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Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 2

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: 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 47 on the third floor of the Provincial Health Building. (Enter through the under-…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 4

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: Newsletter by contacting the Island Nature Trust at P.O. Box 265, Charlottetown or by phoning Dan McAskill at 569-4351 (evenings). Membership is $5.00 annually and they are available at NHS meetings from Geoff Hogan, Rosemary Curley,…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 11

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: 60 to 75 cm but may reach a length of over 100 cm. When captured they eject an un- pleasant fluid from glands around the anal opening. The Garter Snake hibernates in dry frost-free locations such as under rocks or in well- drained soil.…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 5

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: GLIDERS OF THE NIGHT by J. Dan McAskill Prince Edward Island is the home of 3 species of squirrels, namely, the red squirrel, the chipmunk and the flying squirrel. The former two squirrels are active during the day but the flying squirrel…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 14

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: —3\RD REPORT Common Loon - 5 in Tracadie Bay off Blooming Point on Sept. 1 (MEM). 4‘ Ruddy Turnstone - 12 on Blooming Point on Sept. 1 (MEM). ’ Great Blue Heron - l feeding at Clark's Pond in Indian River through July (TC). ' Little Blue…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 13

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: Here are strange-coloured rocks, and richest keel, in which lie bedded fossils of a former time; here grows our native shamrock, "rabbit clover" if you will, one of the stray oxalis plants that flourishes in shady nooks; here lichens…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 7

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: 4-- Canadian “ Nature CONFERENCE I982 V Federation 9% Once again the annual gathering of naturalists from across the country for the Canadian Nature Federation conference was a highly successful affair. Organized and hosted by the friendly…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 9

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: HOW TO TELL TIME BY THE STARS (During the Planetarium visit in February someone raised the question of how to tell time by the stars. Unfortunately no one at the time knew and the editor has been hunting for the answer ever since. Thanks…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 6

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: birds. The clamor of excited young ospreys was heard coming from the nest; it reached its peak a little later when Father Osprey came flying in with another fish which he placed on the edge of the nest. He flew away immediately. Again his…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 16

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: PROVINCIAL PARKS - A PLACE FOR PARTICI-PARK-TION Prince Edward Island Provincial Parks are always on the move! The end of the summer . marks a new season and Provincial Parks are there to greet you. P.E.I. Provincial Parks attempt to make…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 12

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: FROM TIMES PAST . THE DEVIL ' S PUNC HBOWL By Jeremiah S. Clark (Reprinted from the Prince Edward Island Magazine, 1903. Vol. 5(2), pages 50-53.) You may locate it, if you will, beside the Old Malpeque Road, amid the Granville hills, and…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 15

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: " n Blue Jay — 3 doz. at Clark's in Indian River on Aug. 13 (TC). Common Crow - 2 doz. (including one with one leg) summering at Clark's in Indian River (TC). Red-winged Blackbirds - several nesting at Clark's in Indian River (TC). Purple…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 3

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: COMING EVENTS UP WEST. Reserve Saturday, October 2 for our annual outing to the beautiful Tyne Valley area. Hosted by Dr. and Mrs. Geoff Robinson, we will be visiting the special natural places up west. Meet in Charlottetown at the YMCA at…

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 1

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER NO. 67 SEPT-OCT. 1982 …

Newsletter -- 1982-09-01 -- Page 10

Year Published: 1982

Part Of: Newsletter -- 1982-09-01

Snippet: HERPTILES OF PEI, In this issue we continue the accounts of the herptiles of P.E.I. with the third and last group - the snakes. PART III - THE SNAKES 1 Snakes are members of the class Reptilia. Their chief characteristic is an absence of…