Black-headed Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Common Tern, Black Guillemot, Rock Dove, 
     
     Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Long—eared Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, 
     
     Common Nighthawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, 
     
     Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Eastern Kingbird, Alder Flycatcher, Least 
     
     Flycatcher, Eastern Peewee, Tree Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Blue Jay, 
     
     Common Raven, American Crow, Black-backed Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee, Red-breasted 
     
     Nuthatch, Winter Wren, American Robin, Hermit Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Veery, 
     
     Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, European Starling, 
     
     Solitary Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern 
     
     Parula, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, 
     
     Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Bay- 
     
     breasted Warbler, Palm Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, 
     
     Canada Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, American Redstart, House Sparrow, Bobolink, Red— 
     
     winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Rose- 
     
     breasted Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Common Redpoll, Pine Siskin, 
     
     American Goldfinch, Red Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Savannah Sparrow, Sharp— 
     
     tailed Sparrow, Northern Junco, Chipping Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White- 
     
     throated Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, and Song Sparrow. 
     
    

    
     The mammals seen included snowshoe hare and red squirrel. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NORTH AMERICAN MIGRATION COUNT DAY: compiled by Dan MCASkill 
     
    
   
   
    
     This was a cloudy, damp day with temperatures ranging from 8 to 10C., winds 
     
     averaging 24.8 km, and 5.6 mm of rain. Bird watcher’s schedules posed real problems 
     
     this year and only two counters participated and submitted results, namely Lois Doan 
     
     and Dan McAskill. The count period for the two teams ranged from 0800 hours to 1800 
     
     hours. The following species were seen during this period. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Pied-billed Grebe, Double—crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Bittern, 
     
     Canada Goose, Mallard, American Black Duck, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, 
     
     Blue-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Ring-necked Duck, Scaup spp., Common Goldeneye, 
     
     Common Eider, White-winged Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern 
     
     Harrier, Osprey, American Kestrel, Ruffed Grouse, Common Snipe, Willet, Greater 
     
     Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Ring—billed 
     
     Gull, Caspian Tern, Black Guillemot, Rock Dove, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, 
     
     Northern Flicker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Common Raven, American Crow, Black- 
     
     capped Chickadee, Red—breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Golden-crowned Kinglet, 
     
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet, European Starling, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow- 
     
     rumped Warbler, Palm Warbler, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, 
     
     Brown—headed Cowbird, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, White—winged 
     
     Crossbill, Savannah Sparrow, Northern Junco, American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, 
     
     White-throated Sparrow, and Song Sparrow. Mammals: Red Squirrel 
     
    
   
   
    
     PIPING PLOVER SURVEY - 1996: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The first week of June was the target 
     
     date set to field crews across the Island to 
     
     re-survey the beaches examined in 1991 and 
     
     other potential areas as part of the 5th year 
     
     International Piping Plover Census. The 
     
     effort was monumental by the volunteers and 
     
     the coordinator Jackie Waddell. In total, 73 
     
     beaches were surveyed between June 1st and 
     
     13th. In 1996, 65 adults consisting of 29 
     
     pairs and 7 singles were observed on the 
     
     178.3 km of beach that was walked. These 
     
     results indicate a decline from the 1991 
     
     census results of 110 adults, 51 pairs and 8 
     
     singles.