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Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 10

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: HOUSE MAMMAL . ::£;::::::i::::i::L— guard hairs outer layer ( " ‘- - ' . . r ‘ I ‘ I / ' v 4 1nsulat19n inner layer -’ figerglass plaster wall skin BIRD COAT flight feathers outershell outer layer V7 7 . {' 7 insulation inner layer ' J)…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 3

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: UPCOMING EVENTS — NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P. 0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 8:00 p.m. in Room RT on the third floor of the Provincial Health Building. (Enter…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 5

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: ‘EWS AND NOTE FEBRUARY MEETING REPORT. Members who attended the February meeting enjoyed a most interesting account of day to day activity within a cormorant colony. Using his own slides, Geoff Hogan shared with members, much of what he…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 8

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: MID WINTER BIRD SIGHTINGS Pintail — 7 were seen in company with 60 Black Duck at Wright's Creek estuary in East Royalty in early February (MW). Goshawk — l seen at Nine Mile Creek, January 26 (fide AL). Sharp-Shinned Hawk — l on North…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 12

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: ll encounter herons from other regions when they migrate and, unless they are banded, it is virtually impossible to determine their origin. Because Great Blue Herons occasLOIIally winter on P.E.I. and elsewhere in the Maritimes, it…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 9

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: DOWN UNDER In these times of chilly days and chil- lier nights, it is perhaps appropriate to remind ourselves that many Island residents have no home or shelter to protect them from the wintery blasts. But, due to down and underfur, these…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 6

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: NEW BRUNSWICK TO HOST CNF 1983. The location of the Annual Canadian Nature Federation Conference will return to the Maritimes once again in 1983 when 'New Brunswick will be the host province. Dates and meeting site will be finalized later…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Island naturalist

Snippet: This material has been made available for research, education, and private use only. Publication, distribution or commercial use of the material requires permission from the copyright …

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 4

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: l'l TRUST ‘ A public meeting of the Island Nature Trust was held in the Kelly Building at .ISLAND NATUR Island Nature Trust Update U.P.E.I. on Feb. lh. Dr. Ian MacQuarrie, chairman of the Trust, showed a selection of slides and outlined…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 11

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: lO HERONS.CORMORANTS AND GULLS- WHERE pp THEY GO? by-Geoff Hogan, 153 North River Road, Charlottetown Most people realize that many bird species migrate south in fall, but have you ever wondered exactly where birds from Prince Edward…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 1

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: 12 Answers to Bird Quiz 1. turquoise blue 2. four 13. White-throated Sparrow 3. Whimbrel 14- goatsucker (Caprimulgidae) \Yfés 4. grebe (Podicipedidae) 15. Ccmmon Loon 5. binocular 16. Arctic Tern 6 . Rock Dove l7 . pink 7. one 18- old man'…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 7

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: I980 PLAN S A spectacular array of planets adorns the 1980 winter skies. Our old friend Venus is prominent in the west at sunset, about halfway to the zenith. In the southeast and well up in the sky about 10:00 p.m. is a whole handful of…

Newsletter -- 1980-03-01 -- Page 2

Year Published: 1980

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1980-03-01

Snippet: PRINCE-Z EDWXRD ISLAND iWITIJRAI. HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NEWSLB'F L ER NO . A 6 …