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     JANUARY MEETING January<§€ 
     
     l§8l is the date for the 
     
     next monthly meeting. This 
     
     is also the time for the 
     
     Society's Annual General 
     
     Meeting where the slate 
     
     of officers for the l98l 
     
     year will be introduced. 
     
     SEE YOU THERE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP DUES Membership 
     
     dues for the i98l year are 
     
     now being accepted. Dues 
     
    

    
     are payable to the secretary- 
     
     treasurer, Margaret Mallett. 
     
     For rates, please see page 2. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FEEDER REPORT Feeders 
     
    

    
     became important early this 
     
     season with the early arrival 
     
     of winter. Grosbeaks and 
     
     other winter regulars arrived 
     
     at the Holman feeder on North 
     
     River Road on November 20, the 
     
     day after the first winter 
     
     snowstorm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Edwin Johnston of New Haven 
     
     had a variety of mid-December 
     
     'bird visitors including an 
     
     American Robin, Tree Sparrow, 
     
     Hairy and Downy Noodpeckers, 
     
     lots of Dark-eyed Juncos, Black- 
     
     capped Chickadees, Starlings, 
     
     House Sparrows, Bluejays, Even— 
     
     ing Grosbeaks, Brown-headed 
     
     Cowbirds, and Common CrOws. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Shirley Donnelly had 2 male 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jock Sutherland observed Black- 
     
     capped Chickadees, House Spar— 
     
     rows, Bluejays, and 2 Downy 
     
     Woodpeckers at his home on 
     
     Fitzroy Street in Charlotte- 
     
     town. He also reported 2 
     
     Bohemian Haxwings at Mrs. Ian 
     
     MacLeod's feeder on Landsdowne 
     
     Avenue in mid-December. 
     
    
   
   
    
     David L. Cairns sighted a variety 
     
     of visitors at the family feeder 
     
     in Orchard Hill Park on Decem— 
     
     ber 29: 4 Red-winged Black- 
     
     birds, 5 Bluejays, l White- 
     
     throated Sparrow, 2 Boreal 
     
     Chickadees, l Bohemian Naxwing, 
     
    

    
     2 Evening Grosbeaks and lots 
     
    
   
   
    
     of Black-capped Chickadees and 
     
     House Sparrows. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs Louise Lowther reported 
     
    

    
     2 Red-winged Blackbirds at her 
     
     feeder in Orchard Hill Park on 
     
     December 23. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Compiled by Winifred Cairns 
     
     6O Newland Cres. 
     
     Charlottetown, 
     
     P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     EDITOR'S NOTE As I will be 
     
    
   
   
    
     leaving the province in early 
     
     January, this is the last 
     
     newsletter published under 
     
     my editorship. I am passing 
     
     the reins over to Ninifred- 
     
     Cairns. I hope Winifred will 
     
     receive the same enjoyment and 
     
     cooperation as editor as I did. 
     
     Clare Martin 
     
    
   
   
    
     Red-winged Blackbirds on 
     
     Haverlery Court in Charlottetown 
     
     on December 20. Other regulars 
     
     at her feeder include Evening 
     
     Grosbeaks, Rock Doves, and 
     
    

    
     House Sparrows 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. Lowell Clark of Indian 
     
     River reported feeder visitors 
     
     which include a dozen Evening 
     
     Grosbeaks, 2 to 3 dozen Blue- 
     
     jays, lots of Black—capped 
     
     Chickadees and 2 Red-breasted 
     
     Nuthatches.