THE BEST OF BIRD 
     
     PHOTOGRAPHY 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from Nature Alert, September, 1895) 
     
    
   
   
    
     The National Museum of Natural 
     
     Sciences and the Canadian Nature 
     
     Federation are mounting their first 
     
     national travelling exhibit of 
     
     photographic art. Our jurers, led by 
     
     ' Freeman Patterson, are looking for 
     
     the best of bird photography from 
     
     across the country. The exhibit will 
     
     be mounted in spring, 1986, in 
     
     celebration of the 19th International 
     
     Ornithological Conference to be 
     
     hosted by Canada in June. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Photographers are asked to submit 16 
     
     by 20 inch (40 cm by 50 cm) or larger 
     
     gallery quality prints. Please do 
     
     not nount, matt, or frame your 
     
     submission. Enter as many prints as 
     
     you like. The deadline is January 
     
     17. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Wewant toknowwhoyour subject is, 
     
     the title you've chosen, the 
     
     technical data. Clearly lable each 
     
    
   
   
    
     submission and pack carefully. 
     
    

    
     Insure your package, and mail entries 
     
     to: The Best of Bird Photography, 
     
     National Museum of Natural Sciences, 
     
     2785 Riverside Drive, 2nd floor, 
     
     Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0M8. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRD FEEDER FILLERS 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from Evelyn Meader) 
     
    
   
   
    
     When you clean out a squash for cooking 
     
     don't throw away the seeds. Put them 
     
     on your bird feeder, pulp and all. 
     
     Bluejays will gulp them down. Just like 
     
     the British, they enjoy an orange squash. 
     
     Dish up your pumpkin seeds too. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Birds get thirsty in the winter time. 
     
     When you put out your seeds give them a 
     
     drinktoo andthey maylearntobethere 
     
     before it freezes. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ikeep acan forbirdseedon my kitchen 
     
     counter. When I have to brush up 
     
     crumbs, into the can they go along with 
     
     the seedstutoutdaily. You may call 
     
     this a crumby idea, but it dosn't take 
     
     much to fill up a song span’ow. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ifyouhavesomeoldn’cetogetn’dof, 
     
     don'tfeedittothebirdsunlessyou 
     
     cook it first. B; swells up if eaten raw 
     
     and can cause "tweetment" problems. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rendered fatisabreatforthebirds. It 
     
     canbeplacedonthefeederorsmffed 
     
     intoholesdfilledinasmalllogthatis 
     
     hunginatreeforwoodpeckersand 
     
     chickadees. I gues the feathered family 
     
     tasnocholesterolworfis. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRD OFF 100033 E 
     
    
   
   
    
     (from the Halifax Cronicle Herald) 
     
     (Oct; 12,1985) ~ 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTCHURCH, England (Reuter) - A 
     
     tiny North American songbird turned up 
     
     in Britain on Tuesday after being blown 
     
     3,000 nautical miles off coar'Se by 
     
     hundcane Gloria, birdwatchas said. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The yellow-breasted Parula Warbler, 
     
     which normally migrates south to Brazil 
     
     for the winter, turned up on a sand dune 
     
     at Hengisdaury Head near Christchurch, 
     
     southern England. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It has been rarely sighted in Britain. Dr. 
     
     George Green of the Dorset Bird Club 
     
     said it probably hitched rides acros the 
     
     Atlantic by resting on passing cargo 
     
     ships.