The Nesting SeasonJune 1-July 31, 1973 NORTHEASTERN MARITIME REGION offshore islands it doesn't seem an obvious first choice /Davis W. Finch for prospectingManx Shearwaters,and one naturally wonders if nesting might have been occurringunde- Junewas a particularlywet monthalmost throughout tectedelsewhere in the n.w. North Atlanticprior to this the Region, adverselyaffecting terns and martinsin a first proven instance. The young bird hatched and number of areas. A big storm with 70 m.p.h. winds in fledged,and further details of the record will be pub- the Maritimes June 17 had a marked effect on several lished at a later date. colonialnesters, and floodingin New Englandin early July resultedin water levels too high for loons, water- fowl and certainmarsh nesters. The spreadof Spruce Bud Worm in Maine and the Matitimes has been fol- Other Manx Shearwatersreported in theperiod June lowed by the increaseor spreadof several insectivor- 1---Aug. 15 included 13 individuals on seven dates in ous species. Massachusettswaters eastward to Cape Cod, 10 on four datesin the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy, 14 in Cabot Strait July 15 (DSC et al.) and a total of 29 off Great I. in Witless Bay, Nfld., on four dates Aug 4-14 (BM). A bird identified as Black-cappedPetrel was seen "about halfway between Cutler, Me. and Machias Seal I., N.B." June27 (GSG). The observer, familiar with East Coasttubenoses, noted among other field marksthe bird's short,thick, blackbill and capped appearanceformed by a broad white collar and some A •o•'t, •. ' whiteon the forehead.There are no previousrecords of the speciesin Maine or . An unques- tionableRed-billed Tropicbird was foundin a moribund conditionon a tenth floor wondow ledgeof the Rhode IslandHospital Trust NationalBank building in Provl- dence, July 3 (specimento M.C.Z.). The more south- • ."...• •.-4•-•o.o,,,0•,•. o c E .• N erly of the two Atlantic tropicbirdsand muchthe rarer as an accidental,this was a first Regionaloccurrence, though there is a specimenrecord from New York "••'4-,.•.%•....o,*.a• -- (JamaicaBay, June, 1963).

Six speciesoccurring in this brief period provided CORMORANTS, HERONS, IBISES--Non- first state or provincialrecords, and 13 first state or breeding Great Cormorants occasionally summer provincial records, and 13 first state or provincial alongthe coastin the s. part of the Region;this year breeding records were also established. therewere three at BlockI., R.I., June6-11 (RLF), a first early summerrecord for the state,and another was TUBENOSES, TROPICBIRDS•he discovery seen in Maine on Wooden Ball I., in the Matimcus of N. Fulmar breedingin the Region(to be reported •n detail in Am. Birds, Feb. 1974) representedthe group, July 8 (DWF, CMP et al.). Resultsof a June 21 first confirmedbreeding record south of Ba•n I., a censusof Rhode Island's Gould I. heronry,reveahng considerable but not altogether unexpected range an over-allreduction in numbers,were as follows extension perhaps foret61d by the recent increase in (pairs):Little Blue Heron, 10; Cattle Egret, 25; Great s•ghtingsin Regional waters (Bob Montgomerieet Egret, 5; Snowy Egret, 25; Black-crownedN•ght al ). Reflecting this trend, non-breeders have been Heron, 20 (DW). Figures from the Region's other mixed heronties were not available, but on Prince Ed- appearing more frequently: as last summer, some were present in the Gulf of Maine, two being seen ward I. (below P.E.I.) Great Blue heronties of 200 from the "Bluenose" July 23 (WCT et al.), and in nestsat Squaw Bay and 92 at Rustico I. were found to Cabot Strait as many as 63 were counted July 8 havelost respectively 130 and 42 youngbirds as a result (BM, JW). of a wind andrain stormJune 15-17(AAMacL), while in New Hampshirea colonyof about55 nests on Long I. in SquamL. was apparentlyunaffected by heavy rains and floodingin early July (FRS). Single Cattle A more dramaticfind wasthat of an incubatingManx Egretsturned up at eightlocalities in Maine and New Shea•ater fortuitously uncovered when Gus Ben Brunswickduring June, and about 25 were present David tu•ed over a plank at PenikeseI., Mass., June throughoutthe summeron JamestownI., R.I., where 4 Penikese is situated at the mouth of Buzzards Bay they are not knownto breed(MD). In New Brunswick, near the w. end of the Elizabeth Is. chain, and has been threeSnowy Egrets present in the SaintJohn area since known since1933 as the southernmostbreeding locality April lingeredat SaintsRest Marsh throughthe first for Leach's Petrel, yet among the Region's many week of June(CLJ), and anotherturned up at Cape

1020 American Birds, December 1973 JourimainI. June22 (ARGMcl). Six LouisianaHerons were presentduring the summerat coastallocalities in Massachusettsand Rhode Island, the birds being each year a bit lessunusual though still not establishedas breeders. On Block I. there were two nests of Yellow- crownedNight Herons,probably the Region'sscarcest breedingheron, and an immaturewas found as far north as Sydney, Cape Breton Aug. 9 (IMacG). Two Glossy Ibises, rare in Newfoundland, were present on the Burin Pen. at Frenchman's Cove P. P. from June to mid-July(photographed, George Draskoy et al., fide PRH). Though the birds were rather generouslyscat- teredthroughout the summerin coastalNew England Swallow-tailed Kite, Block 1., R.I., June 7, 1973. First from Rhode Island north to the big colony at Stratton state record. Photo/Richard C. Ferren. I., Me., the only new breedinglocality detectedwas in the Isles of Shoals, where a singlepair nestedat Apple- much reduced Ospreys of s. New England are as dore I. follows: in-Massachusetts, 14 nests in the Westport area produced 28 young (JF), 3 nests on Martha's WATERFOWL--An estimate of 850 Mute Swans Vineyard produced 7 young (GGD), and in Rhode on Martha's Vineyard, including a count of 622 on Island 6 nests in South County produced 12 young SquibnocketPond Aug. 18, wasthought to indicatean (EAS, DW). The average of 2 young per nest rep- increaseof about30 per cent over last year (GGD). A resented a slight improvementover the recent past noteworthy record unavailablefor the last report was OF). A gray Gyrfalcon at Gros Morne National Park, that of a Black Brant studiedat Duxbury, Mass., May 3 Nfld. June 20 was a first summer record there (PRH, (RAF, CAG, WRP); besidesthe dark belly, the obser- Harold MacCausland); there are insular Newfound- vers were able to see that the notably conspicuous land records for every month but summer records are white crescents met on the front of the neck, an impor- few and the species is not known to breed. tant characterin separatingdark-bellied forms of brant. After what could almost be called a flight of Gadwalls RAILS, GALLINULES--A King Rail in suitable to the Mar/times this spring,two appearedat SableI., breeding habitat was found July 18-19 at Wells, Me., N.S., June 12 and were photographedfor a first island north of the species' usual limits (HMC). In New record (JB, DWF, IAMcL). More significantly,two Brunswick's extensive Tantramar Marshes, where pairswere foundnesting at Indian River, P.E.I., the Yellow Rails have been reported from time to time Region'sfirst nestingrecord north of the population since their discovery by George F. Boyer in 1948, at presently expanding in s. New England (banded, least 4 birds were found June 20-July 11, calling at photographed;Randy Dibblee, Darryl Guignion).Two different localities, including, in response to tape re- pairsof N. Shovelersnested at the samelocality, fol- corder playback, this observer's elbow! (DWF el al.). lowing the P.E.I. breedingrecord last year, and the There is no satisfactory evidence that the speciesever species,which now appearsfairly well establishedin e. bred in New England, and the only nest to have been New Brunswick(Tantramar Marshes, found in New England or Atlantic was col- I.), might well expandfurther; five at Beaver Cove, lected near Milltown, N.B., Sept. 10, 1881, on which CapeBreton July 14certainly suggested this possibility surprisingdate it contained5 eggs.A road-injuredPur- (IMacG). At the LancasterSewage Lagoon in Saint ple Gallinule was picked up at Pembroke, Mass., June John West, N:B. a Lesser Scaup and 3 carefully 12 and taken to M. B. O. (v.o., fide RAF). watched but non-breedingpairs of Ruddy Ducks re- mained throughoutthe summer (CLJ et al.). SHOREBIRDS---American Oystercatchers bred for the fifth or sixth year in Massachusetts, with the RAPTORS---Following sight reports of two sepa- usualmixed success,though the total of five nestswas rate birds in Massachusetts during May, two the highestto date, as was the numberof non-breeding Swallow-tailedKites were photographedat Block I., adults present. A nest at Monomoy containing 3 eggs R.I., June 7, a first state record (RLF). A pair of and a chick May 27 was apparently abandoned (RAF, Red-shouldered Hawks somewhat northeastward of CAG), and at Chappaquiddick,where two youngwere the species'usual limits was seen at Bayfield, N.B., raisedlast summer(PM), a singleyoung bird was found June 19 (DWF, RDL, ARGMcl), and single late or Aug. 14(GGD, EMS, RMS). At Nantucket a nestwith summering Rough-legged Hawks were found at 2 eggs was found at Great Pt. May 30, and two pairs Sakonnet Pt., R.I. June 2 (DLE, RE), at Amherst, nested on Tuckernuck I., results unknown (EFA). A N.S., June 20 (DWF) and at Mount Desert I., Me., Killdeer with 2 chicks at Stephenville Crossing, Nfld., July 19 (WCT). A Golden Eagle was reported from July 16represented a secondprovincial breeding record Sweden, Me., July 14 (PR fide CMP), and another, (DSC, MM et al.). In New Brunswick, a pair of Upland thought to be in its third year, was present on Sandpipers present June 8-20 and almost certainly Martha's Vineyard from early June into July (ABD breeding at Midgic were somewhat east of the well- fide GGD). In Maine, a Marsh Hawk nest found established Salisbury colony, and a few miles farther June 6 at Hulls Cove was the first on Mount Desert east a bird was seenJune 20just acrossthe Nova Scotia I. since 1941 (CJ). Some available figures for the border at Amherst, a likely spot for a first provincial

Volume27, Number6 1021 nesting record (DWF, RDL) Marne's new and still TERNS, SKIMMERS--A Gull-billed Tern was •solatedWillet populationcontinued its slow expan- seen over Trustom Pond in Rhode Island's Moonstone sion: 5 pairs were believed nestingin the Cape Por- Wildlife RefugeAug. 4 (CW); the speciesis rare north polse--Kennebunkport--Biddeford area, and possi- of New Jersey and virtually unknown north of Mass- bly anotherpair slightlyfarther north at Scarborough, achusetts except after hurricanes. For a variety of where suitable marsh habitat is more extensive and reasons the Region's commoner nesting terns had a Wlllet nestinga virtual certainty in the near future (JCL poor year: the mixed colonyat PlymouthBeach, Mass et al.). Willets are alsobecoming established or reestab- was termed a "complete disaster" by Ruth Emery, hshed on P.E.I., where following last yeaifs first nest- Arctic Terns breeding at Matinicus Rock, Me. were mg record, another nest was found this summer at' saidto be considerablyfewer thanlast year (Ed Gamble Tracadie Harbor and two others presumedat Brackley fide CMP), Arctics at Machias Seal I., N.B., where Marsh (AAMacL). The same province's first Curlew hatching occurred about June 24, produced few young Sandpiper was a bird in breeding plumage at Little apparently as the result of cold foggy weather (WCT) Harbor Beach July 21 (IAMcL) and a Ruff at Brackley and the storm of June 17-18was quite destructiveto the Marsh Aug. 4 was the secondto occur in the province big mixed colonies at Sable I., N.S. (JB) th•syear (AAMacL). Other Ruffs were a dark bird June "Portlandica" Arctics representedabout 30 per cent of 14 and 24 at Cape Jourimain I., N.B., where 3 were the terns loafing on the beachesnear the Sable colomes present last July, an unusual inland bird at Jackson, in mid-June, an unusuallyhigh proportion (JB, DWF, N H., July 5 (Rachel Doucette, Dick May,fide VHH), IAMcL). Most of Canada's Roseate Terns breed on and in Massachusetts, 2 Ruffs and a Reeve at Plum I., Sable, and exceptfor this colonyonly a few breed north June 27-30 (v.o., fide RPE), another (?) Ruff photo- of Massachusetts;a small new colony was discovered graphedin Newburyportharbor July 12 and 17 (RAF, this year on an island at the tip of Second Peninsula, WRP) and a later bird at Nauset (v.o. ,fide RPE). The LunenburgCo., N.S. (Curtis ChipmanfidePRD), and seasoh'sonly Am. Avocet was found at Eastham, Cape at two known breeding localities in Maine, 2-3 pmrs Cod, July 25 (CAG, WRP), and 5 late springmigrant were reportedat Petit Manan I., June 9 (JJH) and 25 Wdson's Phalaropesadditional to the 12of the previous adults at Popham Beach June 17 (WSE). Five Royal report were seen at Quonochontaug, R.I., June 3 Terns appearedat four localitiesin Rhode Island and (EAS), at Cape JourimainI., N.B., June I and 14, and Massachusetts,June 4-12, and five late Caspianswere two at Great I. in Old Lyme, Conn., June 10 (WB, seenJune 2, oneat Jerusalem,R..I. (DLK et al.), and (JMC). four at CrescentBeach, N.S. (JC et al.). Two typically pelagicBlack Terns were presentat Jeffreys Ledge off the New Hampshire coast, June 2 (MGB et al.), and JAEGERS, GULLS--A Long-tailed Jaeger was later in the summerfour birdsin breedingplumage were seenat Gray Beachin Yarmouth, Mass., June 9 (ICTN found north or east of known colonies, two in Nova et al.); these birds are unmistakably rare anywhere in Scotia at the Canso Causeway, July 16, and singlebirds the Region.The total of 9 Skuasreported in the period in n. New Brunswick at Tabusintac River and Belle- July7--Aug. 13was surprisingly high, though no doubt dune,July 20 (RCL). As in the past two years, Black the species'status in Regionalwaters is becomingbet- Skimmers did not breed in Massachusetts,and only a ter defined as more observersundertake pelagic trips. very few scatteredbirds were reported. In any case,Skuas probably aren't so routinethat they can be reportedwithout a description,in particularone ALCIDS--In Maine, 21 Razorbills were seen at Old ehminatingdark PomafineJaeger. Six of this summer's Man I. off Cutler, June3 (CMP et al.), and a count of birds were in the Gulf of Maine, singlebirds from the 25+ at Matinicus Rock June 24 seemed to indicate an "Bluenose" July (KCE et al.) andJuly 12 (TCS et al.), increasein that smalland southernmost colony (WSE, and 2 each from the "Bluenose" July 23 (WCT et al.) WCT). A Corn. Murre wasalso seen there July 15(Ed and the "Bolero" Aug. 6 (RDL); in addition, one was Gamblefide CMP), the usual3-4 birdssummered with seenoff , N.B., Aug. 2 (RKFE) and two breeding Razorbills and Corn. Puffins at Machias Seal off Great I. in Witless Bay, Nfld., Aug. 13 (BM). Single 1., N.B. (DWF, WCR et al.), and 2 birdsin breeding Black-headed Gulls summering in New England were plumagewere seenoff Deer I., N.B., Aug. 9 (DWF, found at Portland, Me., July 8-14 (DWF, JCL) and in SHF). SingleThick-billed Murres, quiteuncommon m Massachusettsat Newburyport July 6 and Monomoy summer, were reported from five localities: in Mas- July 22-26 (RAF et al.). Much as last summer, Laugh- sachusettsat PlumI., June10 (SS et al.,fide RPE) and mg Gull coloniesat Monomoy, Mass. and Petit Manan MonomoyJune 3 (JH), at Cape Porpoise,Me., July I , Me., containedrespectively about 100pairs (BGB et 8-31(JCL), andin New Brunswickoff MachiasSeal I , al ) and about 50 pairs, most nests in the latter colony June 23 (DJA, DWF et al.) and off Deer I., Aug. 9 containingtwo eggsby June 9 (JJH). A few Little Gulls (DWF, SHF). More unusual was a moulting ad were present in Massachusetts, single birds at Bird I. in Dovekie seen30 yards offshoreat Grand Manan, N Buzzards Bay June 2 (ICTN) and at Chatham June 9 B., Aug. 4 (ME, RKFE). (RP), and three were found at the s. tip of Plum I., July 17 (RAF, WRP). Summer Black-legged Kittiwakes in New England seem less unusual each year: one was CUCKOOS, OWLS, NIGHTJARS--A Yellow- found at Jeffreys Ledge off the New Hampshire coast billed Cuckoo was found roadkilled at Lower Sheffield, June3 (DWF et al.) and another at Barnstable,Mass., N.B., June 18 (KHD) and anotherwas presentin Hal- June 17 (RP). ifax, N.S., June 19-21(CWH); the speciesis quite un-

1022 American B•rds, December 1973 common in the Mantimes Both cuckoos were unusu- lng for some of the change In s Maine, two Willow ally plentiful this summer ms. New England, where Flycatchers at S. Eliot June 6 were the first reported many of them apparently arrived in the first half of in the state (DWF). Now that singingindividuals of June, and Black-billedswere widespreadand abundant these two Empidonaceswill no longer be reported as throughout northern New England and the Marltimes. undiscriminated "Traill's" Flycatchers, their chang- The only nesting Barn Owls reported raised several ing status in the s. part of the Region may become young at Sandwich, Mass. (v.o.; fide WRP), but five clearer. At Sable I. a typical sharp peak of flycatch- other birds were found at three localities in Massa- ers occurred June 12, when 84 individuals of six chusetts and Rhode Island. Single Snowy Owls were species represented nearly half of the migrant land- present during mid-summerat Jolicure, N.B., June birds then present (JB, DWF, IAMcL). Rough- 20 (BT), Cape JourimainI.; N.B. at the end of June winged Swallows have been known to breed in New ARGMcI) and at Seal I.; N.S.: July 30-Aug. 2 Brunswick since 1969, but a nest this summer along (BKD). On the basis of observationsat Martha's the S. Oromocto R. near Mill Settlement was the Vineyard this summer, Gus Daniels estimated that first one actually discoveredin the province (DSC et the island's ideal moor habitat presently supports al.), and a Cliff Swallow in Gros Morne N. P. July "perhaps 50 pairs" of Short-earedOwls, a density 18 was one of only a few records of this species in unequaledanywhere in the Region except possibly Newfoundland (PRH et al.). June's cold and wet for Nantucket. At the latter island a Saw-whet Owl weather was hard on nesting Purple Martins, and nest was unusual but not unprecedented (EFA), and more or less complete failure was reported at vari- both ilands had Cuck-wilFs-widows this year, Nan- ous colonies in New Brunswick, Maine and Rhode tucket for the first time, a bird present there June Island. A careful survey in the latter state found 58 19-24 being tape-recorded (EFA, Simon Perkins), active martin houses, many of them around the' salt and Martha's Vineyard for the fourth successive ponds of South County (MD). In Massachusetts, year, two calling birds present through the summer two pairs of Fish Crows found nesting at W. Rox- being tape-recordedagain at Chappaquiddick(EMS). bury were the state's long-awaited first proven Cuck-will's-widows are not known to breed north of breeders (Fred Atwood); the dump at W. Roxbury, aboutc. New Jerseybut in lightof theirgradual ex- a southern suburb of Boston, has attracted fair num- pansionin that state and recent summerreports from bers of these birds in recent winters, but nesting had Connecticut and Long Island it seemspossible that a seemed more likely in the Westport area, nearer the range extension may be occurring along the coastal breedingpopulation of the Rhode Island coast. plain. In New Brunswick, Whip-poor-wills were found this summer to be fairly common residents at. TITMICE, NUTHATCHES, WRENS, KouchibouguacNational Park, rather far north in MIMIDS---Tufted Titmice nesting at Merrimack, the province (CET), and in Nova Scotia, where N.H. were thought by Vera Hebert to constitute a first known breeding localities are even fewer, one was state breedingrecord, though numbersof titmice near present during July at Lower Ohio, Shelburne Co. the Massachusettsborder would suggestthat this may (Mrs. Herbert Harris; tape-recorded by CDG, have occutredearlier (C. Weenk). Irregular but proba- JRG). bly increasingas breeders ti• s. New England, Red- WOODPECKERS: FLYCATCHERS, SWAL- breasted Nuthatches were found nesting in Mas- LOWS, CROWS---A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers sachusetts at Lakeville and Norwell and in Connecticut nestingat Glocester, R.I. provided,,perhaps surpris- at Devil's Hopyard S.P. (RCD), and in early June nine ingly, a first confirmed breeding record for the state birds at three localities in Rhode Island probably indi- (RLF et al.) A Red-headed Woodpecker was cated nestingthere (RLF). Similarly, singingand prob- found near CheboguePt., Yarmouth Co., N.S., June ably breeding Winter Wrens were present at W 19 (MWH) and singlebirds at four localitiesin Maine Greenwich, R.I., June 2 and at Devil's Hopyard June during the summer. In Newfoundland, where the birds 12. are uncommon,five E. Kingbirds were present along the w. coast from Gros Morne north to St. Anthony, SA July 1-17,following a period of warm wet weatherand DuringJune small colonies of four and six singing steady southerlywinds PRH et al.). WanderingScissor- &•Short-billed Marsh Wrens were found at Jolicure, tailed Flycatchersturned up at Pt. Lepreau, N.B., June N.B., where the birds were known to breed until the 10 (Mr. and Mrs. R. Harrison, fide DSC) and at early 1960s(DWF); in Maine, singlebirds'were seen Harrington, Me., July 8 (JamesStauffer, fide RPE). July 24 & 31 at MoosehornNat'l WoldlifeRefuge in Continuing a trend apparent for about five years, Calais,where high water perhapsmade the Magur- single singingAcadian Flycatchers appearedduring rewock marsh unsuitable for nesting this season the first week of June at five localities in Mas- (WCT), two were reportedin FarmingtonJuly 10 sachusetts and Connecticut, but the only known (Etzel,fide CMP), andthe statement here (Am. Birds breeders were two pairs again at Devil's Hopyard S. 26:836) to the effect that Short-billed Marsh Wrens P in E. Haddam, Conn. (RCD). Another expanding havebred at theupper Weskeag marsh in S. Thomaston Empidonax, the Willow Flycatcher, is now a com- was foundto be basedon a misunderstanding,and mon breeder in the SeacoastRegion of New Hamp- shouldbe deleted.Elsewhere in the Region,one was shire, and in the last decade appears to have sup- present for a singleday at New Hampton, N H planted the Alder Flycatcher at a number of (VHH), another heard in Cape Cod's Harwlch localities there, habitat succession no doubt account- marshesJune 25 (DTB, HD'E), and somebred just

Volume 27, Number 6 1023 outsidethe Region in the Connecticut Valley at Had- ley, Mass. To sumup, the Region'sonly known breed- ers this season were in New Brunswick, but even nest- ing birdsare likely to go undetectedunless specifically listenedfor at night, or incited with a tape recording.

Mockingbirds,which have greatly increasedin New Englandduring the last decade, are increasinglyabun- dant in New Brunswick, where 13 birds were reported from ten localities this summer, but the northernmost proven breeding was again at Columbia Falls in Townsend's Warbler, Sable !., N.S., June 10, 1973. WashingtonCo., Me. (CD). Similarly, the northern- First record for Atlantic Canada. Photol Davis W. most known breeding Brown Thrashers were three Finch. pairs near the New Brunswickborder at Danforth and Brookton, Me. (MLG) but five birds were present in graphed;JB, DWF, IAMcL), and other notablewar- New Brunswickincluding three in songfor more than a blers were a Ceruleanat M.B.O., Aug. 8 (BAS), a month as far north as Cap Saint-Louis(CET). Prairie at Sydney,N.S., Aug. 6, one of few recordsfor THRUSHES, GNATCATCHERS, KINGLETS, Cape Breton (IMacG) and an unseasonablePalm at PIPITS--In Nova Scotia, a Wood Thrush nest found Star I., N.H., June 3 (DWF, RWS et al.). at Kempt, Queens Co., June 15 was the first for the province,though singing birds have been noted during 1CTERIDS, TANAGERS, FRINGILLIDS---A recent summersin Kejimkujik N.P. (DWF, RRH). A Bobolink census in Rhode Island resulted in the esti- Gray-cheeked Thrush at Milton, P.E.I., June 3 was a mate of 106pairs breedingin the state, somewhatmore first provincial record, though the species' absence than previouslythought (RLF), and Boblinksare now there hitherto is difficult to explain (Bruce MacLean, established in Newfoundland at various localities as far fide AAMacL). The northernmostbreeding locality for up the west coast as Pasadena(LMT). In the same Blue-grayGnatcatchers, known since 1965,is still the provincea wanderingScarlet Tanager was found at St. SquamL. area of New Hampshire,where this year an Anthony July I (Melvin MacNeil fide PRH), and in adult and youngbird were observedJuly 10 (FRS). In Nova Scotia 2 singing• were present in Kejimkujik Rhode Island, Golden-crownedKinglets were discov- N.P. in mid-June,once againwithout proof of nesting ered nestingin discretebits of "boreal" habitatpro- (DWF, RRH). Nova Scotia may have misseda first videdby maturingevergreen plantations. In earlyJune nestingrecord of Cardinals when the male of an appar- two pairs were found at the Scituate Reservoir and ently matedpair was shotby a boy at Pinkney's Pt. near anotherpair in the BurlingameReservation in Charles- Yarmouth in April (MWH et al.). A young Rose- town, with one of the latter birds subsequentlyseen breasted Grosbeak being fed out of the nest at feedinga youngcowbird June 26---a first state nesting Pasadena,Nfld., Aug. 29 provided a first provincial recordcoupled with a rather bizarrecase of parasitism breedingrecord (LMT). Indigo Buntings,perhaps re- (RLF, KBK, DLK et al.). In Maine, five Water Pipits maining from the spring flight mentionedin the last were seenJuly 15in flight songand carryingfood on the report, were rather widespread in New Brunswick, M. Katahdintableland, a breedinglocality known since with singlebirds reported at nine localitiesas far north the 1930sand unique in the e. United States (DJA, as Dalhousie,and a pair, the femalecarrying food, near DWF). Petitcodiacin lateJune and earlyJuly (Doreen Carter VIREOS, WARBLERS---Sparse breeders in e. fide DSC). Evening Grosbeaks are now known to Maine, singing Yellow-throated Vireos were found breedat least sparselyin Newfoundlandand generally duringJune and July at Fryeburg, S. Bridgtonand if not too abundantlyin Nova Scotia; they have re- Industry, and in Nova Scotia a singingPhiladelphia cently become establishedand now breed in fair num- Vireo appearedat Economy May 30 and remained bers on P.E.I., are surprisingly abundant in New there, apparentlyunmated, during much of the summer Brunswick and Maine, where the toll of roadkills is (FS); the specieshas not been foundbreeding in the remarkable, and this summer bred for the first time in province.A pairof Worm-eatingWarblers at Wayland. Rhode Island, adults being seen feeding young in Mass.was unusual, there being few breedingrecords in WakefieldJune 15(DLK et al.). A new breedinglocal- the e. part of the state(RAF et al.). The statusof three ity for the very uncommonHenslow's Sparrow was warbler species in Newfoundland was clarified this found at Leicester, Mass., where four singingmales summer:a Nashville Warbler feedinga youngbird at were presentJuly 30 (CAG, WRP et al.), and in New GrandCodroy Provincial Park Aug. 21 (photographed, Brunswicksingle Field Sparrowswere presentat three DWF) and a proven nestingof BlackburnJanWarblers localities during the summer but apparently did not at Pasadena(LMT) establishedthese birds as breeders nest. in the province,and singleBay-breasted Warblers at four west coastlocalities Aug. 14-21suggested more SUB-REGIONAL EDITORS (boldface, under- widespreadbreeding than indicated by the few records lined), contributors(boldface), observersand other to date (DWF et al.). A Townsend'sWarbler at Sable I. abbreviations---DennisJ. AbbottIII, Edith F. Andrews, June9-10 was a firstrecord for AtlanticCanada (photo- AugustusBen David II, Piehard O. Bierregaard,Jr.,

1024 American Birds, December 1973 Bradford G. Blodget, Marc G. Bouchard,Jean Boulva, Dorothy W. Briggs, David T. Brown, Lewis A. Buck, William Butt, Harold M. Card, David S. Christie, James M. Clark, John Cohrs, William Bolton Cook, Severyn S. Dana, George G. Daniels, Mabelle Daven- port, K. Henrik Deichmann, Herman D'Entremont, RobertC. Dewire, BenjaminK. Doane, PhyllisR. Dob- s9n, PaulK. Donahue,Charles Dorchester, Mary Ed- wards, R. Kenneth F. Edwards, Kimball C. Elkins, David L. Emerson, Robert Emerson, William S. Emerson, Ruth P. Emery, Josephine Fernandez, Richard L. Ferren, Davis W. Finch, Sally H. Finch, Richard A. Forster, ConstanceD. Gallagher,J. Roswell Gallagher, Muriel L. Gillis, Carl A. Goodrich Ill, Gilbert S. Grant, Jeffrey Harris, Jeremy J. Hatch, Vera H. Herbert, Christopher W. Helleiner, Marion W. Hil- ton, Peter R. Hope, Richard R. Howie, Connee Jelli- son, Cecil L. Johnston, Katherine B. Kinsey, Douglas L. Kraus, Robert D. Lamberton, J. Chester Littlefield, Louisiana Heron, Bayfield, N.B. May 11,1973. Photo/ Trevor L. Lloyd-Evans, R. Charles Long, Beulah Lord, R.G. Mclnnis. Ian MacGregor,A. AngusMacLean, Bruce Mactavish, (continuedfrom p. 954) Mary Majka, Philip Martin, Martha H. McClellan, An- drew R. G. Mclnnis, lan A. McLaren, lan C. T. Nis- includes some South American material as bet, ChristopherM. Packard,Robert Pease, Wayne R. well. The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Petersen, Penelope Richards, Don Roberson, William Zoology maintains one of the largest and most C. Russell, Richard M. Sargent, EIoise A. Saunders, complete collections of eggs of birds from all Frederic R. Scott, Robert Scully, E. Manning Sears, parts of the world. It also includes an expand- Robert W. Smart, BruceA. Sorrie, ThomasC. Sonther- ing world-wide collection of nests and bird land, Jr., Francis Spalding, Stanley Swabe, William C. specimens from western North America, Mex- Town.send,Bruce Turner, Leslie M. Tuck,C. EricTull, Dallas Wait, John Wells, Charles Wood, Robert E. ico, and Africa. The Los Angeles County Woodruff; M.B.O., Manomet (Mass.) Bird Observa- Museum of Natural History, in addition to its tory, M.C.Z. (Harvard) Museum of Comparative displaysand habitat groups, has a very large re- Zoology, v.o., various observers. search collection of world birds with particu- --DAVIS W. FINCH, 240 W 98 St., Apt. 11-C, New larly good representation from North America, York, N.Y. 10025. Mexico, South America, Australia, and Africa. An extensive collection of fossil birds, prima- rily from California, includes the Pleistocene to sub-Recent material from the tar pits at Rancho LaBrea. The environment--Despite an enormous human population and rampant urbanization, the Los Angeles region probably includes a greater variety of major habitat types than any area of comparable size within the United States. The habitats include rocky and sandy coast and estuaries, lakes and fresh water marshes, desert, savanna, chaparral, a variety of broad-leaf woodlands, and montane conifer- ous forest---all within no more than two hours driving time from metropolitan Los Angeles. On any day of the year a determined birder can compile a list of over 100 species that could in- clude Cassin's Auklet, Roadrunner, Anna's Hummingbird, White-headed Woodpecker, Wrentit, Tricolored Blackbird, Lawrence's Goldfinch, and California Condor. This wealth of habitats and species adapted to them pro- Wood Thrush at nest, Kempt, Queens Co., N.S. June vides a great variety of subjectsfor research on 18, 1973. First provincial breeding record. Photo/ ecology, physiology, behavior, and other as- Davis W. Finch. pects of avian biology.

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