Thanks to the following contributors who provided records for this listing, namely: BB - Bill Bowerbank; EB - Elinor Beagan; WB - Wylie Barrett; BC - Barb Currie; FC - Fred Connolly; Kc - Katherine Clough; RC- Ray Cooke; FRC - Rosemary Curley; KC - Katherine Clough; LD - Lois Doan; HG - Hilda Gossi; CH - Catherine Hennessey; B&RH - Ben & Rosalie Hoteling; JH - John Hayden; JHa - Jane Hall; J&GHo; HJ - Harold Jenkins; LH - Les Homans; SJ - Simon Jones; ADM - Allie MacLennan; BM - Bob Macgregor; DMu - Doug Murray; EM - Evelyn Martin; GM - Gerald MacDonald; HM - Harold Martin; JDM - Dan McAskill; CP - Chris Prouse; RP - Roberta Palmer; MR - Maurice Roy; RR - Ruth Richman; CS — Clarence Stevens; cs - Gary Schneider; DG&JS - David & Janet Stewart; LT - Linda Thomas; DW - Donald Wilkinson; TW - Theresa Wilson.

ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR: compiled by Dan McAskill

Oct. 21-2 - The Atlantic Piping Plover Recovery Team will meet in Sackville.

For more information contact Diane Amirault at the Canadian Wildlife Service.

Oct. 23 - Dan McAskill will speak at 7:30 in O’Leary at the O’Leary Fire Hall on winter bird feeding. A $3 fee will be charged as a contribution by the audience to the Island Nature Trust's Autumn Birding Classic fund raiser for natural areas conservation.

Nov. 4 - The Natural History Society's evening lecture series will feature Todd Dupuis who will provide an illustrated talk called "Let's Respond to the Round Table on Resources". The meeting starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

Nov. 15 - The Island Nature Trust’s "Seeds of Conservation" will be running at 7 centres across the Island. The prices remains the same $30 per 50 lb. bag, $20 per 25 lb bag or $25 if you buy 200 lbs or more of sunflower seeds. Suet and grit are $2.50 for 5 lbs and cracked corn is $7.50 for 22 lb. Come out and support natural areas by buying your seed, grit, and suet through the Nature Trust between 9 am and 2 pm at Main Street Mall in Souris, Down East Mall in Montague, The Farmer's Market in Charlottetown, Red Rooster in Crapaud, Co—op in Kensington, Eptek in Summerside, or Lorne MacDougall’s in Alberton.

Dec. 2 - Rosemary Curley will be the Society's guest speaker. Her topic will be "Saving for the Future: Protecting and Managing P.E.I. Natural Areas". The meeting starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

Dec. 19 to Jan. 4 - This will be the Christmas Bird count period this winter.

The Society will feature two registered counts and one unregistered counts during this period (see map below). The National Park Count will open the set on Sunday, December 2lst followed by the Hillsborough River Count on Saturday December 27th and then the Montague Count on January 3rd. The coordinator for the National Park and Hillsborough Counts is Dan McAskill (569-4351) while Gary Schneider (583-3068) and Ruth Richman (583-2674) will coordinate the Montague Count.

Jan. 6 - This evening features the Annual Meeting of the Natural History Society. Besides dealing with the agenda defined in the constitution and the election of officers, this is our member's show and tell evening and slide show. Please bring along several items and or slides for discussion with our members. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

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