May 14 (DCS), at Maximeville on May 23 (F&GM), return migrants at Allisary Creek on ~Jun. 22 (DCS), at Mt. 
     
     Stewart on Jun. 23May 28 (BPi), at Covehead Harbour on Jun. 26 (DCS), modest increase in numbers at Covehead 
     
     Harbour on Jul. 2 (DCS); Solitary Sandpiper - at Wilmot River on May 21 (SMa); Willet - at Mt. Stewart on 
     
     May 2 (BPi), 1 at Cymbria on May 6 (DC&ES), calling at Fullerton’s Marsh on May 15 (JDM), l at Hyde Park on 
     
     May 19 (EBM), 2 at Grand River Bridge on May 21 (SMa), adults and immatures at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 2 
     
     (DCS); Spotted Sandpiper - at Hyde Park on May 12 (EBM), at Mt. Stewart on May 28 (BPi), at Red Head on 
     
     Jun. 8 (DCS); Upland Sandpiper - 1 at Charlottetown Airport (DCS); Hudsonian Godwit - 2 at Covehead in 
     
     PEINP on Jul. 6 (DC&ES); Marbled Godwit - 1 at Maximeville on Jun. 3 with documentation form submitted 
     
     (F&GM); Ruddy Turnstone - at Maximeville on Jun. 3 (F &GM), in breeding plumage on Jun. 6 at Covehead 
     
     marsh (DCS); Sanderling - at Red Head on Jun. 8 (DCS); Semipalmated Sandpiper - 8 at Red Head on Jun. 8 
     
     (DC&ES), 7 return migrants at Allisary Creek impoundment in Mt. Stewart on Jun. 23 (DC&ES), 1 at Covehead 
     
     Harbour on Jul. 7 & 8 (MR, DO); Least Sandpiper - 6 at Borden Lagoon, ~12 at Allisary Creek aVIt. Stewart) on 
     
     May 12 (DO, DCS, BPi), 7 at New Annan lagoons on May 17 (LH), at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 5 (BPi), modest 
     
     increase in numbers at Covehead Harbour on Jul. 2 (DCS), ~10 at Brackley marsh on Jul. 8 (DCS, DO, LH); 
     
     Short-billed Dowitcher - 3 at Brackley mudflats on Jun. 12 (DCS), 6 return migrants at Covehead Pond on Jun. 26 
     
     (DCS), l at Hillsborough River at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 28 (DC&ES), modest increase in numbers at Covehead 
     
     Harbour on Jul. 2 (DCS); Bonaparte‘s Gull - at Souris on May 23 (DCS, EBM), 3 on Jun. 6 at Covehead marsh 
     
     (DCS); Iceland Gull - l at Souris lagoon on Jun. 2 (DCS); Glaucous Gull - see big day report; Caspian Tern - 
     
     7 on Jun. 6 at Covehead marsh with 1 to 8 on various days (DCS), 2 at Savage Harbour beach on Jul. 3 (JDM); 
     
     Common Tern - 6 at Hillsborough Bridge on May 4 (DO), several at May 7 (JDM), 2 tern rafts placed in 
     
     Belvedere Pond in early May by JJ, BSm, & D0 to hopefully inaugurate a new nesting colony on the Hillsborough 
     
     River system, at Skinner’s Pond on May 31 (JB), pair nesting on platform and a second pair nesting on a muskrat 
     
     den at Mt. Stewart’s Allisary Creek on Jun. 12 (BPi); Arctic Tern - pair nesting at Covehead Harbour on Jun. 12 
     
     (DCS); Dovekie - 1 at East Point on Jun. 26 (DCS); Thick-billed Murre - 1 at East Point on Jun. 26 (DCS); 
     
     Razorbill - 1 at East Point on Jun. 26 (DCS); Black Guillemot - several at North Cape on May 6 (EBM), 17 at 
     
     North Cape on May 18 (LH), 7 in breeding plumage & 1 in non-breeding plumage at Norway on Jun. 22 (DO), 12 
     
     at North Cape on May 25 (DC&ES), 9 at East Point on Jun. 26 (DCS); Common Moorhen - at Allisary Creek 
     
     impoundment on May 31 (DCS), at Mt. Stewart on May 28 (BPi), pair seen at Allisary Creek impoundment on 
     
     Jun. 25 (DCS); American Coot - at Allisary Creek in Jun. (DCS, BPi); Rock Pigeon - almost white individual at 
     
     Charlottetown feeder on Jun, 18 (EMu); Mourning Dove - at Tignish feeders on May 31 (JB), good numbers in 
     
     spring and early summer (JDM); Black-billed Cuckoo - none at Allisary Creek this Jun. (DC&ES, DO, BPi); 
     
     Great Gray Owl - l in North eastern PEI on Jun. 17 (SL); Short-cared Owl - l at North Lake & l at East Point 
     
     on May 2 (DO); Northern Saw-whet Owl - heard at various locations (DCS); Common Nighthawk - pair at 
     
     Leard’s Pond in Lorne Valley on Jun. 29 (DO, DCS); Ruby-throated Hummingbird - first male returned at 
     
     Maximeville on May 19 while last year the first was May 7 (F&GM), male at Mt. Stewart feeder on May 17 (SL), 
     
     male & female at Maximeville on May 23 (F &GM), at Argyle Shore on May 20 (BC), female but no males yet at 
     
     South Melville on May 24 (RA), at Hartsville feeder on May 30'h (JWa), first male of season at Crossroads feeder 
     
     on May 31 (DO), at Tignish & Pleasant View/Black Pond on May 31 (JB), male & female at Argyle Shore on Jun. 
     
     1 (LY), 2 males & 3 females on Jun. 3‘ (F&GM), at Mt. Stewart on Jun. 12 (BPi); Belted Kingfisher — 1 at Grand 
     
     River Bridge on May 21 (SMa), Pleasant View/Black Pond on May 31 (JB); Red-bellied Woodpecker - l at Tyne 
     
     Valley on Dec. 23 (HM), 1 at Tea Hill in Dec. (GMacE); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - male standing on a barbeque 
     
     handle and tapping the lid in Jun & early Jul. (JDM, RHP), various locations; Hairy Woodpecker - various 
     
     locations; Black-backed Woodpecker - see big day report; Northern Flicker - good numbers seen throughout 
     
     the Island; Olive-sided Flycatcher - near North Cape on May 31 (DCS), at Norway on May 31 (DO); Eastern 
     
     Wood Peewee - at Valleyfield, Albion Cross, route 303, and Strathgartney in Jun. (DC&ES); Yellow-bellied 
     
     Flycatcher - at Black Marsh trail on Jun. 25 (DCS); Alder Flycatcher - several at Rice Point on Jun. 21 (EBM); 
     
     Least Flycatcher - good numbers on May 31 (RC); Eastern Kingbird - 3 at Allisary Creek & 2 at Cornwall 
     
     lagoon in Jun. (DC&ES), l at Johnston’s River in late Jun. (RI-1P, JDM); [{Scissor-tailed Flycatcher — first record 
     
    
   
   
    
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