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10 Feb Sharp-tails!!! ["Sherron & Warren Foulkes" ] 09 Feb FR - Northern flicker [Denise Motard ] 8 Feb South Melville [Anne and Ron ] 6 Feb WBL addition + Feeder & Field Reports ["Dan McAskill" ] 06 Feb White breasted sparrow [Denise Motard ] 06 Feb Male Canvasback ["Dan McAskill" ] 6 Feb Dutch's new email ["R.A.(Dutch) Thompson" ] 6 Feb Male Canvasback ["David Seeler" ] 06 Feb Sherwood Sightings ["Rosemary Curley" ] 06 Feb American robin [Denise Motard ] 5 Feb White-breasted Nuthatch - QEH Charlottetown [Dwaine Oakley ] 5 Feb Sparrows [Bryan & Wendy Ferroni ] 05 Feb The PEI 2012 List to Date [David Seeler ] 4 Feb Reply to E-mail ["Carol Nicholson" ] 04 Feb FR - American robin [Denise Motard ] 4 Feb Bird-sightings from Monticello Feb 1 and Feb 4 ["Gerald" ] 04 Feb More Grosbeaks Less Buntings ["Bill Hartford" ] 04 Feb eagles ["Jim Sutton" ] 03 Feb Mourning dove [Denise Motard ] 03 Feb Waxwings, Robin and Red-Tailed Hawk ["Bill Hartford" ] 2 Feb Snowy Owl ["Sherron & Warren Foulkes" ] 2 Feb January [Anne and Ron ] 02 Feb Request for Information [David Seeler ] 01 Feb >100 "Good" Birds fed here today ["Bill Hartford" ] 31 Jan The UPDATED PEI Winter Bird list [David Seeler ] 31 Jan Facebook Community Page [Anne and Ron ] 31 Jan FR [Denise Motard ] 30 Jan red-winged blackbirds [Gary Schneider ] 28 Jan South Melville Yard [Anne and Ron ] 28 Jan Today at noon. [Anne and Ron ] 27 Jan Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 (robin) ["Bill Hartford" ] 27 Jan Crapaud this morning [Daphne Davey ] 27 Jan grackle [Gary Schneider ] 24 Jan The PEI Winter Birdlist UPDATE [David Seeler ] 23 Jan Purple Sandpiper ["Scott Sinclair" ] 22 Jan Pileated Woodpecker report. [Dwaine Oakley ] 22 Jan Oyster Bed/Chapel Creek [Dwaine Oakley ] 22 Jan Ellen's Creek today - pair of Northern Shovelers ["Sharon Clark" ] 22 Jan Eurasion Wigeon - Correction ["J. te Raa" ] 21 Jan Eurasian Widgeon ["J. te Raa" ] 20 Jan Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 [Bonnie and Garth MacIsaac ] 20 Jan Sighting of rare bird on PEI? ["Jovette Keeler" ] 20 Jan Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 [Daphne Davey ] 20 Jan Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 ["Gerald" ] 18 Jan Red-tailed Hawk Cornwall, PEI ["Gilles Bourque" ] 16 Jan BSC records PEI blackbird sighting [Daphne Davey ] 16 Jan Bird sightings Monticello Jan 16 ["Gerald" ] 14 Jan Re: The Year in Review: 2011 - LONG [Dwaine Oakley ] 14 Jan PEI Winter Birdlist Status to Date [David Seeler ] 14 Jan The Year in Review: 2011 - LONG [David Seeler ] 13 Jan Fw: red-bellied woodpecker and others ["Lois Doan" ] 12 Jan White-crowned Sparrow [Greg and Sandra ] 11 Jan Another Snowy Owl report. [Dwaine Oakley ] 10 Jan snowy owl ["Ben Hoteling" ] 10 Jan Bird sightings Monticello JAN 5 ["Gerald" ] 10 Jan Northern Flickers ["McGuigan's" ] 10 Jan Hawk, Meadow Bank [Daphne Davey ] 9 Jan Redhead, Glaucous Gull, and Turkey Vulture. [Dwaine Oakley ] 09 Jan Snowy Owl, Summerside ["Rosemary Curley" ] 09 Jan WBL - Turkey Vulture - Scales Pond ["Dan McAskill" ] 8 Jan Snowy Owl [cathleen_gallant_5 AT hotmail.com ] 08 Jan Cedar Waxwings [David Seeler ] 06 Jan The 2011 List [David Seeler ] 5 Jan Song Sparrow ["McGuigan's" ] 05 Jan Winsloe South feeder [Don Jardine ] 4 Jan Bird sightings in Monticello --Jan 3 ["Gerald" ] 4 Jan Brown Creeper [Alma Currie ] 03 Jan Northern Flicker ["Dan McAskill" ] 01 Jan Birds at Knox's [Rosemary Curley ] 1 Jan WBL - Horned Grebe ["Scott Sinclair" ] 31 Dec Snowy Owl in Maximeville [] 30 Dec WBl Saw-whet Owl [Greg and Sandra ] 30 Dec PEIWBL: Last update for 2011 [David Seeler ] 30 Dec SPRING????? [] 30 Dec Song Sparrow ["McGuigan's" ] 29 Dec South Melville feeder [Anne and Ron ] Subject: Sharp-tails!!! From: "Sherron & Warren Foulkes" <wsfoulkes AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:36:24 -0400 Very exciting birding day for us. Coming back from a trip to the cottage at St.Margarets today we finally spotted our Sharp-tails from the summer. There are still 11 of them in the flock and are looking happy and healthy. They were in a farmer's field just across from our driveway so are moving closer to the food source we think. While at the cottage there was at least 75 European Starlings on the hydro lines and feeding on the ground along with half dozen American Robins, and while driving along the cape a Northern Flicker flew in front of us. The only visitor when back at our house was a Northern Shrike sitting in a shrub in front of the house. Our feeder is on the opposite side. Didn't see any sign of casualties. We are still only seeing Blue Jays, Chickadees, Mourning Doves and American Goldfinch at the feeder with one exception. Since reporting not having any Juncos this year someone must have sent us some. Two appeared the day after my report. Warren & Sherron Foulkes St. Charles Subject: FR - Northern flicker From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:39:13 -0400 Good morning, Northern flicker pecking beef suet on log. Took pics as well. Denise Motard. Subject: South Melville From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:44:17 -0400 South Melville Yard Feb 7, 2012 3:00 PM Protocol: Incidental Comments: On the way to town there was a large flock of Snow Buntings on the road in front of Grant's. From pics I would estimate more than 800 birds in total. Checked pics was not able to see other species. 7 species Blue Jay X American Crow X Black-capped Chickadee X American Robin 1 European Starling X Snow Bunting 800 Dark-eyed Junco X _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: WBL addition + Feeder & Field Reports From: "Dan McAskill" <jdmcaskill AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:01:30 -0400 Feb. 6 1 male Northern Harrier at Donagh 2 American Robins flying at Cherry Valley 1,000 + Canada Geese & 100 American Black Ducks in corn field at Vernon Bridge Recent Donagh feeder activity: Feb. 4 1 Northern Flicker 1 American Tree Sparrow 6 Black-capped Chickadees 5 Blue Jays 1 American Goldfinch 1 Dark-eyed Junco 2 American Crows Feb. 5 1 female Downy Woodpecker 4 American Tree Sparrows 2 Dark-eyed Junco 4 American Goldfinch 6 Blue Jays 2 American Crows Subject: White breasted sparrow From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:33:45 -0400 Took some pics of above bird (haven't seen any female yet) this pm while feeding under the feeder, amongst a few juncos. Subject: Male Canvasback From: "Dan McAskill" <jdmcaskill AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:35 -0400 Dwaine Oakley and the Wildlife Conservation Technology class students advised late this morning that there was a male Canvasback at Vernon Bridge in the open water north of the bridge. Dan ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. Subject: Dutch's new email From: "R.A.(Dutch) Thompson" <dutch AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:12:13 -0400 peidutch AT hotmail.ca Subject: Male Canvasback From: "David Seeler" <Seeler AT upei.ca> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:39:03 -0400 A male canvasback is at Vernon River - Dwaine Oakley _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Sherwood Sightings From: "Rosemary Curley" <frcurley AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:26:45 -0400 Here are some reports from Frank Lechowick of Sherwood On January 31st, 2012, 4pm, a large wide v of Canada geese, perhaps 30 in all, trailing across the sky in front of the moon, On Feb 3, a dozen or so robins eating cutivated holly berries in the yard. Rosemary Curley Conservation Biologist Forests Fish and Wildlife Division PEI Dept Agriculture and Forestry 183 Upton Road, PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 phone: 902-368-4807 fax: 902-368-4713 e-mail: frcurley AT gov.pe.ca ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Curley, Rosemary TEL;WORK:368-4807 ORG:;FAE - Fish & Wildlife TEL;PREF;FAX:368-5830 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:FRCURLEY AT gov.pe.ca N:Curley;Rosemary TITLE:Biologist END:VCARD Subject: American robin From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:26:58 -0400 Good morning, Just saw another American robin on top of my neighbor's spruce this morning. I took a picture of it this time. Denise Motard, Stratford. Subject: White-breasted Nuthatch - QEH Charlottetown From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:50:53 -0400 There was a White-breasted Nuthatch in the large hardwoods behind the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this afternoon. Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Sparrows From: Bryan & Wendy Ferroni <ferroni AT bellaliant.net> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 16:39:17 -0400 Two American Tree Sparrows at feeders on Panmure Island this afternoon. _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: The PEI 2012 List to Date From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:53 -0400 As we head into what is often referred as the Dead of Winter (DOW) portion of the year my hope is that we will still be able to add a few species to our Winter Bird List. However, in less than a month, on March 1st, we will be officially ending the Winter Bird List and entering - wait for it -- the beginning of the Spring Migratory period! Time is marching on and it is time for me to send out the 2012 List of Species reported to have been sighted on PEI to date. I may have missed a report or two and I need to follow-up on a new RHWP report and should you note a gap please let me know. I am surprised no one so far has heard a Saw-whet Owl for example... Species listed so far are enclosed, All the best for 2012 - Dave __________________________________________________ SPECIES Reported to Date - 72 DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon GREBES Horned Grebe CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Purple Sandpiper GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Bonaparte's Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove OWLS Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES American Robin STARLINGS European Starling WAXWINGS Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Snow Bunting TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow _________________________________ _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Reply to E-mail From: "Carol Nicholson" <jcnichol AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:22:02 -0400 Hi David, We still have one red bellied woodpecker. He's been here a couple of times a day for a few weeks. Before Christmas, we had two of them for a few days plus a red headed woodpecker which we saw only twice. Carol Nicholson There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life, music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer J. Carol Nicholson, B.A. P.O. Box 1259 Montague, PE C0A 1R0 Canada Subject: FR - American robin From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:53:54 -0400 Today around noon, first heard, then saw take off, first American robin of 2012 in wooded area behind my property (Stratford). Denise Motard. Subject: Bird-sightings from Monticello Feb 1 and Feb 4 From: "Gerald" <gerald12714 AT bellaliant.net> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:39:53 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) Flock of 15 robins in the trees surrounding my house and 9 junco eating seed in my driveway today 3--tree sparrows eating seed in my driveway on Feb 1 Subject: More Grosbeaks Less Buntings From: "Bill Hartford" <bill AT wghartford.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:23:19 -0400 At our property near Cape Egmont wharf, so far this year we're seeing fewer snow buntings. In past winters the normal number of birds in a typical flock ranged between 100 to 200. This year so far we are currently seeing 30 to 80. On the other hand, 13 Evening Grosbeaks were here this morning; I haven't seen that species on our proprety in February of past years. _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: eagles From: "Jim Sutton" <jhsutton AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:22:47 -0400 Just counted 15 mostly mature bald eagles. Anyone wishing to see large numbers will find them at civic number 1148, on the Collings Road, route # 356 which is on the south of the 48 road, approximately 5 kilometers west of Cardigan. The birds are roosting in large hardwoods on both sides of the road, and feeding on what appears to be two baited areas. Have seen such large numbers in N.S. but have never seen such large numbers in one area since being on the Island. jim ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. Subject: Mourning dove From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:07 -0400 I saw a mourning dove this morning on my street, likely pecking some grit - first time I see one this month. Subject: Waxwings, Robin and Red-Tailed Hawk From: "Bill Hartford" <bill AT wghartford.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:14:58 -0400 No rare birds to report at Cape Egmont today. However 3 hours of watching wasn't entirely wasted as I did see a couple of species that don't visit us every day. Species sighted today: 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 1 Robin 1 Raven 4 Downey Woodpeckers 6 Hairy Woodpeckers 9 Goldfinches 11 Cedar Waxwings 18 Snow Buntings >20 BC Chickadees >20 Crows >20 Bluejays >100 Starlings _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Snowy Owl From: "Sherron & Warren Foulkes" <wsfoulkes AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:06:24 -0400 Haven't had too much exciting birding news this winter but on Sunday Jan29th we were driving along the cape to our cottage at St,Margarets when a Snowy Owl flew out of the bramble bushes right beside our car. It flew out over the water and turned around to fly back over us. Great close up sight. Also, on Saturday Jan 26 on the Whitty Road we saw a flock of about half dozen Pine Grosbeaks. Today by Larkins Pond three mature Bald Eagles were flying overhead. Our feeder has been very quiet with only Black capped chickadees, BlueJays, Mourning Doves and many American Goldfinch. On Tuesday Jan.31 we had 2 Hairy Woodpeckers in the woods at our house. This is the first winter ever that we haven't had any Juncos at our feeder. Sherron&Warren St.Charles Subject: January From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:08:25 -0400 Hi Dave, There are new pics of RBWO & YHBL on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Birding-on-PEI/157504117632145. Not sure of dates. Ron _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Request for Information From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:43:52 -0400 As I wrap up January, I am wondering if anyone has the following at their feeders now: 1. Baltimore Oriole 2. Red-bellied Woodpecker 3. Red-headed Woodpecker 4. Rusty Blackbird 5. Yellow-headed Blackbird Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: >100 "Good" Birds fed here today From: "Bill Hartford" <bill AT wghartford.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:45:40 -0400 Great day for feeding birds! I had to remain outdoors all morning to keep the crows & other thugs away from my feeders but the results sure made the time and expense worthwhile as we had our best counting day so far for 2012. The list of visitors: 1 Song Sparrow 1 Junco 1 Cedar Waxwing (1!) 5 Pine Siskins 8 Goldfinches 9 Mourning Doves 4 Harry Woodpeckers 2 Downey Woodpeckers 27 BC Chickadees 53 Snow Buntings [plus dozens of the noisy BJ pigs that I don't count] _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: The UPDATED PEI Winter Bird list From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:53:44 -0400 With only a month to go for the annual Winter Bird Listing Challenge I believe it is time to let you know where we stand. To date 108 Species have been reported to have been on PEI since December 1st. Has anyone come across a Lapland Longspur yet? Dave ________________________________ SPECIES Observed: 108 DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Greater Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon GREBES Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Sooty Shearwater BOOBIES AND GANNETS Northern Gannet CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS Merlin SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Sanderling Purple Sandpiper GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black-headed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Common Murre Razorbill Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove OWLS Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker SHRIKES Northern Shrike CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven LARKS Horned Lark CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES American Robin STARLINGS European Starling WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Snow Bunting NEW WORLD WARBLERS Yellow-rumped Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow ___________________________________ _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Facebook Community Page From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:39:19 -0400 Hi all, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Birding-on-PEI/157504117632145 Allows you to share your photos, sightings, trips, etc. Drop by to chat or share photos with other PEI birders. Ron _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: FR From: Denise Motard <billyg6 AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:12:21 -0400 Good morning, I just saw a bald eagle soaring above my property this morning. Since I'm new to this I'm not sure how usual (or not) this sighting is in this area (Nottinghill Drive in Stratford), since these birds are mainly fishers (I believe). A couple weeks ago a flock of American goldfinches (around 20) came to feed on the black sunflower seed from the feeder & on the ground around it. I now have a small group of junco regulars + the ubiquitous (addicted???) black capped chickadees & rust breasted nuthatches. A month ago there was a male white throated sparrow amongst the juncos. That's it for now. Denise Motard. Subject: red-winged blackbirds From: Gary Schneider <macphailwoods AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:19:51 -0400 hi everyone. had about 20 red-winged blackbirds at the feeder today, first of the winter here at wood islands. also: about 25 robins 1 song sparrow 1 common grackle 1 waxwing (spp) 1 junco 10 jays 2 bc chickadees have a good day, gary schneider Subject: South Melville Yard From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:41:54 -0400 This afternoon at the feeder. Am Crow 2 Dark-eyed Junco 20 Bluejay 8 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Pine Siskin 2 Am Robin 1 Straling X Ron _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Today at noon. From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:09:38 -0400 South Melville Jan 28, 2012 12:00 PM Protocol: Incidental Comments: There were a flock of approximately Snow Bunting 200 on South Melville Road. Ron _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 (robin) From: "Bill Hartford" <bill AT wghartford.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:52:54 -0400 No - not at all unusual, a lot of robins remain here all winter. We had about 30 of them denuding the berry bushes on our property in east Prince 3 days ago. Between them, waxwings and thugs (cowbirds, starlings, grackles, squirrels) all of our fruit bushes are now bare. We still have lots of rosehips though and we see the robins eating those throughout the entire winter. Speaking of Mill River - this summer I had the good fortune to witness a little Kingfisher taking a couple of fish off the little pond on the 2nd tee at your golf course. Beautiful! A "Kodak moment" - but no camera in the golf bag :( > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:32:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: [PEI-Birders] Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 > From: Bonnie and Garth MacIsaac > To: Peibirders AT upei.ca > Cc: PEI Birders list > Reply-To: Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca > > At Mill River today one robin, usual Jan. 20?? > _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Crapaud this morning From: Daphne Davey <ddavey AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:46:07 -0400 Along with the usual (crows, pigeons, starlings, jays, etc.), 19 goldfinches in feeder area this morning in Crapaud. I don't usually see more than 2 or 3 at a time. Daphne Davey __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6831 (20120127) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Subject: grackle From: Gary Schneider <macphailwoods AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:54:56 -0400 hi everyone. had my first grackle of the year show up today at the feeder in wood islands. hopefully a sign of good things. or maybe just the upcoming storm. take care, gary schneider Subject: The PEI Winter Birdlist UPDATE From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:23:40 -0400 Since the last update to the PEI Winter Bird List there have been a number of additions and we now stand at 107 Species reported since December 1st. We are rapidly approaching the last month (February) for the count so if you have ideas - go chase them down. The Species reported to date are listed below, and if I missed a report, please let me know! Dave _______________________________________________ SPECIES Reported: 107 DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Greater Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon GREBES Red-necked Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Sooty Shearwater BOOBIES AND GANNETS Northern Gannet CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS Merlin SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Sanderling Purple Sandpiper GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black-headed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Common Murre Razorbill Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove OWLS Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker SHRIKES Northern Shrike CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven LARKS Horned Lark CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES American Robin STARLINGS European Starling WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Snow Bunting NEW WORLD WARBLERS Yellow-rumped Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES Purple Finch White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Purple Sandpiper From: "Scott Sinclair" <scsinclair AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:54:38 -0400 There was an immature, first-winter Purple Sandpiper at East Point today. It was on the rocks just below the parking lot. Viewed by Gary Schneider and I, along with a visiting friend from out of province. There was also a Glaucous Gull in the area. Subject: Pileated Woodpecker report. From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:12:45 -0400 Melanie Sutherland, Meredith Brison-Brown, and Haley Jeffrey sent me a text to let me know that they came a across a Pileated Woodpecker this afternoon around 2:30 PM at Strathgartney Provincial Park. The saw the bird near the beginning of the hiking trail. Talk about an excited group of students!!! Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Oyster Bed/Chapel Creek From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:07:07 -0400 A few sightings from today. Oyster Bed Bridge: Northern Flicker heard calling from the bridge. 1000+ Greater Scaup 30+ Barrow's Goldeneye No sign of the hen Redhead and I didn't count the Common Goldeneye (100+) or Mergansers (<20). Chapel Creek: 11 American Wigeon 8 Northern Pintail ~20 Gadwall - Much lower than previous years for this area. 1 Red-breasted Merganser drake 10+ Common Merganser 50+ Mallard Numerous American Black Duck Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Ellen's Creek today - pair of Northern Shovelers From: "Sharon Clark" <sclark AT upei.ca> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:22:02 -0400 Many Canada Geese and ducks at Ellen's Creek this afternoon, January 22. Many mallards, even more American Widgeons than usual, Common Mergansers, the usual Green Winged Teal, and a pair of Northern Shovelers. Subject: Eurasion Wigeon - Correction From: "J. te Raa" <johnteraa AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:30:40 -0400 The Euration Wigeon I reported yesterday are American Wigeons. The birds are still there today. Luckily for me Dwayne Oakley was there when I got there. He set up his scope for me. Amazing the detail I could see vs my binoculars. Thanks Dwayne. Subject: Eurasian Widgeon From: "J. te Raa" <johnteraa AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:36:16 -0400 South Rustico estuary along the Grand Pere Point Rd. 3 Eurasion Widgeons 12 Gadwall 30 plus Mallards 10 Common Mergansers 1 Common Goldeneye 200 plus Black ducks 1 Greater Black-backed Gull At the Oyster Bed Bridge(Rt #6) Large numbers of Greater Skaup and Common Goldeneye plus a few Barrows Goldeneyes and common Mergansers in Oyster Bed Bridge Northern Pintail among Mallards NP at Brackley Mature Bald Eagle sitting on the dunes Subject: Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 From: Bonnie and Garth MacIsaac <b.gmacisaac AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:32:30 -0400 At Mill River today one robin, usual Jan. 20?? On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Daphne Davey wrote: > ** > Just curious. Where?? > > Daphne (nearly driving in the ditch looking to spot a snowy owl) > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Gerald > *To:* peibirders AT lists.upei.ca > *Sent:* Friday, January 20, 2012 1:48 PM > *Subject:* [PEI-Birders] Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 > > 6--Black-capped chickadee > 2-Red-breasted nuthatch > 1--Rough grouse > 1--male hairy woodpecker > 1-male downy woodpecker > 2-robins > 6-mourning doves > 4--ravens > 1--northern flicker > 4--rock pigeons > > [image: FREE Animations for your email - by IncrediMail! Click Here!] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 6812 (20120120) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > Subject: Sighting of rare bird on PEI? From: "Jovette Keeler" <howebay AT xplornet.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:51:53 -0400 Some of you may be interested in this sighting which certainly had us very excited! We are not experienced bird watchers, but do qualify as nature lovers... We saw yesterday afternoon, taking off from our quiet back roads lane a large bird (eagle size), completely white. He took off ahead of us with a slow, purposeful, strong beating of its wings. We think after looking it up that it was a 'gyrfalcon', although this would appear to be a rare occurrence on PEI. We are located on Howe Point, in the Eglington community, between the towns of Montague and Souris in Eastern Prince Edward Island. We look forward to receiving any comments or additional information some of you may be able to provide. Best regards; Jovette and Lawrence Keeler Subject: Re: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 From: Daphne Davey <ddavey AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:44:30 -0400 Just curious. Where?? Daphne (nearly driving in the ditch looking to spot a snowy owl) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald To: peibirders AT lists.upei.ca Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 1:48 PM Subject: [PEI-Birders] Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 6--Black-capped chickadee 2-Red-breasted nuthatch 1--Rough grouse 1--male hairy woodpecker 1-male downy woodpecker 2-robins 6-mourning doves 4--ravens 1--northern flicker 4--rock pigeons __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6812 (20120120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6812 (20120120) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Subject: Bird sighting Monticello Jan 20 From: "Gerald" <gerald12714 AT bellaliant.net> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:48:14 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) 6--Black-capped chickadee 2-Red-breasted nuthatch 1--Rough grouse 1--male hairy woodpecker 1-male downy woodpecker 2-robins 6-mourning doves 4--ravens 1--northern flicker 4--rock pigeons Subject: Red-tailed Hawk Cornwall, PEI From: "Gilles Bourque" <laverda AT nbnet.nb.ca> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:38:45 -0400 Hello all Like to report a Red-tailed Hawk seen on Monday January 16 and today Wednesday January 18 2012 in Cornwall. Just past the intersection of the Trans Canada Highway and York Point road to the west after the hotels the bird was perched on Hydro pole today (south side) in the breezy conditions. On Monday it was on the north side of the Trans Canada Highway before York Point Road and TCH intersection seen in flight. Also reporting a Red-tailed Hawk in Mount Mellick just before Waterside Road while heading to Montague on Highway 1. The bird looking east was seen soaring. A few Blue Jays, Rock Pigeon were noted en route. In Montague, PEI the Montague river is open, allowing to observe Common Merganser, Common Goldeneye, American Black Duck, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, American Crow, and Bald Eagle. Gilles Bourque Moncton, New Brunswick Subject: BSC records PEI blackbird sighting From: Daphne Davey <ddavey AT eastlink.ca> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:28:23 -0400 FYI, Bird Studies Canada's Project FeederWatch has officially recorded the yellow-headed blackbird sighting in Crapaud in December that I reported as a PFW participant (by luck, the sighting was made on a count day). I submitted two photos, one I took and the other by Luann Molyneaux, also in Crapaud (both reported to PEI birders' list). Coincidentally, Luann and I both live at #69, although on adjacent roads in the village! Daphne Davey Subject: Bird sightings Monticello Jan 16 From: "Gerald" <gerald12714 AT bellaliant.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:18:42 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) 9---white -winged crossbill eating spruce-cone seed along hedgerow 8-northern junco 6-blk capped chickadee Subject: Re: The Year in Review: 2011 - LONG From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:37:44 -0400 Great summary of the years event Dave!!! I have just a couple of quick corrections. 1) Chris Martin documented a Northern Lapwing not Ruff at the beginning of the year. 2) It was Jason Affleck not John Affleck who reported the Mockingbird in May. Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 12:08 PM, David Seeler wrote: > 2011 in Review > > (C) 2012 David and Elaine Seeler > > > This year 241 species were reported on PEI. While reports seemed slow to > come in, we did slightly better than in 2010. I would like to take this > opportunity to thank everyone who submitted sighting reports through the PEI > Birder's List, directly to the Natural History Society, or via the E-bird > web site.  I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Dan McAskill > for his help and editorial advice in preparation of this report and Elaine > who was invaluable in the preparation of this document! > > > > Year # Species > > 2003    236 > 2004    249 > 2005    261 > 2006    247 > 2007    245 > 2008    251 > 2009    243 > 2010    236 > 2011    241 > > > We entered the month of January with approximately 21 centimetres of snow on > the ground with moderating temperatures for the first 3 days of the month. > Snow fall for the rest of the month kept birders close to home. By month's > end 93 cm. had graced the island's landscape. Forty-three species were > reported by day's end on January 1st and 90 species had been reported by > January 31st up slightly from the 85 species for 2010. > > Despite the weather, some significant reports were made in January. On > January 1st, Chris Martin documented the 3rd Ruff for PEI when he > photographed one in Ellen's Creek - giving PEI its first documented record. > The same day David and Elaine Seeler reported a juvenile Cooper's Hawk at > Chapel Creek, and Greg and Sandra Feetham along with Les Homans found a Pine > Warbler in seaweed at Cymbria and they also discovered and documented a very > late Eastern Phoebe in Hyde Park, Cornwall. > > Four days later, Scott Sinclair found a very late Ruddy Turnstone at Borden > while out seeking winter birds. Northern Mockingbirds did not seem to be > here in significant numbers in 2011 and yet the first one was reported in > Charlottetown on the 14th by Doreen. The same day saw a number of reports of > other significant first sightings for PEI. The first Snowy Owl was reported, > adding that species to the Winter Bird List. Similarly, a Yellow-headed > Blackbird arrived at Gary Schneider's feeders with a blackbird flock. > > Gerald MacDonald who had the Island's second documented Harris's Sparrow at > his feeder since the 1st, also reported an extremely late Killdeer working > the ditch by his home in Monticello. It did not take long for Turkey > Vultures to continue their exploration of PEI. Two were reported checking > out the Belle River area the morning of the 16th by Ray Cooke. The 22nd > found a Rusty Blackbird tending the Stratford feeders of Dwaine Oakley for a > period of time. Close to month's end (27th), two Northern Cardinals were > reported - the 1st in Charlottetown and the second at > Montague. > > February began with 93 cm. of snow still on the ground which eventually > decreased to 74 cm by the end of the month. True to form - Turkey Vultures > continued to make their presence felt with one being spotted in Point Prim > and another being observed in the Highbank area. Overall - February was > quiet on PEI but on the 24th, Rosemary Curley passed on a report of 4 > Evening Grosbeaks tending a feeder in Alliston while Alice reported > observing 20+ in Wellington on the 26th. By February 28th the Winter Bird > List was completed with a total of 117 species being reported on PEI since > December 1, 2010. > > The month of March began with significant amounts of snow on the ground but > by March 31st, snow cover had decreased to 1 cm. For PEI, the moderating > trends meant that spring migration was on time. Ron Arvidson noted Canada > Geese flying over South Melville "right on time" for the 12th of March. Two > days later Rick Hawkins reported that both Black-backed and Pileated > Woodpeckers had been observed along the Woodland Trail of the PEI National > Park. On the 15th, two Turkey Vultures were reported circling Murray Harbour > and on the 27th Ben Hoteling observed a single Turkey Vulture over Murray > River. On the 18th, Dan McAskill noted a Cackling Goose in the vicinity of > the 4-H Park in Earnscliffe, the 11th report of this species on PEI. Barbara > was fortunate enough to come across a migrating spring Purple Sandpiper at > Panmure Island the next day. Beth Hoar reported Pine Siskins and a > White-breasted Nuthatch on the 20th of March adding to the sense that more > than waterfowl were moving through PEI. Scott Sinclair and Gary Schneider > were presently surprise to locate a Mew Gull (9th report for PEI) which they > were able to photograph at Basin Head on the last day of the month. March > began the migrating period and from the 1st of March through to the end of > May an additional 98 species were added to PEI's list. > > In April, snow cover with the exception of the 20th - was minimal and it > disappeared quickly as the average temperature for the month was 4.0 C. > Valentine Moser confirmed on April 4th that the hybrid Eurasian Wigeon again > over-wintered in Ellen's Creek. While visiting PEI on the 9th, Brian Dalzall > noted  significant movements of Canada Geese along with Great Blue Heron, > Purple Finch and a Sharp-shinned Hawk on the Eastern end of PEI. It is with > a significant degree of sadness I must mention that Brian, a great friend to > PEI and the Birding community in general, passed away in November of 2011. > He will be sorely missed by all. > > Turkey vultures ventured closer to Charlottetown with one being observed > circling Stratford by Scott Sinclair on the 13th while just two days earlier > six were observed in the Bear River area by Gerald MacDonald. On the 11th, > the first report of Killdeer (three) was made by Roberta Palmer while > walking the Confederation Trail in York. She also noted that Ring-necked > Ducks were also present cementing the fact that spring was well underway. > Greater Yellowlegs made their appearance within the PEI National Park on the > 18th of April and, along with the Killdeer report, announced the arrival of > the spring shorebird season. The 22nd brought yet another report of a Turkey > Vulture in the South Melville area by John Te Raa. Alma Curie reported > Common Grackles on PEI prior to the 24th and a pair of Yellow-bellied > Sapsuckers in addition to a Pileated Woodpecker all of which visited her > yard the same day. No doubt she was jumping for joy and not just because > winter was on the ropes, gasping for air. Then, on the same day, a Northern > Cardinal was reported at a feeder by Michelle, while Dan McAskill, who was > birding Robinson's Island, reported a Pine Warbler in addition to an > American Kestrel at Brackley Beach. Dan also noted Northern Gannet and Black > Scoter off shore in the Gulf just off shore of the PEI National Park. The > next day Surf Scoters were reported offshore of Cape Egmont by Ronald > Arsenault. > > Another Turkey Vulture was observed on the 24th at the West Prince Solid > Waste Treatment Site by Ronald as well. Dwaine Oakley was pleasantly > surprised when a Pileated Woodpecker flew across the Trans Canada out of the > Strathgartney Park on the 25th of April providing additional evidence of > their ongoing expansion on PEI. Eastern Bluebirds were reported numerous > times this year on PEI. Betty Fowler of Breadalbane was first in the action > when she reported an Eastern Bluebird in her community on the 27th. She > greatly appreciated the opportunity and I am sure she regrets that it chose > not to stay. Similarly the first of two reports of Sandhill Cranes was made > by Fred Cheverie when he indicated he had observed one feeding in a field at > East Point on the 30th of April. > > April seemed to go fast and, on the 4th of May, Greg and Sandra Feetham > while visiting the Oakley's, reported seeing White-throated, Chipping, > American Tree and Field Sparrows at their ground feeders in Stratford. On > the 7th of May, another Turkey Vulture was reported circling over the > Cornwall area by Dwaine Oakley. Clearly they are beginning to like PEI. > Meanwhile "down" East, Angela Kelly reported a Swan to friends on May 3rd > and on the 4th Ruth Beck and Georgie Curley relocated it in Murray River, > photographed it and determined that it was a Trumpeter Swan - perhaps the > first documented record for PEI. It only remains to be determined if it is > truly a wild bird or a recently released bird. We may never have a > definitive answer to that question and to date it is being accepted as a > legitimate report. > > Baltimore Orioles do visit PEI on a yearly basis so it was no surprise when > JoAnne Dunphy located and photographed one in Annandale on the 8th of May. > On the same day, Fred and Gisele Martin also reported observing a male > Baltimore Oriole in Maximeville. The Martin's luck continued when, two days > later, a Great Egret landed in the marsh just west of their home. > Unfortunately, it did not linger and was not observed the next day. > Baltimore Orioles continued their assault on PEI and 2 additional birds were > reported on the 11th of May further west by Bill Hartford. However, like the > others - they quickly moved on. Bill also noted that, at the same time, a > White-breasted Nuthatch and six Turkey Vultures were in his locale from late > April through to May 10th - making for exciting "at home" bird watching. > > Unlike the Turkey Vultures, Northern Mockingbirds seemed to be fewer in > number for PEI as compared to last year but John Affleck did report > observing one eating holly berries along the Hardy Mill Road near York in > early May. Significantly out of place, and probably unexpected by all, was a > Wilson's Phalarope which was found by Dwaine Oakley on the 13th in the > chronically flooded field just east of UPEI along Belvedere Road. It stayed > just long enough for numerous birders to add another species to their > Charlottetown and year lists. On a birding trip to East Point on the 23rd of > May, Dwaine Oakley decided to check the beach below Beaton's Pond. There he > discovered the Island's 14th report for Laughing Gull and he also noted > migrating Sanderlings, Ruddy Turnstones, and Least and Spotted Sandpipers > along the beach. Three days later Cathleen Gallant was no doubt pleasantly > surprised to find an American Pipit - not often reported on PEI in the > spring. By the 26th, two additional Baltimore Orioles had shown up in Orwell > Cove at the feeders of Carla McLeod. > > > During the month of June, only 9 species were added to the year's list and > the month ended with a total of 202 species having been collectively > reported for the first 6 months of the year. > > On July 1st, Greg and Sandra Feetham were quite happy to find a chimney > swift along Route 1 in DeSable. Chimney Swifts are not common on PEI these > days at any time so this was a very good sighting. On the 10th, two Turkey > Vultures were observed by Rosemary Curley "cruising over treetops in > Roseville." This and previous reports suggest that Turkey Vultures are > possibly breeding on PEI - a suggestion which requires confirmation. A late, > or perhaps early non-breeding, American Golden Plover was reported to be in > the marshes bordering Brackley Bay within the PEI National Park by David > Seeler on the 12th of July. The 14th proved to be a busy day. A Turkey > Vulture was observed feeding on a dead raccoon along Route 44 close to > Pleasant View. Michelle and Emily Arsenault made this discovery and passed > along this information as well as a report that a large flock of Turkey > Vultures had been regularly seen at the dump in Brocton. Unfortunately, to > my knowledge, no one was able to check this great report out so the number > and status of those birds remain unknown. > > Also on the 14th while travelling the beach road to their cottage in St. > Margaret's Sherron and Warren Foulkes were more than surprised to literally > find themselves surrounded by at least two families of Sharp-tailed Grouse. > It must have been quite a sight as they valiantly tried not to injure any of > the juveniles which seemed intent on holding them hostage. Reports have it > that at least one was quite tenacious in its pursuit - making a quick trip > last more than 15 minutes. Further west on the same day while doing a Piping > Plover Survey, Tracy MacDonald and Emily Swain were able to provide an > uncommon July report of Purple Sandpiper along the North Rustico Sandbar. > > The 16th of July found Dwaine Oakley, Dan McAskill and David Seeler on the > road when it was decided it was time to follow the old truism and "go west". > Amongst the species observed by the group was a very obliging Black-billed > Cuckoo on Phee Shore Road at Norway which remained with them until it was > time to move on. Other sightings included Whimbrel at North Cape, a Spotted > Sandpiper in Alberton, and, in a partially flooded pasture field along > Dock's Road, a > Least Sandpiper, 4 Solitary Sandpipers, a Killdeer and a Lesser Yellowlegs. > On the way home the group discovered the presence of a Broad-Winged Hawk in > the Devon area - the same locale where one was observed the previous year by > Dwaine Oakley. Earlier in the day, the group had also observed a > Broad-winged Hawk in Tyne Valley. Not far away the group stumbled upon and > very carefully documented the evidence of a pair of Great Crested > Flycatchers feeding their young providing proof they had had successfully > nested on PEI. An Eastern Bluebird was observed along the Steel Road in > Lower New Annan. This observation led to the discovery later in the same day > by Les Homans et al of two adults in the immediate vicinity, more > specifically - in Barry Martin's yard, which were feeding two juveniles > suggesting that they too had nested close by. > > Common Nighthawks are now rarely reported in the Charlottetown area but > years ago they did make the city their home. So it was quite fortuitous that > Dwaine Oakley and Heather Fenton were in the right spot at the right time so > as to be able to observe one hawking insects over Birch Hill Drive on the > 20th of July. Perhaps we will see a resurgence of these beautiful birds over > the skies of the capital city once again. > > Whether he just likes gulls, or they like him, Dwaine was fortunate enough > to locate a juvenal Laughing Gull in the company of 14 juvenal Red Knots on > Noonan's Marsh Beach on the 11th of August. Other species observed included > Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Least > Sandpiper, Sanderling and 4 Caspian Terns. Continuing the shore bird trend, > Cathleen Gallant reported an uncommon Red-necked Phalarope off of East Point > on the 14th. Dan McAskill was fortunate enough to come across 2 Cooper's > Hawks in the Foxley River area on the 20th of the month bringing the year's > total to 3 for the species. An unconfirmed report of 3 Sabine's Gulls at > Schooner's Creek by Peter Eppic on the 14th of August were found on E-Bird. > It will take some additional detective work to gather details of this rare > report > > The second report and final of Sandhill Cranes was received shortly after > George Mills observed 2 at the west end of the Darnley Bridge on the 19th of > September. Jaeger reports do not occur regularly on PEI but two were > reported off of East Point on the 24th of September by the Society's Bennett > Classic Birding Team consisting of Dwaine Oakley, Ray Cooke, Fiep de Bie and > Dan McAskill - one of the highlights of the day for the team. By late > September, Turkey Vultures continued their dominance over the list's > reporting mechanism. On the 26th of September, Fiep de Bie reported one > lazily circling the Tea Hill area. Days later, on the 2nd of October, John > Te Raa inadvertently (but fortunately for him) flushed one from a ditch > alongside Route 16 in Hermanville. > > > > Within the non-Turkey Vulture world, Dwaine Oakley and his conservation > class students were ecstatic to come across 8 Eastern Bluebirds along Point > Prim Road on the 4th of October - strongly suggesting a second nesting > record for PEI given the number of individuals and the time of year. So much > so, that in fact Brian Dalzell made the following comments in respect to the > sighting: "The family groups stay very close to the nest site. I would bet > they haven't moved more than 500 meters, and probably bred closer than that, > likely within sight of the birds. Just look for a place with a couple tree > swallow boxes out in the open, and ask the homeowners if they noticed the > bluebirds. A little late for the bird atlas, but an encouraging trend > nonetheless." > > By the 6th of October, high winds forced greater than 50 Red-necked > Phalaropes into the Covehead Harbour entrance to seek shelter. By the next > day - all but one were gone (David Seeler). Two days later Ron Arsenault - > much to his delight - found and documented PEI'S first known record of > Northern Wheatear at the Lagoons in Abram's village. This bird did linger > and a number of Island birders were able to add it to their life list. Those > who missed this bird were very much in luck as a second chance was provided > to them when another was reported and documented in Sherbrooke on the 10th > by Dwaine Oakley and Dan McAskill. Just the day before, on the 9th, yet > another extreme rarity for PEI made its presence known to just a few lucky > individuals. A Fork Tailed-Flycatcher was found along Jenkin's Road by local > residents. The bird was well documented by Glen and Michelle Kelly and > through photographs and the description given by Joost Roggeveen. While PEI > did have a previous report of this species, this sighting, officially > becomes PEI's first photographic record of Fork-Tailed Flycatcher. Sid Watts > was quite surprised when he came across 12 Chimney Swifts in Kilmuir on the > 10th of October. These were most likely reverse migrants given the time of > year in which they were observed. While on the way home from Charlottetown > on the 9th of October, Rebekah Hodder located our lone reported Cattle Egret > along Route 2 within the city limits. Unfortunately, the bird was literally > out of there within 30 minutes - perhaps to Newfoundland where one appeared > shortly thereafter? > > Again on the 11th of October, another Turkey Vulture (how many has it been > to date?) was observed at Wood Islands by Ben Hoteling. Dwaine Oakley and > gulls came together again when he and Dan McAskill were birding the East > Point area on the 23rd of October. In amongst a number of roosting gulls on > Beaton's Beach, Dwaine was able to pick out a Mew or Common Gull. Videotape > made this the 8th record for PEI of this species. > > In early November, Greg and Sandra Feetham had a late Indigo Bunting at > their feeder in Wilmont. This was followed by the observation on the 12th of > an Indigo Bunting in the group of black birds frequenting the Marshfield > area by David Seeler. November was an unusual time for the region. Reports > of Red-bellied Woodpeckers were beginning in the other Maritime Provinces > but it was not until the 8th that one was reported in the Marshfield area > along with a Yellow-headed Blackbird. The next day, Jim Sutton reported > seeing a Pileated Woodpecker after a period of no reports for this species > for the year. About the same time, an Eastern Towhee was reported by Nancy > to be tending her feeders at 'Whale Cove Cottage' on the 10th of November. > Later on the 21st of the month, another was reported in Charlottetown along > Route 2. Yet another Broad-winged Hawk was reported "down east" by Ron > Arvidson et al providing further evidence that this species is quite > enamoured with the Garden of the Gulf. > > November 14th brought the first of a series of Snowy Owl reports for the > winter season when 2 were observed on Blooming Point Beach by Chris Mutch. > Other reports received through the end of December included single birds in > Souris (Louis Daley): Sherbrooke (Trevor Wadman); PEINP (Ben Hoteling, > Kathleen MacAulay and Sharon Clark); Mermaid (Wade MacKinnon), Brackley > (Erin McEvoy), Robinson's Island Causeway (Dutch Thompson); Charlottetown > (David Seeler); Tignish (Wilfred Handrahan), Pisquid West (Clarence Ryan), > Georgetown (Brad Potter) and Maximeville (Gisele Martin). Borden however won > the lottery with at least five individual Snowy Owls tending one field at > the same time (John Read Jr.) Needless to say, fights > did break out! > > Like a number of other species, White-winged Crossbills are not often seen > or reported on PEI except when there are significant irruptions. However, on > the 17th of November, Noel and Helen were quite pleased to be afforded the > opportunity to watch a pair eat pine seeds along the Confederation Trail at > York. I would imagine that this was one of their better walks along that > particular trail. It was not until the 26th that we became aware of at least > 3 addition Red-bellied Woodpeckers being reported at various feeders on PEI > so when Dwaine Oakley received a report of an unusual woodpecker at a feeder > in Grand Tracadie on the 29th, it was expected to be yet another. But it was > soon clear this was not the case when the bird was described by Gary Griffin > and the Island had yet another rare bird - an immature Red-headed > Woodpecker. This bird was well documented and remained into the New Year > affording those who wished a good viewing. > > It also brought to our attention an unreported observation by Dwayne Biggar > who, while living on PEI around 1984, had photographed one overwintering at > his place in North Granville. These reports triggered memories for Ray Cooke > who recollected that, in 1979, he found a male Red-headed Woodpecker which > had died as the result of being hit by a vehicle in Sherwood.  He found a > suitable place to bury it and presided over the funeral process. This older > report is PEI's first known record for this species; Dwayne's record becomes > the second known report for PEI while the bird at Grand Tracadie became > PEI's 4th record. Thanks to Ray, Dwayne and the Griffins for making these > reports available to us > > From the 29th on through year's end Red-bellied Woodpeckers continued to > make their presence felt with one being reported at Charlottetown (Donald > Wilkinson); 2 in  Montague (Carol Nicholson) and one in O'Leary (Suzanne), > one was reported by Patti Richards at her Port Hill feeders and one was > reported to arrive in Kingston at Christmas as well. > > As we moved into December, Greg and Sandra Feetham were most likely besides > themselves when they had the fortune of finding a Northern Hawk Owl hunting > along Route 6 just east of Cavendish. I am confident that this sighting made > their birding trip more than worthwhile. Later on the 16th Greg was able to > report a very late White-crowned Sparrow tending his feeders allowing the > species to be added to the Winter Bird List. By mid-month, we had received > the second report of the year for Yellow-headed Blackbird when both Luann > Molyneaux and Daphne Davey reported one in Crapaud - adding to both their > year lists. Turkey Vultures interestingly did not close out 2011. Rather, a > species which is slowly repopulating PEI did so. Again it was exciting to > hear of another report of Pileated Woodpecker being found this time in a > managed public forest. I wish to give our thanks to Rob Sharkie for finding > the bird and Gary Schneider for providing this report. Clearly this species > will have a battle on its hands as private harvesters continue to clear cut > across the Island. On the 27th, a Broad-winged Hawk was observed on Route 17 > by visiting NB Birders Katherine Dewer and Robbie Gallant, both from Blacks > Harbour. > > The year ended with a wish (or perhaps plea) for an early Spring when > Charlotte had a dozen American Robins chose to visit her home on the 30th of > December in Bayview. I guess we can only wish but as of this writing, that > seems to be working. > > All the best to everyone for 2012 and Good Birding to all! > > > David and Elaine Seeler > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peibirders mailing list > Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca > http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: PEI Winter Birdlist Status to Date From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:44:31 -0400 Good afternoon. To date we have had 100 species reported on PEI. The list is below for your information. Should I have missed a report, please let me know. The web page will not be updated this week. I will send the report for 2012 later this weekend. All the best, Dave _______________ SPECIES Reported - 100 DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon GREBES Red-necked Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Sooty Shearwater BOOBIES AND GANNETS Northern Gannet CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS Merlin SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Sanderling GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black-headed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Razorbill Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove OWLS Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker SHRIKES Northern Shrike CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven LARKS Horned Lark CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES American Robin STARLINGS European Starling WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Snow Bunting NEW WORLD WARBLERS Yellow-rumped Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: The Year in Review: 2011 - LONG From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:08:39 -0400 2011 in Review (C) 2012 David and Elaine Seeler This year 241 species were reported on PEI. While reports seemed slow to come in, we did slightly better than in 2010. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who submitted sighting reports through the PEI Birder's List, directly to the Natural History Society, or via the E-bird web site. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Dan McAskill for his help and editorial advice in preparation of this report and Elaine who was invaluable in the preparation of this document! Year # Species 2003 236 2004 249 2005 261 2006 247 2007 245 2008 251 2009 243 2010 236 2011 241 We entered the month of January with approximately 21 centimetres of snow on the ground with moderating temperatures for the first 3 days of the month. Snow fall for the rest of the month kept birders close to home. By month's end 93 cm. had graced the island's landscape. Forty-three species were reported by day's end on January 1st and 90 species had been reported by January 31st up slightly from the 85 species for 2010. Despite the weather, some significant reports were made in January. On January 1st, Chris Martin documented the 3rd Ruff for PEI when he photographed one in Ellen's Creek - giving PEI its first documented record. The same day David and Elaine Seeler reported a juvenile Cooper's Hawk at Chapel Creek, and Greg and Sandra Feetham along with Les Homans found a Pine Warbler in seaweed at Cymbria and they also discovered and documented a very late Eastern Phoebe in Hyde Park, Cornwall. Four days later, Scott Sinclair found a very late Ruddy Turnstone at Borden while out seeking winter birds. Northern Mockingbirds did not seem to be here in significant numbers in 2011 and yet the first one was reported in Charlottetown on the 14th by Doreen. The same day saw a number of reports of other significant first sightings for PEI. The first Snowy Owl was reported, adding that species to the Winter Bird List. Similarly, a Yellow-headed Blackbird arrived at Gary Schneider's feeders with a blackbird flock. Gerald MacDonald who had the Island's second documented Harris's Sparrow at his feeder since the 1st, also reported an extremely late Killdeer working the ditch by his home in Monticello. It did not take long for Turkey Vultures to continue their exploration of PEI. Two were reported checking out the Belle River area the morning of the 16th by Ray Cooke. The 22nd found a Rusty Blackbird tending the Stratford feeders of Dwaine Oakley for a period of time. Close to month's end (27th), two Northern Cardinals were reported - the 1st in Charlottetown and the second at Montague. February began with 93 cm. of snow still on the ground which eventually decreased to 74 cm by the end of the month. True to form - Turkey Vultures continued to make their presence felt with one being spotted in Point Prim and another being observed in the Highbank area. Overall - February was quiet on PEI but on the 24th, Rosemary Curley passed on a report of 4 Evening Grosbeaks tending a feeder in Alliston while Alice reported observing 20+ in Wellington on the 26th. By February 28th the Winter Bird List was completed with a total of 117 species being reported on PEI since December 1, 2010. The month of March began with significant amounts of snow on the ground but by March 31st, snow cover had decreased to 1 cm. For PEI, the moderating trends meant that spring migration was on time. Ron Arvidson noted Canada Geese flying over South Melville "right on time" for the 12th of March. Two days later Rick Hawkins reported that both Black-backed and Pileated Woodpeckers had been observed along the Woodland Trail of the PEI National Park. On the 15th, two Turkey Vultures were reported circling Murray Harbour and on the 27th Ben Hoteling observed a single Turkey Vulture over Murray River. On the 18th, Dan McAskill noted a Cackling Goose in the vicinity of the 4-H Park in Earnscliffe, the 11th report of this species on PEI. Barbara was fortunate enough to come across a migrating spring Purple Sandpiper at Panmure Island the next day. Beth Hoar reported Pine Siskins and a White-breasted Nuthatch on the 20th of March adding to the sense that more than waterfowl were moving through PEI. Scott Sinclair and Gary Schneider were presently surprise to locate a Mew Gull (9th report for PEI) which they were able to photograph at Basin Head on the last day of the month. March began the migrating period and from the 1st of March through to the end of May an additional 98 species were added to PEI's list. In April, snow cover with the exception of the 20th - was minimal and it disappeared quickly as the average temperature for the month was 4.0 C. Valentine Moser confirmed on April 4th that the hybrid Eurasian Wigeon again over-wintered in Ellen's Creek. While visiting PEI on the 9th, Brian Dalzall noted significant movements of Canada Geese along with Great Blue Heron, Purple Finch and a Sharp-shinned Hawk on the Eastern end of PEI. It is with a significant degree of sadness I must mention that Brian, a great friend to PEI and the Birding community in general, passed away in November of 2011. He will be sorely missed by all. Turkey vultures ventured closer to Charlottetown with one being observed circling Stratford by Scott Sinclair on the 13th while just two days earlier six were observed in the Bear River area by Gerald MacDonald. On the 11th, the first report of Killdeer (three) was made by Roberta Palmer while walking the Confederation Trail in York. She also noted that Ring-necked Ducks were also present cementing the fact that spring was well underway. Greater Yellowlegs made their appearance within the PEI National Park on the 18th of April and, along with the Killdeer report, announced the arrival of the spring shorebird season. The 22nd brought yet another report of a Turkey Vulture in the South Melville area by John Te Raa. Alma Curie reported Common Grackles on PEI prior to the 24th and a pair of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers in addition to a Pileated Woodpecker all of which visited her yard the same day. No doubt she was jumping for joy and not just because winter was on the ropes, gasping for air. Then, on the same day, a Northern Cardinal was reported at a feeder by Michelle, while Dan McAskill, who was birding Robinson's Island, reported a Pine Warbler in addition to an American Kestrel at Brackley Beach. Dan also noted Northern Gannet and Black Scoter off shore in the Gulf just off shore of the PEI National Park. The next day Surf Scoters were reported offshore of Cape Egmont by Ronald Arsenault. Another Turkey Vulture was observed on the 24th at the West Prince Solid Waste Treatment Site by Ronald as well. Dwaine Oakley was pleasantly surprised when a Pileated Woodpecker flew across the Trans Canada out of the Strathgartney Park on the 25th of April providing additional evidence of their ongoing expansion on PEI. Eastern Bluebirds were reported numerous times this year on PEI. Betty Fowler of Breadalbane was first in the action when she reported an Eastern Bluebird in her community on the 27th. She greatly appreciated the opportunity and I am sure she regrets that it chose not to stay. Similarly the first of two reports of Sandhill Cranes was made by Fred Cheverie when he indicated he had observed one feeding in a field at East Point on the 30th of April. April seemed to go fast and, on the 4th of May, Greg and Sandra Feetham while visiting the Oakley's, reported seeing White-throated, Chipping, American Tree and Field Sparrows at their ground feeders in Stratford. On the 7th of May, another Turkey Vulture was reported circling over the Cornwall area by Dwaine Oakley. Clearly they are beginning to like PEI. Meanwhile "down" East, Angela Kelly reported a Swan to friends on May 3rd and on the 4th Ruth Beck and Georgie Curley relocated it in Murray River, photographed it and determined that it was a Trumpeter Swan - perhaps the first documented record for PEI. It only remains to be determined if it is truly a wild bird or a recently released bird. We may never have a definitive answer to that question and to date it is being accepted as a legitimate report. Baltimore Orioles do visit PEI on a yearly basis so it was no surprise when JoAnne Dunphy located and photographed one in Annandale on the 8th of May. On the same day, Fred and Gisele Martin also reported observing a male Baltimore Oriole in Maximeville. The Martin's luck continued when, two days later, a Great Egret landed in the marsh just west of their home. Unfortunately, it did not linger and was not observed the next day. Baltimore Orioles continued their assault on PEI and 2 additional birds were reported on the 11th of May further west by Bill Hartford. However, like the others - they quickly moved on. Bill also noted that, at the same time, a White-breasted Nuthatch and six Turkey Vultures were in his locale from late April through to May 10th - making for exciting "at home" bird watching. Unlike the Turkey Vultures, Northern Mockingbirds seemed to be fewer in number for PEI as compared to last year but John Affleck did report observing one eating holly berries along the Hardy Mill Road near York in early May. Significantly out of place, and probably unexpected by all, was a Wilson's Phalarope which was found by Dwaine Oakley on the 13th in the chronically flooded field just east of UPEI along Belvedere Road. It stayed just long enough for numerous birders to add another species to their Charlottetown and year lists. On a birding trip to East Point on the 23rd of May, Dwaine Oakley decided to check the beach below Beaton's Pond. There he discovered the Island's 14th report for Laughing Gull and he also noted migrating Sanderlings, Ruddy Turnstones, and Least and Spotted Sandpipers along the beach. Three days later Cathleen Gallant was no doubt pleasantly surprised to find an American Pipit - not often reported on PEI in the spring. By the 26th, two additional Baltimore Orioles had shown up in Orwell Cove at the feeders of Carla McLeod. During the month of June, only 9 species were added to the year's list and the month ended with a total of 202 species having been collectively reported for the first 6 months of the year. On July 1st, Greg and Sandra Feetham were quite happy to find a chimney swift along Route 1 in DeSable. Chimney Swifts are not common on PEI these days at any time so this was a very good sighting. On the 10th, two Turkey Vultures were observed by Rosemary Curley "cruising over treetops in Roseville." This and previous reports suggest that Turkey Vultures are possibly breeding on PEI - a suggestion which requires confirmation. A late, or perhaps early non-breeding, American Golden Plover was reported to be in the marshes bordering Brackley Bay within the PEI National Park by David Seeler on the 12th of July. The 14th proved to be a busy day. A Turkey Vulture was observed feeding on a dead raccoon along Route 44 close to Pleasant View. Michelle and Emily Arsenault made this discovery and passed along this information as well as a report that a large flock of Turkey Vultures had been regularly seen at the dump in Brocton. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, no one was able to check this great report out so the number and status of those birds remain unknown. Also on the 14th while travelling the beach road to their cottage in St. Margaret's Sherron and Warren Foulkes were more than surprised to literally find themselves surrounded by at least two families of Sharp-tailed Grouse. It must have been quite a sight as they valiantly tried not to injure any of the juveniles which seemed intent on holding them hostage. Reports have it that at least one was quite tenacious in its pursuit - making a quick trip last more than 15 minutes. Further west on the same day while doing a Piping Plover Survey, Tracy MacDonald and Emily Swain were able to provide an uncommon July report of Purple Sandpiper along the North Rustico Sandbar. The 16th of July found Dwaine Oakley, Dan McAskill and David Seeler on the road when it was decided it was time to follow the old truism and "go west". Amongst the species observed by the group was a very obliging Black-billed Cuckoo on Phee Shore Road at Norway which remained with them until it was time to move on. Other sightings included Whimbrel at North Cape, a Spotted Sandpiper in Alberton, and, in a partially flooded pasture field along Dock's Road, a Least Sandpiper, 4 Solitary Sandpipers, a Killdeer and a Lesser Yellowlegs. On the way home the group discovered the presence of a Broad-Winged Hawk in the Devon area - the same locale where one was observed the previous year by Dwaine Oakley. Earlier in the day, the group had also observed a Broad-winged Hawk in Tyne Valley. Not far away the group stumbled upon and very carefully documented the evidence of a pair of Great Crested Flycatchers feeding their young providing proof they had had successfully nested on PEI. An Eastern Bluebird was observed along the Steel Road in Lower New Annan. This observation led to the discovery later in the same day by Les Homans et al of two adults in the immediate vicinity, more specifically - in Barry Martin's yard, which were feeding two juveniles suggesting that they too had nested close by. Common Nighthawks are now rarely reported in the Charlottetown area but years ago they did make the city their home. So it was quite fortuitous that Dwaine Oakley and Heather Fenton were in the right spot at the right time so as to be able to observe one hawking insects over Birch Hill Drive on the 20th of July. Perhaps we will see a resurgence of these beautiful birds over the skies of the capital city once again. Whether he just likes gulls, or they like him, Dwaine was fortunate enough to locate a juvenal Laughing Gull in the company of 14 juvenal Red Knots on Noonan's Marsh Beach on the 11th of August. Other species observed included Semipalmated Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, Sanderling and 4 Caspian Terns. Continuing the shore bird trend, Cathleen Gallant reported an uncommon Red-necked Phalarope off of East Point on the 14th. Dan McAskill was fortunate enough to come across 2 Cooper's Hawks in the Foxley River area on the 20th of the month bringing the year's total to 3 for the species. An unconfirmed report of 3 Sabine's Gulls at Schooner's Creek by Peter Eppic on the 14th of August were found on E-Bird. It will take some additional detective work to gather details of this rare report The second report and final of Sandhill Cranes was received shortly after George Mills observed 2 at the west end of the Darnley Bridge on the 19th of September. Jaeger reports do not occur regularly on PEI but two were reported off of East Point on the 24th of September by the Society's Bennett Classic Birding Team consisting of Dwaine Oakley, Ray Cooke, Fiep de Bie and Dan McAskill - one of the highlights of the day for the team. By late September, Turkey Vultures continued their dominance over the list's reporting mechanism. On the 26th of September, Fiep de Bie reported one lazily circling the Tea Hill area. Days later, on the 2nd of October, John Te Raa inadvertently (but fortunately for him) flushed one from a ditch alongside Route 16 in Hermanville. Within the non-Turkey Vulture world, Dwaine Oakley and his conservation class students were ecstatic to come across 8 Eastern Bluebirds along Point Prim Road on the 4th of October - strongly suggesting a second nesting record for PEI given the number of individuals and the time of year. So much so, that in fact Brian Dalzell made the following comments in respect to the sighting: "The family groups stay very close to the nest site. I would bet they haven't moved more than 500 meters, and probably bred closer than that, likely within sight of the birds. Just look for a place with a couple tree swallow boxes out in the open, and ask the homeowners if they noticed the bluebirds. A little late for the bird atlas, but an encouraging trend nonetheless." By the 6th of October, high winds forced greater than 50 Red-necked Phalaropes into the Covehead Harbour entrance to seek shelter. By the next day - all but one were gone (David Seeler). Two days later Ron Arsenault - much to his delight - found and documented PEI'S first known record of Northern Wheatear at the Lagoons in Abram's village. This bird did linger and a number of Island birders were able to add it to their life list. Those who missed this bird were very much in luck as a second chance was provided to them when another was reported and documented in Sherbrooke on the 10th by Dwaine Oakley and Dan McAskill. Just the day before, on the 9th, yet another extreme rarity for PEI made its presence known to just a few lucky individuals. A Fork Tailed-Flycatcher was found along Jenkin's Road by local residents. The bird was well documented by Glen and Michelle Kelly and through photographs and the description given by Joost Roggeveen. While PEI did have a previous report of this species, this sighting, officially becomes PEI's first photographic record of Fork-Tailed Flycatcher. Sid Watts was quite surprised when he came across 12 Chimney Swifts in Kilmuir on the 10th of October. These were most likely reverse migrants given the time of year in which they were observed. While on the way home from Charlottetown on the 9th of October, Rebekah Hodder located our lone reported Cattle Egret along Route 2 within the city limits. Unfortunately, the bird was literally out of there within 30 minutes - perhaps to Newfoundland where one appeared shortly thereafter? Again on the 11th of October, another Turkey Vulture (how many has it been to date?) was observed at Wood Islands by Ben Hoteling. Dwaine Oakley and gulls came together again when he and Dan McAskill were birding the East Point area on the 23rd of October. In amongst a number of roosting gulls on Beaton's Beach, Dwaine was able to pick out a Mew or Common Gull. Videotape made this the 8th record for PEI of this species. In early November, Greg and Sandra Feetham had a late Indigo Bunting at their feeder in Wilmont. This was followed by the observation on the 12th of an Indigo Bunting in the group of black birds frequenting the Marshfield area by David Seeler. November was an unusual time for the region. Reports of Red-bellied Woodpeckers were beginning in the other Maritime Provinces but it was not until the 8th that one was reported in the Marshfield area along with a Yellow-headed Blackbird. The next day, Jim Sutton reported seeing a Pileated Woodpecker after a period of no reports for this species for the year. About the same time, an Eastern Towhee was reported by Nancy to be tending her feeders at 'Whale Cove Cottage' on the 10th of November. Later on the 21st of the month, another was reported in Charlottetown along Route 2. Yet another Broad-winged Hawk was reported "down east" by Ron Arvidson et al providing further evidence that this species is quite enamoured with the Garden of the Gulf. November 14th brought the first of a series of Snowy Owl reports for the winter season when 2 were observed on Blooming Point Beach by Chris Mutch. Other reports received through the end of December included single birds in Souris (Louis Daley): Sherbrooke (Trevor Wadman); PEINP (Ben Hoteling, Kathleen MacAulay and Sharon Clark); Mermaid (Wade MacKinnon), Brackley (Erin McEvoy), Robinson's Island Causeway (Dutch Thompson); Charlottetown (David Seeler); Tignish (Wilfred Handrahan), Pisquid West (Clarence Ryan), Georgetown (Brad Potter) and Maximeville (Gisele Martin). Borden however won the lottery with at least five individual Snowy Owls tending one field at the same time (John Read Jr.) Needless to say, fights did break out! Like a number of other species, White-winged Crossbills are not often seen or reported on PEI except when there are significant irruptions. However, on the 17th of November, Noel and Helen were quite pleased to be afforded the opportunity to watch a pair eat pine seeds along the Confederation Trail at York. I would imagine that this was one of their better walks along that particular trail. It was not until the 26th that we became aware of at least 3 addition Red-bellied Woodpeckers being reported at various feeders on PEI so when Dwaine Oakley received a report of an unusual woodpecker at a feeder in Grand Tracadie on the 29th, it was expected to be yet another. But it was soon clear this was not the case when the bird was described by Gary Griffin and the Island had yet another rare bird - an immature Red-headed Woodpecker. This bird was well documented and remained into the New Year affording those who wished a good viewing. It also brought to our attention an unreported observation by Dwayne Biggar who, while living on PEI around 1984, had photographed one overwintering at his place in North Granville. These reports triggered memories for Ray Cooke who recollected that, in 1979, he found a male Red-headed Woodpecker which had died as the result of being hit by a vehicle in Sherwood. He found a suitable place to bury it and presided over the funeral process. This older report is PEI's first known record for this species; Dwayne's record becomes the second known report for PEI while the bird at Grand Tracadie became PEI's 4th record. Thanks to Ray, Dwayne and the Griffins for making these reports available to us From the 29th on through year's end Red-bellied Woodpeckers continued to make their presence felt with one being reported at Charlottetown (Donald Wilkinson); 2 in Montague (Carol Nicholson) and one in O'Leary (Suzanne), one was reported by Patti Richards at her Port Hill feeders and one was reported to arrive in Kingston at Christmas as well. As we moved into December, Greg and Sandra Feetham were most likely besides themselves when they had the fortune of finding a Northern Hawk Owl hunting along Route 6 just east of Cavendish. I am confident that this sighting made their birding trip more than worthwhile. Later on the 16th Greg was able to report a very late White-crowned Sparrow tending his feeders allowing the species to be added to the Winter Bird List. By mid-month, we had received the second report of the year for Yellow-headed Blackbird when both Luann Molyneaux and Daphne Davey reported one in Crapaud - adding to both their year lists. Turkey Vultures interestingly did not close out 2011. Rather, a species which is slowly repopulating PEI did so. Again it was exciting to hear of another report of Pileated Woodpecker being found this time in a managed public forest. I wish to give our thanks to Rob Sharkie for finding the bird and Gary Schneider for providing this report. Clearly this species will have a battle on its hands as private harvesters continue to clear cut across the Island. On the 27th, a Broad-winged Hawk was observed on Route 17 by visiting NB Birders Katherine Dewer and Robbie Gallant, both from Blacks Harbour. The year ended with a wish (or perhaps plea) for an early Spring when Charlotte had a dozen American Robins chose to visit her home on the 30th of December in Bayview. I guess we can only wish but as of this writing, that seems to be working. All the best to everyone for 2012 and Good Birding to all! David and Elaine Seeler _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Fw: red-bellied woodpecker and others From: "Lois Doan" <ldoan AT myself.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:14:27 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- From: Lois Doan Sent: 01/13/12 03:55 PM To: peibirder AT lists.upei.ca Subject: red-bellied woodpecker and others Thursday, Jan.12 a red-bellied wdpk at Quinn Rd.,Kingston, owners say it has been there since about Christmastime. Also this week, a ruffed grouse, Rocky Pt. and a rough-legged hawk at North River Causeway on the 11th Subject: White-crowned Sparrow From: Greg and Sandra <feetham AT eastlink.ca> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:07:18 -0400 Just thought it interesting to note that we still have a White-crowned Sparrow coming to our back yard feeder every day. If winter doesn't get too bad maybe we can hold on to it til spring. Subject: Another Snowy Owl report. From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:15:45 -0400 Clarence Ryan also discovered a Snowy Owl at Clarks Creek in the community of Pisquid West between Christmas and New Year's. Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: snowy owl From: "Ben Hoteling" <BHoteling AT hollandcollege.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:37:01 -0400 Jake Shaw reported a snowy owl on the MacMillan point road on Jan. 6 Subject: Bird sightings Monticello JAN 5 From: "Gerald" <gerald12714 AT bellaliant.net> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:49:19 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) 2--red throated loons 6-Iceland gulls 5-long-tailed ducks 2-morning doves 10-bluejay 1--yellow-shafted flicker 8-slate-colored junco 1-robin 1--grt horned owl calling that night Subject: Northern Flickers From: "McGuigan's" <mcguigana AT islandtelecom.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:44:39 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) Just had a flock of three Northern Flickers in our yard in Stratford. They were pecking around the base of some Austrian pine! We also had a visit from a pair of Red Breasted Nuthatch. The Song Sparrow was here again yesterday. Subject: Hawk, Meadow Bank From: Daphne Davey <ddavey AT eastlink.ca> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:41:22 -0400 Just drove this morning to Cornwall east on TCH and caught a glimpse of a hawk on power line by open fields in Meadow Bank, just before Cornwall. The three characteristics that imprinted themselves on my mind were: - larger than a kestrel - white bib (full width), wider than top-to-bottom length - heavily streaked underparts (thick, not fine, streaks, almost blotches) below bib The closest I can find in my field guides is a red-tailed hawk in Peterson's Bird East of the Rockies. Is this likely? Daphne Davey __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6781 (20120110) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Subject: Redhead, Glaucous Gull, and Turkey Vulture. From: Dwaine Oakley <dwaine.oakley AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:07:00 -0400 Today while out with the Wildlife Conservation Technology class we observed a female Redhead in with a large group of Greater Scaup at Oyster Bed Bridge (also 10 Barrow's Goldeneye), a first winter Glaucous Gull at Stanley Bridge on the ice, and an adult Turkey Vulture soaring over Scales Pond Road (Route 109). The vulture flew east towards Newton but allowed great views while our group was on a tour of the Scales Pond project led by Alan McLennan. Dwaine Oakley Charlottetown, PE _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Snowy Owl, Summerside From: "Rosemary Curley" <frcurley AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:10:18 -0400 on Jan 5th , 2012, Scott Johnson observed a Snowy Owl on hay bales near a box truck behind the Maritime Electric building in Summerside, near Prince County Hospital. The site is visible from Rte 2. Scott feels the bird was in a weakened condition. This sighting passed on with Scott's permission by Rosemary Curley Conservation Biologist Forests Fish and Wildlife Division PEI Dept Agriculture and Forestry 183 Upton Road, PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 phone: 902-368-4807 fax: 902-368-4713 e-mail: frcurley AT gov.pe.ca ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Curley, Rosemary TEL;WORK:368-4807 ORG:;FAE - Fish & Wildlife TEL;PREF;FAX:368-5830 EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:FRCURLEY AT gov.pe.ca N:Curley;Rosemary TITLE:Biologist END:VCARD Subject: WBL - Turkey Vulture - Scales Pond From: "Dan McAskill" <jdmcaskill AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:43:25 -0400 Allie McLennan reported a Turkey Vulture at Scales Pond Bridge today. Dan ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. Subject: Snowy Owl From: cathleen_gallant_5 AT hotmail.com <cathleen_gallant_5@hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 18:13:06 -0400 Snowy Owl on thé south end of the Souris Line Road this evening. My daughter and I spotted it as landed on a telephone pole. It stayed for a few minutes then flew across the road to a potato field where we lost sight of it. Cathleen Sent from my HTC Subject: Cedar Waxwings From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:38:14 -0400 Just a quick note to say that Elaine & I observed > 30 Cedar Waxwings at Covehead this morning. David _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: The 2011 List From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:26:27 -0400 Good evening every one! Below is the list of species reported in 2011. Should I have missed a report, please let me know as soon as possible! The yearend review will be out shortly. Dave __________________________ SPECIES Reported: 241 DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Snow Goose Brant Cackling Goose Canada Goose Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Redhead Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon GREBES Pied-billed Grebe Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Sooty Shearwater STORM-PETRELS Wilson's Storm-Petrel Leach's Storm-Petrel BOOBIES AND GANNETS Northern Gannet CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS American Bittern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Cattle Egret NEW WORLD VULTURES Turkey Vulture OSPREY Osprey HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS Virginia Rail Sora CRANES Sandhill Crane PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS Northern Lapwing Black-bellied Plover American Golden-Plover Semipalmated Plover Piping Plover Killdeer SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Willet Lesser Yellowlegs Upland Sandpiper Whimbrel Hudsonian Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Snipe American Woodcock Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black-headed Gull Laughing Gull Mew Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern SKUAS AND JAEGERS Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Common Murre Razorbill Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon White-winged Dove Mourning Dove CUCKOOS Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo OWLS Great Horned Owl Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES Common Nighthawk SWIFTS Chimney Swift HUMMINGBIRDS Ruby-throated Hummingbird KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Fork-tailed Flycatcher SHRIKES Northern Shrike VIREOS Blue-headed Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven LARKS Horned Lark SWALLOWS Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper WRENS Winter Wren KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS Northern Wheatear THRUSHES AND ALLIES Eastern Bluebird Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird STARLINGS European Starling WAGTAILS AND PIPITS American Pipit WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Lapland Longspur Snow Bunting NEW WORLD WARBLERS Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Nelson's Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Harris's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco CARDINALS AND ALLIES Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES Purple Finch House Finch White-winged Crossbill Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Song Sparrow From: "McGuigan's" <mcguigana AT islandtelecom.com> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:58:17 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) The Song Sparrow was back in our yard again today! Subject: Winsloe South feeder From: Don Jardine <dejardine AT eastlink.ca> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:56:41 -0400 had 30 mourning doves at our feeders this morning. There were also 12 blue jays, 2 rock doves, 2 American Ravens and 12 black capped chickadees. Have seen a male Northern Flicker on a regular basis the past couple of weeks. Don Jardine Subject: Bird sightings in Monticello --Jan 3 From: "Gerald" <gerald12714 AT bellaliant.net> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 13:29:58 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) My usual walk to the shore netted me the following birds 2--Iceland gull 2--great black-backed gulls 1--sharp-shinned hawk 3--black-capped chickadee 4--ravens flying high with one bird diving for another Upon arrival back at the house along comes a yellow-shafted flicker and lands on the shingles at the upper peak of the house looking for cluster flies---also have 6 or 7 bluejay eating grains in my lane Subject: Brown Creeper From: Alma Currie <currie.alma AT yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 19:21:43 -0400 I spotted a little Brown Creeper scaling the trees in the back yard yesterday. Send from the mobile device of: Alma Currie _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Northern Flicker From: "Dan McAskill" <jdmcaskill AT gov.pe.ca> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:47:03 -0400 Bruce Smith reported a Northern Flicker at a feeder in Morell today. Dan ------------------------- Statement of Confidentiality This message (including attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information intended for a specific individual or organization. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should promptly delete this email from your entire computer system. Subject: Birds at Knox's From: Rosemary Curley <rcurley AT eastlink.ca> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:47:03 -0400 We have seen immature hooded mergansers here in the past. This might be a possibility for this head of tide locale. Rosemary Rosemary Curley 9 Harlandview Drive Stratford. PE C1B 1W2 902-569-1209 RE: Today, Gary Schneider and I were doing bit of scouting for the Montague Xmas count tomorrow. There was a grebe on the Montague River, probably a Horned Grebe (although it was drizzling and viewing conditions were poor). The bird was on the north side of the river at the mouth of the creek that is about halfway between the wooden bridge and Knox's Dam. There was also a Belted Kingfisher, a Red-tailed hawk, and a Barrow's Goldeneye in the same area. Scott ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4116 - Release Date: 01/01/12 Subject: WBL - Horned Grebe From: "Scott Sinclair" <scsinclair AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 15:27:03 -0400 Today, Gary Schneider and I were doing bit of scouting for the Montague Xmas count tomorrow. There was a grebe on the Montague River, probably a Horned Grebe (although it was drizzling and viewing conditions were poor). The bird was on the north side of the river at the mouth of the creek that is about halfway between the wooden bridge and Knox's Dam. There was also a Belted Kingfisher, a Red-tailed hawk, and a Barrow's Goldeneye in the same area. Scott Subject: Snowy Owl in Maximeville From: <giseleandfred AT bellaliant.net> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:06:01 -0400 I had great viewing of a snowy owl on Dec 30 just before sunset on the beach at Maximeville. It had quite a bit of dark-edged feathers, so female or young. We haven't seen him yet today... we'll keep an eye closer to sunset. Gisele Martin _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: WBl Saw-whet Owl From: Greg and Sandra <feetham AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:40:05 -0400 Sandra and I were doing a little end of 2011 birding late today and were lucky enough to find a Northern Saw-whet Owl along the Harmony Line Road west of Richmond. Greg and Sandra Subject: PEIWBL: Last update for 2011 From: David Seeler <DSeeler AT eastlink.ca> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:30:44 -0400 Good evening everyone, Tomorrow at midnight we enter a new year and with it our 2012 PEI Bird List will begin. Because we will have 2 lists running simultaneously the WBL ends at the end of February I am sending this week's update to the WBL a little early. A few species have been added including Merlin, American Tree Sparrow and Baltimore Oriole. The list is included below and you may look at the updated list online at the page maintained by Blake Maybank: http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/maybank/other/peiwinter.htm I do need to remind you that as of 00:00 Hrs. Sunday, January 1, 2012 we are starting a year's bird list for 2012 on PEI and I would appreciate it if ALL species observed are reported so that we have an accurate count for the January and February period. May we exceed last year's count for both the WBL and the Year's List in 2012. A review of 2011 will be made available soon. Happy New Year to all and may I wish everyone a great year birding on PEI in 2012. David Seeler _____________________________________________ PEIWBL Update: 97 reported to Date DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL Canada Goose Gadwall American Wigeon American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal Greater Scaup Common Eider Harlequin Duck Surf Scoter White-winged Scoter Black Scoter Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Barrow's Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES Gray Partridge Ring-necked Pheasant Ruffed Grouse Sharp-tailed Grouse LOONS Red-throated Loon Common Loon GREBES Red-necked Grebe SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS Sooty Shearwater BOOBIES AND GANNETS Northern Gannet CORMORANTS AND SHAGS Double-crested Cormorant Great Cormorant HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS Great Blue Heron HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Rough-legged Hawk FALCONS AND CARACARAS Merlin SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES Sanderling GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS Black-legged Kittiwake Bonaparte's Gull Black-headed Gull Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull AUKS, MURRES, AND PUFFINS Razorbill Black Guillemot PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove OWLS Snowy Owl Northern Hawk Owl Barred Owl KINGFISHERS Belted Kingfisher WOODPECKERS Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Black-backed Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker SHRIKES Northern Shrike CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES Gray Jay Blue Jay American Crow Common Raven LARKS Horned Lark CHICKADEES AND TITS Black-capped Chickadee Boreal Chickadee NUTHATCHES Red-breasted Nuthatch TREECREEPERS Brown Creeper KINGLETS Golden-crowned Kinglet THRUSHES AND ALLIES American Robin STARLINGS European Starling WAXWINGS Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing LONGSPURS AND SNOW BUNTINGS Snow Bunting NEW WORLD WARBLERS Yellow-rumped Warbler BUNTINGS, SPARROWS AND ALLIES American Tree Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco TROUPIALS AND ALLIES Yellow-headed Blackbird Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES White-winged Crossbill Pine Siskin American Goldfinch OLD WORLD SPARROWS House Sparrow ________________________________ _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: SPRING????? From: <castewart AT bellaliant.net> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:59:04 -0400 A flock of twelve american robins on my front lawn ,where my feeders are,!!! this morning !!! This is in Bayview PE. Charlotte. _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders Subject: Song Sparrow From: "McGuigan's" <mcguigana AT islandtelecom.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:11:27 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time) Just looked out at our feeder and spotted a song sparrow foraging under our holly bush. He appeared cold and was moving slowly. Subject: South Melville feeder From: Anne and Ron <arvidson AT pei.sympatico.ca> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:59:03 -0400 Just returned home to find at least 40 American Goldfinch at the feeder. Ron _______________________________________________ Peibirders mailing list Peibirders AT lists.upei.ca http://lists.upei.ca/mailman/listinfo/peibirders