'Sighting of the Park symbol, the Great Blue Heron: Jane Symmes and E13 
     
     Cawthorn. . 
     
     Most species seen: Paul and Elsebeth Olshefsky, Jean Oullette, Bob 
     
     MacNeill and Bob Thexton. 
     
     Most sightings of the Provincial bird, the blue jay: Dan and Dan McAskill 
     
     Jr., Bill Bowerbank. 
     
     Earliest start: Dan and Dan McAskill Jr., Bill Bowerbank. 
     
     Most hours in the field: Terry Power. 
     
     MOST CROWS: Geoff Hogan, Jamie Burton. 
     
     Gifts were also presented to the host of the potluck supper; Jane Symmes 
     
     and to the count compiler, Rosemary Curley. 
     
    

    
     Thanks to the observers; Jack Beaton, Bill Bowerbank, Jamie Burton, 
     
     Els Cawthorn, Rosemary Curley, Geoff Hogan, Anne Charlotte Kelly, Norah_ 
     
     Longworth, Gerald MacDonald, Robert MacNeill, Dan McAskill, Dan McAskill 
     
     Jr., Elsebeth Olshefsky, Paul Olshefsky, Jean Ouellette, Terry Power, 
     
     Jane Symmes, Bob Thexton, Winifred Wake and Mary Willms. A special 
     
     thanks goes to Parks Canada and its staff who contributed birding ex- 
     
     pertise, count fees, cake for the potluck supper and rewards for the 
     
     hirflers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MORE RECORDS SET IN MONTAGUE 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Bird Count when a high of 48 species was recorded on January 11, 1986. In 23 
     
     hours and 45 minutes of birding, the ten counters and 12 feeder reporters 
     
     tallied 5140 individuals, in mostly overcast weather. Eight species were new to 
     
     the count, and in addition, one had never been recorded on any P.E.I. count 
     
     before. A Northern flicker, though crnmon in other seasons, was an unexpected 
     
     find for Barb MacDonald, Gerald MacDonald and Howard Norton. The flicker flew 
     
     across the road in front of the observers on Peters Road, landed in an apple 
     
     tree and then departed within a minute of first observation. The red patch on 
     
     the nape was seen, as was the white runp patch. wa here's the line—up! Great 
     
     cormorant, 8; Great blue heron, 1; Canada Goose, 81; American black duck, 199; 
     
     Mallard, 3; crnuon goldeneye, 706; Barrow's goldeneye, 2; Oldsquaw, 279; cznuon 
     
     eider, 30; Cbnmon merganser, 196; Red-breasted merganser, 172; Northern 
     
     goshawk, 1; Ruffed grouse, 5; Ring-necked pheasant, 1; Gray partridge, 17; 
     
     Iceland gull, 2; Greater black-backed gull, 27; Barring gull, 345; Rock dove, 
     
     204; Belted kingfisher, 1; Northern flicker, l; Hairy woodpecker, 2; Downy 
     
     woodpecker, 2; Black-backed woodpecker, 1; Blue jay, 171; Nbrthern raven, 30; 
     
     American crow, 272; Black-capped chickadee, 53; Boreal Chickadee, 15; 
     
     Red-breasted nuthatch, 8; American robin, 5; Bohemian waxwing, 14; Northern 
     
     Shrike, 1; European starling, 300; Yellowbrunped warbler, 1; House sparrow, 
     
     234; Brown-headed cowbird, 123; Evening grosbeak, 319; Purple finch, 1; Pine 
     
     grosbeak, 17;<J:unon redpoll, 238; American goldfinch, 12; White-winged 
     
     crossbill, 120; Northern junco, 80; American tree sparrow, 1; White-throated 
     
     sparrow, 1; Song sparrow, 1; Snow bunting, 833. The counters were Fiona Andrew, 
     
     Lenore Andrew, Roger Andrew, Rick Burger, Rosemary Oirley, Brian Dalzell, Barb 
     
     MamIMEUd,<kualdhEmDmufld, amend.Nofixxxandtmury‘ammxu GuaIBed<colhan£o 
     
     and compiled feeder results from the town of Montague. Feeder reports were 
     
     received from Gwen Beck, Helen Beck, Wilma Clements, Wanda Curley, Georgie 
     
     Fraser, Beth Graham, Hilda Hilchey, Olga MacKinnon, Jessie Matheson, Dorothy 
     
     Neilson, Jean Thompson and Sid watts. Bragging rights go to Rick Burger and 
     
     Brian Dalzell who counted 32 species. Rosemary Curley, count compiler. 
     
    
   
   
    
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