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Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 11
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: MARSH MARIGOLD (Caltha palustris) by R. Bruce MacLaren, Charlottetown How this lovely spring wildflower came by the name Marigold I’ll never know, because it isn’t even related. sometimes, particularly many years ago, this plant was called…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 4
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: NEWS AND NOTES. MAY MEETING REPORT. About 30 people attended the last meeting of the season. It was announced that the society has received an Environment 2000 grant of $17, 000 to study the status of the Piping Plover on Prince Edward…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 7
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: Japanese yew (Taxus media) - If allowed to grow unclipped this evergreen becomes a small tree whose soft green needles and red berries are attractive to birds. Yews do well even in shady areas with good soil moisture. Phitzer juniper (…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 14
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: Blackburnian warbler — 1 in south Melville on June 1 (PF). Blackgoll Warbler - 1 in south Melville on June 1 (PF). Black-and—white Whrbler - 1 in Charlottetown on May 23 (GGH). Mourning Whrbler - 1 in south Melville on June 1 (PF). Rose-…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 13
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: Black Guillemot - 2 seen from'Borden ferry on Apr. 26 (NBC); 5'at Sea wa Head on June 9 (GGH, JNQ WEC). Mourning Dove - about 24 overwintered in Indian River with more returning by the third week of April; by June 2 about 30 young of the…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 3
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: BIRDATHON "84 The annual Francis Bain Birdathon was held May 26, 1984. and windy, but not windy enough to keep dbwn the black flies! The day was bright This year most of the counters participating ended up spending much of their time in…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Year Published: 1984
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 -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 8
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: SIGHT OBSERVATIONS OF IVORY GULLS ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND by Martin K. McNicholl, 320 Markham St., Tbronto, Ontario M6G 2K9 At 15:30 on 16 April 1977, I was birdwatching in Prince Edward Island National Park, P.E.I., when I noticed a small…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 9
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: Brown, R.G.B. 1976. Ivory Gulls off Labrador in summer. Amer. Birds 30:774. Finch, D.W. 1970. The fall migration. Aug. 16,1969—Nov. 30,1969. Northeastern Maritime region. Audubon Field Notes 24:13-21. ' . 1975. The spring migration. Apr. 1…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 2
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: NATURAL I-HSTORY 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 Provizzcial Health Building. (Enter by the underground…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 1
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NATURAL ‘ HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER NO. 78 JULY-AUG. |984 PO BOX 2346 C HARLOTTETOWN PEI …
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 16
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: Programs in P.E.I.'s Provincial Parks Once again this summer P.E.I. Provincial Parks have attempted to provide a ‘ program for those with an interest in P.E.I.'s natural history. Beach interpretive walks are given at Panmure Island,…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 5
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: ISLAND _ NATURE TRUST REPORI by Pat Doyle, Charlottetown _:~ s The year’s activities in the Trust climaxed with the 0" ,N3\ annual meeting held at the Farm Centre on the evening of May 1‘ N%fi§mfiu 17th. The guest speaker was Mr. Reg Porter…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 12
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: BIRD REPORT Northern Gannet - 15 off Ranmure Island on May 26 (WEC). Double-crested Cormorant - 6 seen from Borden ferry on Apr. 29 (WEC). Great Blue Heron — 1 in Indian River on Apr. 10 (TC). Little Blue Heron -'1 in Indian River on Apr.…
Newsletter -- 1984-07-01 -- Page 15
Year Published: 1984
Part Of: Newsletter -- 1984-07-01
Snippet: BLOOMING PO'NT by Andy Dean Blooming Point is a golden strand 0f shining, shifting, sandy dunes That slope and sweep And soar majestically, Gliding gracefully, — Down to the sea. Blooming Point is a surging wave. A swelling surf; And…
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