Nature PEI and the Stratford Area Watershed Improvement Group hosted a CBC4Kids event Saturday, January 8, 2017. Despite it being a chilly morning, there was a good turnout. A total of 13 species were noted. The following is what was observed:

• 2 American Black Duck
• 1 Northern Goshawk
• 1Herring Gull
• 2 Downy Woodpecker
• 8 Hairy Woodpecker (4 were heard but not seen)
• 2 Blue Jays (heard but not seen)
• 10 American Crow
• 2 Common Raven
• 19 Black-capped Chickadee
• 1 Brown Creeper
• 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
• 1 Pine Siskin (heard but not seen)
• 2 American Goldfinch

Other wildlife noted included:

• Red Squirrel
• Plenty of snowshoe hare tracks
• Red Fox tracks
• Coyote tracks
• Mink tracks
• Racoon tracks

Submitted by Luke Peters – for Nature PEI