at Hermanville in Jun. (DC&ES); 
     
     Merlin - 2 at East Point on May 2 (DO), at East Point, Cavendish, Scotchfort, Robinson’s Island, & St. Margarets 
     
     in Jun. (DC&ES); Peregrine Falcon - l at North Cape out over the water on May 6 (EBM), 1 at North Cape on 
     
     Jun. 24 (DO); Gray Partridge - 2 in blueberry field at Afton Road on Jun. 4 (DCS, JDM, EBM, DO, RC); Ring- 
     
     necked Pheasant - male at Ocean View on Jun. 7 (TM); Ruffed Grouse - female with 8 young on Jun. 3 (SP), 
     
     nest at Watervale on Jun. 14 with 6 hatched and 2 unhatched eggs (MiK, JDM); Virginia Rail - at New Annan 
     
     lagoons on May 17 (LH), at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 8 & 18 (DC&ES); Sora - 1 at Mount Stewart impoundment on 
     
     May 7 (DO) & on May 19 (BPi), at New Annan lagoons on May 17 (LH), at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 8 & 18 
     
     (DC&ES), at Borden Carleton on Jun. 18 (RA); Black-bellied Plover - at Maximeville on Jun. 3 (F&GM), 
     
     modest increase in numbers at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 2 (DCS); Killdeer - 4 to 6 in June at Dundee Road 
     
     blueberry fields (TM); Greater Yellowlegs - 2 at Nine Mile Creek on May 3 & 3 at Hyde Park on May 12 
     
     (EBM), return migrants at Allisary Creek on ~Jun. 22 (DCS), at Covehead Harbour on Jun. 26 (DCS), modest 
     
     increase in numbers at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 2 (DCS); Lesser Yellowlegs - 3 at Mt. Stewart saltmarsh on 
     
    
   
   
    
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