Just before the Wesleyville Rd. were 75 WAXWINGS, Esther Allin & I estimated about 1/3 of them to be BOHEMIAN and 2/3 CEDAR WAXWINGS. On our return trip we counted approximately 125 BLACK BIRDS consisting primarily of RED WINGED BLACKBIRDS & EUROPEAN STARLINGS.

A local fisherman shared with me that a flock of WHITE SWANS flew over head towards the west yesterday, he estimated between 30-40. The 32 LONG TAILED DUCKS were as pretty as ever in the Cobourg Harbour by the pier yesterday. I sighted 24 COMMON GOLDENEYE & 36 BUFFLEHEAD swimming and diving by the Bowmanville Beach at the end of Liberty St. S. today.

While watching these several hundred swans passed over head, almost a constant stream, in total I estimated that I saw around 1500 swans yesterday. Mike Boyd Directions: From the 401 exit at Hwy 59 and follow this south and it leads directly to Long Point. Mike Boyd

The latest population estimate for Canada is 2000 - 5000 pairs (Kirk et al. 1995). Note that the secretive Red-shouldered Hawk is NOT listed as an endangered species, either nationally or provincially, in Ontario. See number 5 below. 3. Bald Eagle: Debbie Badzinski states that Bald Eagles are increasing in southern Ontario.

Birding for an hour before work (7:45-8:45 am), Allan Roitner of Aurora did not have a spectacular variety, but the ten warbler species that were present showed up in impressive numbers: "conservative estimates" were 30+ BLACKBURNIAN, 30+ BLK-THR. BLUE, 20+ BLACK&WHITE, 20+ CHESTNUT-SIDED, 20+ BLK-THR. GREEN and, for good colour, a NORTHERN PARULA.

Those within range during the past week have been the following (numbers are conservative estimates): Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 6 American Black Duck 5 Mallard 30 Northern Pintail 2 Canvasback 150

[page 36, quads E56&57 Apr. 9, Eleanor & Bob Sachs found an estimated 35 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on the west end of Wolfe I., 1 MUTE SWAN on Button Bay, 2 OSPREY on a platform at the east end of Garden I.& 2 BONEPARTE'S GULLS on Goose Island Apr. 10 Wolfe Island: Ellis had BLUE-WINGED TEAL, SNOW GEESE 3, SHORT-EARED OWL 1.

One observer estimated that c. 20,000 birds streamed south off the tip between 7:30 and 9:00 AM. Among the southbound passerines were Blue Jays, Indigo Buntings, Scarlet Tanagers, blackbirds, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and 20 species of warblers (mostly Black-and-white and Nashville, but also several Northern Parulas and Chestnut-sided).

Depending on your assumptions as to the size of the ice floe, and the density of the geese on the ice floe, the estimate was about 3-5,000 snow geese (±). The floe drifted with the current so we moved to MacDonnell Island to get closer. The cacophony of the geese rose to the sound of a jet engine three times.

Data collected by the BBS is extremely valuable - it is used by countless researchers, and biologists to monitor bird population trends, generate population estimates and to identify birds that are of conservation concern.