presumably to help his mate with their youngster's education. Commotion 
     
     irrupted around my car where I happened to be standing. Nighthawks 
     
     darted about all over the place, uttering sharp cries as they flew. 
     
    

    
     They seemed to be issuing commands. Was the young bird getting a 
     
     hunting lesson? 
     
    
   
   
    
     We returned to town until July 31, and then a niece and her family 
     
    

    
     came with me and set up a tent-trailer in nighthawk territory. This 
     
    

    
     did not disturb the birds. We sometimes saw the mother and the young 
     
     bird resting placidly on the ground, eyes closed to narrow slits. On 
     
     August 23 after we had finished our evening meal by the fireplace, some— 
     
     one announced: "Here's your bird." There she was, not 25 feet away, 
     
     sitting on a spruce branch, people—watching again. I went near and 
     
     called: "Pretty bird." She acknowledged the greeting by standing up, 
     
     giving her feathers a good shake, and sitting down again. 
     
    
   
   
    
     We returned to town that evening and I have never seen her again. They 
     
     would have left toward the latter part of August to migrate to South 
     
     America. In the summers of 1974 and 1975 I searched repeatedly but found 
     
     no nighthawk. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown, PEI 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Wildlife Sightings — Fall and Early Winter 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     OCTOBER 2 — Third sight, and last to date, of a Mourning Dove in Head 
     
     of Montague. My neighbour says they have nested for two 
     
     summers and stayed last winter; I have not seen any yet at 
     
     my bird-feeder. 
     
    

    
     NOVEMBER 12 — last recorded sight of a Blue Heron at Vernon River 
     
    

    
     NOVEMBER 20 - freshly killed Shrike, found by highway 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOVEMBER 30 
     
    
   
   
    
     Blarina shrew killed by cats in our basement, Head of 
     
     Montague 
     
    
   
   
    
     DECEMBER 25 
     
    
   
   
    
     At our bird—feeder, there were 8 English Sparrows, 9 
     
     Juncos, and 6 bluejays. Thirty to 40 Redpolls were 
     
     in our weed "garden." 
     
    
   
   
    
     JANUARY 7 — On my U. P. E. I. office windowsill, a male Evening 
     
     Grosbeak stayed for an hour eating birdseed. He had 
     
     lost the feathers over his left earhole and some off 
     
     the left side of his neck, and his left wing sagged 
     
     but he could fly. I slowly opened the window, leaving 
     
     only a screen and a foot of air between us, and I moved 
     
     around and talked to people coming to look; he showed 
     
     no alarm. He came back for a few minutes, an hour after 
     
     ending the first Visit. He was not seen again on 
     
     January 8, 9 or 12. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Protection Pioneers 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Members of Saskatchewan's Natural History Society have been pioneers 
     
     in preserving Saskatchewan's environment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Society's best knOWn accomplishment has been their success in 
     
     getting government to build Regina's famous Museum of Natural History. 
     
     This beautiful building with its magnificent panoramic exhibits is but 
     
     one of many achievements. 
     
    
   
   
    
     These include the establishment of the Hidden Valley Sanctuary on the 
     
     south slope of the Qu'Appelle and a Prairie Dog preserve near Val 
     
    

    
     Marie, both of which areas were bought by Society members. The Yorkton 
     
     Society established and shares maintenance of a one mile nature trail in 
     
     York Lake Regional Park.