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Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 1

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: Students Show iheir s’ruff BY RUTH RICHMAN The annual Science Fair at U.P.E.I. was held Friday, April 8. Three representatives from the Natural History Society attended as Speciality Judges. Gertrude Partridge, Helen Ferguson and I were…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 13

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: Belted Kingfisher — l in Oyster Bed Bridge area, Jan. 3 (GP) - on wire near stream in Brooklyn, Feb. 26 (JSt) Northern (Common) Flicker — 2 in Charlottetown, mid-Feb. (A&PM) Black—backed (Three-toed) Woodpecker - f. at Baldwin Road,…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 6

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: manage nature". The nature of the scientific method is to look at pieces but this is a denial of the fact that the pieces are interconnected and the sum of the parts is not necessarily the result of joining the pieces e.g. join two atoms…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 9

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: uralists.) Aspit, read the lette mechanically i had been throwing scraps to the gulls nudged her companion and said, "Would you look at that poor thing's neck. I don't know how it can swallow." Instinctively I shrank from this indignant…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 8

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: due to wintery weather, and was held instead on March 8. As usually happens when meetings are changed, the attendance was down, but it was still an informative and enjoyable evening. Dan McAskill gave an update on the Piping Plover…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 12

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: m. I. ' I 7* Bird reports After a lot of discussion and input from NHS mem- bers we decided a while back that the Island Naturalist had too many pages of bird sightings. The solution was not to print those birds listed in the field…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 14

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: PROVINCIAL PARKS MARSHLAND ENCOUNTERS Marshland Encounters is a nature hike with a difference! Offered each Sunday afternoon during the summer months at Brudenell River Provincial Park, this program takes participants into the heart of the…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 7

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: Dr. Suzuki ended his address by returning to the opening comments about his trip to the 200 with his children. On their own initiative his daughters organized a parade in their community to help save wildlife. Editorial Note: One of the…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 4

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: "black" cat-like animals, often with white chin and chest. Estimated length varies from four to eight feet including the "long,.upturned tail". Several refer to seeing the mystery animal in pursuit of deer. There is no mistaking the…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 16

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND P.0. BOX 2346, CHARLOTTETOWN CIA 8C1 MEETINGS are held on the first Tuesday of the month (except June, July, August and September) at 8:00 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Ave— nue,…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 18

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: The Prince Edward Island National Park has been conducting studies on this species for the past 10 years in the Park. During 1987 the Park reported 21 pairs of Piping Plovers, which was 36% of all Piping Plovers nesting Canadian National…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 11

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: what she should do. It took the authority of Harry Lums— den, of the Ministry of Natural Resources, to convince her that it was not illegal to cut off the band. She says that the next time she gets a collared goose in distress - and she's…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 3

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: ‘COUBCII'S : 0 mysfery Of nafure BY J.A. (SANDY) BURNETT (Ed. Note - although we don't have eastern cougars on P.E.I., I recently spoke with a_woman from Cape Breton who told me of seeing one very close up near her home. As they are…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 17

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: Project monitors plovers BY PAMELA MacEACHERX The Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island initiated a project to monitor the Piping Plover in the Crowbush - Lakeside area. The 1987 Piping PLover survey carried out by the Society…

Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01 -- Page 5

Year Published: 1988

Part Of: Island Naturalist -- 1988-05-01

Snippet: Suzuk'l addresses challenge Author's note: Dr. David Suzuki was selected as the keynote speaker at the Tourism Industry Association of Prince Edward Island's luncheon on Thursday, March 24th as part of P.E.I.'s Touch Nature tourism theme…