COMING EVENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     CLEAN-UP DAY. Reserve Saturday, May 14 to clean up the roadsides and ditches 
     
     along your property. Nith everyone pitching in to do his share, we can all help 
     
     to make the Island a little cleaner and more beautiful. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FILM NIGHT. The annual Environment Neek film night will be held on Wed. May 18 at 
     
     Holland College 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. The evening will feature a series of films on 
     
     nature and the environment, beginning with short films suitable for children 
     
     during the first part of the evening. Plan to attend any or all portions of the 
     
     evening showing. A tentative program follows: 
     
    

    
     - Beaver Dam - Mammals are Interesting 
     
    

    
     Volcano Those Wild Wild Mushrooms 
     
    

    
     The Chiricahuas The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes 
     
    

    
     Images of the Wild The Garden of the Great Spirit 
     
    

    
     Sable Island .The Greenwich Sand Dune System 
     
    

    
     Watch the media for more details. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ISLAND NATURE TRUST. The annual meeting of the Island Nature 
     
     Trust will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19th in the 
     
     Farm Center on University Ave. Guest speaker will be Colonel 
     
     Pat Hootton, who will give an illustrated lecture on his work 
     
     with youth groups on Lihou, a small island in the Guernsey 
     
     Islands and his proposals for the two Murray River Islands he 
     
     has purchased. As well, Katherine Clough's recently completed 
     
     slide—tape presentation on the Greenwich sand dune system will 
     
     be shown. During the annual meeting reports on the Trust's activities over the 
     
     past year will be presented, and new directors will be elected. Since the Natural 
     
     History Society is a member organization of the Island Nature Trust, a strong 
     
     attendance from our membership would be much appreciated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SIXTH ANNUAL FRANCIS BAIN BIRDATHON. The annual birdathon will be held on Sat., 
     
     May 28. Everyone is encouraged to spend as much of the day as possible searching 
     
     for birds. Please keep a list of all species seen, and for unusual sightings 
     
     note numbers and location as well. At the end of the day everyone is invited to 
     
     gather at Geoff Hogan‘s in Springvale for a pot-luck supper at 6:00 p.m. For 
     
     details and directions contact Geoff at 892-4121. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRDS AND BREAKFAST. The annual Birds and Breakfast event sponsored by the P.E.I. 
     
     National Park will be held Sat., May 28. Meet at the Rustico Island Campground 
     
     entrance at 6:30 a.m. for a pleasant early morning bird walk. Afterward, gather 
     
    

    
     at the Brackley Beach picnic area for a hearty outdoor breakfast. Call the National 
     
     Park at Dalvay (672—2211) to register. 
     
    
   
   
    
     UP NEST T0 TYNE VALLEY. Gather at the Y in Charlottetown at 9:00 a.m. on Sat , 
     
     June 25 for a field trip to the Tyne Valley area. The trip is organized by Dr. 
     
     and Mrs. Geoff Robinson, who will introduce us to some of their favourite natural 
     
     beauty spots of early summer. Bring a lunch, outdoor footwear, binoculars, field 
     
     guides, etc. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     SPRING MUSHROOM HALKS. anyone interested in participating in informal mushroom 
     
     walks to look for morels in late May should contact Katherine Clough at 894—8390. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BUTTERFLY FIELD TRIP. A butterfly field trip is being planned for some hot sunny 
     
     Saturday in late July or early August. Techniques of collecting, mounting and 
     
     preserving butterflies will be covered. If interested leave your name with Geoff 
     
     Hogan at 892-4121. 
     
    

    
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