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     Golden-crowned Kinglet 22 13 9 
     
     Kinglets sp. 7 
     
     Common Starling 1223 5645 1028 
     
     House Sparrow 157 176 i 625 
     
     Red-winged Blackbird 1 
     
     Common Grackle l 1 60 
     
     Brown-headed Cowbird 125 
     
     Evening Grosbeak 71 486 
     
     Purple Finch 7 3 
     
     Common Redpoll 5 
     
     Pine Siskin 1 4 
     
     American Goldfinch 67 
     
     White-winged Crossbill 6 30 
     
     Northern Junco 7 11 22 
     
     American Tree Sparrow 51 
     
     Snow Bunting 239 42 155 
     
     Total Species 45 38 40 
     
     Total Birds 3291 . 8397 5472 
     
     Total Hours 33.0 36.5 31.7 
     
     Kilometers driven 492.8 305.2 356.6 
     
     Kilometers walked, skied 11.6 22.8 11.4 
     
     Other Birds in the Count Week: 
     
    

    
     White-winged Crossbills 15 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     'thurdl Histoy Society news 
     
    
   
   
    
     It's been a while since our last update, but the meetings 
     
     have been very well attended and the speakers most enjoyable. 
     
     At the Nov. 1 meeting, our new letterhead was unveiled, 
     
    

    
     and the Society voted to donate $100 to the Nature Trust to 
     
     help with their expenses during the Greenwich hearings. Dan McAskill 
     
     attended the Atlantic Canada Tern Working group meeting in October in 
     
     Halifax and reported that the total Common and Arctic Tern population 
     
     is 45,000 pairs, 50-50. The population is declining quite rapidly 
     
    

    
     and the group wants a review of the terns' status under COSWIC. 
     
    

    
     The Society rejoined the Canadian Nature Federation as an affiliate, 
     
     but since there are so many pulls on its resources here at this time, 
     
     did not send a donation. Members also voted to join a coalition that 
     
     has formed to ask for a full panel review of the proposed bridge to 
     
     the mainland, and, if necessary, a plebescite specifically asking if 
     
     you would prefer a bridge or improved ferry service. Susan Stephenson 
     
     suggested that members should bring their own cups to meetings if 
     
     possible to cut down the use of styrofoam cups. A great idea! 
     
    

    
     Bob Bancroft, an extension biologist with the Nova Scotia Depart- 
     
     ment of Lands and Forests, spoke on Forests and Farming - Putting It 
     
     Together. Mr. Bancroft, who is a regular on CBC's Radio Noon, stressed 
     
     the need for caution, and said that we often don't know enough about 
     
     the effects’of our actions. With the advent of large machines, the 
     
     rates of harvesting have changed dramatically, he said, and there is 
     
     a pressing need to get a new level of awareness. The slides and very 
     
     entertaining commentary made him a favourite of everyone there, and 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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