ISLAND LECTURE SERIES OPENS ON HERITAGE DAY: by Institute of 
     
     Island Studies 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 1995 Island Lecture Series, entitled "Surrounded by Water: The 
     
     Marine Environs of P.E.I." opens on Heritage Day, February 20 in 
     
     Charlottetown at the Coles Building, Richmond Street, at 7 p.m. This 
     
     year's series focuses on the waters that surround Prince Edward Island and 
     
     play such an important role in Island life. David Cairns, a marine 
     
     biologist who specializes in fish and seabirds, begins the Charlottetown 
     
     series with an overview of our marine environment. His lecture is entitled 
     
     "The Waves We're Cradled In: The Science and History of the Gulf of St. 
     
     Lawrence". More details about the Charlottetown series and the mini-series 
     
     to be held in Summerside and Montague will be announced from the P.E.I. 
     
     Museum and Heritage Foundation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BONSHAW HILLS GOES INTO SECOND PRINTING: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dr. Ian MacQuarrie’s collection of anecdotes, observations, and 
     
     stories about the Bonshaw area of Prince Edward Island, The Bonshaw Hills, 
     
     published by the Institute of Island Studies, has just gone into its second 
     
     printing. 
     
    

    
     Originally published in 1989, the book covers a range of interesting 
     
     topics including the abandonment of farms, local lore and legend - and 
     
     animals, their habits, and habitats. Each of the 25 essays is beautifully 
     
     illustrated by Island artist, P. John Burden. 
     
    

    
     Ian has generously agreed to donate his royalty from the book to the 
     
     Geoffrey G. Hogan Honours Biology Scholarship at U.P.E.I. You can obtain 
     
    
   
   
    
     your copy by calling the Institute at 902-566-0386. The book retails for 
     
     $12.95. 
     
    
   
   
    
     PROJECT FEEDERWATCH UPDATE: adapted from Project Feederwatch 
     
    
   
   
    
     The analysis of last winter's (1993 - 1994) bird records by Project 
     
     FeederWatch volunteer observers showed the Maritimes having a record number 
     
     of redpoll, 19 times higher than previous records! The steady increase in 
     
     Mourning Dove numbers in the Maritimes countered a decline in Canada as a 
     
     whole and Blue Jay numbers returned to normal levels. The table below 
     
    
   
   
    
     represents feeder records for participants in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward 
     
     Island, and Newfoundland. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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