BIRD REPORT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Great blue heron - 3 at Cavendish, Mar. 
     
     — l on Rustico Is., Mar. 
     
     100+ on ice, Tryon River, Mar. 
     
     - 40+ at Pt. Prim, Mar. 18 (TM) 
     
     - 35 at Mt. Buchanan, Mar. 18 (TM) 
     
     - 10+ in vee, Dunk River, Bedeque 
     
     Mar. 23 (RR,GS) 
     
     - 10 on North River Causeway, Mar. 
     
     — 30+ on N. River Rd., Mar. 30 (JB) 
     
     — 35 at Stanhope, Mar. 31 (DM) _ 
     
     1 m, Univ. Ave. and Belvedere Ave, Ch'town, in a 
     
     with a flock of Black ducks, Mar. 27 (BD) 
     
     American black duck - 1 on a small pond in Lewes, occasionally through 
     
     Feb. & Mar. (RR,GS) 
     
     — 4 daily (to Mar. 9) in Indian River (TC) 
     
     — 2 in field at Tryon, Mar. 14 (EBKH) 
     
     - 2 in Bonshaw River, Mar. 16 (J8) 
     
     Common goldeneye - 50+ on West River Causeway, Jan. 12 (DM) 
     
     - 40 near Hillsborough Bridge, Feb. 7 (BD) 
     
     — l f on Government Pond, mid-Feb. through Mar. 
     
     - 2 f on Bonshaw River, Mar. 16 (J5) 
     
     - 35 near Hillsborough Bridge, Mar. 30 (BD) 
     
     Barrows goldeneye - 1 f on Bonshaw River, Mar. 16 (J8) 
     
     Black (common) scoter — 1 m, near Hillsborough Bridge, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     30 (DM) 
     
     31 (DM) 
     
     6 (EBKH) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Canada oose 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CANADA GEESE 
     
    
   
   
    
     25 (58) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mallard - flooded field 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Feb. 7 (BD) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Common merganser - 22m, 10f in West Royalty, Feb. 16 (BD) 
     
     - 3 in brook at Crapaud, Mar. 14 (EBKH) 
     
     — 1f, Bonshaw River, Mar. 16 (J8) 
     
     Red-breasted merganser - 1m, Government Pond, Ch'town, Mar. 26 (DC) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     - 4m, 2f near Hillsborough Bridge, Mar. 30 BD) 
     
     Northern goshawk - 1 at Indian River, Mar. 8 (TC) 
     
     Sharp—shinned hawk - 1 chasing chickadees at feeder, Pt. Prim, Feb. 5 (TM) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1 taking sparrow at feeder in Bonshaw, Feb. 6 (JS) 
     
     1 in Lewes, Feb. 23 (RR,GS) 
     
     1 in Ch'town, Mar. 11 (DM) 
     
    
   
   
    
     - 1 on Baldwins Rd., Mar. 14 (RR,GS) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Red-tailed hawk — 1 being chased by crows in Lewes, Mar. 25 (RR,GS) 
     
     Northern harrier (marsh hawk) - l in Caledonia, Feb. 20 (PAW) 
     
     Kgfiif' \; - 1 in a blizzard in Gladstone, Feb. 23 (PAW) 
     
     ( - l in Heatherdale, Mar. 26 (RR,GS) 
     
     \ ~ 1 in Covehead Hr., Apr. 1 (DM) 
     
     - 1 in Lewes, Apr. 1 (GS) 
     
     Bald eagle - 1 over Murray R., Feb. 17 (PAW) 
     
    
   
   
    
     - l in Tryon, Mar. 20 (EBKH) 
     
    
   
   
    
     1m in Indian River, Feb. 18 (TC) 
     
     4 in the garden in Gladstone, Feb. 26 and after (PAW) 
     
     - 1 in Lewes, Mar. 10 (RR,GS) 
     
     - 1 in pear tree in Ch'town, Mar. 
     
     2 in Tryon, Mar. 20 (EBKH) 
     
     1 eating buds from apple tree at patio edge in Lewis 
     
     Point, Mar. 24-31 (JB,VJB) 
     
     Gray Partridge - 5 in New Glasgow, Jan. 12 (DM) 
     
    

    
     — 8 in UPEI parking lot, Ch'town, Feb. 
     
     8 in Brooklyn, Mar. 6 (RR,GS) 
     
     — 5 under Ch'town feeder, Mar. 14 (SD) 
     
    

    
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     Ruffed grouse 
     
    
   
   
    
     14 (SD) 
     
    
   
   
    
     13 (DM)