Good year for bobolinks
BY BETTY HOWATT,
There is a small field on our farm (approx. 4 acres) which we do not use anymore in our strawberry or raspberry rotation, though there are still some raspberry canes on one side separating this field from the one where we had
our strawberry crop this year.
We have used the small buckwheat as forage for our few years ago we allowed it bobolinks began using it as young are hatched and flown
the meadows' edge. year for bobolinks.
field for crops of rape and bees and as green manure. A to grow up naturally and the a nesting area. the meadow is mowed and us— ually results in some forage for the bees.
The numbers of nesting pairs have been increasing. This year, while my husband was taking his turn at the weighing table in the strawberry field on July 18, he counted 57 bobolinks sitting on the raspberry canes along It would appear that 1987 was a good
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l=lc. Manager, Forest Extension, Forestry Branch PEI. Department of Energy & Forestry PO. Box 2000. Charlottetown REJ. 01A 7N8 (902) 368-4700
First. second. and third prizes will be awarded in each of four categories: a) Autumn. b) Winter. c) Spring. and d) Summer, as follows:
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. Three winning photographs will be selected for each
seasonal category. thi days following contest category closing date. ollowing final contest closing, a public showing of all entries will be hosted by the F0restry Branch.
. Contest closing dates are:
Autumn Category - December 19,1987 Winter Category - March 19, 1988 Spring Category - June 18. 1988
First Prize. - $200.00 Summer Category & Second Prize - $100.00 Final Contest Closing - September 19. 1988 Third Prize - $ 50.00
In addition, winning photos may be used in Forestry Branch promotional materials.
CONTEST RULES
1. Entries may be from any 0r all of the four categories: a) Autumn. D) Winter, c) Spring. and d) Summer. Each entry must be photographed in one of RE.I.‘s six Demonstration Woodlots.
2. Entries may be color slides (35 mm or 21/4”) or photographs (at least 5" x 7" unmounted). Each entry must be accompanied by: a) photo location (name of the Demonstration Woodlot). b) category. and c) photographer's name, address and telephone number; and must be mailed to the Manager, Forest Extension.
. All non-winning entries will be returned to entrants or
purchased by the Forestry Branch.
. Contest is open to Canadian residents only. Entrants
must be amateur photographers. Employees of Forestry Branch, P.E.l. epartment of Energy 8. Florestry and their immediate families are not
9 igible.
. Judges decisions are final. Prizes must be accepted
as awarded. The Forestry Branch reserves the right to cancel the contest at any time without prior notice.
For information on Demonstration Woodlot locations, contact the Forestry Branch. P.E.|. Department of Energy and Forestry.
I* Government Gouvemement of Canada du Canada JOINTLY FUNDED UNDER THE CANADA/PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Department of , _ FOREST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT Energy and Canadian Servrce Forestry Forestry canadien des Servrce forets
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The persons whose 1987 membership dues have fig: been paid, ac—- cording to NHS records, will find a pair of black circles in the margin of this paragraph. At this late date, 1988 dues should be included with 1987 dues. See page 2, paragraph 2.
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