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THE BIRDS OF THE LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE WILDLIFE AREA, SASKATCHEWAN by Gary G. Anweiler, Silton, Saskatchewan

The following briefly annotated list was *WHITE PELICAN. Common sum¬ prepared by Gary Anweiler and is based pri¬ marily on records collected by him between mer visitor. Once bred (to 1954) but April 11 and October 27, 1969. During this no longer does. Open water of lake, period he was on contract with the Canadian Wildlife Service to collect natural history rocky islands. Island off Perry’s Point. information for use at an interpretation centre Dam at Ducks Unlimited project dur¬ scheduled to be built southeast of Simpson, ing last half of April. April 9 (Hug¬ Saskatchewan, within the next few years. The area investigated was approximately 3 miles gins) - October 26. Migration: April wide and 12 miles long around the north end 14 - May 26; August 27 - September of Last Mountain Lake. (See Hatfield, J. P. 1969. The Last Mountain Lake Wildlife Area, 30. Saskatchewan. Blue Jay 27:129-131.) It in¬ *DOUBLE - CRESTED CORMOR¬ cludes parts of Townships 27 and 28, Ranges 23 and 24, west of the 2nd Meridian. In the ANT. Common summer resident. list, extreme dates of occurrence are given Breed on island off Perry’s Point. and, in some cases, peak migration dates. A date in parentheses is for a straggler. Loca¬ 12,000± noted leaving Finger on Octo¬ tions given are usually those where the species ber 5, 1960 (Gollop). No concentration was most commonly seen. Species marked with an asterisk are known to have bred in the noted in 1969. April 23 - October 9. area. . Uncom¬ Information from other observers, mostly mon summer visitor. Reedy shore of unpublished, is included and acknowledged (in parentheses). The publication referred to as the lake, Fingers shoreline near Water- “Todd” is W. E. C. Todd’s Notes on the birds town. April 11 - October 8 (one nest, of southern Saskatchewan. Annals of the Car¬ negie Museum 30: 383-421. 1947. The late Mr. Todd). Todd and G. M. Sutton worked in the area BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT with A. C. Lloyd of Davidson, Saskatchewan, in May and June, 1932. Species marked “Not HERON. Uncommon summer visitor. recorded by Todd” are ones that Anweiler Deeper marshes, Taylor’s Bay, lake- found breeding or as summer visitors in the area.—J. B. Gollop, C.W.S., Saskatoon. shore, etc. Especially at slough north of gravel pits. May 23 - September 29. COMMON LOON. Migrant, rare summer visitor. Open water of the ♦AMERICAN BITTERN. Fairly lake. April 28-June 25. common summer resident. Reedy marshes, sloughs. Second Finger—deep *RED-NECKED GREBE. Uncom¬ marshes southwest of Headquarters. mon summer resident. Marshy bays of April 29 - October 13. Lake. Taylor’s Bay, bay inside Perry’s Point, Fingers. May 26 (Todd) - June WHISTLING SWAN. Common mi¬ 22. grant, casual summer visitor. Spring: Flooded sloughs in farm land along *HORNED GREBE. Migrant, rare west and northwest edge of manage¬ summer resident. Marshy bays of lake, ment area, as well as on the lake. April sloughs. May 1 - September 22. 12 (Huggins) - May 11 (May 17). EARED GREBE. Uncommon sum¬ Large flight on May 3. Fall: Fingers mer resident. Bays of lake, large and open water of lake. September 22 - sloughs. May 29-September 18 October 27. (Sugre). * (Large). Un¬ ♦WESTERN GREBE. Common common summer resident. Lake, breeds summer resident. Lake; especially in on islands; Taylor’s Bay. April 11 - marshy bays. Taylor’s Bay has a large September 27. breeding colony. May 4 - September 27. CANADA GOOSE (Small). Com¬ *PIED-BILLED GREBE. Common mon spring migrant. Uncommon fall summer resident. Marshy bays of lake, migrant. Spring. Rest on larger small deep marshes. Second Finger, sloughs to west and northwest of man¬ Taylor’s Bay. May 1 - September 28. agement area; feeds in surrounding Not recorded by Todd. grain fields. Also found on lake in

74 THE BLUE JAY island area east of Watertown. March ially on lake, alkali slough behind 22 (Huggins) - May 11. 6000-8000 at Watertown. April 11 - October 25. peak. Fall: Found with other geese *SHOVELER. Common summer resi¬ (see White-fronted Goose). August 18 dent. Sloughs and marshes; Fingers. (Huggins) - September 27. April 13 - October 17. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Very ^REDHEAD. Fairly common sum¬ common migrant, spring and fall. mer resident. Deeper marshes and bays Spring: Occur with small Canada of the lake. Wherever there is thick Geese. April 11 - May 12 (May 28). bulrush growth. Second Finger, etc. Fall: Found in the island area of the April 14 - October 16. lake; going out in all directions to feed, RING-NECKED DUCK. Uncommon dawn and dusk, in the grain fields. migrant. Deep open marshes and bays. September 12 - October 18. Second Finger. April 25 - May 4; late SNOW GOOSE. Uncommon migrant, August - September 27 (Hatfield). commonest in the fall. Found with the *CANVASBACK. Fairly common other geese. April 17 - May 11; Sep¬ migrant; uncommon summer resident. tember 13 - October 13. Marshes and bays of lake during sum¬ mer and fall; temporary sloughs in BLUE GOOSE. Very uncommon April. Second Finger. April 14 - Octo¬ lake; going out in all directions to feed, ber 16. Migration: April 14 - early migrant. Usually with Snow Geese. May; September 1 - October 16. April 21-24; October 9-13. *LESSER SCAUP. Very common in ROSS’ GOOSE. Uncommon fall mi¬ migration; fairly common summer grant. With other geese. September 13 resident. Deep marshes; bays and open (Chopping) - 18. water of the lake. During spring migra¬ *. Abundant summer tion found on larger temporary sloughs, resident. All wet places. Concentration often in rafts of up to 1,000 birds. in Fingers, especially Second, from April 14 - October 25. Spring Migra¬ mid-August to end-September; 100,000 tion: April 14 - mid-May. estimated during this time. March 22 COMMON GOLDENEYE. Uncom¬ (Huggins) - October 27 - freeze-up. mon migrant and rather rare summer BLACK DUCK. Rare summer visitor. Open water of the lake. April visitor. Marshy bays and Fingers. 15 - May 4 (June 10); September 19 - June 2 - September 26. Not recorded freeze-up. by Todd. BUFFLEHEAD. Fairly common * GAD WALL. Fairly common sum¬ migrant; very uncommon summer mer resident. Alkali Lake behind visitor. Open marshes and bays of the Watertown, marshes, sloughs, etc. lake; larger sloughs. April 16 - October April 14 - October 16. 25. * WHITE-WINGED SCOTER. Not *PINTAIL. Common summer resi¬ common summer resident. Open water dent. Weedy places, shallows of lake. of lake, especially near the islands; 15,000 at peak. April 10 (Hatfield) - off beach at Watertown and south October 17. along shore to Taylor’s Bay. Breed on *GREEN-WINGED TEAL. Common islands. Large rafts of young (up to migrant; uncommon summer resident. 74) noted on August 7 and 8. May 18 - Marshes, sloughs. April 14 - October September 27. 16. Common from: April 14-21; Octo¬ *RUDDY DUCK. Not common sum¬ ber 1-15. mer resident. Deep marshes, bays and *BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Common fingers of lake. Second Finger. April summer resident. Marshy shallows of 29 - October 16. lake. April 21 - October 6. HOODED MERGANSER. Very un¬ *AMERICAN WIDGEON. Common common migrant; rare summer visitor. summer resident, common during Ducks Unlimited Project, marshes of migration. In April, in ponds and lake. May 23 (Todd) October 10 (Hat¬ stubble fields, later in marshes espec¬ field).

June, 1970 75 COMMON MERGANSER. Uncom¬ PRAIRIE FALCON. Migrant mon migrant, open water of lake. April (Todd). May 24 (Todd) - June 3 19 - May 23. (Todd). Not recorded in 1969. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER. . Uncommon Fairly common migrant (Todd). Lake. migrant. Marshes, especially Fingers. May 24 (Todd) - June 5 (Todd). Not April 27 - May 28 (Todd); September recorded in 1969. 22 - October 16. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. Uncom¬ PIGEON HAWK. Very uncommon mon migrant. Large shelterbelts, e.g. migrant. In vicinity of water. April 26; at Headquarters. April 12 - May 19; September 4-19. August 16 ( ?) - October 13. SPARROW HAWK. Common mi¬ COOPER’S HAWK. Rare migrant. grant. Roadsides, or power and tele¬ August 25. phone lines and poles. April 14 - May RED - TAILED HAWK. Common 10; July 30 - September 23. migrant; rare summer visitor. Migra¬ GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN. tions: April 11 - April 25; August 25 - Probably now extinct in this area. October 16 (October 26). * SHARP-TAILED GROUSE. Fairly *SWAINSON’S HAWK. Common common resident. In fall, at dawn and summer resident. Prairie areas, etc. dusk, in the stubble fields; during the April 21 - September 24. day, in the willow swales. Prairie areas ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Uncom¬ always good. April 25 - June 13 on mon migrant. April 12-May 1; August dancing grounds. Broods June 21-July 20 - September 13. 30. ^FERRUGINOUS HAWK. Very *GRAY PARTRIDGE. Fairly com¬ rare summer resident. Wreford Pas¬ mon year-round resident. Old shelter- ture. June 21 (nest). belts, especially near cultivated areas. . Rare migrant. Feed in grain; dawn and late after¬ October 5 (Gollop) - October 13. noon. Not recorded by Todd. . Very uncommon WHOOPING CRANE. Rare, but migrant. April 12-13; October 13. regular migrant, rare summer visitor. *MARSH HAWK. Very common Fingers, bays of lake. With Sandhills. summer resident. April 11 - October . Abundant mi¬ 25. grant, rare summer visitor. During . Rare migrant. April 30. day in grain fields or prairies around

Sandhill Cranes in Last Mountain Lake Wildlife Area

76 THE BLUE JAY Part of Last Mountain Lake Wildlife Area. For a description of the area and for a map showing its boundaries see J. P. Hatfield’s article, Blue Jay, September 1969, pp 129-131. lake. Spring: Mostly west of manage¬ ^. Abundant sum¬ ment area. Fall: Mostly on game pre¬ mer resident. Found on all larger serve. April 9 (a farmer) - May 1; sloughs, marshes, and marshy areas of July 31 - October 30 (Stephens). lake. Concentration noted on First Finger. Late August through Septem¬ VIRGINIA RAIL. Rare summer resi¬ ber (5,000 ± here on September 20). dent. Marshes. June 12 - August 7. April 22 - October 16. *SORA. Fairly common summer resident. Marshes (southwest of Head¬ SEMIPALMATED PLOVER. Un¬ quarters). May 11 - September 9. common migrant. Point V2 mile south of Imperial Beach. Alkali lake behind YELLOW RAIL. Summer resident (Todd). Grassy marshes, head of lake. Watertown. May 23 (Todd) - August May 28 (Todd) - June 25 (Todd). Not 25. recorded in 1969. *PIPING PLOVER. Rare summer

June, 1970 77 resident. Alkali lake behind Water- GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Fairly town. June 2 (Todd) - July 17. common in fall migration, rare in *KILLDEER. Uncommon summer spring. Grassy and muddy shores. resident. Usually found near water. Along Fingers, Watertown, alkali lake April 11 - September 26. behind Watertown. April 14 - May 18; July 3 - October 17. AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER. Common spring migrant; rare fall LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Same as migrant. Cultivated fields, especially Greater Yellow legs, but possibly those in fallow. May 17 - June 2; Octo¬ slightly commoner. May 1-8; July 1 - ber 5 (Gollop). October 3. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Fairly KNOT. Uncommon migrant. Beaches, sandpoints. Point V2 mile south of Im¬ common migrant, most common in perial Beach. May 23 - June 7; August spring. Beaches and mudflats. Point 2 and 4. V2 mile south of Imperial Beach, alkali lake behind Watertown. May 23 - June PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Uncom¬ 5 (Bard & Lahrman); July 1 - Sep¬ mon migrant. Found along grassy tember 26. or muddy shores. Alkali lake behind Watertown, lakeshore. May 14 (Todd)- RUDDY TURNSTONE. Uncommon June 24 (22) (Todd); July 17 - Octo¬ migrant. Beaches, points, rocky islands. ber 16. Watertown, point V2 mile south of Im¬ perial Beach. May 22 (Todd) - June WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER. 22 (Todd) ; August 18 - 25. Uncommon spring migrant. Alkali lake behind Watertown. May 16 (Todd) - COMMON SNIPE. Uncommon June 23 (Todd). summer resident, slightly commoner in BAIRD’S SANDPIPER. Same as migration. Apparently breeding Pectoral Sandpiper. Especially at head around springs, southeast of the gravel of Second Finger (?) June 4 (Todd) - pit, possibly at head of Third Finger. June 22 (Todd); August 25-October 6. In migration, along edge of Second Finger. April 24 - October 16. Not LEAST SANDPIPER. Fairly com¬ recorded by Todd. mon migrant. Grassy or muddy shores. Alkali lake behind Watertown, area WHIMBREL. Rare migrant. May 27 around point V2 mile south of Imperial (Todd) - 30 (Todd). Not recorded in Beach. May 14 (Todd) - June 11; July 1969. 1 - September 22. *UPLAND PLOVER. Fairly com¬ SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER and mon summer resident in prairie areas*. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Com¬ Most common on flats between Second mon fall migrant, uncommon in spring. and Third Fingers. Also found in most Muddy or grassy shallows. Especially pastures, especially those not over- around head of Second Finger. May 12 grazed. Any prairie area. May 10 - (Todd) - June 25 (Todd); July 1 - August 11. October 16; September 19 - October 16. * SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Uncom¬ I collected two long-billed Dowitchers mon summer resident. Found on on September 23; Todd (1947) pre¬ beaches, sandpoints and islands. Look sumed his 11 specimens to be Short¬ for on Perry’s Point, point V2 mile billed Dowitchers in 1932. south of Imperial Beach and in the STILT SANDPIPER. Uncommon vicinity of Watertown. May 23 - migrant. Muddy shores. Alkali lake be¬ August 25. hind Watertown. May 23 (Todd) - *WILLET. Common summer resi¬ June 13 (Todd); August 1 - Septem¬ dent. Sloughs and marshy areas, lake- ber 9. shore. Areas with a combination of SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. prairie and water are most favourable. Fairly common migrant. Muddy shores, April 29 - September 12. other shores. Especially at alkali lake

78 THE BLUE JAY behind Watertown. May 22 (Todd) - open water of lake. May 23-July 23. June 11; June 27 (Todd) - August 1. Not recorded by Todd. BUFF - BREASTED SANDPIPER. *FORSTER’S TERN. Uncommon Migrant (Todd). May 23 (Todd)-28 summer resident. A few bred off mouth (Todd). Not recorded in 1969. of Lanigan Creek and possibly in *M ARB LED GODWIT. Common Second Finger also. June 1 - July 20. summer resident. Found wherever there Not recorded by Todd. is prairie, especially near water, feeds ^COMMON TERN. Abundant sum¬ along shores. April 28 - August 25. mer resident. Open water and along SANDERLING. Uncommon migrant. shores of the lake. Breeds on three Found on sandy beaches and points. small islands. May 3 - September 1. Tip of Perry’s Point, point V2 mile south of Imperial Beach. May 23 - June BLACK TERN. Common summer 22 (Todd) August 18-25. resident, probably breeds. Marshy bays of lake, lakeshore, Taylor’s Bay, * AMERICAN AVOCET. Uncommon Fingers, south side of point V2 mile summer resident. Two colonies found south of Imperial Beach. May 21 - Sep¬ at large alkali sloughs. Fifteen pair on tember 9. Hatfield road, just east of the east boundary, about six pair at alkali *ROCK DOVE. Fairly common resi¬ slough behind Watertown. May 12 - dent. Found around abandoned build¬ October 13. ings, in which they breed. Not recorded by Todd. *WILSON’S PHALAROPE. Fairly common summer resident. Grassy MOURNING DOVE. Uncommon marsh edges, prairie shores. Especially summer resident, probably breeds. along Second and Third Finger, Tay¬ Found in the shelterbelts. April 23 - lor’s Bay. May 11 - August 10. October 5. NORTHERN PHALAROPE. Fairly * . Uncom¬ common migrant. Open water of large mon resident year round. Aspen groves, sloughs. Especially alkali lake behind shelterbelts. Watertown. May 23 (Todd) - June 11; July 3; September 19 - October 3. SNOWY OWL. Uncommon migrant, probably winter visitor. To April 13. PARASITIC JAEGER. Accidental. October 28 (Bird, 1957). ^BURROWING OWL. Rare summer resident. Pastures. July 10 (nest). HERRING GULL. Rare migrant and possible summer visitor. Along lake. *LONG - EARED OWL. Common May 16 (?) - 23. summer resident. Found nesting in shelterbelts and aspen willow groves; ^CALIFORNIA GULL. Uncommon also found in any treed place. April summer resident. Around lake. Few 11 - October 18. breed in Ring-billed colony off end of Perry’s Point. April 20 - July 3. *SHORT - EARED OWL. Common *RING-BILLED GULL. Abundant summer resident. Low prairie area, summer resident. Three colonies. April marsh edge, weedy fields. February 7 11 - October 25. (Hatfield) - October 27. FRANKLIN’S GULL. Abundant COMMON NIGHTHAWK. Uncom¬ summer visitor. Probably breeds at mon migrant. May 21 - June 6; August Kutawagon Lake. Found commonest 20 - September 18. near lake. Roost at alkali lake behind RUBY-THROATED HUMMING¬ Watertown, Taylor’s Bay. April 12 - BIRD. Very uncommon migrant. Found September 13. in shelter-belts, gardens. May 27-28; BONAPARTE'S GULL. Uncommon August 18 - September 13. Not re¬ migrant and summer visitor. Over corded by Todd.

June, 1970 79 BELTED KINGFISHER. Very un¬ BLUE JAY. Accidental visitor. May common migrant. Lakeshore, along 29. Lanigan Creek. April 28 - May 23. "BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE. Com- | * YELLOW - SHAFTED FLICKER. mon resident. Shelterbelts. Common summer resident. All treed "COMMON CROW. Common sum- > areas, especially shelterbelts. April 14 - mer resident. Throughout, especially October 20. where trees. March 23 (Huggins) - YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. October 13. Uncommon fall migrant. Treed places. BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, j , September 29 - October 7. Winter visitor. I HAIRY WOODPECKER. Same as Downy Woodpecker. October 26. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH. Uncommon migrant. Shelterbelts. May * j DOWNY WOODPECKER. Rare 11-16; August 25 - October 6. migrant, probably winter visitor. Sep¬ tember 29. BROWN CREEPER. Uncommon mi¬ '•'EASTERN KINGBIRD. Common grant (fall). September 30 - October 3. summer resident. All treed and brushy ''HOUSE WREN. Common resident. places. Maj 15 - September 4. Shelterbelts, treed places. May 14 - "WESTERN KINGBIRD. Common September 19. I !j summer resident. Shelterbelts, aspen LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. ‘ groves. May 12 - August 28. Rare summer resident. June 15 - Octo¬ EASTERN PHOEBE. Rare spring ber 9. c migrant. April 16. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. LEAST FLYCATCHER. Uncommon Rare summer resident (Todd). Not spring and rare fall migrant. Shelter- recorded in 1969. belts. May 15-29; August 27. "CATBIRD. Rare summer resident. I s WESTERN WOOD PEWEE. Rare May 26-June 28. Not recorded by 1 spring migrant. Shelterbelts. May 27 Todd. and 28. "BROWN THRASHER. Fairly com- r $ "HORNED LARK. Common summer mon summer resident. Shelterbelts, resident, abundant migrant. Prairie, aspen-willow groves, etc. May 5 - Sep- i cultivated fields, etc. Commonest where tember 10. ground cover is light (e.g., over-grazed . Fairly com¬ pasture, old fields). Area east of road mon migrant. Shelterbelts, treed places, ;i ' to north boundary from Headquarters etc. April 11 - May 26; Augustt 25- especially good. April 11 - October 18. October 16. . Fairly common HERMIT THRUSH. Fairly common i L migrant, rare summer resident. Shel¬ migrant (fall). Shelterbelts, treed { 1 terbelts, lakeshore. April 25 - Septem¬ places. October 1-14. ber 12. S W A I NS O N’S THRUSH. Fairly h "BANK SWALLOW. Uncommon common migrant. Shelterbelts, treed summer resident. Gravel pit on north places. May 8 - June 2; September 10- boundary. In swallow flocks in fall. October 9. |i May 20 - September 11. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. Fairly common migrant. Shelterbelts, treed ". Common sum¬ places. May 8 - June 2; September 10- mer resident. Anywhere there are October 9. buildings. April 26 - October 13. VEERY. Rare summer visitor. Shel¬ CLIFF SWALLOW. Uncommon terbelts. May 16 - July 9. Not recorded transient. May 18-30; August 7 - Sep¬ by Todd. tember 11. MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD. Rare mi- M t PURPLE MARTIN. Rare transient. grant. Roadsides. April 13 - May 3 September 1. (Hatfield). It

80 THE BLUE JAY J TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE. Acci¬ MYRTLE WARBLER. Common mi¬ dental summer visitor. September 24. grant. Shelterbelts, aspen - willow GOLDEN - CROWNED KINGLET. groves. April 25 - May 23 (Todd); Uncommon migrant. Shelterbelts. April August 25 - October 16. 30 (Todd); September 30 - October 19. BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Uncom¬ RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. Un¬ mon migrant. Shelterbelts. May 15-28; common migrant. Shelterbelts. May 15 August 17. and 16; September 10 - October 6. PALM WARBLER. Very uncommon *SPRAGUE’S PIPIT. Common sum¬ migrant (fall). Shelterbelts. Septem¬ mer resident. Dry prairie areas. April ber 10-22. 22 - September 18. OVENBIRD. Rare migrant. Shelter- BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Migrant, belts. May 15 - August 26. probably winter months. Shelterbelts. MOURNING WARBLER. One trap¬ April 13 and 17. ped. September 10. CEDAR WAXWING. Fairly com¬ COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. Un¬ mon migrant and summer visitor. Shel¬ common summer resident. Brushy terbelts. May 28 - September 28. marsh borders, shelterbelts, cattails. NORTHERN SHRIKE. Winter May 20 (Todd) - September 23. visitor. Treed places, roadsides. March WILSON’S WARBLER. Very un¬ 24 (Hatfield); early October. common migrant (fall). Shelterbelts. ^LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Fairly August 25 - September 17. common summer resident. Shelterbelts, CANADA WARBLER. Rare migrant roadsides, any treed place. April 27 - (fall). Shelterbelts. August 25 - Sep¬ September 2. tember 10. AMERICAN REDSTART. Two ^COMMON STARLING. Common birds. May 27 and 28; September 21. summer resident. Shelterbelts. April 11 - October. Not recorded by Todd. *HOUSE SPARROW: Fairly com¬ mon resident. Occupies shelterbelts, old SOLITARY VIREO. Rare migrant. buildings (Headquarters). Not record¬ Shelterbelts. May 16. ed by Todd. RED-EYED VIREO. Uncommon BOBOLINK. Uncommon summer migrant. Shelterbelts. May 27 - June 8. resident. Hay-meadows, slough bor¬ PHILADELPHIA VIREO. Hypo¬ ders. Along Lanigan Creek, especially thetical (identification not positive). lower end. May 19 - July 16. Shelterbelts. * WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Com¬ mon summer resident. Any area, road¬ WARBLING VIREO. Rare summer sides are good. April 9 (Hatfield) - resident. Shelterbelts. May 25 - June October 25. 17. BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER. * YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. Rare migrant. Shelterbelts. May 11 and Common summer resident. Deep September 11. marshes. April 24 - October 9. TENNESSEE WARBLER. Uncom¬ *RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. Com¬ mon migrant and casual summer mon summer resident. Any slough. visitor. May 20-29; July 1-9; August April 11 - October 26. 10-12 (?). ^BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Uncommon ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. summer resident. Shelterbelts. May Uncommon migrant. Shelterbelts. May 19 - August 26. 6-19; September 10 - October 6. RUSTY BLACKBIRD. Rare mi¬ * YELLOW WARBLER. Common grant. September 18 (Sugre). summer resident. Shelterbelts, any ^BREWER’S BLACKBIRD. Com¬ treed or brushy place. May 15 - Sep¬ mon summer resident. Shelterbelts. tember 17. April 20 - October 9.

June, 1970 81 COMMON GRACKLE. Uncommon TREE SPARROW. Abundant mi¬ migrant, rare summer resident. Shel- grant. Brushy, weedy, and treed places. terbelts. April 14 - September 29. April 11-25; September 22 - October 27. *BROWN- HEADED COWBIRD. Common summer resident. Throughout. CHIPPING SPARROW. Fairly com¬ April 30 - August 25. mon migrant, rare summer visitor. Shelterbelts, treed places. May 6-28; ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. July 15 - 21; September 11 - 12. Uncommon migrant. Shelterbelts. May- 16 and 19. *CLAY - COLORED SPARROW. PINE GROSBEAK. Winter visitor. Common summer resident. Bushy or Shelterbelts. October 26. treed areas. Snowberry patches on prairie. Headquarters. May 4 - Sep¬ COMMON REDPOLL. Winter tember 19. visitor. Shelterbelts, weedy places. October 6 - April 11. HARRIS’S SPARROW. Fairly com¬ mon migrant. Treed places. May 7-15; PINE SISKIN. Erratic (?) summer September 10 - October 15. visitor. Shelterbelts, especially where spruce are present, such as at Head¬ WHITE - CROWNED SPARROW. quarters. July 1 - October 8. Not re¬ Same as above. April 25 - May 16; corded by Todd. September 12 - October 13.

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. Uncom¬ WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. mon summer resident. Shelterbelts. Common migrant. Treed places. April May 19 - September 24. 30 -Mayl8; September 10 - October 16. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL. Un¬ FOX SPARROW. Uncommon mi¬ common and probably erratic visitor. grant. Treed areas. May 1; September Shelterbelts, especially where there are 30 - October 10. spruce. June 27 - October 14. Not recorded by Todd. LINCOLN’S SPARROW. Uncom¬ mon migrant. Treed places. May 4-16; LARK BUNTING. June 2-15. September 11 - October 6. ^SAVANNAH SPARROW. Com¬ mon summer resident. Long grass, SWAMP SPARROW. Same as especially in moist places such as above. May 19; September 20 - Octo¬ lakeshores and slough margins. April ber 6. 23 - October 6. SONG SPARROW. Uncommon mi¬ *B AIRD’S SPARROW. Common grant, rare summer resident. Shelter- siummer resident. Dry prairie. May 3 - belts. April 11 - July 9. August 1. June 23 (nest, Todd). McCOWN’S LONGSPUR. Local LECONTE’S SPARROW. Fairly summer resident (Todd). Not recorded common summer resident. May 5 - in 1969. Aug. 8. LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Abundant migrant. Any cultivated field. April *SHARP-TAILED SPARROW. Rare 11 - May 24; September 9 - October 24. ( ?) summer resident. Around marshes. June 13, nest (Todd) - July 21. *CHESTNUT - COLLARED LONG¬ SPUR. Common summer resident. Dry * VESPER SPARROW. Fairly com¬ prairie, grazed pasture. Along trail mon summer resident. April 23 - Octo¬ between Second and Third Fingers, ber 1. from north boundary. April 11-July 19. SLATE-COLORED JUNCO. Very SNOW BUNTING. Migrant and common migrant. Wherever there are winter visitor. Cultivated fields; with trees. April 11-28; September 12- longspurs in spring. April 11-28; Octo¬ October 19. ber 5 (Gollop) - 24.

82 THE BLUE JAY REFERENCES Huggins, ca. 1927-1931. Unpublished records kept by him while Game Guardian in the Bard, Fred G. and Fred W. Lahrman. 1969. area. Some observations of the Knot on Old Wives Gollop, J. B. 1960. Unpublished field notes in and Last Mountain Lakes. Blue Jay, 27:210. C.W.S. files. Bird, C. D. 1957. The Parasitic Jaegar in Stephens, W. J. D. 1967. Bionomics of the Saskatchewan. Can. Field-Naturalist, 71-37. Sandhill Crane. C.W.S. Special Report Series - No. 2. Queen’s Printer, Ottawa. Chopping, George. 1961. Ross* Geese at Last Sugre. ca. 1917. Letter to Munro in C.W.S. Mountain Lake. Blue Jay, 19:165. files. Hatfield, John P. 1969. Unpublished field Todd, W. E. C. 1947. Notes on the birds of notes kept by Manager of Last Mountain southern Saskatchewan. Annals of the Car¬ Wildlife Area. negie Museum 30:383-421.

Photo by A1 Grass, Manning Park Common Bushtit nest, photographed near Ladner, B.C., May 1969. Nesting materials included mosses, twigs, spider webbing, grass and tissue paper. The nest was built in a hawthorn bush.

June, 1970 83