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The Winter Season December 1, 1990-February 28, 1991 STANDARDABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REGIONALREPORTS Abbreviations used in placenames: THE In mostregions, place names given in •talictype are counties. WINTER Other abbreviations: Cr Creek SEASON Ft. Fort Hwy Highway I Island or Isle December1, 1990-February28, 1991 Is. Islands or Isles Jct. Junction km kilometer(s) AtlanticProvinces Region 244 TexasRegion 290 L Lake Ian A. McLaren GregW. Lasleyand Chuck Sexton mi mile(s) QuebecRegion 247 Mt. Mountain or Mount YvesAubry, Michel Gosselin, Idaho/ Mts. Mountains and Richard Yank Western Montana Region 294 N.F. National Forest ThomasH. Rogers 249 N.M. National Monument New England Blair Nikula MountainWest Region 296 N.P. National Park HughE. Kingety N.W.R. NationalWildlife Refuge Hudson-DelawareRegion 253 P P. Provincial Park WilliamJ. Boyle,Jr., SouthwestRegion 299 Pen. Peninsula Robert O. Paxton, and Arizona:David Stejskal Pt. Point (not Port) David A. Culter andGary H. Rosenberg New Mexico: R. River MiddleAtlantic Coast Region 258 Sartor O. Williams III Ref. Refuge HenryT. Armistead andJohn P. Hubbard Res. Reservoir(not Reservation) S P. State Park Sonthern Atlantic AlaskaRegion 394 262 W.M.A. WildlifeManagement Area CoastRegion T.G. Tobish,Jr. and (Fall 1990 Report) M.E. Isleib HarryE. LeGrand,Jr. Abbreviations used in the British Columbia/ names of birds: Florida Region 265 Yukon Region 306 Am. American JohnC. Ogden Chris Siddle Corn. Common 309 E. Eastern OntarioRegion 268 Oregon/WashingtonRegion Ron D. Weir (Fall 1990 Report) Eur. Europeanor Eurasian Bill Tweit and David Fix Mt. Mountain AppalachianRegion 272 N. Northern GeorgeA. Hall Oregon/WashingtonRegion 312 S. Southern Bill Tweit andJim Johnson W. Western Western Great Lakes Region 274 DavidJ. Powell Middle Pacific Coast Region 315 David G. Yee, Otherabbreviations and symbols MiddlewesternPrairie Region 277 StephenF. Bailey, referringto birds: BruceG. Peterjohn and Bruce E. Deuel ad. adult •mm. immature CentralSouthern Region 282 SouthernPacific Coast Region 319 juv. juvenalor juvenile StephenJ. Stedman GuyMcCaskie sp. species Prairie ProvincesRegion 287 HawaiianIslands Region 324 ? meansthat written details Rudolf F. Koes and RobertL. Pyle were submitted for a PeterTaylor sighting * meansthat a specimenwas NorthernGreat PlainsRegion 268 collected Ron Martin d male 9 female CBC Christmas Bird Count Volume 45, Number 2 ß243 NS, and, althoughplumage ATLANTIC descriptionwas brief (suggesting an incompletelymolted, alter- PROVINCES nate adult), its bill wasstated to be "heavy.... brightyellow in REGION strong sunlight...decidedly Ian A. McLaren upturned...[with] culmen straight"(original emphasis). It drifted seaward and was not Theweather in theRegion was foundby subsequent searchers. ;Gro$MorneNatPar • not so oppressive as last Evidentlyno Pied-billed Grebes winter's,generally remaining lingeredpast December. There moderateuntil January, when weresubstantial early-winter cold snapsand more snow countsof regulargrebes, includ- spoiledit forsome. Although ing 57 Red-neckedoff BrierI., mainland Nova Scotiaremained NS, Dec. 18 and 101 Horned relativelyopen, Newfoundland alonga 12-mishore near Hali- and northern New Brunswick fax Dec. 2. were at times snowed under. While N. Fulmars are routine Againthe Regionwas a focus off Nova Scotiain winter, 42 off S.P.M. Feb. 22 were notewor- for vagrantsfrom all quarters, NEW producingfully confirmed first thy (RE).A GreaterShearwater BRUNSWICK provincial recordsof Tufted with N. Fulmars Feb. 5 on Duck, Eurasian Curlew, Red- BrownsBank, NS (fideRB), was bellledWoodpecker, and Field- not unprecedented.A few Dou- fare.There was some agonizing ble-crested Cormorants were overrare geese. Also of interest spottedduring Decemberoff werelarge numbers of Dovekies S.P.M. and the Maritimes, and inshorein NovaScotia, a big twolingered near Sydney, NS, incursionof Northern Shrikes, throughJanuary (A & CM). As speciesasynchronies among usual, a few Great Blue Herons winter finch fluctuations,and wintered in Nova Scotia, but locally variabledeclines in one at Cocagne,NB, Jan. 20 species. A Snow Goose in HouseSparrows. Again, use is (ST) wasless routine. Yarmouth,NS, from Jan. 23 made of"unofficial" Christmas "Stoppress" information on throughFebruary (H & HH), Bird Counts that will not be a releaseduring fall 1989of and two during Februaryin publishedin AmericanBirds. unbanded,unpinioned water- Shelburne,NS (J.Czapaly) were fowl from a collection on an not extraordinary, but the Abbreviations:S.P.M. (Saint- isletoff GrandMarian I., NB, Yarmouthbird wasthought Pierreet Miquelon). Place names nullified some of this winter's (IM, Eric Mills) to be a "Less- in italicsare counties. mostunusual goose records er,"much less likely as a winter (detectivework by BD). Three laggard.However, the released LOONS TO orange-billedGreater White- Snow Geeseare believed to have WATERFOWL fronted Geese around Grand remainedin the vicinity of A reportof a possibleYellow- MananI. throughwinter (BD), Grand Manan I. A Bar-headed and one (race?)near Sackville, Goosein NovaScotia in spring billedLoon by 2 experienced FemaleEurasian Wigeon at St. 1990is probablyaccounted for. observers(John & Shirley NB, Jan.5 (GillesDaig16, ph.) John's,Newfoundland, January 6, Cohrs)was noteworthy. The mighthave been suspect, except Finally,one of 2 pairsof Barna- 1991. Photograph/Bruce bird wasobserved Dec. 2 for 5 that the waterfowl collection cle Geesethat stayedin the Macravish. minutes in Halifax Harbour, apparendydid not includethat releasearea produced four youngwith whichthey disap- thenext episode. peared in late summer. This Wintering Canada Geese seemsto eliminatethe listability wereperhaps down slightly in of thefamily (2 ad.,4 juv.)that Nova Scotia,and sparseelse- arrivedon CapeSable I., NS, in where,except at GrandManan earlySeptember, however apt I., whereBrian Dalzell specu- for their normal Greenland latesthat fetal Canadasare caus- departuretime. The family was ing a declinein the Region's waryat first, roosting on an islet onlysubstantial wintering Brant and feeding at sea,but soon flock.As usual, many dabbling habituatedto beingfed with duckswere being fed in urban with a small local collection of parksand ponds. A Regional semi-wildand pinioned water- scatteringof winteringGreen- fowl,including Canada Geese. wingedTeal includeda drake Theyhad become quite tame "Eurasian"at St.John's (BMct). whenfound by birderson the In New Brunswick, Am. Black localCBC, but disappeared Jan. Ducksand Mallards stayed in FiveBarnacle Geese (of six present) on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 8 after a hard freeze (v.o.; larger numbers than usual January5, 1991.See text for the explanation why these were not details,Randall Ross). Read the (DSC)and there were also more. "cormtable"wild birds. PhotogTapMan McLaren. NewEngland Region report for Blacks than usual in n.e. Nova 244' AmericanBirds, Summer 1991 Scotia(PP). One of last fall's BretonI., Jan.13-Feb. 7 (A & Dec. 26-30, than by sevento NewBrunswick. Large numbers Eur.Wigeons was a nicestudy CM). Two otherswere in Nova nine dark birds seenby him of Bonaparte'sGulls in s. New throughwinter in St.John's, Scotiaduring February. Bald duringa bird tourto n. New- Brunswick left after December NF (BMcr). Eaglesagain concentrated at foundandJan. 16-20. Birdersat (DSC), but the usualhandful Canvasbacks, rare in the artificial and natural food Moncton, NB, were content stayedin Nova Scotia. Mew Region,staged a definiteevent. sources.A record count of 72 with whatsome some thought Gulls, all identified as L. c. In Nova Scotia, the first was in immatures and 76 adults was to be a singlebird, andothers canus,continue to increase.In YarmouthDec. 17 (H & HH), tallied Feb. 3 in w. Kings,NS, upto threedark gray individu- St. John's,NF, therewere an followed, beginning late mostlyaround poultry farm als. adultthrough winter and three December,by at leastsix in the offal(fide JWW). A groupof SpruceGrouse totals of 13in first-yearbirds until Jan. 10 Halifax area,two in Yarmouth, about 20 near Yarmouth, NS, Nova Scotia and 11 in New (BMct). In Nova Scotia, an and a male near Pictou. Also included individuals banded in Brunswick were more than adult Dec. 18 at Amherst (ST) arrivingin lateDecember were Prince Edward Island and New usualon CBCs. Eight dead Wil- supplieda first record outside up to five in and near Saint York State (Peter Austin- lowPtarmigan found in early the Halifax area, where there John, NB (fide BD, DSC). Smith).A gatheringin mid- March on the ice of the Oro- were at least one first-winter, Finally,Prince Edward Island's February of up 114 near mocto R., near Fredericton one 2nd-winter, and one adult share was a male at Vernon Antigonish,NS, exploited natu- Junction,NB, hadapparently throughthe reporting period Bridgein earlyJanuary (fide ral fish die-offs (v.o.). The 73 been shot, but their origin is (v.o.). A 2nd-winter Herring DM). Where did they come birds on New Brunswick CBCs mysterious(DSC). Two Ruffed Gull at St. John's, NF, was fromthis late in winter?A single included 28 being fed by a Grouse were drumming at believedto bea northEuropean Redheadagain wintered in Syd- lightkeeperat BlacksHarbour 10:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in Fundy L. a. argentatus(BMct). Com- ney,NS (A & CM). Mostexcit- (DSC). Northern Harrierswere N.P., undera full moonat 32øF paredwith our smithsonianus, it ingwere the Region's first Tuft- widelyreported from the Mar- (ST). waspaler on headand under- ed Ducks outside Newfound- tomes,and an individualJan. 4 parts,and had moresharply land. The two previously providedthe
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