Conny Events

October 7: The first fall meeting of the Natural History Society of Prince. Edward Island will be held at 8:00 p.m. in Meeting Room #2 in ‘ the Provincial Health Building. The guest speaker has not been

. finalized at time of printing. _

November 4: The NHS November meeting will feature Dan McAskill speaking on the history of trees and forestry on PEI. Dan is a veritable wealth of information on this subject.

November 20: The Island Nature Trust will hold a public meeting at the

Farm Centre at 8:00 p.m. Guest speaker will be Stan Vass on "Scenic Heritage Country Roads".

At the October meeting, the Natural History Society members will nom- inate a provincial tree. The closing date to voté is in November, so if you have a favourite, now is the time to speak up.

Also a note from Rosemary Curley that breeding atlas cards and nest records should be in by now. Perhaps they could be handed in at the October meeting, or mailed to Rosemary in Waterside.

CONTRIBUTORS THIS MONTH: The following people submitted sightings for the bird report: BD - Brian Dalzell; Teresa M. Hughes — TH; DPM - Dr. Paul MacKenzie; PAM - Pam Martin and family; TM - Thelma Murchison; RW - Rob Walker.

All sightings are appreciated and will be printed (unless we get over- run) to let others know what is around at different times of the year and to serve as a record in aiding naturalists working on future checklists. . Sightings should be listed in the same order as the checklist (not the various bird books) and the following information should be noted if possible: quantity, sex, location and date.

Also my apologies if contributors have tried to reach me by phone. Ruth and I have moved to our land and are in the process of building a home. And waiting for Island Tel to install a phone. When it comes, I'll let you know the new number.