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Atlantic Provinces 22 Dec (Fide Billy Digout),And an Imm Atlantic Provinces 22 Dec (fide Billy Digout),and an imm. near Yarmouth 19-28 Jan(MN). Brier Island contin- uesto holdthe lion's share of winteringTurkey Vulturein NovaScotia, with a peakof 20 there 17 Dec (ELM). Singleswere notably far e. at Ingonish, 23 Dec (James & Kathryn Bridgeland)and New Haven 5 Jan (Angus MacLean),both C.B.I. WATERFOWL THROUGH RAPTORS A single Greater White-frontedGoose was foundnear Waterville, Kings, NS 7 Dec (BMy, JudyTuffs). Peak counts of Gadwallwere 50 at South Rustico,PEI 13 lan (Eric Marcurn) and 24 at Barrington,NS 6 Feb (PaulGould). Ten AmericanWigeon throughout the period at Saint John, NB made a record count for the province(v. o.). At least7 Green-wingedTeal toughedit out until25 Jan(Laurent Jackman, et al.) at SPM. A drake Canvasbackwas at N. Sydney,NS 21 Feb+ (DMq, SusannMyers), a hen at Yarmouth,NS 9-23 Feb (BMy, Richard Stern,et al.), and anotherhen at Daniel'sHead, C.S.1.9-17Feb (MN). Theonly Redhead report was of one at Long Pond,PEI 8 Dec (David Seelet).An amazing45 Ring-neckedDucks on the usually-frozenHammond R., NB 30 Dec wasan unprecedentedwinter number at one Brian Dalzell Abbreviations: Avalon (Avalon Peninsula, site (DSC). A "small" flock of 12 Tufted Ducks FundyBird Observatory Newfoundland);C.B.I. (Cape Breton Island, presentthroughout at Quidi Vidi L., St. Johns 62 Bancroft Point Road Nova Scotia);C.S.I. (CapeSable Island, Nova (TBO) wasa newprovindal high. A highcount GrandManan, New BrunswickESG 3C9 Scotia); H. R. M. (Halifax Regional of 4254Greater Scaup on thePEI N.E C.B.C.15 ([email protected]) Municipality);G.M.I. (Grand Manan Island, Dec was indicativeof the open conditions NewBrunswick); SPM (St.Pierre and Miquelon there, while 5184 were on the Pictou Harbour, interwas a generallytimid affair in the Islands,France); PEI (PrinceEdward Island). NS C.B.C. A pure flock of about 75 Lesser southernreaches of the expansiveAtlantic Scaup in Halifax Harbour in late Feb was region but not soin Labrador,northern New GANNETTHROUGH VULTURES notable(FLL). At least13 King Eiderswere Brunswick, and the Great Northern Peninsula NorthernGannet continues to lingerlonger in pickedout of flockof 11,000Common Eiders of Newfoundland, where it was colder than winter,with singlesat bothMiquelon (RE) and at CapeRace, NF 16Feb (BM). Twoimm. male normal. Temperaturesdipped as low as -45 Cape St. Marys, NF 15 Dec (JohnWells). A Kingsat Orby Head, PEI 13 Jan(EMA et al.) degreesC in westernLabrador, though snowfall goodcount of 225was made off EastPoint, PEI providedone of veryfew winter reports from thereby the end of the periodwas only about 14Dec (EVL). For the firsttime, they remained that province.Mid-Feb surveys for Harlequin half of the long-termwinter average (300 cm). at the mouthof the Bayof Fundyall winter, Duckfound about 200 at themouth of the Bay When oneconsiders that this Regionstretches with 45 in Seal Cove Sound, G.M.I. 29 Jan of Fundyin New Brunswick(fide VDG), and some1920 km from CapeChidley in the north (VDG). An abundanceof smallherring was the about 600 in Nova Scotia,mostly along the to Cape Sable in the south, such extremes attraction:a 30-km-long"doud" of gannets easternshore e. of Halifax (Andrew Boyne, shouldnot be unexpected. A good indication of estimatedat 20,000+ birdswas engagedin a C.W.S.).There were 139 on the Cape St. Marys, this sharpclimactic difference between north herringfeeding frenzy between C.S.I. and Seal NF C.B.C.,up fromonly 20 in 1990,a welcome and southwas the numberof speciesdetected Island, NS in the 2nd week of Dec (MN). development]Best count of Long-tailedDucks in two adioiningprovinces: Nova Scotia had a Double-crested Cormorants continue to went to Prince Edward Island, with 3000 off record209 speciesfor the period(BMy), while increasealong the Atlantic coast, with 52 found East Point 14 Dec (EVL). Bestcount of Hooded New Brunswick also raised the bar with 167 on Nova Scotia C.B.C.s. Great Cormorants are Merganserwas 75 at Lunenburg,NS 2 Jan species(SIT). Extensiveice did not formin the thoughtto be reboundingin theFrench Islands (C.B.C.).A RuddyDuck at SaintJohn, NB 27 Gulf of St.Lawrence until earlyJanuary, result- (RE), where 200+ were found on the two local Janwas apparently a firstwinter record for the ing in a generallyunhurried exodus of water- C.B.C.s. province(KMI). Three were at Dartmouth, birds.In keepingwith recentmild winters, An American Bittern at Truro, NS on 26 Jan H.R.M. (BMy) 15Dec. manyspecies of half-hardylingers continue to wasa goodfind (JeffOgden). A CattleEgret The annual raptor count in e. Kings,NS setnew endurancerecords, especially in Nova wasat Aylesford,Annapolis, NS until 11 Dec turned up 333 Bald Eagles9 Feb (67% ads.; Scotia and the Avalon Peninsula. (StephenHawboldt). Two Black Vultures were 33% imms.). This is a bit below numbers from found in Nova Scotia, one at L'Ardoise,C.B.I. the lastfew years (fide Jim Wolford). 148 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Atlantic Provinces Good numbers of Northern Harriers were numbers of American Woodcocks are now found in early winter in s. New Brunswick, reportedannually in sw.Nova Scotia, mostly in Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.Broad- Shelburne,and there is little doubt that some wingedHawks are now almostannual in Nova successfullyoverwinter. A flockof 200 unidenti- Scotia,with six reportsfor the winter period. fied phalaropeswere reported at Old Proprietor Birds were found at Tantallon, H.R.M. 2 Dec Shoal,G.M.I. 7 Feb (VDG); Red Phalaropes (Fulton Lavender);Wallbrook, Kings 15 Dec wouldbe morelikely, but eventhese would be (George & Margaret Alliston); Belleville, almostunprecedented in the areain midwinter. Yarmouth23 Dec(PG); Argyle, Yarmouth 11 Jan (MN); Glace Bay, C.B.I. 24-29 Dec (Cathy JAEGERS THROUGH ALCIDS Murrant); and Dartmouth, H.R.M. 13 Jan Several Great Skuas were noted at the mouth of (TerryPacquet). The speciesis quiterare after the Bayof Fundyoff BrierIsland, NS in Dec,as earlyNov in North America,and photographic well as "large numbers" of Pomarine and documentationof any of thesereports would ParasiticJaegers (CAH). A record430 Black- be most desirable. An imm. Red-tailed Hawk headed Gulls were found on Nova Scotia delightedobservers at St.John's 5-7 Jan,where C.B.C.s.The ad. Thayer'sGull at the Halifax-- rare (TBO). A total of 94 wasfound during a RichmondPier returnedfor a 3rd winter,pres- 2ndraptor count in e. Kings,NS 16Feb. One or ent 30 Dec-26 Jan (BMy el al.). Anotherwas 2 GoldenEagles were present at ShepodyBay, reportedduring count week on the EastPt., PEI Westmoreland-Albert,NB, the Region'sonly C.B.C. (14 Dec, EVL). A major movementof consistentwintering area (DSC et al.). Ivory Gulls took place past L'Anse-aux- Meadows,NF in earlyJan, with 50+/daynoted The nameI_'Anse-aux-Meadows, the site of Leifur PTARMIGAN THROUGH SHOREBIRDS (BM). The onlyreport outside of Newfoundland Eirikss6n's"Vinland" settlement, is synonymousin Willow Ptarmiganwere in shortsupply in w. wasan ad.feeding on a sealcarcass at Dominion birders'minds with European Golden-Plover (and Labradorthis winter, their reportednumbers Beach,C.B.I. 10-13Feb (v. o.). Surprisingly,one perhapstoo therefore with Mactavish's name!), but exceededeven by thoseof RockPtarmigan. At in St. Pierreharbor 26 Jan--7 Febwas only the it offersextraordinary winter birding for the hardy least 10 of the latter were presentin Feb at 3rd ever for St. Pierre and Miquelon, and the as well. ThisIvory Gull was part of a strongflight Smokey Mt., Labrador City (Bernard firstwell-documented bird there.By and large, of the specieshere in earlyJanuary 2002, when Jolicoeur).Gray Partridge persists in the Region there were no large flightsof alcidsobserved as manyas 50 per daywere seen. Photographby mainly on agriculturalPrince Edward Island, nearshore in the Regionthis winter. Bruce Mactavish. where 56 were found on the Hillsborough C.B.C.29 Dec.A SandhillCrane that appeared DOVES THROUGH GNATCATCHER at St.Anthony, NF in earlyDec was still present A White-wingedDove arrivedat a feederin 18 Jan,surviving on handoutsfrom localresi- Alma,NB 1 Dec (DoreenRossiter) and stayed dents (fide BM). Numbers of overwintering about a week. Mourning Dovescontinue to shorebirdshave "increased noticeably" over the "pushthe envelope;' with at least20 attempting pastfive years in Nova Scotia,no doubtinflu- to winter at a LabradorCity feeder;only 6 encedby the warm weather(SF). Surprising Thealcid event of the winter was a rerumnedby the end of the period (Cheryl was a lone SemipalmatedPlover at Pinkneys ]'•tragic one,precipitated by thedelib- Davis).Snowy Owls staged a goodflight into Pt., Yarmouth6-11 Jan (Paul Gould et al.); eratepractice of offdumping off thec9ast of the Region,the best showingsince the late anotherwas near the villageof Miquelon5-16 NovaScotia by shipsunknown. First reports 1980s.At CapeRace, NF, 20 werefound 22 Dec Dec(RE). A LesserYellowlegs was at C.S.I.until of seabirdoiling came 7 Febfrom sw.Nova (BM et al.). A fair number of Northern Hawk 15 Dec (C. B.C. data), and a WesternWillet Scotiaand by 22 Feb extendedalong the Owls wasnoted in Newfoundland, with virtual- (subspeciesinornatus) was present throughout entirecoast to C.B.I. Most reportsinvolved ly noneelsewhere. In comparisonto lastwinter, the periodat C.S.I. (MN, JohnnyNickerson et Thick-billedMurres, but significantnum- therewere few reportsof NorthernSaw-whet al.). Eightunidentified dowitchers were also at bers of Dovekieswere reported as well. Owl mortality inducedby deep snow cover. C.S.I. 20-28 Feb (MN). Somepeak counts of Samplesof oil taken from two deadbirds One Red-belliedWoodpecker was reported shorebirds at C.S.I. were: 75 Black-bellied revealedtwo verydifferent types, according from eachprovince, a definitereversal of the Plover,25 RuddyTurnstone, 95 RedKnot, 500 to Tony Lock of the CanadianWildlife goodnumbers of previouswinters.
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