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Northern Pintail
Good Viewing Locations
The following locations are good places to start if your interested in viewing members of the Northern Pintail species.
More about the Northern Pintail on the Internet
The following websites can help you learn more about the Northern Pintail species.
These websites are maintained by other organizations, and when you click on the links below,
you'll be visiting their websites, not ours.
- Industry Canada Collections
- Rickerts Nature Preserve
- Don Baccus
- Don Baccus
- Don Baccus
- Birds Of Nova Scotia
Seasonal Frequency
You can use the following as a guide to when you can most easily expect to spot members
of the Northern Pintail species on Prince Edward Island. This information comes from
The Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island which retains and publishes records of bird
sightings.
| Spring March 16 to May 31 (northerly migration) |
Common, 10 - 49 birds per day |
| Summer June 1 to August 15 (nesting season) |
Common, 10 - 49 birds per day |
| Autumn August 16 to December 14 (southerly migration) |
Very common, 50 or more birds per day |
| Winter December 15 to March 15 |
Rare, 1 - 5 birds per season |
Nesting on PEI
The Northern Pintail is known or believed to nest on PEI.
This information has been taken from website "Birds of the Island"