feeder in Dec. (RRi); White-crowned Sparrow - 2 at Cape Turner on Oct. 
     
     8 (DW); Lincoln’s Sparrow - 2 skulking among rocks actively feeding on 
     
     weed seeds on Sept. 24 at Victoria Park (DW); swamp Sparrow - 1 immature 
     
     at Long Pond on Oct. 30 (CS); ; Snow Bunting - 15 at Covehead on Nov. 1 
     
     (BH), 3 at Bay Shore Road on Nov. 5 (FC) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Late Reports: 3 Common Grackles at West Point last winter (ME via HM); 
     
     N.S. Report - 9 Red-bellied Woodpeckers reported recently (CS). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to the following contributors who provided records for this 
     
     listing, namely: CA - Chris Adams; HA - Helen Arsenault; BB - Bill 
     
     Bowerbank; DB - David Boyd; BC - Barb Currie; EC - Elwood Coakes; RC— Ray 
     
     Cooke; FC - Fred Connolly; FRC — Rosemary Curley; MC - Mike Crowell; JD — 
     
     Janie Downe; TD - Todd Dupuis; ME - Malcolm Ellis; SE‘3MSusan Essensa; 
     
     BHa - Bob Hambly; B&RH - Ben & Rosalie Hoteling; EH - Elaine Hinton; LH - 
     
    

    
     Les Homans; MH - Mona Hedgakar; P&CH - Pat & Cathy Chan; HJ - Harold 
     
     Jenkins; GK ’ Gerry Kennific; DL - David Lemon; FL - Florence Larkin; BM 
     
     - Barry Martin; BlM - Blake Maybank; EM - Elaine Murley; GM - Gerald 
     
     MacDonald; HM - Hillard MacKinnon; JDM - Dan McAskill; MCM -Mrs. Campsie 
     
     MacLean; N&EM - Nancy & Eric MacEwen; VMacN - Vivian MacNiel; LN - Liz 
     
     Nimmo; BP -Brenda Penak; BPi - Bruce Pigot; GP - Glen Petrie; JP - Jane 
     
     Parker; NP - Nellie Patterson; RP - Roberta Palmer; WP - Wendell Profit; 
     
     MR - Maurice Roy; RR - Rob Redmond; RRi - Ruth Richman; AS - Alan Saint; 
     
     CS - Clarence Stevens; GS - Gary Schneider; RS - Renwick Spence; LT - 
     
     Linda Thomas; C&MW - Carl & Mary Willms; DW - Donald Wilkinson; JW - 
     
     Jackie Waddell; and P&AW - Pat & Ann Wootton. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Solution to Word Puzzle: "Christmas Bird Counts". 
     
     ENVIRONMENTAL CALENDAR: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dec. 26 - The Hillsborough Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held. 
     
     Contact Dan McAskill at 569—4351 to register for one of the count 
     
     areas. There is an estimated fee of $ 5 for all field counters. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 30 — The Society will host the Montague Christmas Bird Count. 
     
     Contact Ruth Richman at 583-2674 or Gary Schneider at 583-3068 for 
     
     further information. There is no fee charged. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 2 — This is the Society's Annual Meeting and Member’s Night. Bring 
     
     your slides, natural history articles, or tell us of yourself or 
     
     your natural history adventures. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 9 - Gary Schneider will speak on Native Shrubs for the Garden Club 
     
     at the Farm Centre starting at 7:30 pm 
     
    

    
     Jan. 12 - deadline for nominations for Soil Conservationist with Soil and 
     
     Crop Improvement. Contact 628-6997 for more information. 
     
    

    
     Jan. 16 - A video on Merve Wilkinson titled "Thinking Like a Forest" will 
     
     serve to start a discussion of forestry practices at the ECOPEI 
     
     meeting. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm at Trinity United Church on 
     
     Prince Street. 
     
    

    
     Feb. 6 — Maurice Roy will be the Society’s guest speaker. His topic is 
     
     Life in a Saltmarsh Pond. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm 
     
     Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
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