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     NEWSLETTER NO. 28 
     
    
   
   
    
     JANUARY 1978 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETING 
     
    
   
   
    
     Time: 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1978. 
     
    

    
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd Floor, Room 47 
     
    

    
     Program: This is the annual meeting. Following the business, 
     
     David Carins will give his presentation entitled, 
     
     "Seabird Surrender". The seabird colonies of the 
     
     northern Gulf of St. Lawrence have been fighting for 
     
     their lives for 150 years. It looks now as if they 
     
     just might lose. ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nominations 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following people have been nominated for the 1978 NHS executive 
     
    
   
   
    
     President — Winston Johnston 
     
     Vice President.- T.B.A. 
     
     Secretary—Treasurer - Margaret Mallett 
     
     Assis. Secretary-Treasurer — Helen Duffy 
     
     Directors — Mary Willms 
     
     Andre Lavoie 
     
     Newsletter Editor - Kathy Martin 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lorna Knox) Nomination 
     
     Rosemary Curley) Committee 
     
    
   
   
    
     Membership Dues 
     
    
   
   
    
     Your 1978 membership dues should be paid at the January meeting or 
     
     as soon as possible. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fees - Regular — $3.00 
     
     Family - $4.00 
     
     Student - $1.00 
     
    
   
   
    
     An Uncommon Wealth of Long-Eared Owls 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     There appears to have been an influx of Long—eared Owls here 
     
     recently. Keith Burhoe reported on Dec. 20th that one had taken 
     
     up residence in his yard in Bunbury, and in addition four 
     
     fatalities were received by the Fish and Wildlife Division between 
     
     Dec. 11 and Dec. 19, 1977 from North Granville and Charlottetown. The 
     
     Specimens which were examined were both in extremely poor physical 
     
     condition. Possibly a food shortage in the northern coniferous 
     
     forest is forcing the owls further south. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Congregations of Long-eared Owls have also been reported in 
     
     Nova Scotia. Al Godfrey of Marshfield saw 7 in one alder swale 
     
     in Canard, Kings Co. on Dec. 2 and George Boyd (N.S. Dept. of Lands 
     
     and Forests) saw 14 in one tree in the same area about a week 
     
     earlier. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Long-eared Owls are sighted occasionally (1-9 birds per decade) 
     
     on P.E.I. and there is only one nesting record (from Rustico Island) 
     
     included in the Maritime Nest Records Scheme. 
     
    
   
   
    
     For further information on the general biology of Long-eared 
     
     Owls consult: The Birds of Canada by Earle Godfrey, 1966. 
     
    
   
   
    
     — Rosemary Curley 
     
     Fish and Wildlife Division