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Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 12

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: Feb. 4. it doesn't deserve". motion for the Island. Instead of dark, dirty, ‘;we saw a lot of wonderful underwater shots of cormorants "swimming and feeding, and the birds in flight with great shots of Prince Edward Island as a backdrop -…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 15

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: ISLAND ATURALIST No- 94 May June I 991 The newsletter of The Prince Edward Island Natural History Society …

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 11

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: for the following bird species on P.E.I. please drop a note to the newsletter so that we can update our early spring sightings record list. SPECIES EARLIEST DATE BY GEOFF HOGAN The following dates are the earliest updated spring sightings…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 16

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P.O. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN ClA 8C1 ’MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the.month (except June, July and August) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. Members and non-…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 2

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: sites planting mixed species, such as white and red pine. The red pine would be thinned early and then harvested when mature, leaving the longer— lived white pine as the long—term forest. Some of the varieties they hope to have for…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 7

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: PE rs flora“ emblem BY BRUCE MaCLAREN The Pink Lady's Slipper is one of about twenty two wild orchids known in the province. There is so much that could be written about this lovely plant that it is difficult to find a beginning. Perhaps a…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 6

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: Woodpeckers VS Ce.er Sldlnj HELP!!! I know this sounds like the start of an old story (especially since we both have cedar siding and are visit- ed by hairy woodpeckers) but I really do have this friend I'm asking for. No, really. Anyway,…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 5

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: are a growing nuisance to east coast fishermen, but this is a cost of do- ing business, like ducks raiding farmers' grain or bears getting into bee— hives", he said. Mr. Brynaert went on to say that every effort must be made to develop…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 3

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: (Editor's note: readers provide a valuable service in responding to what they see in the newsletter - both in providing feedback and in sharing background information on stories and issues that might not otherwise be known about. Bruce…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 10

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: deer pOpulation the province has ever seen. There are more bald eagles nesting here than in most of north—east North America because of the abun— dance of good feeding areas and good nesting sites. Cormorant populations . are high because…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 8

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: areas where I have found it. I know of at least four areas where it can be found in the hundreds. In spite of this, many people have not seen the Pink Lady's Slipper in the . wild. This plant seems to be adapted to a wide range of en—…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 4

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: TH ANKS 95 memberships paid before the end of February, more than enough for 3 pages of names in alphabetical order. Last . year it took until the end of March to reach that point. Most days one or more renewals come in, so we'll hold off…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 14

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: Provincial Mg,” Pa s . c. “we... Jacques Cartier SI. Peters (gowbush Cove Bloomfield t ill River CabOI Brudenell River Green Park A Belmont ' Tea Hil .4 ‘ i . ‘scaIcs pond Lor elkirk Buffaloland Linklel er ' M Brookvale wear}? a A Union…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 9

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: Spofs In fronf of your eyes? The masses of snow fleas which appear in the first days of spring emerge from leaf litter, decaying logs, woodland humus and low vegeta- tion. Often mistaken for soot or ash that has somehow been trapped in a…

Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01 -- Page 13

Year Published: 1987

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1987-03-01

Snippet: I . *And not-bird reports - 24 Ir O S harbour seals of Sharam's Pt., Jan. 18 (PAW) Thanks to the following contributors for sending in their sightings: AB - Andy Bald; WB - Wylie Barrett; JB — John Burka; EC - Elsie Cannon; KG — Kay Gamble…