Harbour sandhills on Dec. 13 (DO), female at North Lake on Dec. 18 (DCS), l at New Dominion on Dec. 31 & Jan. 1 (LD, EMa), 1 immature at North River on Jan. 4 (BH); Sharp-shinned Hawk - l at Vernon River feeder on Nov. 22 (DK), I regularly in Dec. & Jan. at Crossroad’s feeder (DO), 1 at Black Pond on Dec. 26 (DC&ES), 1 at South Melville feeder on Dec. 29 (R&AA), at New Dominion 11 Jan. 1 (EMA), at Dalvay on Jan. 4 (DO); Northern Goshawk — 1 at Rocky Point on Jan. 10 (LH, DO), 1 immature at South Melville feeder on Jan. 25 (RA); Broad-winged Hawk — see Christmas Bird Count (DK, BMcO, LD); Red-tailed Hawk - 1 at Valley on Dec. 13 (GS), 1 at Rice Point on Dec. 15 (EMa), 1 very light individual at Tea Hill/Alexandria in Dec. (FdB, ASt), 1 at Johnston’s River on Dec. 18 (JDM), 1 at North Lake of Dec. 18 (DCS), 1 very white individual (possible Krider’s) at Vernon Bridge on Dec. 25 (DK), 1 at Tracadie Harbour on Dec. 30 (DC&ES), l at Stanhope on Jan. 4 (DO), 1 at West River Causeway & l at Fairview on Jan. 10 (LH, DO), 1 at South Melville on Jan. 15 (RA); Rough-legged Hawk - 1 at Hampton hunting fields on Dec. 11 (LY, JDM), l at China Point on Dec. 26 (DC&ES), 1 at Pleasant Grove in late Jan. (AP), 1 at Eamscliffe on Jan. 2 (FdB); Merlin - l at Georgetown on Dec. 1 (SSi), 1 at South Rustico on Jan. 4 (DO); Gyrfalcon - 1 dark phase at Springfield in Dec. (RL via GS); Gray Partridge - 13 at Cymbria on Nov. 27 (DCS), ~20 feeding in a potato field at Bunbury on Dec. 29 (JDM), 7 at South Rustico on Jan. 4 (DO), several at Fairview on Jan. 10 (LH, DO), ~18 forming a rosette in sheltered snow in mid-Jan. at Donagh (JDM), 13 at Locke Road on Jan. 20 (LH); Ruffed Grouse - 2 at Nodd Road on Dec. 1 (SMa, DR), 2 at Iona on Dec. 12 (FdB), 1 on Meadowbank Road on Dec. 25 (EMa); American Coot - 1 at Black Pond on Dec. 3 (SSi); Black-bellied Plover - 12 at Covehead Harbour on Nov. 2 (DC&ES); Ruddy Turnstone - 5 on shore at Tracadie Harbour on Jan. 16 (JBu via DCS); Sanderling - 8 at Brackley West marsh on Nov. 11 & 1 at Covehead on Nov. 14 (DC&ES), l at Campbell’s Cove Park on Dec. 3 (DO); Purple Sandpiper - 1 at Victoria Park rocks on Dec. 30 (DO); Black-headed Gull - at Tracadie Harbour on Dec. 17 (DC&ES), 1 at Belvedere Pond on Dec. 16 & 12 adults & 1 immature on Dec. 20 (DC&ES), 2 at Stratford Lagoon on Dec. 25 (DO), 3 at Stratford Lagoon on Dec. 26 (JDM, EMa, DO, DK),1 at Victoria Park on Dec. 29 (DO, DCS), l at U.P.E.I. on Jan. 12 (DCS); Bonaparte's Gull - ~300 at Georgetown on Dec. 1 (SSi), 600+ at Belvedere Pond on Dec. 20 (DC&ES), 300+ at Basin Head on Dec. 10 (DO), 4 at Souris on Dec. 18 (DCS); Mew Gull - adult at Stratford Lagoon on Dec. 25, 26, & 31 (DO, JDM, DC&ES, DK), 1 at Victoria Park on Dec. 31 & Jan. 1 (L&JH, DK, DO); Ring-billed Gull - at Victoria Park on Dec. 31 (L&JH, DK, DO); Thayers Gull - 1 at Victoria Park on ice on Dec. 29 & Jan. 1, 4 (DO, DCS, L&JH, EMa, BMa); Iceland Gull - 3 at East Point & 3 at North Lake on Nov. 20 (DC&ES), l at Georgetown on Dec. 1 (SSi), oiled individual at Stratford lagoons on Dec. 25 (DO), 2 at Summerside Harbour on Jan. 24 (SMa, DF); Lesser Black-backed Gull - at Georgetown on Dec. 1 (SSi), 2 (2"6 winter) on Dec. 16 (VL, LMcD) & l at Belvedere Pond on Dec. 27 (RC), adult at Ellen’s Greek on Dec. 31 (DK, DO, L&JH), l in 3rd winter plumage at Cardigan Bridge on Jan. 12 (DO), 2 at Sumrnerside Harbour on Jan. 24 (SMa, DF); Glaucous Gull - 1 at Stratford Lagoon on Dec. 25 (D0) and 12 on Dec. 26 (JDM, DO, DK); Greater Black— backed Gull - ~60 at Summerside Harbour on Jan. 24 (SMa, DF); Common Tern - 1 at Covehead on Nov. 2 (DC&ES); Black Guillemot - at East Point on Dec. 3 (DO); Mourning Dove - 20 to 30 daily at Riverview Estates in Charlottetown (WFB, EM), at Vernon River feeder on Dec. 3 (DK), 3 to 5 daily in late Dec. & early Jan. (JDM, RPh), 25 at North Rustico feeder on Dec. 8 (KLC), 6 at East lake on Dec. 18 (DCS); Great-horned Owl - l at Dingwell’s Mills, 1 at Larkin’s Pond, & 1 at Larkin’s Pond on Dec. 4 (DO, DCS); Snowy Owl - 1 found dying at Ebenezer in Dec. (GY), 1 at Little York on Jan. 1 (RMacD via BJ); Long-cared Owl - l vocalizing at St. Charle’s on Nov. 18 (W&SF); Short—eared Owl — 1 at Covehead Bridge on Dec. 13 (RH), 1 at Fort Amherst on Jan. 13 (DO, LD), 1 perched in roadside on Rte 6 in a spruce between Hope River and Cavendish on Jan. 15 (BH); Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 found injured by car at Ellerslie and recovered at AVC Small Animal Clinic on Nov. 25 (DCS); Belted Kingfisher - l at Scale’s Pond on Dec. 6 (BH), 1 at Basin Head on Dec. 26 (DC&ES), l at South Melville on Jan. 2 (RA); Red-headed Woodpecker — l at Summerside on Jan. 8 (BM via LH); Red-belled Woodpecker - l at Rice Point on Nov. 30 (HB), 1 at Tryon Point on Nov. 26 (BHo), l at Schurman’s Point in North Bedeque on Dec. 5 (J&JT), 1 still at Crossroad’s feeders into late Jan. (DO, FdB), l at Hyde Park Corner on Dec. 15 (EMa), 1 at Tyne Valley on Dec. 23 (HM), l at Tea Hill in Dec. (GMacE), influx reported in Ontario and New England (EMa), female at Hyde Park rail in Cornwall on Jan. 1 (EMa), male at Tea Hill feeder on Jan. 25 (FdB); Downy Woodpecker - at Vernon River feeder on Dec. 3 (DK), male at Valley on Dec. 13 (GS), male & female at Donagh feeders an dead larch in Dec. & Jan. (JDM, RPh), 2 at New Dominion on Dec. 15 (EMa), l frequently at South Melville feeder Dec. 29 to Jan. 25 (R&AA), 2 at Valley feeders on Dec. 30 (GS), at Mont Carmel on Dec. 31 (F&GM); Hairy Woodpecker - 5 at New Dominion on Nov. 26 (EMa), 1 feeding on dying larch in Donagh on Jan. 1 (JDM), at Mont Carmel on Dec. 31 (F&GM), l at South Melville feeder on Jan. 25 (RA); Three-toed Woodpecker — l at Woodlot trail in P.E.I. National Park on Dec. 10 & at North Granville on Dec. 12 (RH); Black- backed Woodpecker - 1 at East Point on Dec. 10 (DO); Northern Flicker - 1 at Vernon River feeder on Dec. 1 (DK), male at Tea Hill feeder on Dec. 12 (FdB), l at Meadowbank on Dec. 15 (EMa), 1 on Vernon River grape vines on Dec. 31

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