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NEWFOUNDLAND NATURAL HISTORY 50CIE1"/ QPARTERLY

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OSPRIY Volume 20 Nunber 3 September 1989

CONTENTS

Ed; tor' 5 Page

The James L. Saill ie f.4emorial Fund ....... .

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Using the railway for bicycle trails..... 89

Cod roy Valley Theme Park................. . ........ . ,.. 91

Society of Canadian Ornithologists ................... . 93

The First North American Colony of Manx Shearwaters .. 94

Rare and Endangered Pl ants of Newfoundl and & labrador ... 95

Incredible edibles ........ . .................... .

Black Spruce, Kalmia & Forest Fire Interactions ... '

Osprey Nesting Platforms at Oxen Pond.

Bi rds of the Grand Falls area

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Wildlife Crossword #2 (and answers to #1) ....... . ....... 104

Flosculous Snippets ,_ .. _. ............ . . .. . . ... . . .. . .. . 106

A New Clover for Newfoundl and ...••... • • • ........... 108

The 1989 Nesting Season in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Newfoundl and Bi rd Report for May-Augus t. 1989

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P.O. Bolt 013

Sf JOH~·S. NEWFOU:-;OLANO Ale 5M3

The !i.fr'!! l.j] )urlol >1 natura J _ u ~ewf md1lnd no: Labrad,)r Ul. adjllcoon r..;os ""]5 It i ublisned qua te 'l)V t le latur·~l H.l.st rv Soc-iety o t<icw .md! :!.Od md wrl(or anC' p ~v ae ~I ,er. The subs.:.rtption :100..:=t is 0' __ :led 1 !leI Jer hi 1 fees.

Eo a:'lf r-.:tti)n: -\11 items .:.: pu" at .. on '~ilou1J. be sen~ tC the EditOi whose aJ:lr~.ss :1ppeart h-::1,w, or to t e a<:ldress given :lh.)Ve. !i.ajor articl_s , 00 es, anel:lot:l it'~1 i teresling OJse V.1tl.,-":ls.~I·.et·~les. tdb.es and gr-3?hs o i': asr-.' 0 )f :'I3tJrll history wi 1 be accepted. Ori~ina1s cannot be "e u ned _t:;.~r:> t·, I:,. Editor ano Cu resp :lden,:e n matters of environ:"Ienf 1 once n are weJ. )i!''! and will be publishe., c.S space aJ.!ows . Any articles

excee:i OS ;ix );lge!:i in le 19th may be ed:.. :er". I educed or serialized at the EC::i 0 s:i "3cr_tion.

Artlc~e fonat· In.in It~empt to cut pr.n ing and '-liliag .05':S, all item:: will be printed in such .1 way as to reduce "he :lullber of pa..;es and wei;ht of each issue. :'~is all,)W"~ three alternatives;

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I ems are welcotr.ed fro; members and non-Inembers. Deadlines for inclusion are ~b U8rr IS (March). M~15 (June). August IS (St!ptember). November 15 (Deccmbc:->

President, ec eLa)'"V

P: st pres ient

me-je"s, at large

01 Ji:1O Ms ~urah Lippa

Mr. wl;cr Burrows Or . )Otl Steele f')r . )avia Rende!

Ml. Bru\,;e Mac t lvi-;h Mr D..Iug as Plte an D A an Ste :'I

Vice-President: Mr. John McConr.ell Treasurer : Mr . Greg Warbac.ski C.~ F D1.re(:tor: Ms. Leta McLachlm

l.h~ O~ ~ditor

R"ger Burrows 31 ,lnis ::ourt S. Ji ,n' II Nl-AJ.A liS D.lOne (71)~\ i")j- 6" (, .. {ji - R4Sb (»)

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EDITOR'S PAGE

As usual. it' s been a busy summer for the Natural History

Society executive and Borne society members. Even with no

scheduled mee~in9s and several people on vacation or out of

province on work assignments the work of the society has to go

on.

Just 80 members know what'. been happening without having to

read through reams of correspondence. I I 11 try to bring things up

to date. I've been writing letters to many of. the new provincial

government' ministers, Dave Lemon has been undertaking the

Labrador Peregrine Survey, Don Steele has been overseeing the

Leary' 8 Brook project, and Greg Warbanski haa been making

all the project bill. are paid.

While these are all ongoing activities that aren't detailed

in this "issue, there i. plenty to read about in the

correspondence section. Letters set out our position on bicycle

trails and a proposed Coclroy Valley The.e Park, and there is e information on the Society of canadiAn Ornithologists and Baillie

Fund Grants for 1989 ~nd 1990. And our second Wildlife Cro.aword

ia included.

1'm also happy to report that botanists have lots to enjoy

in this issue. Robin Day has provided a list of Rare and

Endangered Native Plant. of Newfoundland and Labr ador and his

comments on Forest Pire., we have a copy of Erika Gaertner's

I Angler and Hunter article on IDCredible edible., plus Peter

Scott's PlolICuloua Snippet., and Valerie Anstey'. report of a New

Clover for Newfoundlaoo.

For birdwatcher., this i.sue containa John Lien's update of

the Colony of Mans Shearwater., Marcel Cornect '8 brief summary of

Birds of the Grand Pall. area. Gerry Yetman's notes on the

successful U8e of Osprey Nesting Plattor.. at Oxen Pond. Roger

Etcheberry' a aummary of flIe Neating Season in hint-Pierre and

Kiquelon, and the Newfoundland Bird Report for May -Augu.t. 1989. I •

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THE JAMES L. BAILLIE MEMORIAL FUND FOR BIRD RESEARCH AND PRESERVATION

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PRESS RELEASE 19 April 1989

BAILLIE FUND GRANTS 1989 -APPLICATIONS WELCOME FOR 1990

The Trustees of the James L. Baillie Memorial Fund for Bird Research and Preservation were pleased to support three non-atlas projects in 1989, as vell as providing seven atlas travel grants to volunteers in the Alberta and Maritimes breeding bird atlas projects. In total , $5841.50 were granted to the recipients. Grants were provided to David Lemon tor continuing banding studies of a sedentary population of Dark-eyed Juncos in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Banding Group for banding studies of North American migrants on Andros Island in the Bahamas ancS the Ontario Nest Records Scheme.

Applications are welcome for funding in 1990. All projects must be conducted in Canada, and preference viII be given to projects conducted by amateurs or by professionals who use large amoun ts of data collected by volunteers. Thesis projects will be considered but are less likely to r.eceive support than projects of similar quali ty by persons wi th less access to other funding sources.

All applications must be submitted on forms available from the Secretary. Non-atlas project grant requests and supporting letters of recommendation should be postmarked by 31 December 1989 to be guaranteed consideration by the Trustees . Atlas travel grant requests must be received by 1 March 1990 , and should be comp leted only after consultation with the co-ordinator of the appropriate atlas.

The current board of Trustees consists of Fred Bodsworth (Past Chairman), Robert Curry, David J. T. HUBsell (Chairman), Ross D. James, Alex. L. A. Middleton. Erica Nol, Ronald R. Tasker and Linda M. Weseloh . The chief source of funding is the Jim Baillie Birdathon conducted annually by the Long Point Bird Observatory. but direct donations are welcome and tax deductible in Canada. A receipt will be issued. Application forms, instructions and further intormation can be obtained tram Michael S. W. Bradstreet. Secretary, ·c/o Long Point Bird Observatory, Box 160, Port Rowan, ontario NOE 1HO. The addx:ess tor donations Is · the same .

-Hartin K. McNicholl · tormer Secretary

cl o l.ona Poinl Bird Ob!'iervalor)" P.O. BOlt 160. Pori Rowan, Onlario. NOE IMO. Tel: (~191 ~8ft..29lW

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THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR p, O. Box 1013

ST. JOHN·S. NEWFOUNDlAND AIC 5M3

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, ASTEC Studies Memorial University of Newfoundland c/o St. John's College Prince Philip Drive St. John1s, NF AlB 3R5

July 21, 1989 Dear Engineering students.

I received a copy of your letter of July 14, 1989 to Dave Rendall from him for a reply from our Society.

We are -very IlXJch in favor of using the raflroad route for low-impact use. and were in touch wfth the previous government aBout it last year . Copies of the relevant correspondence reprinted in the DecemBer 1988 fssue of "The Osprey" are attacfted .

To ans.wer your specHl c quesUons 6rle.fly : 1. Yes, we think. U ts an excellent i dea, espectally gi:ven tfte strong winds

and trud. traffic that cycltsts e.ncounter on the TCH at present z.

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Yes, althQu9n It ml9ftt 5e too expensive to provide more tftan • fine gravel 5ase In all aut a fe ......... ll-tr.velled .re,s ·wnere p.vlng would 5e jusUfied Some tfi.i.ngs th.t come to mind inmedfately .re st.blliz.tlon of the base, . • need to convert 5rl dges to ro.d-type use C.lthougft some bri.dges .re close e.nQugft to 'road crQsstngS" to rnaR.e a short detour more economi cal ) . sftelters In the more open are.s .nd stretches between communities [especially fn ce.ntr.l Nl!I(j'oundlandl, .n.d t .. lepftQnes In the eve.nt of pro51ems Since bicycle travel fs only poss fble for flalf the ye.r, the tran could be converted to cross-country sk.i. use 1n wi nte.r ; the tratl cQuld also double as a fttking tratl. Kostels at reasonafile dhtances apart , or tents'i tes. would malle tile tran more pracUc.l ACOA should be ~rovtdtng funding but l!Raly w<>uldn't. Envfronment C.n~d. ' s EnVironment Fund t s • long shot . Munlcfp~11:tles .IQog the route may .. I sb. to contrl5ute , and private Interests mtgftt be i.nterested In provldtrg services. ~rovlnctal and oatlon.l cycling feder.tlons and Partlclp.ctl on mt glit 50. tntere.s.ted In fundlrig sl gnage. r 5eHeve tnere .re • num6er of 61cycle and fi.! lli ng tr. t h i n sever.l Europe.n countries that utilize pn.sed-out r.n ro.d rfgftt-of-l(ays. I h.ve Walked sever.l i.o Engl.nd, especially fn the Avon 'rea, and they .re very poPular and we.ll-mat ntai.ned. None, no""var, provide s"cli lQng stretcbes "f' unln~a5tte.d. countryside .

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THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND lABRADOR

P. o. 80s 1013

ST. JOHN·S. NEWFOUNDlAND Ale SM3

7. We have already expressed an 1nterest in trails along the Waterford River Valley in fotJunt Pearl and St. John 's. We would also be very interested in using the railroad course through wetland areas for waterfowl vfewing--one area that comes to mind fs the Redc1iffe area near Grand Falls .

8. The Wlldemess Society supports the fdea of using the railroad routes for a variety of low-i~act activities (see Jon Lien's letter). SnoWlOObilers and ATV-users are 1055yi"9 for wfdespread use of the routes--this, in our view, would fie a negative use. althougfi we wuld accept limfted use in winter. The greatest danger , apart from the nofse and effects on wildlife, woul d fie the even greater access such a scheme woul d provide and the fear that such trails would be used for huntfng and for forays into senstithe we.tland and 609 areas year-round .

Although we ftaven't fieen in touch with the new government on this issue (there are a nunf>.er of others we consider more pressing), we would be Interested In providing the names of Individual memfiers with an Interest In the railroad uses. mentioned. The SQciety address ts given aflove. or you can contact me at:

737-8486 (/'Iemorhl UnIversity Division of Extenston), or 753-8862 (31 Tunts Court, St. John's)

~ ~ck. wHit your course.

Roger Burro~ President

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THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF NEWFOUNULAND AND LABRADOR

P. O. 80, 1013

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND Ale 5M3

Director, Environmental Assessment Division Department of Environment and Lands West Block. Confederation Building P, O, Box B700 St. John's, NF AlB 4J6

July 20, 1989

Dear Sir, Re: Proposed Theme Park---Upper F.erry, Codroy Valley

This proposal was listed in a news release dated June 27. 1989, concerning registration documents dated June 14. 1989.

After examining the documents and speaking to Ian Goudie of Canadian Wildlife Service, r discussed this proposal with our executfve conmittee yesterday.

Our Society appreciates the efforts made by the proponents to keep any environmental disturoance to the minimum while providing a quality experience . The Cormier family fta ve always supported tne idea of ftabftat protection. both at Upper Ferry and at nearby Searston. and several tour groups nave called in at the Cormier farm on our recorrmendati on to view nesting waterfowl.

We see no reason why the development could not take place, provided that the reconrnendations made by Ian Goudie to Paul Christopher of Business Resources, Inc. in a letter dated May 19. 1989 are followed. Tile letter is included in the registration documents. Our Society agrees with Ian that development should be restricted to the. east side of the property where possible .

Although tfie environmental effects of tfte development would appear to be minimal. our Society consi.ders that an Environmental Impact Assessment is needed for tfle wes.t si.de of the. prQpertr~ Le. the pond. tn particular. we are conce.med abQut tfte effect regular and repeated visits fiy people staying at the campgroundrca5.ins might nave on nest1ng birds. [f a trail is to be bui1t, \t might De Bette.r to locate it away from tfte pond and leave a Duffer zone. Wh.ile most tourists. do not arri,ve until late June, restricting visitation to one or two ti:me,s a day unti.1 broods of ducks are in the water and tftus less vulnerable to desertion and predat ion mt,gnt be a consideratfon. Most dabbling ducKs lay tne-ir eggs in early Mar and have young out of the nest By early-mid June.

Tfte pond is~ indeed, a very valuable waterfowl resource and should be protected · at all costs.. rt has arguably tfL.e ftighes.t breeding density of ducks. tn Newfoundland. and i.s certainly the prime nesting sHe for dabbling duck.s found tn the CQdroy Valley. Our Society wi 11 be approaching tne Nature Conservancy abQut buytng or least.ng thts. and otfter wetl and areas in tfte area to safeguard tn.e pri.me ftabttat against unwelcome. development (see later) .

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P.O. Bo.IOI3 ST. JOHN·S. NEWFOUNDlAND Ale 5M3

To indicate the importance of this pond, a brief description of its nesting waterfowl 15 in order. It has several breeding pairs of American Wigeon. a rare duck in the province . and, until quite recently. represented the only known nesting site (hence the narre we have used for ft. Wigeon Pond). Pairs of Northern Shoveler. an even rarer species and one for which a breeding record is not yet forthcoming for the province, have also spent the early part of the last two sunmers at the pond. There are also nests of Black. Duck. Mallard, Northern Pintail. Green-winged Teal. Blue-winged Teal and Ring-necked Duck. and vis its by sumnering Wood Duck. and Red-breasted Me rganser . On mfgratfon. the pond is also used by ColTID)n Goldeneye and Lesser Scaup and serves as a refuge for large nuniJers of other specfes.

The pond and its surrounding vegetation, including the fteld and marshes to the north, also attract nesting American Bittern, Sora, Least Flycatcher, Bobolink and a high concentration of breedfng thrushes . warblers and sparrows. Great B1 ue Heron, Clfff and Barn Swallows, Alder Flycatcher and Red-winged Blackbird ~re also resident fn surrmer and probably nest in the area , and the area supports large nunmers of fnsectivorous Tree Swallows durfng spring mfgration--these flocks also contain occassfonal Purple Martin and Rough-wfnged Swallow, extremely rare visitors to Newfoundland. For this reason, our Socfety feels that the Nature Conservancy wou l d best be able to manage the area and assist local developers in achieving a hanoonious balance. '

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else~:reth~~ ~~c~~r~ra~~C!~t~e!~~~~~rA~~i:~1!S d~::!O~~~c~k!~gb~~ce e locations involving serious negative ilTp;:!acts on sensitive habitats, in both cases against the wishes of the majority of local residents who realize the severe. consequences. rt is not enough., to place temporary restraining orders on sucft developments.. \jhat is needed fs a halt until all the proper procedures have been followed, as they nave tn the case of the Connar/Johnson proposal.

OUr Socie.ty supports the call for a comprehenstve environmental protect ion plan for the entire COdroy Valle,y, but parUcular1y the southern sflorellne wetlands wflere the best liabltat is located.

We would also 5e liappy to assist the proponent, the Codroy Valley Area Development Assoc{ition and tanadian Wildlife Service in integrating the plann ing of this and similar projects . We see a potential for nature-related tourist developRl!nts fn the Codroy Valley, and southwestern Newfoundland. 6:ut careful planning is essenUa1 to protect the varied and sensitive liabltats. that provide the main focus.

cc. Davtd Taylor. Environment Ian Goudie, CWS Patricia Conni er.

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Paul Cflrlstopn.er r Business Resources If. Downey, Cod roy Valle,y DA Nature Conservancy lots Bateman , Grenfell College

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Societe des Ornithologistes du Canada

.au YOU A l1limB 0.. THE SOCln'J' OF CUl&DID OUUHOLOGISTSf

If the answer to thh question is no. then ask. yourself - where else can

I set information on what is bappeninS in amateur and professional

ornithololY across CanadaT Where _lae can I re.d interestins artiele. on

.arly Canadian omltboloslets and naturalistsf Who received the latest

Speirs and Taverner avards'

There is no other place to find the answers to these ques tions than

in PICOIDES. the Bulletin of the sea . Published twice a year. R.Sular

($10 . 00) and SUstainin, ($25 . 00) memberships can be obtained throulh :

Philip H.R. Stepney

Membership Secretary. SCO

Provincial lfuseum of Alberta

12845- 102 Avenue

Edmonton. Alberta

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CONTINOBD DEVELOPMENT OF TOE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN COLONY OP MANX SBEARWATBRS

Jon Lien and Wayne Ledwell Memorial Univer.ity of Newfoundland

Initiation of a Manx shean/ater colony ' on Middle Lawn I.land ( 460 55'N, 550 36 ' ",) began in 1974 with frequent aighting_ in the area and increaaed activity by the bird. over the island iteelf. 8y 1977 . 250-350 burrow entrance. were begun J 10-30\ ot them "'ere act i ve breeding burrow. (Lien and Grimmer 1978). A mark­recapture estimate of the 1977 population was about 220 birds; by 1981. the total e.timated popUlation waa about 360 bircb and about 220 eatabIhhed burrows (Storey and Lien 1985).

He vhited Middle Lawn Island on July 3 . 1989. and were able to observe the continued development of it. Manx Shearwater colony. On approachin9 the idand . we ob.erved a 9rouP of 15-20 Manx Shearwater. on the water .everal kilometre. eaat of the idand.

In 1981. burrowin9 activity had been 9rouped in tour location. . In 1989. one of these, on the weatarn t ip of the i.land. appeared to be abandoned. There waa , however, evidence that two additional areaa were be:in9 colonized .

In 1917 , well-developed burrows with evidence of re9ular activity were marked with numbered atakes--a total ol 124 were .... rked this way . We counted the number of burrows in relation to the maber ol marked burrows in an area. The ratio of new burrows to lUrked burrows was about 4 : 1, whi.:h indicatea continued prospecting and initiation of burrow.. An eatimate of the nua.ber of active burrows on the ialand was about 500 .

We did not aystematically attempt to determine how roany were breeding burrowa , but we estimate as high aa about 20\ baaed on our detailed examination of 10 older burrows i nitially staked in 1977 . All but one were still act i ve, and all had inere •• ed in length--70\ had added at leaat one additional entrance. There were adult birds in two. Evidence of ne.ting waa found in two ol live artilicial burrow. IStorey and Lien 1985) examined. Several had been damaged and were no longer sui table for nests ..

A INjor increa.e in the Herring Gull population nesting on Middle Lawn Ialand was also evident. The ialand has always had a few Great Black-backed and Herring Gull neats. On thia visit, several dozen 9ull neata were found. There were alao aeveral large areaa wher., gulls landed to preen and reat--theae had not been noted in earlier yeara on the iahnd. There waa subatantial evidence of gull predation on Leach'a Storm-petrela, but not on Manz She.rwater ••

It appeara that the Manz Shearwater continuea to ezpand it. colonization of Middle Lawn I.land. That -hagdowna- have been confirmed a. breeding in Newfoundland only on thia ialand continues to be a source of curiosity and pride for local residenta.

Reference. :

Li en . J. and L. Grimme r (1978). Hanx Shearwater breeding in Newfoundland. The Osprey Vol. 9 No.2. 50-54.

Storey , A.E. and J. Lien (1985). Development of the first North American colony of Manz Shf!arwatera . The Auk. Vol. 102 No.2, 395-401.

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RARE & HNDANGERED NKrI'fll PLANTS OF N1lIfFOONDLAND & LABRADOR -a condensed prelJm.1na.rv cd:taloque (spec ies names followed by distributio n . NP- NPLO, t.A8=Labrador, STPM:S t. Pierre & 111quelon )

Pirst published 12 May 1989 by Robin Day, Little Eden Enterpris es. 12- 404 Elgin St.. Ottawa. Ontario . K2P 1N3 & being continuously updated with annotations . Cople s of the expanded ca tal09ue are availabl e at cost", $5 . 00 . I thank Agriculture Canada Biosystematics Rese arch Branch , Ottawa Experimental Pann , for the generous use o f the fac Uities .

The author hopes this condens ed lis t (largely based on Rouleau' s List of Newfoundland Plants, Oxen Pond Bot an i c park . ) w111 focus research & collecting 1n Newfoundland. Labrador & St . Plerre-Miquelon. It 1s so important t o conserve native genetic mate r ial for i t s own sake and for future agriculture , forestry and horticulture in the province . Species will be added" dropped from thls list as more of the region is explored by naturalists . Contributions of recent info rmation is welcome . Most of the plants a r e illustrated in the followlng texts which encompass the Nfld flora" are available from bookstores" Librar i es.

Pernald M. 1... 1950 . Gray ' s Manual of Botany. 8th Edition. Anlerican Book Co. Gleason H.A. 1952. The New Britton" Brown Illustrated PIon of the NB United

States' Adjacent Canada. NY Botanical Gardens. ""c"illan Pub . Co . Peterson R. T. , M. McKenny 1968 . A Fie ld Guide to WUdflowars of NE " N- Cent r al

North America . A Vlsual Approach. Houghton Mifflin co. Boston. PorsUd A.B. 1951. Illustrated Flo ra o f the Canadian Arctic Arch l pelaqo. (2nd

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Review & Discussion: Black spruce, Kalmia & Fores~ Fire Interactions .

Black Spruce trees (picea mariana) and Kalmia shrubs (common name Lambkill) are two of tne most common plants in Newfoundland and tb.ey compete for living space in barrens and woodlands (Day 1982). Where speuce dominates we call the area a forest or woodland and where Kallaia predominates we call the area a barren. This competition has become a serious concern to foresters as Kalmia is believed to be winning out over spruce and converting" former forest to barrens .

Barrens are being created where people Qvercut th.e forests . This process plus overgrazing has been happening throughout history in Ireland. the Mediterranean, much. of Africa and now Amazonia and Indonesia. The result has been the increase in grassland. desert, heathlands and barrens. Deforestation also progresses where low intensity wildfires spread across the land killing trees and tree seedlings but leaving the moist organic soil layer intact.

In Newfoundland, the uncombusted organic soil contributes in two ways to the dominance of Kalmia . This soil contains living Kalmia stems, and sprouts emerge from these in open sunny spaces thus creating the barren. Secondly. this organic layer frequently proves to be a lethal rooting medium for spruce seedlings because of its low water content in summer.

Does Kalmia Produce Allelopathic (toxic or poisonous) Substances?

Spruce interfers with Kalmia growth by casting shade (Telfer 1972. Day 1982). Kalmia is believed to interfere with spruce seedlings by releasing poisonous substances from its tissues (Peterson 1965). Peterson treated spruce seeds with a solution of boiled Kalmia parts and observed stunting in the germinating roots. The criticism has been made. over the years. that Peterson should not have used boiling water to make his extracts. that a boiled water extract of almost any plant could produce toxic effects on developing spruce seedlings. Thus, Peterson's findings have been considered tantalizing but inconclusive.

Recently. Mallick (1987) refined and repeated Peterson's experiment s by preparing his extracts in water at room temperature . He found tha t extracts of Kalmia leaves. litter. roots and Boil all inhibited elongation of spruce roots .and produced deformities . My problem with this experiment is that distilled water was used as the control. The control treatment could or should have been an extract of spruce leaves. litter. roots and soil . Alternatly. extracts of spruce could have been another experimental treatment . Either way. with spruc e extract results we would now know whether Kalmia is more inhibitory to spruce roots than spruce itselfl I hope this additional test will be forthcoming. From Mallick's experiment we can conclude only that Kalmia extracts are more inhibitory than distilled water .

Mallick conducted a second experiment to test the effects of water leaching through Kalmia shoots and soil on height growth of spruce seedlings potted in sand. The results were not provided in a table. Instead. only the growth percentages were given in the text. p . 48, and a comparison photo of treatment and control plants given in figure 2 .

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The photo shows aaall spruee seedlinqa in the pot treated with Kaill i a e leachate and aucb biqqer spruce 8.8dl10q8 in the control pots .

After reading the •• thods carefully I had to conclude that the expert •• ntal d •• 190 was flawed because of incorrect addition of nutrient solution. Bell and Koeppe I 8 1972 cited aethod was not followed closely . Mallick bad eiO'ht pots ot plants in his treatment cow ( four with rum. + leal.ia 80il and tour with spruce BeedlinO'B + sand) and tour pots (of spruce seedlinqa + sand) in the contro l row . Page 4S state. that the aand culture potl were fertilized and A2l. tbe pots cODtaininq I!.llli. therefore tbe teeat •• nt row received one ba lf the concentration of aiDeral nutl::ient solutlon on a 8011 volume bas i s . Thls invalidate. the experi.ent . Thus fiqure 2 i. a1s1ead1og and certainly doe. not deaonstrate reduced grotrth caused by ~ leacha t e .

The Observed difference. in height qrovth ot "spruce can probably be attributed to the ditterence. in nutrient quantity. Thi. exper 1aent will bave to be corrected and repeated before tield aanage.ent expenditure. on Newfoundland barrens and fore.t can be justified .

Lit.ratur. Cited ·

Bell. D. T. & Koeppe D."B. 1972. Non- coapetative ettects of giant foxtail on qrowth ot corn. Aqronoay Journal . 64: 321-325.

Day. ILT . 1982. Tbe Veqetation and Organic Soil Layer in II.lW.-Spruce Poattir. Co_unities . MSc thesis. Univ . ot New Brunswick Bioloqy Dept. P'edericton New Brunswick .

Mallick. A. U. 1987 . Allelopatbic potential of Kalaia angusti!olia to Black Spruc. (~H..t.l!..n.!.) . Porest I!:coloqy and Manaqement. AIlaterdaa . 20: 43-51.

Peterson. I!:.B . 1965 . Inhibition of black spruce primary roots by a water soluble substance in .l!..l.rli!. angustitolia . Porest Science . 11 ( 4) : 473-479.

Telter. E . S . 1972. Understory bioaass in tive torest types i n southweatern Nova Scot ia . Canadian Journal ot Botany 50: 1263 - 1261 .

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AT MEMOR I AL UN I YERS I TV BOTAN I CAL GARpEN AT OXEN PONP

PART 2!. SUCCESS by

Gerald C. Yetman

As a follow-up to my article entitled OSPREY NESTING PLATFOIU1S at MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY BOTANICAL GARDEN at OXEN PONO·I would now 1 ike to announce the hatching and successful fledging of 2 young osprey from our platform.

For 1988 our first osprey was 5 i ghted on Apr 11 27 and a pa i r was around for most of the surrrner. They used the platform for roosting and on about May 30 the female started to 51 t, unfortunately she came off on June 5 and subsequently nothing was produced. According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Blrds l Dsprey do take a few years to reach maturity so It is possible that these birds were still inmature .

In 1989 our first osprey was sighted on April 24 and on April 2S two were seen copulati':'9 on our nesting platform . Following this they were at the plat­form every day, spending some of their time gathering sticks and what looked like moldow (old man's beard) for nesting material. On Hay 8 the female was sitting low in the nest most of the day but got up once to copulate . On Hay 9 she was again sitting for most of the day and only seemed to go off once. These records are mostly my own observations made whi 1st going about my normal duties, so obvlollsly they are incomplete but does give some indication of their dally activities. On June 6 she was off for just a few minutes and I saw the male bringing more nesting material to the platform . Once a loud crack was heard and the male was seen hitting a branch feet first. breaking It from a tree. This seems to be normal practise for osprey for most of the branches they use are dried ones they break from trees themselves. The male was also being a very good provider and was seen bringing fish every day. On a couple of occasions his catch was one of which any angler would have been proud. The male would usually go to a tree and eat first and then bring the remainder to the female. The female takes care of pretty well all of the incubation duties, however they switch places for a short period while she takes her fish to a nearby tree to eat. When I observed the male bringing fish. sometimes one of them would leave again with It but I couldn't quite tell whether they switched or the male was just being awkward.

On June IS the female was up on the edge of the nest peering In. The following day feeding activity was taking place with the female tearing off bits of f i sh and reaching down Into the nest. Obviously an egg or eggs had hatched. I t wasn't until June 29 that one black and grey down-covered youngster was sighted and then a second one was observed July 2. Incubation was about 35 - 38 days. On July 5 both adults were off gathering more nestlng .materlal.

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On July 20, 1 had an excellent opportunity to obse rve their feeding behaviour and could hardly believe how well-mannered they were. I have no idea whether one of the young b irds was domlnent since I hadn't witnessed any aggressive behaviour between the two. While one bird was being fed the other was stand ing on the edge of the nest preening . When the fir st was finished feeding It moved over to the side of the nest and the other t ook I ts turn. The actual feeding was nothing l ike It Is with most birds I have seen. The mo ther would tear off small bits of fish with her bill and gently pass It over. The youngster would then very gently take the mo rsel of fish . eat it and then patiently walt for the next piece. I would be overjoyed If my dogs were as well behaved when being fed a treat. The young birds are get t ing quite large now and feathering up quite nicely. It is getting more and more diff icult to distinguish them from the adult. They are now brown and wh i te wi th a bit of go I den brown on the back of the I r heads and the brown feathers on the ir backs have white tips. The adu lts are much darker above and white below.

On August 8. I saw one of the young flapping its wings and rising a few feet above the nest. The following day It was perched on a tree some distance away. On August 10. I saw this bird fl ying quite wel l. meanwhile. what I pre­sumed to be the younger bi r d was stili practis ing at the nest. I have now seen one of them tearing up fish and eating It wi thout t he help of the mother, but during the same day I saw her again feeding one of them .

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much excitement amongst our visitors, they may even have become international celebri ties since there was a Japanese TV film crew here one weeke nd that spent quite some time filming them. We were worried for a whi le that all the atten­tion would dr ive them from their nest, but they proved to be very determ ined and provided us with a very memorable experience.

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On August 27 the fortn igntly morning Bird Watch was greatlY enhanced by the spectacle of watchi ng both. adult and young successfully complete fishing trips . While one young btrd appeared to nave chosen independence and wandered t o other St. John' s area ponds. the smaller youngster captured a small trout and proceeded to dermlfsh. it on its favorite tree perch close to the trail. One adult perched alongside and dis.couraged any crows that ventured too close . In years of observing Ospre.ys at oth.er nests. I nave never witnessed such trusting behavior. The Ospreys th.at have chosen Oxen Pond as their nesting sfte are . tn'deed, a valued addition to the parl"s attractions.

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Birds of the Grand Falls area, summer 1989

Song Sparrow

House Sparrow

Purple Finch

Whi te-Throated Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Dark-Eyed Junco

Tree Swal l ow

Common Snl pe

Greater Yello"!legs

Spotted Sandplper '

Common Loon

Ring- Necked Duck

Greater Black-Backed Gull

Herring Gu ll

Spruce Grouse

Merlin

Rough-Legged Hawk

Osprey

Hairy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

American Crow

Northern Raven .

Gray Jay

Blue Jay

Rusty Blackbird

Yellow Rumped Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

American Redstart

Black and Whi te Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Palm Warbler

Black Throated Green Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Ruby- Crowned Kinglet

Black-Capped Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

American Robin

Svainson I s Thrush

Hermi t Thrush

Veery

Belted Kingfisher

Eur opean Starling Common Flicker

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WILOllFE CROSSWORO 12 •

ACROSS ""'" I Nftlfoundlandersclll ftashaljl I what HelolfoundJanders call herons • , wnlt birds do with eggs 2 kilTer whale

II robin redbreast (lbb r ) 3 crocodi les and kids love It

12 ntcuHled - Jenny- 4 rh)'lDeS with an old horse

13 It really does catch gnats 5 two-thirds of African pest

" Ameri can crow (abbr) , , ,'ttle egret (abbr)

17 uashore shel l tropic.' cuckoo 19 "gull's tlil fndfutes It , .... ge young blnt of pr'af

20 North ...... rlcan (abbr) • .. be.r does it all wfnter

2Z rock or wood ---- 10 i beaver or muskrat swims along It

23 tl'lt. cll1 of a Spanish bfr-d? 12 western kingb ird (Ibbrl

2S old guttar bird In Australia " the tfpofa duck's bf11

" usu.l1y raises the young IS Iffddl. of .. stee.r

28 black (Ibbr) 18 the nohe nad@ by ducts' wfngs

" .. belver's tift warning 21 non. reported In Newfoundland's hills

3Z .. pig 's holl! 2Z frog eggs .tnus the . 's' 33 a nohy Newfoundlltld shorebird 23 add .. '>, ' for an egg part

3S I blm owl It nl~t1 24 llJJlbchops(lbbr)

37 Just one conmon he.r-on 27 WI! hive. to brave them

38 a drYer's nlnw: fn Newfoundland 28 everybody's feathered frfend

40 adlselS~shlde tree 30 Justone .. te fora gander

41 tiny swanlfng fnsects 31 I measure of sol1 and water acidity

" he 's wl1y and looks Hke a dog " all 1ft. depends on it • 47 no need tofn!.t foragrosbeai. 38 how one prepares a trap .. North American (abO r) 37 IIItfngthree-toedsloths1

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S2 I nDsquito in Newfoundland

54 Amedcan robin (atib r l

55 tile repeated sound a hawk. mkes

58,Hnlessfish

60 the nlJl6er of sun

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38 hi gh-fl yi ng songbird of poetry

39 orange-crowned (abbr)

42 swannlng Insect eaten by 13 across

43 a household pest

44 a Cit ' s tongue. 1s not thfs

46 check it for minerals

61 just one 1s a meal for I ptne IIIIrten 47 the [),jtch name for ponds

62 how do you address a snall1

63 I sowbug fn Newfoundl and

64 snowy owl (abbr)

65agannet ' s place on theclftf

The solutfon to this puzzle will

appear in the [)@c@Jllber 1989 issue.

48 a flower garden pest

50 I black or white camivore here

51 a pJantforLabradororBoston

53 I Newfoundlander after I scoff

56& shortslHP (slang )

5] I young fox

59 the 1 fan's nickname

solution to WILDLIFE PUZZLE #I June 1989

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This spring and summer have caused our native flora DO end of confusion. On the j Avalon Peninsula our spring started a little later than usual but it started very rapidly. The plants leapt into action and we had plants from spring and early summer all blooming at once. Then everything went on 'hold' with the cool wet weather of July. It has been confusing to all concerned.

I have been contacted by a number of visitors who are interested in plants. Our province is richly blessed and as long as people visit before the AlVs, etc. have churned the countrySide to a homogeneous muck, they will see some wonderful plants in abundance.

In this issue I will discuss two beautiful plants of our late summer and autumn -Fireweed and one of the Goldenrods.

Fireweed Evening Primrose Family

Epjlobjnm angustifolium L Onagraceae

Fireweed is one of the first plants to grow in an area after a fire bas ravaged it and, when in bloom, its beauty 'heals' the scar. EWWhiwn means 'upon a capsule' and refers to the inferior ovary. Angustifolium means 'narrow-leaved'.

The stem is usually about a metre high but it can rise much higher. The root system is extensive and Fireweed roots have the unusual ability to form buds which grow into new plants. In this way a single plant can soon form a large clump. After a fire, when the aboveground portions are gone, new stems can arise from the roots. The flowers may range in colour from magenta to pure white with intermediate forms that have white petals and pink sepals. The flower goes througb several phases which are directed towards cross· pollination. Abundant nectar is secreted by the top of the ovary. Since this flower has an inferior ovary the sepals, petals, and stamens are attached to the top of the ovary. The bases of the filaments form a hollow cone around the style over the nectar and there are hairs on the style just above this cone. These two structures protect the nectar from rain but allow insects to reacb it with their tongues. When the flower first opens, the style is quite short and the stamens are bent outwards so that insects can land on them. The anthers are covered with pollen grains that are bound together by sticky threads which help attach them to insect's feet. The stamens later bend inwards and the style elongates as the four large divergent stigmas expand. The stigmas then form the only landing site for any visiting insects. In this way insects will pollinate older flowers with pollen from younger flowers. If pollination is not effected by insects then the stigmas curl downwards and touch the anthers. making self-pollination possible. When the capsule is mature and splits open, the seeds are borne off on the wind with the aid of the tuft of fine hair on each one.

This species occurs all over Newfoundland. It is one of the first plants to colonize cleared areas, burnt-over woods. and roadsides. It is circumpolar in distribution and occurs in most of North America except for the southern parts and Great Plains.

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The young shoots of Fireweed can be used as greens but it does have a rather bitter • taste so that boiling in two waters may be necessary. The leaves can be dried and used in a herb tea mixture and it has been reported that the Indians of northwestern North I America used the pith of the stems to make a thick soup.

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Solidago canadensis L Compositae

There are cultivated varieties of Goldenrod in England and Europe but for us it is just a roadside plant - and what a roadside plant! Its mounds of butter yellow in the late summer and autumn are glorious and as beautiful as many a garden favourite. ~ is from the latin SQfulys, 'whole', and probably refers to its once reputed qualities for healing wounds. ~ means 'Canadian',

Most Goldenrods of this type form dense clumps of stiff, upright rod-like stems. The stems of the Canada Goldenrod are smooth at the base but minutely hairy towards

the tip. The plants 3re generally about two-thirds of a metre tall but they may reach over a metre. The leaves have sharp teeth along their margins that are distinct and well spaced. Three veins, parallel to each other, extend along the length of the leaf. The 'flowers' are attached all around the branches of the inflorescence but their stalks are bent so that they all face upwards. The seeds are covered with short hairs.

Canada Goldenrod grows all across the island but it is absent from the Northern Peninsula. It also occurs west to Saskatchewan and south to Colorado and Virginia. There are two other Goldenrods on the island that have three parallel veins in each leaf and there are twelve species in total. They require careful study to distinguish between them. The Canada Goldenrod grows in clearings, along roadsides, and in other disturbed habitats.

Please send me your botanical obsetvations and notes.

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A New Clov@r for Newfoundl.nd

Val~r i e R. Anstey Bi ology Oep t.,

Sir Wilfr~d Gr~nfell College, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

L.st September while on a field trip collecting mushro oms to be used in introductory Biology course .t Sir I_H lfred Grenfell College, Honique Vasslilo and I came ac r oss ill fRW plants of • species t hat WillS foreign to both of us. It was growing in the disturbed, gravel area su rrounding a back par king lot on the college grounds . Being e.ger to find its identity, we picked two of these sm.ll plants, put them in our collec t ing bag, Ind brought them b.ck to the biology llbor.tory .t the college to be identified . Once inside .nd with the help of the collQlge ~ s

resident Bot.nist , Hr. Hen r y Hann, the pl.nt w.s keyed out to be II..i.!.2...1.. ~ L., the Rabbit~s Foot Clover . We then chlPck~d .11 .v,il.ble literature and learned thlt this species WiilS not listed.s being found in Newfoundland. Th. specimens werli!' th"n pressed for l.ter addition to the College herb.rium.

II..i.!.2...1.. ~ L. is known b y m.n y convnon names . Som~ include R.bbi t ~ 'I Foo t Clover, Haresfoo t Clover, Old Pi eld Clover, Calf Clover, Pussy Clover, Po vert y Gr.ss, Bottle Grass,

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~~:p:~d J t C~!s~ :~:~l~~~t ~~o ~:u~~o ~~r dr:~ss~~~~~s r::~.i~:f le s=~~ e .nd in fields. (The species name ~ means - of cul tiv.ted fields- ( Fernald, 19~0).) I t hIS been introduced from Europe, where it is nltive in Europe, Asia and i n North Afr i ca. In North Americ. its distr i bution I'll. blten recorded as being wide"prlPad from Nov. Scoti. to Fl orida and wes twlrd to th" Pacific Oc~an . It is known in Clnada being presen t from Nov. Sco tia to British Columbia , although it c.n be considered rare in the Pr.iries.

Th. pl.nts which we collected .re between 10 and 20 high, erect, and branched. The flowers are forme d into ov,l-sh.ped head thlt have p.le pink to whi te corollas. (Older coroll.s .re light brown-white.) There Is more thIn one fl ower head per pl.nt. The sepolls and c.rpels are reddish-purple, and have white hlirs. This h.iriness, plus the sh.pe of the fl owRr h.,d mIkes it e.sy to se~ why t his pllnt h •• b.en gi ven the name R.bbi t ~ s Foot Clo v er s i ne. it does h.v e the Ipp~arance of a r.bbi t's paw. The specimens we collected h.ve reddi sh-purp l~

bracts, ,Iso wi th whi te hai rs .nd the stems and l elv es are covered wi th whi te n.i rs as w.ll. The lelves an. al tern.te and in the form of tnree l •• flets whicn are oblanceola te. Th~ leaflli!'ts are between 0 . :5-1.0 em. in l~ngtn .nd .re betwe.n 1.0-2.0 nvn . in d iMleter .t their widest part. (Se. fig ure 1.)

1988 :~d WI:,~O ~~d ;~~i i ~~~o~~i ;n:l~~ :a~:~a~o~~~~::~u;: s~r :::b:~~ e flowe ring period for I.!.i.!..2.1.i..t.r..!t..!!l.. L. as bein9 betwe en May .nd October . (Some reference. gi ve the blooming time betwegon

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Jul y -SeptemblPr ) . Unfortunatel y , speeimens which t'uld 90n. to selPd were not collected. The litaorature, howe vlPr, s tat •• tha t this pl~n t (which is an annual) has legume-like seeds which are s imilar to the •• ed. of tt,. Hop Clover, I.!:...i.!..2.1 a9Tarium , although the s.eds of Trifol i um aTven •• L. are n ot a. notched.

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Since this clove .... species has not b •• n found in Neowfound.land before, on. s hould s peculate as to how it go there" I t is possible thilt some s eeds of this specie. -nitcned- a r i de on the tire. or some oth.,.. part of an automobile coming from the mainland to th" island. I t is also possible that seeds may have b •• n in bird dropp ings from birds which fly to OUT area from the m.inland. It is more probable; now.", ..... , that seeds of thIs specie. we..... mi xed wi th grass s •• d in bags of l.awn se.d, .specially since .. lot of gardening do •• occur on the coll"g_ grounds during th., surrm.r . Moniqu. and 1 only found four plants of this specie. in t hat disturbed ar •• n ...... the college p a rk ing lot. W. took two specimens for identification, so tl"Utt l@ft just two sp.cimens of Tr i foli urn ~ L. to est.bl i sh the sp.ci es a s • nMo.l m.mb.r to the flor. of NMo.Ifoundland. Wh.th.r or not these two plant. w.re .bl. to spr •• d .. nougl'l s.eds to .st.blish a vi.bl. population in thl~ .r • .a will r.main to b. s •• n.

R.f.r.nc.s

1. Britton , N.L. and A. Brown, 1970, An Illy,tr.t.d Flora o f the North.rn Unt t.d St.t., .nd C,n.d., Volume 2, Dover Publicati onl, Inc., New Yo rk.

2. Fern.ld, M.L., 1970, GrAY ' s M.nutl of Bot.ny, 8th .dit io n , D. V.n Nostr.nd Comp.n y, New York.

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3. Gl.ason, H.A., 19'2, The NMo.I Br i tton ,nd Brown Illustra teod • Flor. of the North.t,tern Unl t.d St.t., ,lind Adj.c.nt Ca nada, Volume 2, Hlfner Press, Neow York.

4. H.rring t on, H.D. and L.W. Durr.ll, 19'7 , How To Ide ntif y ~, Th. Sw.llow Pr.ss Incorpor.t.d, Chicago, Illinois.

,. Hinds, H.R., 1986, Th. Flort of NMo.I Brunswick, Pr i mro se Pr.ss, Fred.ricton, New Brun5¥.lick.

6. Montgomery, F.H., 1964, W ... ds of C.old. and the North.rn Unt t.d Stlt.S, McGr...,-Hill Ry.rson Limt t.d, Toronto.

7. Hu.nsch.r, W.C., 19:i:i, ~, 2nd .dition , Corn.ll Un iv &or sity Pr ••• , London.

8. Rickett, H.W., 1966, The Wild Flow.r, of the United Sta t.s, Vo l ume 1, p.rt 2, McGraw-Hill Book Comp.ny I New York.

9. Rol.nd , A.E .• nd E.C. Smith, 1969, Th. FlorI of Nova Scott., Th. Nou. ScottI Museum, H.alif.x, Nou. Scotil .

10. Roule.u, E ., 1978, Li,t of the V"c;ular Plants o f th. Prouinc. of Ntwfoyndland (Can.d,) I Ox.n Pond Botanic Park, St. John ' s, Newfoundl.nd. •

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THE NEBTING SEASON (1989) IN SAINT-PIERRE AND M I QUELON I ' BLANDS

A 'alrly int.r.sting ••• son, ..... ther lor. or 1 ••••• usu&l, coverage nat •• tisfy1ng. Neverthel •• s, 3 ne ... speei •• 1 G.d .... ll, L.ittle -Gull and Sandwich Tern. 3 new br •• ding speei •• eonfir­•• d. Blue-winged T •• I, A •• riea" Wigeon and White-winged Cro •• -bill and po.sibly C.dAr WaHwing. No census p on ••• bird colonie. eNe.pt for the Ring-bi 11.d Gull.

R,d-1;brpat,d Lppn. No d.t .. fro I Langlad.. In Mlqu.lon, on. n •• t with on. '1iIIiiI Jun. 16, •••• sit ••• 1 •• t YI"'" (BE). On. pair and two young ••• n by M.1B July 17.

CAllpD LpDDa Th. sp.el •• do not n •• t in our i.1and. and obstr­vations art "scare. in this •••• on. · Thr •• occur.ne,., two indi­viduals, on. in br •• ding pIu,.g. Jun. 10 on tb. lath,u., on. in t'light b.t ..... n Fortun. and St-Pi.rr. Jun. 20 .nd two in br •• ding plu.ag. Jun. 27 at Grand B.raehoi. (NB/RE).

Ngrth'rn Fyl'.ra Two b.tw •• n L..nglAd .•• nd St-Pi.rr. Jun. 6 (AD) i. the only sighting r.port.d.

Gr.at.r Sb.arwat'r' Th.y .rriv.d ... ith th. C.p.lan, fir.t sigh-ting ••• v.ral thousand. off the ..... t eoa.t 0'" the 1.th.us Jun. 13. Probably .... 11 ov.r 10,000 w.r. pr ••• nt on th. l:i •••• • it •• S.v.ral thou.and. again, w •• t eo •• t 0'" Miqu.lon Jun. 27. Mueh 1 •••• ,ine •• about 100 July lS, .a.t eOA.t of Miqu.lon. (RE).

Sgotv Sh.4rwat'rl R.lativ.ly 1" .... with the Gr.at.r., •••• d.t. and .it ••• the fir.t •• ntion .bov., '01"'" eo •• on on the l:5th. F ..... ine.1 .bout l:i ... ith 100 gr.at.r. 01"'" th •• ast eOAst 0'" Miqu.lon July 18, nu •• rou. b.tw •• n St-Pi.rr. and Fortun. July 21 (REINS).

Men" Sb.arwat'r' Two out or thr ••• rtifiei.l burrow. on Colo.­bi.r island h.v. b •• n vi.it.d (AD. Jun. 22, RE. July 31> A f.w ••• n r.gulArly .t S.A around the i.l.nd •• l:i, July 14 n •• r at-Pi.rr. (NB/RE), s.v,rel b.tw •• n St-Pi .rr. end Fort un. July 21. H.erd on the .)(tr •••• outh w •• t point 01" St-Pi.rr.' ,July 10 and 27 (RE/AD/NB). 1 .p.nt on. night on Colo.bi.r isl.nd July 31.t, h •• rd voe.lizing (r.th.r bri.fly) •• v.r.l ti.,., th'y didn't land wh.r. th.y had b •• n ob •• rv.d, to in pr.viou. y •• r •• w.' 11 hay. to .... it at l ••• t ' .noth.r y.ar for. n •• ting eonfir­... tion. "0"

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brAsh', .tgr.-p.tr.l: Th. 'first r.port 1. on. b.tw •• n "'iquIlo" e and Fortun. Jun. 3 (DO). AbundAnt And n.,ting a. usual on Co-lo_bit,. island. For .,v,ral y ... rs w. had not.d Pltr.l wings on th •• xt,. ••• south ..... t eo •• t of' S1;-Pi.rr., this y •• ,. w. hA"" d.c:id.d to Inv.,tlgat.. So fa ... w. hay, eoll.et.d r .... ln. (chi.fly .. ings) 0" 192 individuals. In spit. 0' ',v,ral hour. sPlnt on the ,it. during the night, the pr.dator h.1 not bt." id.ntifi.d, p.ll.ts lugg •• t ... bird of pr.y CRE/AD/NB).

Nprth'rn aAnn,t:. F.w in Jun., on. 'Mc'ption, 30 to 40 (.cat ly i ••• turf'> with thou •• nd. of' Sh.ar"".t.,... and Gull., w •• t eo ... t of the lath.us on the 13th. S,Y,n rlports for July, •• )ci.u.: 8 individual. on south w •• t eo •• t of St-Pi.rr:' July 14 CNB/RE).

Br.at spr'prant: I No s,nsus carri,d an this y,ar, •• t i •• t ian indic.t •• appralc1.at.ly 6& n •• t. (AD/ RE/MJB). On. sit., 101'1. rack. 01'1' the .a.t ea •• t 01' Miqu.lon, w •• not vi.it.d, · •• • n 1'1"'0 •• di.tane. no .ctiYity wa. natie.d.

Dgubl'=sr"t:'td Cpregrant I No e.n"u. 1'01'" thi. sp.ei.. . ith.r. Much 1 ••• eo.,on on ••• 10 co •• t 01' Miqu.lon thAn 1 •• 10 'f.w y.ars. T ... o indiyidu.l. g.th.ring n •• ting .at.riAl -Iun. 9. High.st nUlb.rl 24 ••• n n.ar th. villag. 01' Miqu.lon Jun. 1 1 (RE).

Br.at blue H'rqnl On. an th. Isthlus July 14 (OB).

Littl. blue M'rpnl On. in Miqu.lon Jun. 4 r.port.d •• a "H.­ran- by B.rnard Oasp.rd), 1 eh.ck.d its id.ntity Jun. 9, it .tay.d th.r. until Jun. 14 .nd ..... photograph.d CRE).

Br •• n-bAek.d H'rqi'll On. in St-Pi.rr. July 10 stay.d until Ju ly 12 (FU).

CAn Ade GpA"1 A brood 01' If. (th. 1'ir.t .y.r r'port.d 'for Miqu,­Ion), younlil About T'AI-siz. Jun. 2:5 (RE). At 1 ••• 10 two oth.r broads .... r. los.t.d in th ••••• g.n.ral .r.a July 171 on. pair with 4 young and on. with :5, both prob.bly ,or. than 3 w •• k. old (M.1B).

IiIr •• n-winp.d T.al, On. brood 01' 7 young in St-Pi.rr. July 11 (FU). On. brood 01' :5 (adult .iz. and 'flying) in Miqu.lon Ju ly 30 (YD).

e,.ricen Blask Duck, On. brood 01' 4 or :5 young Aq.d about 1 1/2 w •• k an th. i.theu. Jun. 27 (RD/RE) . On. brood o'f 6 younq Aq.d about 2 w •• k. i n lanalad • .1uly 23 (.1. HaCAla).

NArth.rn pint:ai11 On. T •• al. pursu.d by :5 •• l,s on th. Isth,u • .1un. 6 !... 9 broods discov.r.d so 'far, 101'1. 'first on. i n Mi­qu.lan Jun. 16 (MLE) , the oth,rs on the isthlus. (RO/RE/NB).

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Blu.-winp,d T,al. On. pAir in St-Pi,rr. Jun. 1 CRE), po •• ibly the S.I' on. at i 11 Around Jun. 2& and n.)Ct days (BL/FU). Ev.n­tu&lly on. brood wa. 'found, 7 young .. f,w dAYS old on July 19 CFU). This ia th. first confirl.d br.,ding ,vid.nc. for th. i.lands.

18DW81.1... An .... aplci •• 1'or us. on ••• 1 ••• ,n .,Y,ral til'. and photograph.d D,ar ttl. Yill&". 01' Miqu.lon Jun. lj. to 9 (RE/DD) _

A •• rls.o Wigrpo. Sooth .... Ot ... br •• ding sp.ei ••• Firat ... al • ... a •••• n with .. ,.1. Pint.il at Grand ear.achois .1un. :5 .. nd 6 CRE) I AD ....... pair ttl.r. Jun. 71 Th.n w. found .. 1" ••• 1. with 2 young only, aAld about 2 WIlks July 17 (REINS).

WhU:.-wiop,d Sept.rl A group of about 60 scot.r. o'f' th ..... t eo.at of th. lath,us ... a ... bit too far 1"'0 ... positivI id.ntifi­c:atlon, tho ••••• n flying and elo •• r (22 of th •• ) ""'1"" all ""hit.-wing. (RE). .

B.d-br •• ,t,d M,rg4DI,rl B.t"" •• n 90 to 100 on a pond n.ar the l.th.",. J",n. 27 ""a. unusual (AD/BE), prob.bl y a r.act i on to di.turbane. on oth.r .01"" u.u.l .it ••• Th. f'ir.t brood f'ound on .a.t coa.t of Miqu.lon Jun. 28, h.d 7 young ag.d ~/6 d.y •• On. n •• t f'ound by MLE in Miqu.lon around the .nd of' Jun. had 11 .gg., on a .ub •• qu.nt vi.it July 12 the n •• t contain.d on. .t.ril •• gg. Eight brood. w.r. count.d on Mir.nd. lake (,a.t eo •• t of Miqu..lon) by DO July 18 with r •• p.etiv.ly 13-11-8-8-6-6-4 young, all .g.d .bout 2 w •• k.. Thr.. oth.r brood. w.r. f'ound the •••• day n.ar the vill.g. of' Miqu.lon (REINS ) . One also in Miqu.lon had 7 young, 1/2 adult .iz. on July 23 (YO/DO).

~:. On. at L.anglad. J~!'I' 13 eRE) .nd on. in St-Pi.rr. Jun.

Nqrt;h'rD !3g.hAwk IOn. n,.t in Miqu.lon JUD' 9. Th. 1' •• al. ""A' y.ry .gr ••• iy., the n •• t WA. DO ch.ck.d again (BE). In 1987 a n •• t ..,.. t'aund in this ar •• in April but f'ound ab.ndonD,d in '4rly July (AD/BE).

Bqygh-l.gg.d HAwk. Th. u.ua1 pair i. n •• ting at Grand Colo.­bi.r (AD/BE).

I!1I.J:.1.1nI V.ry little dAta thil ,u".r, on. alar.,d f' ••• l. in Miqu.lan Jun. 7, on. al.r •• d in L..ngl.d. ( •••• dat.) Ion. t'.­•• 1. 1n M1qu..lon Jun. 16 .nd on. in St-Pi,rr. July 3 (~).

Bllck-b.lli,d plgy,rl Th. f'ir.t .igr.nt wa. It Gr.nd aarachai, Jul y i7 CNS/RE). 13 w,r, pr ••• nt th.r, J~l y 30 COD).

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S.I'p41 •• t,d Ploy.r. On. n •• t with It egg. n.er Grend BarAeho 1:a ,Jun. 10, on. downy young end .. d •• d on. found th.r. Jun. 27 (AD/RE). Two broads n,4r the villAg. of Mlqu.lon found Jun. e 28, on. with 2 young (I •• n ) Ag.d about :5/6 dey s , the oth.r with on., _g.d about 8/9 deys CRE). I)

piping pIAy.rt On. individual_ I •• n L.').

tu..l.l.A.I.IJ:l On 'lying .. boy, the villAg. 0" M{quIlon Ju.n. 3 (R,E). On. on ••• t coo •• t : 0' ... iquIlo" Jun. 1& (NB/RE).

Br •• t,r y.llg ... l'pil On •••• t co •• t of Miqu.lon Jun. 1:5, the f1"'lt ligrents (1".w) Grend Berechol. July 17 (REINS).

L"I,r V,llpwl'pli On. heard end I •• n n.e ... Grend aarAehol. J'uly 17 CRE).

Sglitary Sandpip.r. On. 1n St-Pi.rr. July 10 (Fu).

~I On. n.er Grend Bereehola .1 ... ,", :S, two the n.)Ct day end 2 ella on , .... 1:5. (RE). On. on •• tit co •• t of' Miqu.l on Jun. 2. (DO). Th.y h.y. b •• n r.gul.r in .pring th ••• l •• t y •• r., n •• -ting .oon 1 ....

Spptt.d SAndgip.r. On. n.st " .gg • .. in Miqu.lon Jun. 17, on. adult .nd t ... o young n •• r Gr.nd S ..... ehoi. July 3 CRE), on. adult .nd on. young, 1/2 .. dult .iz. in St-Pi.r .... July 1. (NS), on. adult .nd on. f'lying young n •• r G .... nd a ..... C'hoi. July 17 (NB/RE). on. adult .. nd two young on .... t eo •• t of' Miqu.lon July 18 (DO) , on. adult .. nd 3 f'lying young in St-Pi.r .... july 28, on. young b ..... ly f'lying .1.0 in St-Pi .... r ••••• d.t. (RE).

WIlJ.A1u:a1.. Th. f'ir.t on ....... in St-Pi ........ July 3 (RE), the n,:Nt d.y BL. h.d " in the CaP' of' Miqu.lon .. nd .bout 20 on the i.th­.1.1. •• Th ••• Mi.u •• 0 f'.r ...... C'ount.d by DO, 80/90 in Miqu. l on and .bout 30 on t,,, l.th.u. July 30.

L.a.t SAndpip.r. Not .uC'h d.ta, on. indiYidu .. 1 .. l ...... d in St­Pi.rr. July 6 (RE). A. u.ual non-n •• ting individual •• pp ....... d in f'loek ..... ound the .nd of' Jun •• Th.y quit. nu •• rou. n •• r O .... nd B ..... chot. July 17 (NB/RE). •

Ulm.lin.. A po.a ibl. on. on the lath.u. July 17, a •• n y.ry b ... i.f'ly in 1light and so •• black notic.d on the b.lly (RE).

ShArt-bill,d Dp"it:Sb.r. Th. f'ir.t .i;rant • .... 1"" • ••• n .t Grand a.r.c:hoi., 8 bird. July 17 (RE).

Cp •• pn Snip •• On. n •• t " .gga .. t L..ngl.d. Jun. 7, on ... l . ..... d in Miqu.lan Jun. 16, on. adult and on. f'ly ing young 1n St­Pi.r .... July 13 .. Aa a eo.p.ri.on, during .t ... o yi.it. to Brun.tt. ial.nd (Fortun. bay) the Snip.. ....r. notic-•• bly '01"" co •• on th.r. (RE/NS/AD).

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BId phalargp': about ::SO in 3 groups b.t ..... " Mlqu.lon and For­tun. J~n. 3 (00).

pOI.riD. Ja'R,r, On. b,t .... ," St-Pi.rr. and Fortun. Jun. 20 CRE). About t.n J •• g ...... sl.n by AD b.tw •• n LAnpl.d. a nd St­Pi.rr. WI"" not id.ntifl.,d to , sp.el •••

par.,it iF: i.'Arrl 3 birds hara •• ing tn. Tlrns .t Grand Bar_­enola Jun. 1::5, on •••• n ' ov.rh •• d (RE).

Laughing Guli, Is it blea.inp Annu41 h.r~ 1. Two adult. n.ar the villag. of Miqu.lon Jun. 14, th. n.)Ct day, 2 Adu l t. and on. i ••• tur. in th. .orning and ~ Adults in tn. 'VIning. CRE/BB).

LITn,E Bl&.L1 A D." .pIC't I. for us. On. adult e&r.fu11 y ob •• r­v.d and w.ll d •• c:rib.d by BL in Miql,l.lon Jun. 23.

Rinp-bilild Gull, Tn. only eolonial blr'C1 e.naus.d this Y'Ar. W. found M ., eonaid.rabl. iner ••• , with 11:5:5 n •• t •• nd 2688 egg.. Th. high •• t count .w •• 901 n .•• t. in 197:5. Du,..lng the count on Jun. 27, th.,... w.,... Y."'y f.w ehlek. but •• ny w.,... h.tching (AD/RE). GB found .bout h.lt' at' the chick. h.teh.d July 4.

Black-legg.d Kittiwakll One. i.po,..t.nt, the eoloni.s h.v. di­,ini.h.d st •• dlly in ,...e.nt y ...... on the .outh w.st eo •• t at' L.ngl.d., this y ..... w. found th ••• eoloni •• tot.lly .b.ndon­n.d, only • little colony p ..... ist on the ••• t eo •• t with ... oughly on. hund .... d n •• t •• In Miqu.lon the colony in the C.p. i •• bout the •••••• l.st y'."'. In at-Pi ........ the colony on G .... nd Colo.bi .... i. ine ...... ing, w ••• ti •• t.d .bout 300 hund .... d n .. h July 31 CMJ'B/RE/NB).

Arctic .nd COllgn T .... ns Th. popul.tion at G .... nd B ..... ehot. i. quit •• t.bl •• nd p .... h.p. Ine ...... ing, • f .... n.st. h.d 2 .ggs th ..... Jun. 6, .nd on. t'l yi ng young Jul y 17. Anoth .... colony in Miqu.lon i •• pp ..... ntly inc ...... ing, 23 n •• t. w..... count.d on • b,..i.f vi.it th ..... Jun. 17 (Ao.tly COIAon) .nd .bout 200 adults •• ti •• t.d. CRE).

Ca.pi.n T .... ns On. n •• r ar.nd B ..... ehoi • .run. :5 (81..).

SANDWICH TERNJ Anoth.r n.w .p.ci •• for u •• Pointlng it. t.l.s-cop. to • group at' Co.,on/Ar-c:t ie T .... ns AD h.d the eh.ne. to di.cov .... this .p.ei •• , the oth .... T .... n. p ... oviding • good ••• n. at' eo.p.ri.on, it w.. n~.r G .... nd B ...... ehoi • .run. 7.

Bl.ck T .... ol 00. in Miqu.lon In • COA.on T .... n colony J'un. 17. W •• it the •••• on' still th.r., w.ll d.serib.d by L.ur.nt D.tch.v .... ,..y July· 18 7. I s.nt DO inv •• tig.ting Around the .nd at' July but non. WA. s •• n.

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Ce"g" Murr •• R.th .... unusuAl during the n.st1ng p.riod, 6/7 e n •• r ColOlbi,r island Jun. 18 (AD). NUI.rous .10 SI. b.tw •• n St-Pi.rr. and Fortun. on Jun. 20 and .1so b.t ..... n FOr"tun. and Brun.tt. island .1un. 22 (RE).

BA'prbill . 24 individuAls j:;r ••• nt on the n •• t1ng 5110. 0' the north eo •• t of' St-Pi.rr. Jun. 4, On. downy young found th.r. eag.d about 10 day.) July 1 (AD). On. Adult bringing two fl­•• 1. Cap.l.n July 13 (AD).

SlAek 84111.lp1;, No e.nSU5 this Y.A ... , about 70 individuals eount.d around the Cap. 0" Miqu.lon Jun. 18. Two young in St­Pi.rr. eAIii' 7) "".r. r.port.d by .SB July S.

Atlantis pYffin. Th. population in Colo.bi.r i.land ••••• in goad h •• lth and appar.ntly iner ••• ing. Th.r. w.r. _or. th.n 1000 .dult •• t ••• and flying on the .Y.ning of July 31 .. t. S.­y.r.l f •• ding young (RE/MJB).

Cpllpn Nigh"h.wk. On. in the vill.g. of Miqu.lon Jun. 3 (RE).

Chiln.y Swift. A .inl.u. of S individu.l •••• n by AD .t Lan­gl.d. Jun. 3, (.... r.r.ly ••• .or. than 1 or 2 bird. at • ti •• ) •

B.lt.d Kingfilh'r_ Th •• p.ei •• h •• b •• n quit •• e.re. in r.e.nt 'I'."', an. r.part only. on. 'in St-Pi.rr. Jun. 8 (BL). tit Blaek-baek.d Wggdp.ek.r. on ••• 1 •• nd an. f ••• l., •••• ar •••• la.t y •• r an L.ngl.d." "" •• t (RE). On. p.ir ( ••• n tag.th.r on the •••• tr •• , the •• 1. dru •• ing) on ••• t eo •• t of L.ngl.d. July 2 (NB/RE). Th •• p.ei •• "" il l e.rt.inly b. confir •• d .a • n •• t.r in the n.Ht y •• ra.

Nprtb.rn Elick.r_ Only on. n.'.t diacov.r.d (th ••• 1. photogra­ph.d at cloa. r.ng. D.ar the .ntranc.) at Langlad. Jun. 13 ap­par.ntly had no young, y.t (RE).

Ea.t.rn HRRd-p.", •• , On •• t L.nqlad. Jun. 3 (AD). On. in St­Pi.rr. July 10 ""., r.th'r unuau.l (RE) ••

y.llp",,-b.lli.d Flye.teh'r. GB .aw on. e.rrying 1"ood .t Lan­gl.d. July 1:5, ""h.r. th. fi,.,t n •• t w.a di.eov.r.d l.,t y •• ,..

Ald'r El ye.tsh.r. B.co.ing r.gular, On •• t th. 4.1'4.1.1 .pot on . ,.at eo •• t of Miqu.lon Jun. 16 .nd 17 (RE).

Ea.t.r" Kingbird. F .... thl. y.ar,'o 3 indiYidual" in St­Pi.r,.. Jun. 6 "".r. int.,. •• ting (GB). Non. r.port.d in Mi qu.lon .nd only on ••• ,n at Langladl Jun. 7 CRE). 3 ob,.ry.tion, 01" on. indiyidUal in St-Pi.rr. b.t"" •• n Jun. 1:5 .nd 23 (ADI Ab.l aoin •• ul I.n Kirkha. It .1). •

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Herold LArk. Thr •• flying young in Miqu.lon Jun. 17.

Tr" S .. 411g.11 At 1,4.t four nu.ting bO)(IS w.r. us.d this SUI­,,1'" in ·St-Pi.r ..... , th. young took off' &Y'ound lid-July.

BAnk Swallowl On. in St-Pi,,.,,,. Jun. 1, • f,w in Miqu.lon with Berns Jun. 3, nu •• raus ,in ·St-Pi.rr. Jun. :5, and slv,,..al .t L..nglad. Jun. 10 CAD). No' n •• ting data.

BArn SWAl19wI Th. l ... t on.. w.r. s •• n in St-P!.rr. Jun. :5 (RD).

HOUSE MARTIN. This .)Cciting ap.C'i .... A. s •• n f'or th. l.st ti •• Jun. 1 (RE/GS). Th. nu •• rOU5 slid •• t.k,n by 3 obs.rv,rs .r. not vlry good f'or publication but liiIood 'Dough for doC'u •• nting 1;,,. rlcord.

A.triceD Crgwl 26 individuAls tog.th.r n.ar the south w •• t co •• t of Miqu.lon Jun. 13 wa. aOI.what unusual.

CollgD Bay,nl two, Adult aiz .. on the C .. p. 0' Mlqu.lon Jun. 4, On. n •• t on·' . B.l ••• '1,.. in Miqu.lon h.d .pp.,...ntly only on. young, (v.,..y nol.y) Jun. 6, on. b",~"od h ... ,..d .1.0 ln Miqu.lon Jun. 9, • 1' •• i1YI 3 0,.. 4 1'lylng young in Mlqu.lon Jun. 17, two f •• Ui •• with 4 "fly1ng young ••• n in St-Pi.,..,... ,.. •• p.c::tiv.ly July 3 .nd 13 (AD/BE). .

Chiek.d ••• , •• u.u.l, .0,... bo,.. ... l th.n bl .. c::k e .. pp.d, no n •• -ting d.t ...

R.d-b,.. ••• t.d Nutb.tgh. V.,..y f."" individu .. l. p,.. ••• nt, .. nyw.y, .. n •• t "".. 1'ound .t L.ngl.d. Jun. 13, .. dult. f •• ding young ""ithout .nt.,..ing the c:: .. vity, .ugg •• ting th .. t th.y w.,.. •• l,.. ... dy •• v.,...l d.Yf old (BE). W ....... 1' .... in the ........ ,.. •• July 2. 2 individu.l. · ••• n in at-Pi.,..,... in l .. t. July (NS/RE).

Win1j1r Hr." I :5 ,...po,..t. th,..oughout the ..... on. 4 .t L .. nglad. b.t ..... n Jun. 3 .nd July l:i (AD/RE/GB). On •• inging •• 1. in St­Pi.,..,... July ::5 (AD).

Gold.n-erpwn.d Kingl,t, :5 ,...po,..t., 4 '0'" L .. ngl.d. b.tw,.n Jun. 7 and July 2 CRE/NB). 2 .al •• in at-Pi.,..":. July 10 (FU).

Ruby-erpwn.d Kingl,tl Do. n •• t at L .. ogl.d. on • .whit •• prue. (Pie ... gl .. ue .. ' .. bout 4. high .nd 1,~ •• w.y f,..o. the t,..unk, adult. ,. •• ding young, .noth.,.. pair f •• ding flying young in the ...... r ... July 2 CNS/RE). Sh: •• 1 •• w.,.. •••• n by FU in St­Pi.,...,... July 10. One ea,..,..ylng food in St-Pi.rr. July 14 CRE).

Gr'y-gh"k.d Tbry,hl 8.v.r ... l ,...po,..t. b.tw •• n Jun. 4 .. nd July 14 fo,... the thr •• i.land. (NB/RE). No n •• ting d.t ...

Sw .. in'gn" Thry.h. Two, h.a,..d .inging in Miqu.lon Jun. 6 and 9 (RE). Th •• p.ei •• i. n.y.r eo •• on h.r. and i. not con"fi,.. •• d as • n •• t.,...

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H'r'U Thrulh, H •• rd " singing in .,v,,..al pl.e •• this .u ••• r, · .t e . 1 ••• t 3 and po.aibl" four .... 1"'. .1nging in the •••• g.n .... al art. at L.anglad. Jun. 7 wh.r ... n •• t ... a. found l •• t Y'.I"" (RE).

A •• ris.o Rgbin. Not ."u:h r •••• rc:h for n •• t. hal b •• n don. th ••• le.t y.ar. for this coo',on .plei ••• On. n •• t with two young ..... 1"ound by as Jun. 10, Th. first 'lylng on ....... pot­t.d at LanDI_d. Jun. 13. Th. 1 •• t adult earry'"; food WA' •• • n in St-Pi.rr. J""ly 14 (RE).

Wat.,.. pipit. Quit •• ean:. this ".er, '"Slpt on Colo.bi.r i,­land whIr. th.y w.,... found nUI.rou.. thlr. by AD Jun. 22, and JulV 31 (RE).

CIder WAxwing. F,w r.port •• on. in St-Pl.r,... Jun. 7 (BL), and on. July 27 (FU). ".IS ...... ix young in MiquIlon with .. ,.Iot adult., h' 1'.,1. thl" I.y hay. b •• n born th.r •• Th.r. i5 no c:an,.ir •• d br •• ding r.c:orda "01'" the ialands.

pbiledllgbt.' ytr'A' On ••• 1. sInging In ""lqu.lon J'un. 6, 11 and 1~ CRE). No Sol1tary r.port.d. .

T,nn"'" Warbl'r' S.v.ral lal •• 11nglng In "iqullon and Lan­glad. in .1un. And 'Arly . J'uly. - No ot".r br •• dlng .v l d.nc:., the "aetl that •• M •• ar. id.ntieal do.an 't h.lp. (RE).

y.lIA" Warb1'r' Calion a. ulua1, On. pair, on. n •• t .. ith 4 .ggl in Bt-Pi.rr. Jun. 10 had young I,v.ral dAYI old Jun. 27 CaB), an ••• pty n.at at L.angIAd. Jun. 13 had 4 .ggs July 2 (REINa).

"'agDgUa Warb1'r' :Ii obl.rvations, 4 '01'" Miqu.lon Jun. 4 to 7 CRE) I and on. 10r Bt-Pi.,..,.. • .1",n. 4 (13B).

yilipwru'pid Warb1'r' 10 sightings "rol Jun. 3 to July 7, on. ' •• al. WI. I •• n earrying '.ath.rs In Miqu.lon Jun. 4, a ".W ~:l~:E~~r. linging at Lang lad. and Miqu.~on b.tw •• n Jun. 4 and

Blask-tbrpat,d gr,.D Warb1'ra QuIt. leare. thl. y.a,.. (0,..

didn't w, go .nough to the right habit.t 7) I didn't s •• Any thil 'pring and IUII.r, 3 h.ard 11nging Jun. 6 and 7 in Mlqu.­Ion and on. at L.ang1ad. Jun. 13 CRE).

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A •• rle.o B,d,tart. (, obalr."VAtioD' in Jun. and 'Arly July (AD/NB/RE) t no n.,ting d.tA.

~I quit. aeare., 2 lighting', th. 'frat: on., fairly l.t. Jun. (, in St-Pi.rr. CeD) I th,n on. slnging .t LanglAd • .1un' 13 CRE).

Ngrthern W.1;.rthry.hl Vlry eo •• on •• ulu41, on. n •• t in Miqu.­Ion with 0\ 'iii iii , Jun. 11, adults f •• ding young Jun. 28 CRE) 6

S,y,ral ••• n earry!"; food around the ,irlt days of July CRE/BS). On. 1'lying young in St-Pi,er. July 14 CRE).

Mgyrning Warbl'rl A ,.W linging in L.angl.d. and Mlqu.lon b.t ..... n Jun. 4 and July 2. On. pair coArryinlil "food .t Langlad. July 14 (aB).

CR.IPO Y,llp"thro'tl Mar. 01'" 1 ••••• 1.111.1 .. 1 in thl thr •• is­lAnds, .. f' ..... ,1,. Singing h,r. and th.r •• No oth.r n.sting data (NB/RE).

Hillon" Werbl,r. Fairly eo •• on h •• r"CI linging h.r. Ind th.rl, on, •• 1. carrying food in St-Pi.rr. July 14 CRE) •

SUI •• r raDIA'e_ A .,1. in chlnging ply •• g. first spott.d in St-Pi.rr. by NB .1un. :S, "" •• id.ntifi.d by AD •• this Ip.ei •••

SlyannAh Splrrp" ... IJ.ry eo •• on •• ulul1 but f,w ..... n.sts found thIn 1.111.111, .,v,r,l ••• n carrying food, on. n •• t with :s .ggs in Miqu.loo · .fun. 2':Ii, on. n.st with 4 .ggs in St-Pi.rr • .1uly 10 CRE). On ••• 1. singing at .1.00 AM in 8t-Pi.,..1'"' July 10 (AD).

FA" SplrrA"' Co •• on I. 1.111.111. On •• ,1. carrying food in St­Pi.r,... July 3. NUI.rouI .,1 •• &1:111 singing July lit in St-1'1.1"'1"'.. Young •• 1.. l •• rning ho... to .ing i. .01"" obyiou • ... ithin this .p.ci •• (RE)'

Spng Sp.rrp .... (, r.port. 01' •• 1 ••• inging, b.t ..... n . Jun. 1 .nd July 1 (BB/RE).

Whi1;,-thrpAt,d Sp_rrpwi S.y,r.l .inging h.r. .nd th,r • . throughout th ••••• on, on, c.rrying 1'ood in St-Pi.rr,. July 1

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~. V.ry .cArc" On ••• 1. in Miquelon "" ...... 11 d •• c:rib.d by Marc.llin Or.iny Jun. :i. On ••• 1. ..... .,.n in St-Pi.rr. by e NB in 'Ar1y July.

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Ruaty Blackbirds R.th.r "&"'8 ' in St-Pierr. but ••• n & .,. .... tl • • • (FUtile). On. brood .t Langl.de July 2. only anI t'lyinlil young adult .iz ......... n (NB/R,eD. "

pin. Grg,b •• kl Nonl ••• n in St-Pilrrl 1'01"" ag •• • •• A f ..... t L.ana1ade and Miqu.llon, .IYI,.al .inging thlr, in Junl. One nl.t in Miqu.llon Jun. 4, thl f ••• le "" •• appar,ntly inc:ubating and wa. not di.turbed CRE).

RId CrA"blll1 a .t Lanlill.de July 14 i. the only report (GS).

Whitt-KinArd Crga,b! III R eo •• on .ight throughout thl •••• on. A n ... breeding rft:ol"'d. on. , ••• 1. 1' •• ding young in Miqu.lon Junl 7 CRE). Three young adult .lz •• t L.anglad. ~uly 2 (Na/RE).

CAliA" Rldgpll, H.ard and ••• n ,.,v,,..al tl ••• in St-Pi.rr e, L..anlliad. and Miqu.lon throughol.lt thl . •••• on (RE).

pin. Silkin. On. indivldu.l, l.g_ of Mlq,,_lon .1une 28.

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Bill.. B.rth. ( S8) , Nicol. B.rthi.... (NB). Mich.l Borotr. (".Ia). AI.in D •• bro ••• (AD) I D.vid D.t~h.v.rry (DO) I .10.1 O. t-ch.v ....... y em), Yvon D.t~h.v ....... y (YO), M.x L. Et~h.b.r ... y eMLE ) 1 Rog .... Etch.b ....... y (RE), B ... uno Letourn.l (BL), CI.ud. l' Eap.gn ol (C L') F .... nk U ... tlzb ...... (FU) I

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1\10 o::-Jn t.o:.n. were -..n al.on9 Trinity Bay'. XlU.them stvx. on ~ 11. one on saltvater and 0l"Il on t~ater. Birds were _ing to aaltvater by early hqJat when three wet'll Men at 1leadN.n'. Bay on the Stt"llicj1t Shoce. A pair with a halt""QrtJoIn ch.J.dt CI'I Wil'ldsol:\ take in !lid IoI.qJat _ the CI'Ily APOrt' at: ...a::euful breedinq. A very ..... 11 a.s-tbmatAd tlIOn in bce.ding pu..g. - an unellpeCted borua toe Rcqer Ek.Iccowa and ICen Itnoofl .. :'t OJter eo... on I'Yy 14. and Kank Dtict.am ~ ..".011 l.o::IM. at least ~ of which was a RId-throated. I.ca\. CI'I ponds on the I'tXthern ~nir..lla in early .Ally. A su..r Pi.:Jo-b1lled GAbe at t.onq Pond toe Clarwnce Burry and Ilcug Phelan in early .Ally was an ewn better .i~ting-the bird oo-cptrated tor Rcqer Burn:ws and Kant Dtic:t-.nn CI'I JUly 10, anc:fwaa still p~t In md AI.q.1at. o\notlwr was tOJnd b.i Bruc. tt.ctav1.ah in the Qldroy' Valley in md'"1lDlth.

on. timt pelagic reporta at: the _e Wlllre, by BNoe tt.ctaviah elt Cape a.::. a\ ~ 2B.

:lr: '=~~tka:~~~:~lla~::!m~-::m ..... ~ ~ ~r, about a tho.Jsand Sooqo ~ and SO+ 1IsnX~. Bruc. aao repcctec1 three Lcngt.ai1ed. an::! bolo ~it1c ~r:II in late JUne. and Drw CMpbell trtlllll the USA addId • Cocy'.~. /UItlem CI'I the various pelagic r:talt.ea were. ' hcl4wr, lew. A t_ Gtater ShMrwat.er were Men cl.oM to lAnd in early July. l1Ie St. Barbe ten:y was .".ry pt"Odlcti.". toe Rcqer Ek.II'rOfa on ~t 3 with all tcur aMaNatem an::! amall fUlbea at Northeat rw-u, I.eed!.' • .." Ifi~'.~. Two days latar. Hank and JoI.tw'Ia Oaic::tvN.M saw owr 100 '-:h'a S~, _l1lU1t»a at Northam rw-r. Glu.ter and Sooty Sbutwatem and a a1.ngleMInX~r.

Bill Ib'itewcx::hi raportI: that a l'UltJae at dead .t.Nch 'a S~la a\ the _ i nland at C&pa St. Mary '. indicates n.tin9 acawhare in the area, .. don the tinding ot a dud MInX ~ in a puttin b.irror in the Mitlaa Bay sanctuary in July. Both ~i ....... to be elCE*'ding in the provinot &rid rww ooloni_ ot: both are e~ to be tound aeon. 1ha!rlol:tmrn ~ oolony a\ the _i/\land at Capt St. Mary's is alao upanding-BUI Monteveochi co.mtec1 350 c:hicb to the .. t and 15 c:hicka t:o the "-8t of. Bi~ Aodt on ~t 16. A tew Northam Gllmeta CDrIt1.rued to fly 'by Cape 5paar &rid Pcu::h CoYe in .. r1Y""iUd~. Nidi. Soper tcund good fUlbers ot ~ GImet ott the Strai~t ShoR in lata .J.lne. ' A retum puNga dawn the Strait ot Belle Isla in a.arly III.q.Lat _ indicated by a count of. 42 on the St. Bart:. tany en Aur;Uat 3 and 60 ~t Edell. a,.". t1at the naxt .omi~t Wllre adllU.

1htw IdJlt lbIb~ted ax.:anta at IWwws on "-y 6 ~ t:o be new arrt .... la. and .wra! others had arriweJ a.l.ong the Southern 'SheR two d.ya later. 'l\IQ werw near the GaatIO oolony en May 20. An early JUne visit by D:Inna Ek.IUer to the LitU. Barac;h:)la oola'ly en the CIpe ~ t9YNlad just 14 OCOJpiad nesta, halt the uaual ..... r . A tew WIIC'e seen along the ~t Shon and at 8aar Cow. GapplNydan in early Al.qJat. A Qw.t CI::Imxant and two Di::J.Ibl.e­c:.t.ad ax:.nnta appaancI at RxJcy B&d:a&r in early ~t. prtlbably .. a reMIlt at st..rcno XlU.therly wirda.

'the timt .-.n.mn Biu.n WM Men by Ilcug Phelan at tDgy Bay !aid an.b CI'I May 6. and another tIM tCU'ld t7t Claftnce &.lay at tc:n; Pond. St • .John's the naxt day-it _ the _ lillIe ,

::~ry~f~ ~~~~~~~~':~~~~f~ ~i:-vrJntd tMa .wra! .omingll in LIte May-thay warw u.aIal.l.y tl.uaNld t¥ the timt :)opr. 1he easat CXlMt's only Qw.t alua BIl'on was RpOrtad b.i ~v. ~U at Burnt Ialand.. lWUala in early JUne-1t lNat c:.-. tIM at Upper ferry in the Codroy Valley and another at Sandy Faint at the ~ tu.. Anothar bird WM report.ad traa ewr A.m., Groa ft)me NP on .Ally 23. and two birds ware alao Men at Gcand 8HctI CI'I the Ek.Irin Penirwula amlnd the ... tUM and !:epOCtad .. -crans.-. 'l\IQ birdl .. n tIying owr r.racunt !aid tcwarda St. John's on May 29 NY wall haw been Sard1W c:nr... 'lbI tint Sen. reported _ whirvodng trat Larry's Bog a.ro.a.nd rax:n en .J.lne 1, wt only 0l"Il poaaibla bird _ reportad traa tW9Jlar sites at tc:n; Pond and IDczf Bay rOMI arahaa. A bird WM piti.".ly idantitiad at t.onq Pend In aid .Ally.

1he aJrtcn's Pend pale of c.n.sa c-. dcadnatad other waterfowl and appeantd to be pcdinq SQgII at tc:n; l'\::Ind in early May, all:hc:ll.q\ tba _la t.ad to wandar to other parta later an::! harrau I'IMting dIdta; 8a wu awn Clbeerwd t:o pick ~ and shake ana crt a bEtxxI of six CX' Mwn alae*. ru::b on the ewning el Kay 14 -..::h t:o the cn.;rln of. the ad1lta ~ing thaa en llhir.t .... prt:ibably thair first trip t:o the _rsh pt:'Clper. Ria _te appaered to be a lot IIIOre tolannt el othar wat.rfewl and a.l.l.owad cb:ks t:o r.t and tead a t., t .. t tt'al. her n.t-1he cnIy latt the ia1ard onoa « tvic:e t:o tead-and prMn. No eggs bad hatdlad b.i IUd .J.lne, and a ~nt visit turned ~ ti.". int.rula eggs. c..da c-. started .::wing en the wast ooaat b.i ~t 7 whIIn Kar* Dtic:-nn .., 16 en the _n.b batwMn 8MM Bay and Riwr at Ponds. Bill ~ a~ tcant eid1.t on ~ ~ ba~n North 8arbcur and_~ on ~t l~

1he fint BlD-DJc:k bmcd r\aCI another t'Q.IQb arc.lUnue With tna ~ ~ 'lIII&l

~o~ ~:rdar~Aa~~~ :=~i: ~ ~~~tha~ ~we:c,~7~ 10 in tt- on KIf 22. A bmcd of. a on May 25-26 -r ha.". been 'a tc:urth .. tha dIckllnoa wen .".cy yeung. OW bmcd at 5+ yeung was t:ranItermct to aJrtcn's Pond in uely JUly . Another t_.la near Hi09in '. Una __ trying to diatnlCt -a dog IIIWf ta har bct:od en Kay It-. Ixood of 7 thrM-day-old Wc:kli9 en r.ent 's Pend on Kay 23-25 were likely the HI09in's Lina bcood trom Ik:Wley Mecsh , tbare wen. just tcur we11-QrCW1"1 young diving in r.nt's Pend on .J.ma 14. A Ix'ccd ' at: six at Oxen Pond on Kay 18 was <born to thnte by Kay 28. and three ethee bct:oda of. 10. 5+ and 4 wen .-n on .).Ina 4. A temal. at the IDw Bay ro.d marsh had at least U.". ewo-k--old young on May 22, and thet'll _re two lOra bC'OOda of 10+ and 8 sna ll yc:ung 1n urly Juns . By .arly ~,~~,,~ NIrf as 50 birds _ra CDlnted at t.on; l'\::Ind, wh11e 16 wen. brock at Ek.Irton 's Pond i n

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11\,," ~1['S of Northern Pintail bAd-the fint brood, of tooC' vert SI\lll yeung. was tOted

~t 2~t aoo-=· l~~ ·~~~~i~a:i:eeW:lr~~~ ~ w:. ~~nf ~i~u~: w:s ~~~t e alOl'lQ ReMi .. River on Kay 13 mYf have been fr'Olll t.ono POnd or Hcwl.ey Harsh. "drake Northern Pintail at Ridglt Ro6d on May 23 and Juna 4 was likely paired. At" lust 9 birds were atill at tong Pond in Ndy ~t. Several other Bhdt D.Idt and at l .... t one pt,tr of Gnen-vinQed Teal 81.1g9Mtad .... ta in the .~. too. althr:J.qt only the drake teal was seen in late May. By July 9, hclwewc. o:u; Phelan NIt II ferMi. with five \oIell~ ycuno. ~ to II dozen Gnen-wingBd 1'UJ. were ID.llting acound Long Pond -rsn in early hQ,Jat. n. dr.e Mallard and Mal.lam x Northem Pl.nt.aU hybrld altemat.d between t.ono. aJrton and Kant '. ~ In Hay, the latter being seen with II t_le at !tent '. Pond late In the ronth.

Two braodII of ftallard. one <XlJlIIiating of 13 SNl11 OJc:klif'9l, were Hen by 8cuc:e Mactavish at !tent'. PtInd In late May. It. f8lDa.le bad seven f1 .... ~y-<lld ycuno .It La~'. Bog on.:lme 11 theM NY _11 n. ... !»en the femde and twe ycunq at r.nt '. Pond on Jw. 14. ArvXher female Mel 11 rwwly--n.td'led young at t.ono bid in the second __ of ~1.y. Two femal •• were stUI At t.ono Pond in .. ely kIOUst. II drake llIid claim to Burton'. Pond in late HaY""1llid .lJne and was otten the only ctJck there until ... brood of 8J.dt D.Idt arrlwd in ate.J.m.. A pair of Blue­wino-d ~ Wr'e alao noted by r..n ~ln at. t.ono Pond on May 14, tJJ.t ~ were not seen aQain,

&l~~:l~:=~ =r!ufa~rs~f~~~~ned~~ ;!~~.8ay Ik.IllJl 8ig R::nd on Hay 6 Mf ha ..... been nesting pair., tJJ.t • pair of tMaer 5ca.1p seen by ~n ICnooIl_ o1t Middle Cove 00 April 30 represents III rare IIIpdng alcj1tirq for the province. A f.., a..,n !ider IllUlll'er way from nesting arus, .a a lone fenl. at OJt.er eo.... on Hay 14 is not wrprlalng. EYen IIDA wrpriairq was a drake !t:xthem Shoveler 00 Q111 Pond foe 8111 Threlfa11 in .).I..... A ~ Tal at Riverhead, Conception Bay on AlJ9.lat 12 101" at a rfl9Jur alte.

In central NewfOUl'ldl.and, Georoe Brinson reported _11 1'U!Oe1:W of Ncrtbam Pintail and ~ 1'Ul.' at ca.n.nvi11e In late ~ri1. No ' bcoode wer:. rwported, tJJ.t _11 I'Ullbers weA fOJt¥l in suiUble habiut in .. rly If.qJ.st. cnly OIW bc'OOd of wild Mallard .... re noted, at leuc1t fi ... I»lng seen on Cobb'. Pond in Gander on IolqJat 5. A Ixood of ~ Teal seen by Hank

~a:-:.a:.~-=~n ~~ru.d :~ l~ J.:~1!: ::iJ :ec~~ .... u: i~it PIrjtcn'. Pond and 18 at Cobb'a Pt:n:1. toth just wtside Garder. Mid 11 at GlerJolCXJd Pt:n:1 on Hay 20. others .... re wtside Glovertcwn and in the Gnnd .. aIls aru In llid .).Ily. OOy one brood. was frund at Glerwood Pond in .. rty AI.9lSt, tJJ.t three Ixooda were ~ at toth Cobb's Pond and

~J~i:;thc.::!~f~~:.:=.-=~:....r~8~~ ~e = =1 28 e d8y. two pain of a:..:.n ~ were ~ by Nick Soper f~ a known bneding site at Gl.erwo:ld R::nd in llid Kay.

A f_Ie eider at Cape l"nIels on May 20 Mf ha ..... bMn a ~no tidar jl.ldr;lrq by the (X)l.orat.ion and bi 11 length. EVen better was a brood of yoJt'Ig clOH to more on the Straifj'lt Shoce on J\lna 28. tJJ.t a bird at Cape Fntels on AuQUst 6 was abvio..LSly an illll'ature daok. Q::mD::n

:='~~s:nrd= :i~~~~t:onN!!.oa:ae~~r~:~~ Sooter and four dealte and OIW iIIInIIIwre 9J.rf 5o:Iter at CUlllntViUe SOUth in late JUne. 'Ihe bast biro of the 8I.IIIIIIr _ a f_le Hooded Merganser on auitabl. nesting habitat at Redcliffe, near Gnnd .. aIls, in early ~t.

0'1 the ..... t coast •• pair of Q:een-wingad TN.l nNr Pond Pbint, Q'lfP, on Kay .. appeated to be on territocy, but a flodt of 25 on the salbf4ter at b:ky KarboJr on Hay 12 .... re obviOlJSly lIi;ranta. A few bicdlS .... re seen alonQ: the ooast in late July and early Al..lQUst. Single female Mal..lar:d were aleo noted at flawl(ea Bay and St. Paul's in late sunrer. \t\at look.ed like a brood ot ·g.nui .... • wild birde, 8 in all, were fwnd t¥ Hank oelc:hnann at Bird COYa on the Northern ~nllWUla on .J.Ily 21. Alao in the Gro8 Morne NP aru, at Pond Pbint on Hay 17, Hank DIIid'lnann saw a pair of d.Icks that locked like "-rlean Wigeon, a alre .peei .. that tar north. The sarra

~~~ =t~rta~nl~ne!-:;!v~rn:-~~ O:te:= :ln~t~, on .J.Ily 6 ~re quite br north. A f-a R1n;J-necIt8d. tuck on Berry IIead Pond saw her bc'OOd drop froll , to " by .. rly ~t-ll drakes were also pruent . Rank &lao fwnd fi .... txoods of CoDon ~ on the ..... t OOMt, includirq tIoIO on adjoining pc:iMa in the tOIn::ncS area of CHOP. A pair at ~ on Middla IsLand, St. Paul's Inlet on tyy 23 were a little late foe IliQrants, and a .J.InI vuit re .... lad a r.st with .i.;tlt 1IIQIiJS. ca.::.t Eider and Slad-bceaeted MecQan8er alsO had ..... ta on the island. An aerial surwy by Hank oeic:taann rewalad Cc:aII:In GcW5eneye am ~ ~ brood. in the r..cnq Ranoa Mwnt.aina, but the t..t dcjltirq was at a f-we !Jac~ with two tlyina YO.II'IQ a~ the ~r fUIbIr Jti \Oltr. .

- Vl.llllta to the eoarov Valrey in eUly.).me reveiliif"..v.ril palri otMerlcan Wigeon and Bha-wlngld Teal. at Wic;Jaon Pend bj ~r Ferry. 'this siu had at least or. brood of both NorthKn Pintail and ...,dean Nigec:KI bj Ilid1:lnth, and added a pair and a single drake I'tXthem Sbcwar. 1\10 female IttJrthem Shoveler were still present. at' Wigeon Pond in late July, bJt dlck bc'oodII awearad to be dawn in IUltlar fraa previous yean. Stu Tingley 's tour 0t0JP alsO fOJt¥l a =:-:. s:::.:~ ~wcJ =~f~~W~ rc!:;,~~~~;l;.~ ~ md~iiicmwm _ found a bn:Jod of 10 YOJI'IQ at Glide Brook. Deer Lake, on July 1.

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-123-The-first OSprey -on~the west-coast was reported-on;.pnl 2S;- b..itthe llIAin- lii:l1IementsEiiteCi

in early Kay with savorsl sightlngs around Acx:ky HarlxAJr. A few sigttings were reported frem other than ~ Pond on the east coast, and a pair were r'e9Jlar visitors to Bay Bulls. The nest welCOJlB l'IIN$ was that the pair at Oxen Pond successfully raised two )'OJng on the nesting platform for the Urst time. Ole ywnq bird was seen to catch and eat a SlMll trout in late AlqJst. Q') the other hard. a nesting pair atterrptinq to use a pcwerline standard were evicted. several were seen on the Burin Peninsula 1n Auq..ist.

A subactllt Bald Eagle OYer the White lIills in early June was -likely fran the lIobin Ikxx1 Bay biros, aoothec biro was at Bay Bulls IiJdng the swmer, and one appeared to be lost at ~r Island Cove in 85rly August. An adJlt was present at Frenchman's Cove /IOI!It of the sumrer and an aWlt was at 9wift OJcrent on AIJ9.l.st 20. Northern Harriers were also reported in small rn.rfbers on both the east and west coasts in May and June, and IUlDers of INIles .appeared to be up f['(XII

fi;~~ea~~~nd~f=l~:~l~nf= = ~:: ~~~~~ce b=i~ ~,= ~~ Clair, Labr5dor in early Auc}Jst. A dark-phase bird was in the TroJt River Hills in early AlqJst, and others were seen in the Grand Falla area dJring the SlmI'IEIr. Another dart~ bird was flying over the &Jrln Peninsula hiQhway near the Garden Cove. turnoff on AI.9lst 25.

I'terllns _re the story of the sl.Imer. One was baex at Long Pond and others _re noted in late May on roth ooasts. 1\.c others were seen in central Newfoundland on May 20. By the end of the rronth, a pair _re noisily protecting a nest in the ~ite Hills and probably Hedged young in mid Jur., with two fledged YOU/'9!lters noted in early lIugJst. Another defended its territory with 9t'8at relish et Bishop's COve . Al.m::I8t every erea of the provillOll reported surmerirq birds, severel of which were apparently defending nests . There were also six birds reported in the Gra!: /'lome area in two days in raid Aug.J.st. A ferrale Sharp-sh.1nnad BawIt was t.)nting over If'Iite Hills on Kay 22, and another was at COrmack in mid ~t, t:.Jt other reports were laexing unt.il late in the QIOnth when an ad.Ilt male and a .subildJlt female _re at Oxen Pond. The only .--dean lre8tJ:el reported were froa. the GleJ'lollOOd area on June 15 and at. Parson 's Pond on Au9-Ult 4, and the tint Rtregrlne of the fan 101&5 an adJlt male flashing after a flock of starl1J"19S at the Hetrorial canp.lS in St. John's on the morning of AuQ.,lSt 18. It'Iat was proba.bly the same bird was scorching over Ennis Aveooe the next morning.

9.Jffed Gr:oJse pcp!lations remain lew on the Avalon t:.Jt birds c:ontirue to I::e cepxteel fram ~ite Hills and in the Conception Bay South area. IlJu;j PMlan also found two broods al.orM;j the Gall.cws Cove PI»d in Torbay. Georqe Brinson found a male focaqing around his garoen at CArmanville South on June 28 and was able to capture it 1ater-he also saw a tmxld of 10 Mfed Grruse. The only Spcuce GmJse reported were I:Jj Marcel COr:nect. and Sylvie ~1s in the Grand Falls area. A brood of Ibdt Ptamigan at the top of Gcoa I'brne in mid July totalled 9/10 birds, indicating a I::etter:-than-aYera98 food supply this s!,lll'!Sr. At least three broods were counted.

The Greater Yellcwl egs found at the end of April was still at ton;J Pond on May 1, the first appeared on the SalJronler Line on Kay 5, and there were a few along the Southern Shore the following week. Apart from Cc:acln Snipe, few other shorebirds were repor:ted. in early Hay. At least two Least Salq)ipers were noteel in possible nesting sites at cape Freels on Kay 20, and a pair of Spotted Salq)ipers were back at ~ Pond by Kay 22. An '-dean N:x:dox:k at SOUthwest Arm, 1NNP in mid Juns was at a usual spot for this species. A male Piping Plover was back at cape Freels for R:;xJer &Jrrows by May 20, t:.Jt Nick SCper found none on. frur beaches on the Straicj\t Shore in JUM. tb birds were present in early IougUst. either. Wldeer raised broods at cape Anguille R:Ind on the west coast and in Kilbride, and there were other birds at Parson's R:Ind and Cape Freels in early i\l..QJst, and cape Bt'C¥le on Alq!St 20.

Both SeIIi.~t.ed and Bl.act.-bellieel Plover were widespread t:.Jt not found in any 9t'8at n..m:.ers in early AlJ9,lat, boLt the latter 'did turn up at the sumdt. of Groll Home on July 25. 5eaU.-palmated PlaYer in the early part of JQiqntion are all adllts, the best counts I::eing 24 at St. Paul's on AlqJst 2 and 46 at Renews on Auq,lst 9, t:.Jt the la['Q8r I1UlOers are later in the lfDI"Ith when the majority of birds ere iDtratUre8. '!his was the ease with (X)OJnts of )01 at I.amaline on Alq.Jst 20 and 129 at Garnish on. ~t 25. Black-bellied PlaYer miqration is more protn.cted for arults, and acat of the 22 at St. Paul's on hqJst 2, 16 at Riverhead on. AiJc1ust 20, and 46 at Grand Beach on Au9Jst 21 were still shewinq laroe IImJUnts of black.

'!he first r...ser Yel.lowl.e9s of the fall _re three at Riverhead, Conception ~y, 00 July 16, and there was one at Spaniard'. ~y two weeks later. Others seen in early AuQ.,lSt were a sin;le at Shoal Cove Wast, 6 at both Eddies COve E:ast and cape rreels, and doubles at Biq Brook Flats, Cape aroyle and Renews, all t'8QOJl.ar sites. By Au9Jst 12, four more 'were at Kell1qrews, a surprising 7 _re at Cape Bt'C¥le three days later, and there were frur at. both ~nlard'. Bay and Riverhead on. Iolqat 27. Small nunbers also appeared on the BJrin l'IIIninsula in Auc}Jst..

Hicj\ (X)Jnts for Gnater Yellcw1.egs were 89 at Spaniard's Bay 00 July )0 and 85 at Eddies COve East on Iolqat 4. tblbers dropped later in the rronth, the better counts being 12+ at Cape Bn7tle, 24 at Spaniard's Bay, 32 at Riverhead, 20 at Grand Beach and 15 at Garnish after m.1d­lfDI"Ith. A Willet was baex at Sandy Point, St. GeoCQEt's Bay, by early June, and pairs were there in late June. 'nle usual rurtlers of ~l were seen at St. Paul's in July, t:.Jt lJ.IIlbers on the Straicj\t Shore _re lc-r and later than usual in early Auc}Jst. Sp:It.t.ed s.ndpiper nureers ~red to be hicj\er than USOJal with counts of 24 at Eddies Cove East , 14 at Cape Freels and 9 at Cape Broyle all double the normal early Au9-Ult runber. ~t appeared to I::e a Stilt ~iper turned up at Pond Point, Groll Horne NP in mid Alq.Jst. the sane tim! as two were reported frem Frenctman ' s Cove on. the &Jrin Penil'lSllla. Nearby Garnish had an adult and juvenile on ~t 25 and an adllt was extremely co-operative at Bcwrinq Parle. for a week in late Au9Jat. .

-1211-~ weA on the IIDYe by IIl1.d July, and reached an urly peak in the tint week ot AIJOUSt.

It. OCJ.jnt of 35+ Laut 5arq)iper at Ae.--s on July 23 SUOQaated talllligration wu well uOOet'<tay, and thee. WM .. ainQl. Sm.i-palJnated 5arq)iper. Althr:::lu9h LeMt and 5ead-palNted 5arqIipen were pcaent. in -..11 tuIOIir. on the vest oout, ltU.~ Sar1c%>iper provided the bulk of aign.ntA-co,mta of 124 at St . Paul's, 305 at Shod Cove Eat and 240 at Pines Cove were the h~t o:JJnta In euly ~t. It. count of 296 at LaIIIIUne on ALqJ.at 20 was interestifIQ ad theA weAl vecy few birds .It othIIr shorebird sites on the !klein Peninsula. On tM otnec h&nc5, s.J.-p&bMted Sandpiper rud:lea we,... up at several sites, .althcugh 128 at Lamaline was the hie;t.t CClUnt. tu.t Sandpipea were also widespAad on the &.Iein Peninsula. Ii faded adult w.tam 5arqIiper It .. noted at Riverhead on AIJOUllt 20 and .. 8eird'. sa.-q,iper was at the ~_ U ne pond ater in the a:lnth_ .... to be gettinq II'OA western Arctic and Pr&ide4:lceeding ahocwbl cdI t.heM days . . .

on. best of the .. dy shoAbiC'd IlU.granls was • SoUtary Sandpipu to,md by ~ Phelan at "'it. HUla on July 26, another was at Bowring Part in at. #ot.Ioj1.J.st . There WIIC'e 15 e..DJy 1\ttretcne .It Riverhead on .Nly 30, b.it lUIi:Iers _re down on the Nrlwfo.mdland aid. of the Strait of a.Ue X.l. the following _k. TWo dean oc so _AI at both Rii.-.chead and Spaniard's Bay in ai~lat. Augwlt, and a a:J.Jnt of 26 at Tayloe's Bay a'I Al.qwa t 20 was the best foe se .... rlll locatio. a'I the ludn PWninsub.. In July and .aely ~t, Sanderling .... A dso ac&ree. Aad Jrtt .... re at.ent. and theA w .. a'lly cne D.Inlin on ~ o..bec side, too. Red ICrDt were seen in mid-late Iou!J,ISit at both Spaniard'. Bay ancl Rivertw-S (7+), and rat.-e In tha II'OI"Ith at ~lligrews , ....,. and Grand a.ad'I. ~ AuljpJst 15. a Pectoca.l. 5arq;)ipar checked In at the aJt7j Une Pbnd in K1lbdcSe, and ar.othtIr, in very faded adult pllm1lQe. was at Rivertwad on AIJo;;Just 27.

Sbort-billed ttwitchen .... re vecy widespread and turned up at St. Paul 'a, fAdies Cove £aat, Shoal eo... £Ut, Cape l'CNla (2). tr.lligcews (2) and PnetlJQlll Cove South In early AI.q.lst, and a fUltlee .... re S4Mn on tM Budn PWninsub. from IIdd-mnth--a a:J.Jnt of a at Garnleh on AIJ9,Ist 24 was t:he I'ligt! count. "lone 1fll..::a ' . ~ was pceunt at All,..... a'I ALq.lat 9. and there .... re .lngl. Short-blll<ad Cboritcher and D.Inlin at Spaniard'. Bay. Three vecy tan.- bitcheD .... re at Spaniard'. Bay on ~t 27. The only Bufr-or:-.ted Sanc,dpar reported t7j R:IgIer IklrroWs at LaNl1,. a'I Al.qwat 20. the .... day a f_l. aJff ... _n at RiverhNc1. 1M first ju;"nil.ea of the taa. s.1-paI..tecl p.wv.r, lIU~ and. se.1~tecl Satqlipaa ..... re at Cape Beata on~t...l.5.

The IUlbtr o!- Rinq-bil.l.s QUls at QJldl Vldl ~. r..1ned I'licjl, with 242 on May 5 and 56 a'I May l~ll bolt a Mcond wint.-r bird .... re adults, bJt the ruar w .. down to 20 by Hay 22. 1here were aI.o _11 ruabtrs at Renews. Trepasey. Pnint t. Kay., Riverhead and St. JaIeph's on Kay 6. 'l'wo palA atared at Long PI::nd until at l.ast May 12. and one pair [1IIIIIIined to at least Mly 17. In centesl Newfoundland. 91 _re at Ganc»r Bay and 22 .... A at Irvwr NfNaan Sound on May 22. bJt CieocQe 8dneon ceport.ed bAec1i"9 nuro.rs _A down a'I the Straicjlt ShoA blands. and there _re tewr than usal alc:ng tM Conoeption Bay North shoAline in aid ~t. Several tho.JaandII were .....cS along the Northern PIIninsula cout in stra\q ao.Jtheaterly winds and rain in ... ely Augwlt. BAeding M.ICCeM was apparently b.1cj1 in the Burtn PWnlnsula and rortune Basy coloni_ as ... ny groupe of juveniles wre alonoside roade and beadles apparently seelting wt t.eri_ and inMCta. All u.r.ture GlaJoous Q.UJ. seen at Bay Bulla QI'\ "-y 6 was still present foe Qwll.ey Bryant on Mly 18 and RoQer Burrots a week late e •

" pIIlr of _ting CaIPrJn 8lack~ Q.U.h _re dbwrbecl. t7j " BAld £agle at POrt Blandford on May 20, but no birds .ta~ In St. John's. "-nesty- pair _re at Sanctt Point in early ~. and a ~e b1rd w .. at Riverhead, Conception Bay frca AuQUat 12. TWo were back aaonq the QUll node. at O,lid1 Vidi Lake by late ~t. All imnatur. ~ Qlll was at LMlaline on /ol.9lIit 20. poaalbly blown up by what turned OJt to be a .... ry bIre hurricane earlier in the /I'OI'\th. 1he Ur1It CCau:ln and Acetic ntrns were bedt at Pnrt Blandford on May 20, and two Caspian Tea. .... re at Gander Bay the HIPIt day-Nick. Soper also report" birds at 'l'IIillingate a few days t.fOA . YOJI'IQ birds weee seen at Grand. "Beach and an awlt was caecyinq food. at I.wIIaline 1n late o\I..qJat. A dark phase badne "-ger .. as another St. Bart. feny hicjllicjl~ in "ely ~t.

1Ma w .. the -~e of the tema--an adult LuIIt 'nIIrn (the provlnc:e • seoonc1) .. as seen by R:qer BuC1:O'S juat on the Newfwndland side of tM Pnrt aux Basques t.ny croulng on June 25 and a SatOt1c:b 'Iltm (tha province's fir1lt record) appeared tor &NCe NoCtavia;h at Bellevue &each on JUly 19. AnIa:dngly. a aec:ond bird turned up for JIooer Burrc:ws near St. &artle hactoJr on ~t 3 and Ny h.a ... been the bled reported In the M6Qdalenes "elier in the SUlUlee. A Q:mIcn ~ at ONr Ara, en. MomII NP, on May 25 was both late and tucthllr inland. than usual, but the JMr'. _t .. tourdlng speci_ ... both wt ot seuon and OJt of e&nQe. On .Ally 15, Stu Ti.ngley and hie tour QCCJJP turned up the provi.noa'S first lla.rbl.ed !t,I.awlet. oft "'-ichoQ Provincial " .... .

'Snc;.y Od .. linQllc<ad at both Cape Race and ltllt.e Hills. wi th bfO at ..en .ite in early ~y, and .ingles at lust until May 8 and 14. respecti .... ly. and i t w .. lAter d~recS that an iaMture, and prot.bly an .aJlt. bad stayed the _r at the latter .ite. 'l'wo IIIOre birds also ...-red In the SOJthsicSe Hilla .around soldiers Pnnd. Birds _re aLao repoct.ed frcaa ~ Avalon

:~=-c.ws.v: ;:;y~~ Ma~ w~~~~,C:~i~,,~~~~~~~~ ~~~ =~r~ er-t Bon.s Od.ll in Gel:» Han. National h~ in IUd t4ay w .. very dark. and t:he temale licjlter

~two~'~~~~~'wi=e~r! ~:l:-~~l~~i~= ~r:mth~ ::~: All ac).llt 011 with two well-grcwn )'OUf"IIiI raised in or- of 60 bu~ dug In a .ott bank by t:he 'tWin Rivecs golf a:J.JCStI In Tern Nova National Park .... re likely Gent BocnIK! OllIla, but the choice of nMt .ite ~t t. CXlImldeced WJJSUa,1 for &t¥ bird of prey.

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A Sbxt-.ared Olfl was _II at the U8Ua.L spot bt MuSQnve HartoJr par:!<. on JUfloI 28. se .... raJ. W[e reported on the Nocthern Peninsula I1Jdng the Slml8r, and II pair were cloee to Forteau, L&bcadoc, in a.ely AIJO,lSt. The ally repoct received t'raD the AvalQn Penirsula vas a pai r noted at " new location near Bay Bulls in early July. Boceal Owls atterrpted nesting at Butterpot Provincial P.!IIrk, bJt the birds deserted after ews were laid, althOJc;Jh at least one ad1ilt remained in the area all aum.r. Another bird was heard callinq at Blllewe Beach. an .noou~lng al9". and two !IDA heard calling alonr;I the Bay d'Espoir hl(1ntay in late Juns WAI

li.kel~fj!ii·Del~ li.rrwfi.aher of the year was b.ir,~ at Bottcm 8rodt, Groll Home Naticnar 'Park. on ... y 9. and another was in St. PtUllipe frem Hay 14. IhJq and Sylvia PhelAn found thr- holes on a bank. OCOJplecl by ... pair in t:he White HUla in .arly July. A 5eoond nest was at a t"e9Jlar site alc:ng the WAterfocd River. Ric;tlt 00 OJe were Borned LarIuJ at Cape Race at the beginning of May and nee .9Wal.l.cws at oxen fa'ld and 81ac:khe"d, ~ SpellC, on ""r 18 and 19. A flock of SO

~~~~~~~~: ~Ha7i~.:~ :t~~~ =~ ~~~~ ~=!;~ ~ by Joe Brazil and Kevin Moore at Lewisporta and iOrtuoal o:we in pdd June. 1he ooly urusual .wallows we[e Clift SWl.l.ows 1n the Cod.coy Valley in eaely June.

lingbl~ L"S!::';~:Y ~~in,:~~~cve~.u~~.!J~c.J:a;!s~~~ti~"!a~tJ~ltl~~ =-= ;;=~awfue·!~~r~ ~ne~l=r!:n~; !":;:s~r~~~~~~n~:ua"re A ftH r.ll.aw-bellied Flycatchers had arrived on the west O».St t1t .. ely June, but no Alder •

~~nioc.~b=t1I~~~l~~~rs;~i~~~U late ALWst when an Eastem l'boM

D::IUg Phelan found a Bonta! Oi.idtadee nest with ~ng in a.ely JUI'III .. t !(ent's Pond,. and perti .. of young biro. th~t the province SUQl}eSted an excellent nesting MUOI'\. A oount of 12+ Alld-bcNeted"'l<l1thatcheil alonq the Cow HINd Peninsula te .. U in oely Aul;pJst indicat .. a .uccessful bceeding season on the west tDUt-bicda turnad up on several tern islands ..meA trees an SC8t'C1." TheA was also one badt at !(en ~l .. ' property in Kiddle Cove. I.o;r Buy in aid /ou9JSt.

Somewhat .. eliee ~n uaual wen a male ~ linglet and at l .... t two re~ warblers at PiWl Pa~ end LonQ Pond on Hey 1, the sarna dey as sewnl ~ l1ngleta ~r.d in ibcky Harbour. 'Sewnl Goldlln-cromecl JUnglets were in full SCX'lg in aid Hey-.J\.IM and they seemed o:xtrtO"I8r thAn usual on the "velon Peninsula. There wan alao two re~ Macblers at Middle CoY8 on Hay 3, a ~comed Iil1l;illet at White Hills on Hay 5, and three .1.n¢ng Mlite-t:hcoated ~ at \oi\ite Rills on Hay S.

Iellow-rumped Nacblers were IIOC1I appacent at lDng Pond on Hay 5 when a Northern Waterthrush 1liiY also have been heed singil1l;il by Clarence aJrry-one was certainly sinQing by Hay 12, and &nothee was at \oi\ite Rills on Hay 14. with the main amval apparent on the aoming ot: May 19. The tirst Blackpoll Nubler was seen in St. John's on Hay 16, end the fint Ie.llcw Warbler on

~: ~·T~~~~l~:. ~ ~ =e~~af~J =li~ ~~lrc~-:.;-~ ::n;: ="~ bf.c:k at Quln Pond by .)J,.. 4. HiI!;J1olla.m HaKnlno Warblers IOIISre also back in the COUlds by JUne 10. 1M: best wacblec of the late spdng was reported by Jm Brdtenshice-a llllle Prnthcnotary Wacblee in St. Phillips on Kay 29. wt it was not seen aQain. A family party of wu..cn'. Warbler, plua CoIacn ral.lowtJu."oa.t end Aatrican Radst.art, were c::onsidered &al8What unJaWIl foe Say aJlls.

1M: tiest ~ed 'Ihr:ush _ b1dt at Oxen Pond by Kay 2B. and the sarre location turned

hf;'~ ~:!~5~or~~~~ ~ ~~~~~ f=t/~o::. ~ :a~e:~~~r.t St. Catheri,.. on May 28 WM the first of the yeae foe 8A1tern Newfo.wSland. Cedar Wuwings we-=- badt in St • .;John'. by eaely June. The first of the fall vil9ranU was an aOJlt f_le Pralri. Warblee in Hik. Parlllinter'. garden on Focest Road, St. John's on ~t 15, follewed by two ~ Marbl.rs at 800frirq Park a _k later. By late August , wacblars wren on the IIIOY8 on the Avalon Paninsula and local -hot spotS- wece being ta.c;etedofor viaita.

Central and eastern HllwfOt.lndland tend to get theie ~t' residenta back .. little oeller than on the Avalon Paninsula. "lMle R:lIMI-br'eastlld ~ at a feedee in CatAlina, t'rlnity Say. in aid Hay was the only ceport of the apdng period. A SIoIairwon's 'Ihrusb was at Innu NewmAn Sound, 'INNP, on May 20. about a week aftee the fiest Baadt 'Ihrullhes. The first Ovemird, ~, Pat. end Bac:x-tJu:oated Green Warblers tarrived tlbout Hay 18. and there were 8l.ack~t8. Kegnolia and wu..on 'a Nacblers by Hay 20. A female ttorthern Parula and a Pal..aI Marbler tat Cape Freels on Hay 20 were appaAntly depc8ited a little off course by the .trong winds. A sil1l;ilil1l;il SoUtery Vino by the HalAdy Head CMWrouod entell.OC», TNNP, in Late' JUr. was in a t1I(]ollar bl:wedirq site, and anothsr was heard near Bishop's Fllils in late.).ma. 'lhe UIDIiJ location prodJced the only Veed_ of the sumae.

On the west CX)IlSt. the first Iel1ow-n.1111Ped NArblers did not appeae until May ·9, and the fiest MxthItm waterthruah waited until Hay 12. Both Yellow and 9lac:1t~it8 warbl.rs were broc:k and in full SCII"Ig on May 18 by the Vialtoe Centre at Rrocky H.JrbCiUe. The first ~lia Warbler appeared on Kay 23. a day ahead of 9ladc.-throat.ed Green Macbler and two deys ahead of ~~ and 9ladtpoll Narblees. A Bay-bceested Hacblee at Blue Ponds provinci .. l Park in aaely .)Jr. was at a ~lar location. A AId-obntasted I'llthatctl in Com.r Brook in .J.Jne suggests & f ..... ' Ny bceed.

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It. M\l~ ~.~ reno toO~uc, Gcoe- l'IOtne NP, ·wu. day .. diet" in a IIOYIImIInt of 1IU~ Spr&rn:ws. and an .-dean Tree SpurOf Men in tM Codroy Valley in early JUne WM • partlcululy ute IlUgcatlt. lien also had • ~t«t Gl"cIebeak. dnging in the Ccx:lrot Valley. SOng spun:- _~ CXIIIICI'I on the west coast and wcw a.lao tcuncS by H&roIl COr:nect and Sylvia DJpui.a in the Ccand Falla .eN dicing the ~r.

the .ain ~ ot Savwnah 5parrcws atart.ed in Nr:ly "-y and blrdl '1M" on t.arritory by the end of the tint wed. At. leut. 11 weAl counted on rarrylMld 8Md on Kay 6, and they were ""~R the toll.cwing -'!;. It. l_ ~ Sp&rrtws WR praent in euly ""y. and. song Spaaow was • wrpd .. at IDoY Bay road llllllrah on April 25. lin all""White biro in the ..ute Hills c:a.aa.S KIll c:or.ternation 1n Mely June .until "[bJq Phelan confined it. wu an albll'W) DLdt~ ~. A _1. &'CIW Bunting WIllI in full S\,IIqr pll.lllllOl, • (lin ailjlt t.re. at Kiana Cowl on May 19, OW t_ly ~cty of Nl.lt...-winged crnssbill weR _n at. cap. 8royl. the san dilly. Alcn;; with ...,.ral parti .. ot ~ ~ll which appeac.d to be .till at the CClUrtshlp .tAgIe. 'the ... aiw.tion occu,*, alHwtwre. YoJng croubUla _re alia Men at OIten POnd on Jw. 4, along with -.11 g~ of Pi .. Sblkln. '!he only AItd Cr:ceablU .00. EYenlng ~ c.pocted wre at Inner MeIocnan Sound, ~P, on ""1 20. It. few lied crosabUl ..,.a:w, hc:wever, r.pocted dldng the .....,.r when EWnlno Groabeak. _re neatlnq in central Newfoundland. .,

~ ~~ .. ~:oo ~~= :=~rdw~ckon·~~ Ity.:-tta:i~~ "t!l!:!n ~ hNl:d until -td May . At. aut a. yoJtJg bird waa seen by ~r BurrotS and RaM Ceichmsm in urly .).Jly . 'Ihe fint bty BadtbiJ;d waa also a few days urHer than npocted-r.v1n fU)A rwpotts bo at SalJl.:lniel:' on April 27 and !(en lncwl .. had a. at Kidr.Ue Coole on April 28, and thecoe w.- a pail:' theA pn May 14. At least one nut was ,uoe.saM with 2+ yoJtJg at r.nt', Pond .Ln Late July . D:lUg l'hllan found four ale Bcbol.lrU toQI!ther in a pasture in l1lbd"- in early ~. en the .... t c::o..t, a Qlacn Gnck.le in Rxtty 8ar'bcur on May 24 VU CJJite tar north; but QCOd I"UIIIbIIrs of 9ctJDlJ.rita on t.rr1tcxy in the Codroy Valley Wt'll I'II'X'aIl. A pdr and two jUllenile ~ ~ at Ibcky Rat1:lour in .ady ..u;,.ast were the fiat toe D:In and ~l LeaCKlnth'. feeder', tut • ~ Gndtl.e at Iten Jncwl.ea' f..-r at ttLddle eov., I.ogy Bay, in ~t .. a Atum vlsitoc.

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