(DO), 1 at Morell River on May 15 (WK), 2 at Hardy's Mill Pond feeder on May 15 (MJ), 1 male at French Village feeder on May 15 (HG), female at Crossroads on May 16 (D0), 2 at Stanhope on May 17 (F&JC); female and male at Donagh feeder on May 19 (JDM), female fighting with unidentified grosbeak (not a Rose-breasted Grosbeak) on May 20 in Donagh (JDM), l at Little Sands feeder on May 28 (CJ); Indigo Bunting - 1 male at Stanhope on May 18 (F&JC), 1 at Souris in spring (GM via MJ), 1 at Mt. Buchanan on Jun. 26 (AK via RC); Painted Bunting - first record reported by Velma Carmody MacDonald on May 24 at Marshfield with a report to Fish & Wildlife Division, Joe & Ruth Roggeveen seen it at their nearby feeder on May 28 (JR) and obtained photographs. EMa & MJ seen it on May 30; Bobolink - 2 in Marshfield on May 15, 21, & 22 (LM, BMcO), 2 in Frenchfort on May 21 (LM), some heard in Crossroads hedges on May 16 (DO), 1 at Kilmuir on May 17 (EMa), l at North River on May 25 (RC, JDM), 2 pair at Kilmuir on May 25 (RC, JDM), 1 pair in Donagh on May 28 (RPh), customarily 2 to 3 pairs nest near house (Morell RR 1) arriving in late May and departing before the end of July (JMu); Red-winged Blackbird - first male at Crossroads feeder on Mar. 14 (DO); Rusty Blackbird - 2 at Mount Vernon on Apr. 28 (EMa); Brewer's Blackbird - l at Stanhope on Apr. 15 (F &J C); Baltimore Oriole - 1 at Little Sands on May 28 eating apple that was placed in a tree (CJ), 1 at East Baltic on Jun. 2 (AF); Common Grackle - 9 males at Crossroads feeder on Mar. 9 (DO), 1 in Winsloe North on Mar. 16 (GP),; Brown-headed Cowbird - first male at Crossroads feeder on Mar. 27 and first female on Apr. 12 (DO), 1 at Hardy‘ Pond feeder on Jun. 6 (MJ); Pine Grosbeak - 10 in Winsloe North on Dec. 15 (GP); Purple Finch - 4 males and 1 female at Crossroads feeder on Apr. 20 (DO), at Redhead Harbour area on Apr. 30 (MK), 2 males came to feeder in Donagh May 13 (JDM), 30 to 40 at member's feeder on May 13 (report at May 2 meeting), 12 at Stanhope on May 16 (F&JC), 6 at Poverty Beach on May 22 (DB), 4 at Crossroads feeder on May 2 (DO), numerous at Little Sands feeder on May 28 (CJ), 1 at Leech Pond on Aug. 10 (SB, FRC); House Finch - 1 flying by calling at Fairfield on Aug. 4 (EVL); White-winged Crossbill - starting arriving on Jul. 8th with several flocks numbering about 60 individuals, on 20th , on the Jul. 16th approx. 5 miles off shore, had 2 small groups fly by north to south, 20 flew in from north at Fairfield on Jul. 20, 15 at Fairfield on Aug. 4 (EVL); Common Redpoll - 16 at feeders in Winsloe North starting Mar. 3 and most of Mar. (GP), 40+ at Crossroads feeder on Apr. 20 (DO), 35 in Charlottetown on Apr. 22 (SC), 6 at Crossroads Feeder on May 2 (DO), 1 at Hardy’s Pond on Jun. 6 (MJ); Pine Siskin - 6 at Hampshire on Apr. 30 (JWa), 6 at Crossroads Feeder on May 4 (DO), 1 at Sherwood on May 13 (EMa), 2 at Strathgartney Park on May 14 (EMa), 6 at Stanhope on May 18 (F&JC), small numbers at Fairfield in mid Jul., 4 on Aug. 4 (EVL); American Goldfinch ~ 24 at Stanhope on May 18 (F&JC), numerous at Little Sands feeder on May 28 (CJ), coming to niger seed daily in early Jun in Donagh (JDM, RPh); Evening Grosbeak - 16 in Winsloe North on Feb. 19 (GP), 40+ on Apr. 20 & 20+ at Crossroads Feeder on May 4 (DO), 1 white (not an albino) female Evening Grosbeak at Crossroads feeder on May 15 (DO), 1 at Stanhope on May 18 (F&J C).

OLDER REPORTS: AMcC reported a Northern Cardinal at Basin Head in 1999 (via RPh). PJ reported the following sightings at East Point Sept. 19 - 25, 1999: hundreds of Northern Gannet, 75 Greater Shearwater; Common Eider; all three Scoter; immature Goshawk; immature Red-tailed Hawk; 2 Merlin patrolling over the sea to catch passerines approaching the shore at East Point (Savannah, Song, White-throated Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, and Common Yellowthroat); 2nd winter Glaucous Gull; l Red-necked Grebe; adult Black-legged Kittiwake; an immature Peregrine Falcon; Red-necked Phalarope; 2 Semi-pahnated Sandpipers; a Baird's Sandpiper; 50 Bonaparte's Gull; a juvenile plumage Sabine's Gull; walking tours revealed Savannah, Song, White-throated Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Blue Jays, Golden-crowned Kinglets, a few Lincoln's and Swamp Sparrows, 2 Baltimore Orioles, a flock of Yellow—rumped and Blackpoll Warblers with a Magnolia and a Black-throated Green; 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers; 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk; a Short-cared Owl; a Cliff Swallow; 2 adult Black-legged Kittiwake

PJ also reported a Black-headed Gull adult at Souris ferry dock. 200 Cedar Waxwing at Charlottetown in two berry trees on

Blythe Cres. in Nov. (CD). Ray Cooke noted that the Eastern Meadowlark was missing from the Autumn Birding Classic report.

Thanks to the following contributors who provided records for this listing, namely: MA - Mark Arsenault; RA - Ron Arvidson; WFB - Bill Bowerbank; DB - David Boyce; EB- Elinor Beagen; JB - Jean Blanchard; SB - Sean Bleney; F&JC - Fred & Janet Connolly; F RC - Rosemary Curley; KC - Katherine Clough; RC- Ray Cooke; SC - Sharon Clark; CD - Carl Doucette; LD - Lois Doan; TJD - Tom Duffy; SE - Suzanne Essensa; AF - Annette Fay; BF - Bert Frenz (Subregional Editor, North American Birds); HG - Hilda Gossi; B&RH - Ben & Rosalie Hoteling; DH - Darlyene Harrington; JH - John Hayden; LH - Les Homans; RWH - Robert Harding; CJ - Carolyn Jeanes; JJ - Jim Jenkins; MJ - Michelle Johnston; PJ - Paul Jones; AK - Alec King; GK - Glen Kelly; MK - Meike Keunecke, WK - Wanita Kneebone; EVL - E. Vernon Laux; WL - Wade Lewis; ADM - Allan McLennan; BM - Gerald (Buddy) MacIntyre; EM - Evelyn Martin; GM - Gerald MacDonald; KM - Kate MacQuarrie; LM - Leslie MacIsaac; PMacI - Peter MacIntyre; SMacL - Sharon MacLean; AMacK - Audrey MacKay; JMacK - Jason MacKenzie; J oMacK - Jonathan MacKenzie; EMa - Eric Marcum; GMa - Gisele Martin; JMa - Jim Marcum; AMak - Andrew Makita; BMcO - Bonnie McOrmand; EMcK - Emmett McKenna; JDM - Dan McAskill; JMu - James Munves; RevDRM - Rev. R.R. McLennan; DO - Dwaine Oakley; AP - Arja Page; BP - Bruce Pigot; GP - Geraldine Peters; RP - Roberta Palmer; RPh - Robin Phillips; BR - Bev Rochford; JR - Joe Roggeveen; TR - Tom Reddin; GS - Gary Schneider; LT - Linda Thomas; JW - Jackie

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