NEWSLETTER NO. 80 JANUARY 1977 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     "WINTER" 
     
    
   
   
    
     Winter's when the snow comes down 
     
     Filling every yard in town; 
     
     Children all go out to play 
     
    

    
     When the snow is here to stay. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Children smile and be good when 
     
     Santa comes to town, and then 
     
     Winter's pone quick as a wink. 
     
     Before you even stop to think. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Miss Jackie Dalton, Grand Tracadie School. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEXT MEETINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dates: Tuesday, January 4, 1977; Tuesday February 1. 1977 
     
     rims: 8:00 p. m. 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd.?loor, Room 47. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Enter through garage on west side of Prov. admin. Building. 
     
     Program: Members are invited to bring slides of interest to a nature 
     
    

    
     society. Diane Griffin will show slides she took in the 
     
    

    
     Canary Islands last spring, but more than hers are needed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A NOMINATING COMMITTEE: John Wright, Eleanor Lowe and Lorna hnox>-- 
     
    
   
   
    
     was appointed to bring in a slate of officers at this, the annual meeting. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE NATURAL HISTORY MAGAZINES found on the tables at our meetings were 
     
     given to EES‘EbcIety by mrs. Ruth Osborne. douthport. In each copy 
     
     there is a page entitled "Celestial Events". News about planets will 
     
     not be up-to—date because the magazines are not current. However, for 
     
     $53 constellations and fixed stars. the maps are always good, e. p., 
     
    

    
     a January map is good for January any year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CHARLOTTETOWN AREA BIRD SIGHTTNCS. Mrs. Gwen Fichaud of Crestwood Dr. 
     
     reported a white-throated sparrow and a male Baltimore oriole on Dec. 
     
     18th. For four years a female Baltimore oriole has Seen a regular guest 
     
     at her feeder from November until February. Two sona sparrows and a 
     
     robin are regular winter callers. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     About two blocks away, on North River Road, Frank Tinney notes a pair of 
     
     Baltimore orioles every day. and also a yellow—ramped (myrtle) warbler, 
     
    
   
   
    
     a robin and a purple finch. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. A. F. Gormley reported a purple finch and a robin on Dec. 18 at her 
     
     feeder on Hawthorne Are. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Dec. 21 there was a congregation of 15 robins on the lawn of Harry 
     
     Morris. Lewis Point. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mrs. J. P. Lantz, Southport, saw a mourning dove at her feeder lately. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SWITCEARLE BADGES 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you wish your NES badge could be readily 
     
    

    
     changed from Jacket to Jacket, try attaching 
     
     two ordinary 2-inch safety pins to the back 
     
     of the badge. You will need embroidery 
     
     cotton to match'the gold of the badae. 
     
    

    
     hinae end 22 stitch through each hinge. 
     
     stitch aaain near clasp. 
     
    
   
   
    
     With 
     
    
   
   
    
     Margaret Mallett. Charlottetown.