BIRD REPORT

Red-breasted Mer anser - 1 female, Oyster Bed Br., Jan. 19 (JM) ‘ Goshawk - pursuing a Black Duck, Vernon River, Jan. 7 (JA) Shagp-shinned Hawk - 1 carrying a dead Starling in Ch'town, Jan. 7 (PG) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 over CBC tower, Strathgartney, Dec. 1 (JS) Hawk g2; - 1 at Greenfield Ave., Dec. 4, possibly Red-tailed or Rough- legged (JB) - -1 overhead in Valleyfield Jan. 23 (GS) 9 1 overhead at Oyster Bed Br., Jan. 19 (JM) Bald Eagle - 1 in Bonshaw, Jan. 1 (BG) Ruffed Grouse - 1 near stream in Valleyfield (RR,GS) Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 f. on road near Knox's Dam (RR) Gray Partridge - 12 at Upton Rd., Jan. 4 (JDM) - 7 on Valleyfield Rd., Jan. 25 (RR,GS) Common Snipe - 1 at a spring, late Dec. near Vernon R., (JA) Iceland Gull - 1 overhead on Greenfield Ave., Jan. 17 (JM) Great Black-backed Gull - 100+ on Montague R., early Dec. (RR,GS) Rock Dove - 2 occasionally at feeder in Ch'town (JM) Mourning Dove - 14 at window feeder at Indian River (TC) ' - up to 4 on Kinlock Rd. in Nov. (EM) Snogy Owl - 1 at Donagh, Dec. 22 (JDM) Belted Kingfisher - 1 at Beach Grove Causeway, Jan. 3, 4 (JDM) Downy Woodpecker - 1 pair almost daily with an occasional additional 1—2 at feeder in Ch'town (JM) -1 pair daily at feeder in Roseneath (MM) Black-backed Three-teed Woodpecker - 1 in Bangor, Nov. 15 (JK) Blue Jay - 10-12 every day at feeder in Valleyfield (RR) ‘ - more than 40 at feeder in Indian River (TC) - 14 at feeder in Springvale (GCH) Common Crow - 4 at feeder in Indian River (TC) - 14 at feeder in Springvale (GGH)

Black-capped Chickadee - 2 at feeder in Springvale (GGH)

- 16-18 at-feeder in Indian River (TC), 6-10 daily at feeder in Montague (CI), 3—6 occas. at feeder in Valleyfield (RR), 3 frequently at feeder in Ch'town (JM)

Boreal Chickadee - extra large #‘s in woods (JK) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 in Ch'town Nov. 26 (GGH) - 1 daily at 'feeder in Montague (NP) - 1 in Ch'town if mid-Jan., at

feeder (JM) %~x\ \ Red-breasted Nuthatch - pr. at feeder in Springvale (GGH) - 1 almost daily at feeder in Roseneath (MM) in Culloden early Dec. (RR) in Sherwood, Dec. 9 (LK) ‘ \ 1‘ in Indian River, Dec. 10 (TC) SUCK'CAPPSi CHICK‘WEES almost daily in Iris through Dec. and Jan. (SS)

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