Bird sightings

Ruffed Grouse — 2 on dirt road in Emyvale, at the same place at the edge of field, sometimes as close as . 10 feet, April (VB)

— 1 in Winsloe N., May 15 (GP) Sora Rail — pr. nesting on pond in Milton, July (KD,SM) Piping Plover — 3 on Boughton Island, July 3 (SS,DC) Killdeer — in Winsloe N., April 11 (GP) Black—bellied Plover — at Hillsborough Bridge, Aug. 8 Atlantic Puffins — 40—50 at Brackley Beach, July 26 ( Mourning Dove — Winsloe N., May 1 (GP,FJP) — pr. on 48 Road during July (BP,GS) Black-billed Cuckoo — 1 at Canoe Cove, July 3 (JS) Great Horned Owl — adult and 2 owlets at Cavendish Golf Course (there was a nesting pr. and 2 young there three years ago at the same place) April 29 (YB) — 1 at Travellers' Rest, June 15 (KM) Belted Kingfisher - 4 in Covehead, May 6 (FJP) - 1-2 daily at DeGros Marsh, July (GS,BP) - 1 at Brudenell Island during July (GS) - nesting pr. at Cabot Provincial Park in Malpeque, July 1 (JB) 1 in Winsloe N., May 20 (GP) f. at Emyvvale, Feb. 5,7 and 11 (VB) — 1 in Winsloe N., April 18 (GP) — 2 at Indian Bridge, May 11 (SV) Northern Three-toed Woodpecker — at Grandview, April 26 (WM) Eastern Kingbird - 1 in Harrington, May 20 (GP,FJP) — pr. on Baldwin Rd., July 20 (GS) . Boreal Chickadee — 2 in Winsloe N., April 25 (GP) - 2 in Riverdale, April 27 (GP) Brown Creeper — at tree near feeder, Emyvale, Feb. 26 (VB) Northern Mockingbird - Lakeside, June 4 (AM) Golden—crowned Kinglet - roadkill at Bonshaw, April 26 (ScM) Cedar Waxwings — flock of around a dozen, Baldwin Rd., late July (GS) American Redstart — f. at Travellers' Rest, May 9 (JB) Orchard Oriole — Bunbury, July 30 (SV) Northern Cardinal — m. at Roseberry, June 3 (SV) Rose-breasted Grosbeak — m. at feeder, May 20-22, 2 m., 1 f. on May 23 in Emyvale (VB) Purple Finch — m. in Emyvale, Jan. 7 (VB) Pine Grosbeak - Riverdale, April 28 (GP) American Goldfinch - 2 m. at Bunbury, April 30 (SV) - 3 at WInsloe N., May 20 (GP,FJP) — 4 at Baldwin Road, July 20 (GS) White-winged Crossbill — f. at Emyvale, Feb. 19 (VB) - m. and f. at Emyvale feeder, March 30 (VB) Golden—crowned Sparrow — first sighting, on ground below feeder, the yellow crown was fairly bright, the black band quite vivid, Feb. 26 in Emyvale (VB) ****Although I couldn't track down Scott Makepeace's list of sightings, he did discover the first Eastern Bluebirds, nesting in a clearcut in Strathgartney in July. Scott is doing a bird inventory for the Department of Energy and Forestry and has promised an article for the next newsletter on the work he did this summer and what he has . seen. He has made some incredible sightings and added a lot of valuable information regarding our birds.

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