crow attack. Biologist Alan Godfrey identified it as a Barred Owl. 
     
     On Nov. 7 Conservation Officer Nelsen Hurry picked up a dead Barred 
     
     Owl at Birchwood School (just down the block). The owl, probably 
     
     the same one as previously observed, had crashed into a plate glass 
     
     window. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Young raptors show little fear of man and often with drastic 
     
     results. Its the same with arctic birds that rarely encounter 
     
     humans or their civilization. CFB Summerside reported 2 Snowy Owls 
     
     following argus aircraft down the runway. On November 23, the 
     
     Fish and Wildlife Division set two live traps near the runway, but 
     
    
   
   
    
     as we go to press, trap success has been zero and the owls are still 
     
     at large. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Snowy Owls arrive irregularly in winter on P.E.I. and rarely 
     
     in large numbers. These sightings seem to be a bit early but are 
     
     nottrmsmfl”. Pat Rousseau, National Parks Warden, saw a Snowy Owl 
     
     sitting on a duck blind at Brackley marsh at 1600 hours on 
     
     November 14. As for the doves, Al Godfrey reported that he and 
     
     Conservation Officer Buddy MacIntyre saw a Mourning Dove in Marshfield 
     
     on November 20. Al saw two Mourning Doves on November 22 at 
     
     Glenfinnan. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Final score: Hawks 4, Owls 4, Doves 3. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MERRY CHRISTMAS 
     
     Rosemary Curley 
     
     P.E.I. Fish and g 
     
     Wildlife Division 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Park Policy Discussion 
     
    
   
   
    
     At the international meeting called Parks for Tomorrow - Ten ‘. 
     
     Years Later held during October (1978) in Banff, Alberta, the need 
     
     for regional discussiOns of Parks Canada's policies was expressed. 
     
     In response to this suggestion Parks Canada held seven regional ‘ 
     
     meetings to discuss the contents of the proposed revisions to the 
     
     National Park Policy issued in February of 1978. On Noyember 22, 
     
     1978 local interest groups in the maritime provinces gathered at 
     
     the Parks Canada Atlantic regional office in Halifax to voice 
     
     their concerns. Debbie Sharpe represented the Natural History 
     
     Society of P.E.I. at this meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     , 
     
    
   
   
    
     The need for policy that is flexible and sensitive to the 
     
     regional differences of the settled Maritime region was considered 
     
     most urgent. The lack of sensitivity to the local peoples views 
     
     when establishing historic parks was criticized. Repetition of 
     
     research efforts was raised by Heritage Canada and more cooperation 
     
     and consultation with local groups was requested. The desire for 
     
     public participation at early stages of park planning was expressed 
     
     throughout the meeting. Parks Canada assured those in attendance 
     
     that all comments and briefs offered would be reviewed before the 
     
     final draft policy was revised and submitted to cabinet. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Debbie Sharpe 
     
     Saint Peters 
     
    
   
   
    
     The following statement was submitted by the Natural History 
     
     Society: 
     
    
   
   
    
     STATEMENT BY THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 
     
     ON THE PARKS CANADA POLICY DISCUSSION PAPER 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Parks Polic section (pp 57-84) reinforces the preser- 
     
     Egiigitmgggite under whigh Parks Canada has been operatingfin terms 
     
     of "protecting for all time representative natural areaitoylso 
     
     Canadian significance in a system of national parks. d a d n and 
     
     spells out how parks are to be selected, established an :se t 
     
     introduces the concept of "wilderness parks for the Nort wes 
     
    
   
   
    
     Territories and Yukon.