NEWSLETTER NO. MARCH, 1979

NEXT‘QEETIN?

Time: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 1979 Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 Program: Dr. Catherine Clough, one of our society members will give an illustrated slide show of the alpine flowers and trees which grow in the forests of Finland.

ANNOUNCEiENTS

A New Representative Director to the Canadian Nature Federation (CNP) has been appointed by the Natural History Societv. At the February meeting, Winnie Cairns was appointed to replace Kathy Martin who has represented the society since 1975. Winnie's term will begin in early June after the 1979 CNF Annual General‘deeting in‘iontreal.

Judy Hone , A‘4ember Of Our NHS now residing in Ontario, Writes: "In April 1978 a pair of Sandhill Cranes landed and spent a day in the fields on my father's farm in Bonfield Township, District _A Nipissing, Ontario - a few miles east of North Bay. Sandhill Cranes that far east are a rarity - their flight path is much farther west. The cranes Stayed in the fields until the wind changed and then they left."

A Jembers Slide Contest will be held again this year. Please bring your slides to the April meeting. Each slide must have been taken on Prince Edward Island during 1978. Each member is permitted to submit a maximum of 10 slides. The winning slides will be shown at the‘iay meeting. Prizes are being offered. ’

1979 Canadian Nature Federation Annual Conference

The Ninth Annual General‘deeting of the Canadian Nature Federation is being hosted by the Province of Quebec Society for the Protection of Birds (PQSPB) and will be held at Macdonald College, near Montreal, Quebec between‘Iay 28th and June 3, 1979. It looks like an exciting program and those of you who enjoyed the Charlottetown meeting in 1978, should seriously consider going to‘iontreal in 1979.

The proposed field trips look particularly interesting. A three day trip will pursue whales and pelagic birds in the St. Lawrence River close to Riviere du Loup. An overnight canoeing trip north of Wount Tremblant and a day trip to the PQSPB sanctuary at Philipsburg are being offered. For those interested in short trips, there is a half-day trip to bird- watching "hot spots" in the Montreal rrban Area or you can visit the Mont St. Hilaire Nature Reserve situated on the highest and most beautiful of the Monteregian Hills. In all, the conference committee is offering 22 trips. There are early morning jaunts, day trips, night trips, rock walks, whale watching events, bog trips, trips to bird sanctuaries and wet and slimy trips! There is definitely an event to suit every taste.