Montague, P.E.I. 46°08'N 62°35'W, center in Milltown Cross about 1.35 mi. E of junction of Routes 4 and 317 on Route 317, to include all or parts of Georgetown, Roseneath, Montague, Valleyfield, Caledonia, Murray River, Murray Islands, Murray Harbour North, Northumberland Strait, Gaspereaux, Panmure Island, St. Mary's Bay and Cardigan Bay, plus areas circumscribed by these locations; elevation D to 350 ft.

Jan. 2, 1983; 7:45 a.m. to 5600 p.m. P.M.: mostly clear. Temp. 28 to 320 F. Wind N, 0-20 m.p.h. Fresh water mostly frozen. Salt water mostly open. Wild food crop poor. Thirty—one observers, 19-20 in 8 parties, 11~12 at feeders. Total party hours, 41% (15 3/4 on foot, 22 by car, 3% stationary, feeder hours not included). Total party miles, 287 3/4 (19 3/4 on foot, 268 by car).

Total species 37; about 3408 individuals.

(Seen during count period but not on count day: Common Grackle)

Participants: Cairns, Vicki MacDonald, Athol MacKinnon, Olga MacKinnon, Joyce MacLeod, Paul McGuigan, George Nicholson, Ruth Richman, Gary Schneider, David Sorrie, Cathy Stuart, Mary Stuart,

A.M.: partly cloudy, intermittent snow.

David Wake, George Warner, Sidney Watts (compiler), Carl Willms, Mary Willms, Carol

Wright, John Wright, Peter Wright, Victor Wright. v Special thanks to Mary and John Wright for hosting the after-count supper.

47 Great Cormorant 1 Belted Kingfisher 24 Canada Goose 2 Hairy Woodpecker 135 Black Duck 2 Downy Woodpecker 22 Greater Scaup 1 Black-backed Three-teed Woodpecker 337 Common Goldeneye 87 Blue Jay 223 Oldsquaw _IVVW‘ 48 Common Raven 193 Common Merganser 352 Common Crow 47 Red-breasted Merganser _ 45 Black-capped Chickadee l Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Boreal Chickadee 2 Bald Eagle (adult) 22 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Red-tailed Hawk ' 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruffed Grouse 599 Common Starling 12 Gray Partridge 214 House Sparrow

4 Iceland Gull 4 Brown-headed Cowbird

_ 84 Great Black-backed Gull 191 Evening Grosbeak 440 Herring Gull 24 American Goldfinch 2 Bonaparte's Gull 8 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 120 Snow Bunting 107 Rock Dove 3455

ISLAND NATURE TRUST. A public meeting attended by 50-60 people was held in Tracadie Cross on Jan. 12 to discuss proposed management alternatives for the protection of the dune system at Deroche Point. The general feeling of the meeting indicated that local residents desired that no management activities

be undertaken at present. It is hoped that a local group of citizens will form in the near future to liase with the Nature Trust on matters of mutual concern.

Thanks to all who contributed records: Thelma Clark (TC), Andy Dean (AD), Gwen Fichaud (GF), Geoff Hogan (GGH), Diane

Knox (DK), Gerald MacDonald (GM), Ralph Matheson (RM), Geraldine Porter (GP), Alan

Saint (AS), Sid Hatts (SW), Carl Willms (CW), Mary Willms (MW), John Wright (JW) Peter Wright (PW), Victor Wright (VW).

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Snow cover 1 to 3 in.

Lenore Andrew (LA), Winifred Cairns (WEC),

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Lenore Andrew, Roger Andrew, Andy Bald, Vera Beck, Tim Birt, Winifred Friesen, Holly Garner, Susan Hinton, Geoff Hogan, Connie Ings, Gerald