Nov. 1 - Lawson Drake will be the Society's guest speaker 
     
     presenting "A Tribute to Francis Bain". The meeting will 
     
     start at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. 
     
    

    
     Nov. 12 - The Island Nature Trust's Seeds of Conservation will be 
     
     held at various centres across the Island. The prices will be 
     
     the same as last year and the sale will feature sunflower 
     
     seed, corn, suet, grit, and books on bird feeding. The 
     
     profits will be used to support the natural areas conservation 
     
     programs of the Trust. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 6 - The Society’s guest speaker will be Gary Schneider and he 
     
     will provide a slide presentation from Cornell University on 
     
     the decline of certain songbirds in North America. The 
     
     meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Farm Centre on 
     
     University Avenue. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 3 - This is the Society's Member's Night. Bring your slides 
     
     natural history articles, or tell us of yourself or your 
     
     natural history adventures. 
     
    

    
     Feb. 7 - The Society’s first guest speaker for 1995 will be David 
     
     Lemon. He will speak on his nest box and handing program for 
     
     Kestrels on P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWS FROM ABOUT compiled by Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     Congratulations go out to Kate MacQuarrie of the Tryon River 
     
     Association on the September 1st launch of the new booklet Ime 
     
     Tryon River: A Guide to its Human and Natural History. 
     
    

    
     Ecotourism promotion gone bad? On June 29th, Neil and Sally 
     
     Bennett reported that horses and film crews arrived at 0600 hours 
     
     on Cousin’s Shore to film horses and riders pounding up and down 
     
     the shore and over the dunes for ecotourism promoth31 of the 
     
     Island. After they discovered the film crew inside the posted 
     
     (closed) area for Piping Plover and discussing the problem with the 
     
     director, the director moved the crew out. This is hardly the 
     
     actions ecotourists expect and most would be very upset by this 
     
     type of behaviour. 
     
    

    
     Congratulations to the Institute of Island Studies and The 
     
     Island Nature Trust on the launching of Like the Back of My Hand 
     
     at the Art's Guild Building on July 22. This video which combines 
     
     readings selected from the journals of the late Geoff Hogan by 
     
     Deirdre Kessler with the video imagery of Henry Dunsmore was viewed 
     
     by a standing room only crowd of over 200 people. The comments 
     
     heard on the preliminary release of this video were very good. 
     
     This production is now available from the Institute of Island 
     
     Studies. Call Laurie at 566-0975 to obtain the price or to 
     
     purchase a copy. 
     
    
   
   
    
     AMPHIBIAN SURVEYS by J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     As many amphibians are sensitive to environmental changes, 
     
     they can potentially be used as indicator species to monitor the 
     
    
   
   
    
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