Dr. Peter Pearce was awarded a Gulf of Maine 
     
    

    
     Visionary Award for his long term his work in 
     
    

    
     environmental education with the Federation of New 
     
    

    
     Brunswick Naturalists and his research on wildlife . 
     
     I toxicology with the Canadian Wildlife Service. 
     
    

    
     (Adapted from Turning the Tide, Oct/92) 
     
     Another New Brunswicker and friend of the 
     
    

    
     Society has also won an award for his achievements, 
     
    

    
     namely, Hal Hinds. Hal won the Milton F. Gregg award, 
     
    

    
     the most prestigious award for conservation offered by 
     
     the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. (adapted 
     
     from Brenda Penak’s CNF report at Dec. 7 Society 
     
     meeting) 
     
    

    
     A new raptor migration hot spot has been discovered through the efforts 
     
     of teams from the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Hakaatch International, and 
     
     Ecosfera. Over 2.5 million birds including 900,000 Broad-winged Hawks and 
     
     400,000 Swainson’s Hawks were documented using this corridor between the 
     
     Sierra Madres and the Gulf of Mexico near Veracruz during the September lst to 
     
     November 15th period. (adapted from Birds of the Wild, Spring 1993 issue). 
     
    

    
     An alert has been issued to check Bald Eagles for the presence of a 0.8. 
     
     Fish and Wildlife Band on one led and a bluish-purple or black band on the 
     
     other. Over 600 of these birds were marked in Michigan and birders are asked 
     
     to report sightings to the Bird Banding Lab, Laurel, Maryland 20708 
     
     (301—498—0403) and to Sergei Postupalsky, 1817 Simpson, Apt. 201, Madison, 
     
     Wisconsin 53713 (608-221-8228). (adapted from "Birding Briefs" in Birder’s 
     
     World, April 1993). 
     
    
   
   
    
     AWARD 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE TELEPHONE RINGS by Elsie Cannon . 
     
    
   
   
    
     On November 29th, 1993 we 
     
     received a telephone call around 0830 
     
     from Dave Harbord who had rescued a 
     
     bird from a very muddy area beside a 
     
     construction site on Water Street East 
     
     in the Wilmot area (adjoining 
     
     Summerside). He described the bird to 
     
     us but, having no idea what it was, we 
     
     left immediately to have a look. We 
     
     still had no idea so we started 
     
     thumbing through Roger Tory Peterson’s 
     
     Guide to the Birds East of the Rockies; 
     
     and there it was - a Leach's Storm Petrel! What was so interesting about it 
     
     was the Petrel’s "tubed bill". We had never seen this before or this species. 
     
    

    
     Lloyd took a couple of pictures of it and we then transported the tired 
     
     bird down to the shore which was close by. We tucked him into a sheltered 
     
     spot as the winds were high off the harbour. By this time, the petrel was 
     
     almost standing. 
     
    

    
     This was not the end of the story! On the way home, we stopped to have 
     
     coffee and a muffin as breakfast was skipped. Half way through our coffee, in 
     
     walked Les and Joan Homans, avid bird watchers! Having finished our coffees, 
     
     we all went back to the shore to check the petrel but he had departed. 
     
     Needless to say, the Homans were quite disappointed in having missed this 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     petrel . . 
     
     The evening before, there were very high winds all night long. We felt 
     
     it must have been blown off course.