RESULTS OF THE 1980 FRANCIS BAIN BIRDATHON (by Geoff Hogan, The.third annual 1980. Francis Bain Birdathon was held on Saturday, Sunny and clear weather greeted the 22 dedicated members and Compiler) May 31, friends of the Natural History Society during the early hours of the day although most areas experienced light rain by early afternoon. areas investigated were: Alexandria — G.Hogan; J.Alway National Park east - A.Landry, National Park - W.Cairns, Hillsborough—Cherry Valley - M.Mallett, East Kings - R.Curley, Dunk and Wilmot Rivers Montague — J.Wright The J.Allen, N.Longworth, L.Knox, J.MacLeod A.MacPhail, K.Lowther, C.Martin, P.Hooper M.Willms W.Johnston, D.Johnston, F.Campbell, M.Leonard — K.Martin, C.Gaudet Approximately 50 members of the public turned out for an early morning bird walk sponsored by the National Park. The following is a list of the 107 species recorded by our observers. Pied-billed Grebe Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Brant Black Duck Pintail Green—winged Teal Blue—winged Teal American Wigeon Shoveler Wood Duck Ring-necked Duck Slack Scoter Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Bald Eagle Marsh Hawk Osprey Ruffed Grouse Sora American Coot Piping Plover Killdeer Black—bellied Plover Common Snipe Spotted Sandpiper Willet Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Ring-billed Gull Common Tern Arctic Tern Black Guillemot Rock Dove Chimney Swift Ruby—throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Common Flicker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Black—backed Three-toed Woodpecker Eastern Kingbird Yellow—bellied Flycatcher Alder (Traill’s) «Ac-«ugh s—J v w u v ~ . v~ Leas: Fly Eastern Wood Pewee Olive—sided Flycatcher Horned Lark Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Blue Jay Common Raven Common Crow Black—capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee Catbird Robin Hermit Thrush Swainson's Thrush Ruby—crowned Kinglet Cedar Waxwing Common Starling Solitary Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Black and White Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Warbler Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow—rumped Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black—throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler _ *_.:. HCL- u-»4- ovenoir: Mourning Warbler Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler American Redstart House Sparrow Bobclink Red—winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Rose-breasted Grosbeak Purple Finch American Goldfinch Savannah Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Song Sparrow