7:00 pm. 
     
    

    
     May 8 - North American Migration Count. Counts can take place on this day anywhere in a county. 
     
     Please send results from feeders or outings anywhere in the province to Dan McAskill (see page 
     
     2 for address). 
     
    

    
     May 13 to 16 - Where the Mountain Meets the Sea a joint conference of the Canadian Nature Federation 
     
     and the Federation of British Columbia Naturalists will be hosted at Qualicum Beach, Vancouver 
     
     Island, 8.0. Contact John & Lois at 250-752—8689 or johnmac@macn.bc.ca There will be 
     
     seminars and field trips on birding, wildlife, conservation, and much more. 
     
    

    
     May 15 - The Society's field trip will be on spring warblers and their songs at Macphail Park. Our trip 
     
     leader ill be Gary Schneider. Meet at 8 am. at the Macphail Park entrance. (YN) 
     
    

    
     May 29 - the ' tural History Society's Bain Bird Count. Anyone can count anywhere in the province. 
     
     Simply submit your sighting lists to the newsletter editor (see page 2) by mid-June. 
     
    

    
     Jun. 1 to 6 - Accompanying a Piping Plover Guardian on a north shore beach near you. Arrangements 
     
     can be made with Jackie Waddell at 566-9150. (YN). 
     
    

    
     Jun. 12 - Jackie Waddell will guide us on the Blooming Point trails in search of muskrat, frogs, and 
     
     woodcocks. We meet near the bridge across Deroche Pond in Blooming Point. Please pre- 
     
     register during the day 566-9150. 
     
    

    
     Jun. 21 - Summer solstice. 
     
    

    
     July 1 - QLF Caring for the Earth Award Nomination deadline. 
     
    

    
     Jul. 4 - International Butterfly Count Day. Let’s do it together. Meet Rosemary Curley at the Robertson 
     
     Library at U.P.E.l. at 2 pm. and walk the Confederation Trail. Pre-register at 961-2737. (YN) 
     
    

    
     Jul. 9 - Day field trip to Port Elgin Nature interpretation Centre and Sackville. For details and registration. 
     
     phone Michelle at 629-1393. 
     
    

    
     Aug. 21 - "Exploring life on the shore". Digging for mud creatures and watching shorebird migration with 
     
     Jim Jenkins and Linda Thomas. Meet at Covehead Bridge at 2 pm. Pre-register at 672-3293 
     
     (YN) 
     
    

    
     Aug. 28 or 29 - A slide presentation will be given at the Mooney's Pond Interpretive Centre by Bob and 
     
     Jacob Harding in dragonflies, damselflies, and butterflies. The presentation will be followed by a 
     
     field trip from 9 am. to 2 pm. Please bring a lunch. Pre-register and weather conditions will 
     
     determine the day chosen. Phone 961—2737 or 838-2699. (YN) 
     
    

    
     Sept. 18 - Field trip to Greenwich with P.E.l. National Park's Nancy MacLauchIin. Meet at the Farm 
     
     Centre parking lot at 1 pm or at the Greenwich Park entrance at 2:00 pm. Please pre-register at 
     
     629-1393. 
     
    

    
     Sept. 18 - Natural History Society pot luck barbeque at Michelle Johnston's and Ray MacDonald's 
     
     overlooking Hardy's Pond on the | Hardy Mill Road . Starts at 5:30 pm. 
     
    

    
     Oct. 5 - Todd Dupuis will be the Society's guest speaker at the Natural History Society's meeting which 
     
     starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. His presentation will focus on the 
     
     "Community Achievements supported by the New Wildlife Conservation Fund". 
     
    

    
     Oct. 16 - Natural History Society field trip to the east of the Island with visits to Townshend Woodlot and 
     
     the Naufrage River trail. Our leaders will be Mark Arsenault and Gerald MacDonald. Car pool 
     
     from the Farm Centre at 8:30 am or meet at Townshend Woodlot on the Souris Line Road at 
     
     10:00 am. Please bring a lunch. Pre-register with Mark at 368-3315. 
     
    
   
   
    
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