Nburning Dove NP, H 
     
    

    
     Great Horned Owl H 
     
    

    
     Snowy Owl NP 
     
    

    
     Belted Kingfisher H, M 
     
    

    
     Hairy Woodpecker NP, H, M 
     
     Downy Woodpecker NP, H, M 
     
     Black-backed Woodpecker NP, H, M 
     
     Horned Lark NP, H 
     
    

    
     Barn Swallow NP 
     
    

    
     Grey Jay NP 
     
    

    
     Blue Jay NP, H, M 
     
    

    
     Northern Raven NP, H, M 
     
    

    
     Comnon Crow NP, H, M 
     
     Black-capped Chickadee NP, H, M 
     
     Boreal Chickadee NP, H, M 
     
     White-breasted Nuthatch NP, H, M 
     
     Red-breasted Nuthatch NP, H, M 
     
     Brown Creeper NP, H, M 
     
     Northern Mockingbird H 
     
     American Robin NP, H, M 
     
     Golden-crowned Kinglet NP, H, M 
     
     Ruby-crowned Kinglet NP, M 
     
     Bohemian Waxwing NP, H 
     
    

    
     Northern Shrike NP 
     
    

    
     European Starling NP, H, M 
     
     Yellow-rumped Warbler NP, H 
     
     House Sparrow NP, H 
     
    

    
     Red-winged Blackbird M 
     
    

    
     Rusty Blackbird NP, M 
     
    

    
     Cannon Grackle NP, H, M 
     
     Brown-headed Cowbird NP, H, M 
     
     Evening Grosbeak NP, H, M 
     
     Purple Finch NP 
     
    

    
     Pine Grosbeak NP, H 
     
    

    
     American Goldfinch NP, H, M 
     
     White-winged Crossbill NP, H, M 
     
     Rufus-sided Towhee NP 
     
    

    
     Savannah Sparrow H 
     
    

    
     Common Redpoll NP, H 
     
    

    
     Pine Siskin NP, H, M 
     
    

    
     Northern Junco NP, H, M 
     
     American Tree Sparrow NP, H 
     
     White-crowned Sparrow NP 
     
     White-throated Sparrow NP, H 
     
     Fox Sparrow NP, H 
     
    

    
     Swamp Sparrow NP 
     
    

    
     Song Sparrow NP, H, M ‘ 
     
    

    
     Lapland Longspur NP, H 
     
    

    
     Snow Bunting NP, H, M 
     
    
   
   
    
     IIIIIII'l'llillllll! 
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
     ' :Bk'ikiju 'h 
     
    
   
   
    
     Northern Mockingbird 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LETTERS TO THE 
     
     EDITOR 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dear Editor, 
     
    

    
     Last spring my brother, Jack Gallant of 
     
     Bonshaw, alerted me to a strange goose 
     
     in the river there. He thought it was a 
     
     snow gose, and apparently had mated 
     
    

    
     with a Canada. Unfortunately, my car 
     
     was still immbile since early winter 
     
     storage, but I phoned Geoff Hogan in the 
     
     hope he would drive out and identify the 
     
     bird. I heard no more about the matter 
     
     until last week one of my sisters had 
     
     driven out to vist Jack and noticed the 
     
     geese back in the river, easily observed 
     
     from the # l highway. She stopped her 
     
     car and she and her passangers were 
     
     delighted to see not only the "snow" and 
     
     Canada geese, but seven fluffy young 
     
     not far away. It seems actreamly late 
     
     for young birds but the girls were sure 
     
     they were either goslings or ducklings. 
     
     Is anyone able to clarify this puzzle? 
     
    
   
   
    
     ~. . Sincerly, 
     
     ..  Margaret Wheatly 
     
    
   
   
    
     RAIN PERIL 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from the Halifax Cronicle Herald) 
     
     (Oct. 12, 1985) V 
     
    
   
   
    
     LONDON - Add rain is now affecting 
     
     trees in 32 counties of Britian, according 
     
     to a preliminary wrvey conducted by the 
     
     Fliends of the Earth environmental 
     
     organization. Of the 153 sites confirmed 
     
     as sflefing from acid rain damage, 79 
     
     were beech stands and 74 were yew 
     
     stands. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Spokesperson Chris Rose said "these ' 
     
     figura are comparable with the situation 
     
     in large areas of Europe, and the worst 
     
     areas of Germany some five or six yem