Montague, P.E.I. 46°08'N 62°35'W, center in Milltown Cross about 1.35 mi. E of 
     
     junction of Routes 4 and 317 on Route 317, to include all or parts of Georgetown, 
     
     Roseneath, Montague, Valleyfield, Caledonia, Murray River, Murray Islands, Murray 
     
     Harbour North, Northumberland Strait, Gaspereaux, Panmure Island, St. Mary's Bay 
     
     and Cardigan Bay, plus areas circumscribed by these locations; elevation D to 350 
     
     ft. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 2, 1983; 7:45 a.m. to 5600 p.m. 
     
     P.M.: mostly clear. Temp. 28 to 320 F. Wind N, 0-20 m.p.h. 
     
     Fresh water mostly frozen. Salt water mostly open. Wild food crop poor. 
     
     Thirty—one observers, 19-20 in 8 parties, 11~12 at feeders. Total party hours, 
     
     41% (15 3/4 on foot, 22 by car, 3% stationary, feeder hours not included). Total 
     
     party miles, 287 3/4 (19 3/4 on foot, 268 by car). 
     
    

    
     Total species 37; about 3408 individuals. 
     
    

    
     (Seen during count period but not on count day: Common Grackle) 
     
    

    
     Participants: 
     
     Cairns, Vicki 
     
     MacDonald, Athol MacKinnon, Olga MacKinnon, Joyce MacLeod, Paul McGuigan, George 
     
     Nicholson, Ruth Richman, Gary Schneider, David Sorrie, Cathy Stuart, Mary Stuart, 
     
    
   
   
    
     A.M.: partly cloudy, intermittent snow. 
     
    
   
   
    
     David Wake, George Warner, Sidney Watts (compiler), Carl Willms, Mary Willms, Carol 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wright, John Wright, Peter Wright, Victor Wright. v 
     
     Special thanks to Mary and John Wright for hosting the after-count supper. 
     
    
   
   
    
     47 Great Cormorant 1 Belted Kingfisher 
     
     24 Canada Goose 2 Hairy Woodpecker 
     
     135 Black Duck 2 Downy Woodpecker 
     
     22 Greater Scaup 1 Black-backed Three-teed Woodpecker 
     
     337 Common Goldeneye 87 Blue Jay 
     
     223 Oldsquaw _IVVW‘ 48 Common Raven 
     
     193 Common Merganser 352 Common Crow 
     
     47 Red-breasted Merganser _ 45 Black-capped Chickadee 
     
     l Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Boreal Chickadee 
     
     2 Bald Eagle (adult) 22 Golden-crowned Kinglet 
     
     1 Red-tailed Hawk ' 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
     
     1 Ruffed Grouse 599 Common Starling 
     
     12 Gray Partridge 214 House Sparrow 
     
    
   
   
    
     4 Iceland Gull 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ 84 Great Black-backed Gull 191 Evening Grosbeak 
     
     440 Herring Gull 24 American Goldfinch 
     
     2 Bonaparte's Gull 8 Dark-eyed Junco 
     
     1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 120 Snow Bunting 
     
     107 Rock Dove 3455 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ISLAND NATURE TRUST. A public meeting attended by 50-60 people was held in 
     
     Tracadie Cross on Jan. 12 to discuss proposed management alternatives for the 
     
     protection of the dune system at Deroche Point. The general feeling of the 
     
     meeting indicated that local residents desired that no management activities 
     
    

    
     be undertaken at present. It is hoped that a local group of citizens will form 
     
     in the near future to liase with the Nature Trust on matters of mutual concern. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to all who contributed records: 
     
     Thelma Clark (TC), Andy Dean (AD), Gwen Fichaud (GF), Geoff Hogan (GGH), Diane 
     
    
   
   
    
     Knox (DK), Gerald MacDonald (GM), Ralph Matheson (RM), Geraldine Porter (GP), Alan 
     
    
   
   
    
     Saint (AS), Sid Hatts (SW), Carl Willms (CW), Mary Willms (MW), John Wright (JW) 
     
     Peter Wright (PW), Victor Wright (VW). 
     
    
   
   
    
     6 
     
    
   
   
    
     Snow cover 1 to 3 in. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lenore Andrew (LA), Winifred Cairns (WEC), 
     
    
   
   
    
     9 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lenore Andrew, Roger Andrew, Andy Bald, Vera Beck, Tim Birt, Winifred 
     
     Friesen, Holly Garner, Susan Hinton, Geoff Hogan, Connie Ings, Gerald