STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE REGIONAL REPORTS Abbreviations used in placenames: In mostregions, place names given in THE italictype are counties. Other abbreviations: Cr Creek SUMMER Ft. Fort Hwy Highway SEASON I Island or Isle Is. Islands or Isles Junex-July 3x, 992 Jct. Junction km kilometer(s) L. Lake mi mile(s) Mt. Mountain or Mount Mts. Mountains N.F. National Forest N.M. National Monument N.P. National Park AtlanticProvinces Region 1114 SouthernGreat Plains Region 1151 N.W.R. NationalWildlife Refuge Bruce Mactavish JosephA. Grzybowski PE Provincial Park Pen. Peninsula QuebecRegion 1116 TexasRegion 1153 Pt. Point (not Port) RichardYank and Yves Aubry GregW. Lasleyand Chuck Sexton R. River Ref. Refuge NewEngiand Region 1119 MountainWest Region 1157 Res. Reservoir(not Reservation) WayneR. Petersen HughE. Kingery S.P. State Park 1122 W.M.A. WildlifeManagement Area Hudson-DelawareRegion SouthwestRegion 1160 Robert O. Paxton, Arizona:David Stejskal and WilliamJ. Boyle, Jr., GaryH. Rosenberg Abbreviations used in the and David A. Cutler names of birds: New Mexico: Sartor O.Williams III 1162 Am. American MiddleAtlantic Coast Region 1127 Com. Common HenryT. Armistead AlaskaRegion 1165 E. Eastern T. G.Tobish, Jr. and M.E. Isleib Eur. Europeanor Eurasian OntarioRegion 1131 Mt. Mountain Ron Ridout BritishColumbia/Yukon Region 1167 N. Northern Chris Siddle S. Southern AppalachianRegion 1134 W. Western GeorgeA. Hall Oregon/WashingtonRegion 1171 BillTweit and Jim Johnson Otherabbreviations and symbols WesternGreat LakesRegion 1136 referringto birds: DarylD. Tessen MiddlePacific Coast Region 1173 ad. adult StephenE Bailey, David G. Yee, lmm. immature MiddlewesternPrairie Region 1140 and Bruce E. Deuel j uv. juvenalor juvenile KennethJ. Brock sp. species SouthernPacific Coast Region 1177 ? meansthat written details CentralSonthere Region 1144 GuyMcCaskie were submitted for a David E Muth sighting HawaiianIslands Region 1181 * meansthat a specimenwas Prairie ProvincesRegion 1146 RobertL. Pyle collected RudolfEKoes and Peter Taylor d' male 52 female NorthernGreat Plains Region 1149 CBC Christmas Bird Count GordonBerkey Volume 46, Number 5' 1113 aboarda shipchartered by ParksCanada to Newfoundlandwhere they are making some ATLANTICPROVINCES explorea submarinecanyon e. of SableI., headwaytoward becoming an established NS, called"The Gully." McLaren had counts breeder.There were two pairs in June near the REGION of upto 800around the ship at onetime and siteof theprovinces' only breeding record in Bruce Mactavish felt therewere many thousands in the area theLower Grand Codroy R. (fideBMt).Else- July24-28. where in Newfoundland there was a female Colombier I., S.P.M., continuesto attract June1 atStephenville (KK), arealeJune 10 in Like most of northeasternNorth America, goodnumbers of ManxShearwaters during G.M.N.P.(BD), anda pairJune 18 at Eddies theRegion experienced a cold and wet sum- the breedingseason, but with no actual CoveE. (BB).Less numerous than the pre- mer. Junewas the most unseasonablecold breedingproved so far (RE, J & CH). The cedingspecies, but following asimilar pattern monthand probably the mostdamaging to speciesis notablyeasier to seearound the of settlinginto the Region,a Gadwalllate nestingsongbirds. There was litde noticeable coast of the Avalon Peninsula then elsewhere May-June7 at St. Pierre,S.P.M., was a local effecton songbirds.This would be difficult in Newfoundland.The only knownbreed- rarity(RE et al.). A c3'Eur. Wigeon paired to detectwithout detailed breeding popula- ingsite in theRegion is Middle Lawn I., NE witha 9 wigeonof uncertainnationality in tionstudies; something unlikely to beunder- Leach'sStorm-Petrels were present by "the mid-Juneat thelower Grand Codroy R., NF, taken with the limited resourcesand finances thousands"at"The Gully," e. of SableI., NS, wasintriguing (fide BMt). Sixbroods of Am. availablein theRegion. The exceptionwas a July 24-28 (IM), and by "the hundreds" Wigeonwith a total of 49 young, and an addi- nearlyunanimous feeling that swallow num- from the N. Sydney,NS, to Argentia,NF, tional 11 adult maleswere present on the berswere low. Poor young production was ferryJuly 17 (BMT). mysteriouslyrich little pond at Stephenville confirmedby a seriesof 30 TreeSwallow nest Themuch sought after Little Egret at Bon CrossingJuly 13 (ST). The samepond con- boxesin New Brunswick, where 75% of the PortageI., NS, remainedthroughout the pe- tainedan impressive group of 123 c3'Greater youngdied before fledging. riodfor the 3rdconsecutive year (v. ob). Re- ScaupsJuly 13 (ST) Thesewere presumably It iswell known that migration of passer- portsof "southernherons" seemed low. New postbreeding birds, but from where? Insular inescontinues well into June.But a waveof Brunswickhad a pair of SnowyEgrets at Newfoundland?Labrador? Quebec? birdson SableIsland, Nova Scotia, on June 18 Saint'sRest Marsh for the entire period (CJ et HarlequinDucks continue to maintaina that includedsix species of warblers,Gray- a/.) NovaScotia had a SnowyEgret through weak presenceon insularNewfoundland cheekedThrush, White-crowned Sparrow, Julyat Conrad'sBeach (AV eta/.), a Litde duringthe breedingseason. Pairs were seen andan astounding 24 Yellow-belliedFlycatch- BlueHeron, July 14 at PortMouton (HM), inlandon traditionalnesting waterways at ers,seemed too late for migrants intending to anda Yellow-crownedNight-Heron, July 17 StagBrook, G.M.N.P., June 19 (TP) andthe breedin 1992.Could they have been reverse at Three FathomHarbour (RF). A LeastBit- UpperHumber River June 16 (HH, BMt). A migrantsretreating maybe just temporarily,tern spent the last 2 weeksof July at c3'Harlequin Duck was present at extremes. fromwintry northern breeding grounds? Musquash,NB (JW). NovaScotia at Seal I. onthe inexplicable date Possiblyrelated to the coldweather and of June13 (IM). The largestsummering, correspondingcooler ocean temperatures, WATERFOWL nonbreedingconcentration noted for each capelin-thefood fish of the northwestAt- A WoodDuck July 11 at DeerL., NF, was speciesof scoterwas: five BlacksJune 28 at lanticOcean-were very scarce around New- probablya post-breedingwanderer (MP). Conrad'sBeach, NS (IM); 120Surfs, June 30 foundland.Nesting seabirds were hard hit, Northern Shovelers are well established at I2Anse-au-Diable,Labrador (BD), and 90 withvery little reproduction in some species- breedersat a few locations in the w. half of the White-winged,July 12 at CheesemanP.P., mostnotably Black-legged Kittiwakes. Region.They arestill newsworthybirds in NF (ST). If only the 9 Ruddy Throughthe doom and gloom, Duck that summeredat Tracadie, the seasonhad its usual speckling NB (RD), had known about the of surprisingfinds that brighten three males that summered at upany birdwatching day. Sackville,NB (JEeta/.), we might be lookingat an importantnew Abbreviations: G.M.I. (Grand breedingrecord. Maybe it did Marian IslanaO;G.M.N.E (Gros know! Two other males were at Morne National Park);S.P.M. (St. AmherstPt. Bird Sanctuary,NS, Pierreet Miquelon). onJune 6 (BMy eta/.). LOONS TO HERONS DIURNAL RAPTORS TO RAILS Twoor threepairs of Red-throated The few TurkeyVulture reports Loonswere in the usualnesting from New Brunswick and Nova areaof Miquelon,S.P.M. (DDe). Scotia reflect the blase attitude NonbreedingRed-throated Loons adoptedby resident birders after its in s. Newfoundlandwere one July recentincrease in Region;though 12 at CheesemanP.P. and two July breedingis stillto beconfirmed. A 12 at Cape Ray (ST). A Red- Red-shouldered Hawk nest con- neckedGrebe near Mahone Bay, tainingtwo young July 25 at Joliff NS, June14 was6 weeksbeyond Cr, NB, wasexciting (RW). The normalspring departure (J& GT). speciesreaches the n. limit of its As usual, large numbersof breedingrange in s. New Brans- Greater Shearwaters flocked to the wick Rough-leggedHawks were inshorewaters of the Avalon Pen., more numerous than normal across NF, to feedon spawningcapelin. the islandof Newfoundland,espe- The onlycount made was 5,000 ciallyin then.. There was a general, feedingwithin a half mi of the though unsubstantiated,feeling beachat ArgentiaJuly 17 (BMt). that these were birds unable to find A new strongholdfor Greater foodin Labrador.A Rough-legged Shearwaterswas discovered by lan HawkJuly 10 at Tracadie,NB, was McLaren who was fortunate to be notablyfar s. for summer (RD). 1114- American Birds,Winter 1992 The PeregrineFalcon has neverbeen adult, one 2nd•summer)July 19 at known to nest on insular Newfoundland; MerigomishI. (fideBMy) and a 2nd-sum- however,a pair in courtshipdisplay in early merJuly 27 at PowellPt., EE (KM). New- Juneon Baccalieu I. (JR) and an adult July 18 foundland'ssingle Laughing Gull wasan at 12Anse-aux-Meadows(ST) suggestbreed- adultJuly 10 at Renews(KE, DW). A survey ingcould be happening. A "creamcolored" of LadleCove I., NF, oneof the Regions2 GyrfalconJune 11 at MiddleCove, NF, pro- provenCorn. Black-headedGull nesting vided the 2nd consecutive summer record for sites,revealed no Black-headed Gulls on July the St.John's area (KK). 11 (PL). Ten ad. Corn. Black-headedGulls A ClapperRail June13 at WhaleCove July12 at StephenvilleCrossing, NF, was the Marsh,G.M.I., NB, providedone of thevery largestsummertime count there in over5 few,if notthe only summer record for the Re- years(ST). A veryodd and striking looking gion(GW). Mostof the20 plusrecords for gull at StephenvilleCrossing, NF, June27 theRegions are from late fall. A goodcount of appearedto be an ad. hybridCorn. Black- Kentuc16,Warbler on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, eightCorn. Moorhens