My most rigid judging criteria was based on the challenge presented in 
     
     capturing a "perfect" photographic opportunity. 
     
    

    
     This keen eye was Rosemary Curley's, who won the best photograph. For 
     
     those of you who did not attend, this photo was a beautifully lit scene of 
     
     'freezing rain evenly covering every needle of a pine tree branch and cones. 
     
    

    
     Second best photograph went to Margaret Mallett for an absolutely 
     
     gorgeous sunset scene over Cape Islander fishing boats. This was a very close 
     
     competition for first. Donald Wilkinson won best bird photograph. The 
     
     special feature of this photo is the detail. The bright outstanding colours, 
     
     contrast and uniqueness of form brought out a National Geographic quality 
     
     photograph. 
     
    

    
     Thank you for making this contest a pleasure to judge. I would like to 
     
     encourage more people to take photos of the Island, its flora and fauna. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MARITIMES BREEDING BIRD ATLAS LAUNCHED by Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     The long awaited for publication of Atlas of Breeding Birds of the 
     
     Maritime Provinces is complete. This book by Anthony J. Erskine collates the 
     
     data collected by over 1,100 volunteers to provide the first up-to-date and 
     
     comprehensive picture of the distribution of birds that nest in the Maritimes. 
     
     The detailed distribution maps and accompanying species accounts provide 
     
     information on breeding distribution, population, and natural history with a 
     
     forecast on each species' prospects for the future. Geographical and 
     
     historical background information for understanding the distribution of birds 
     
     in the Maritimes and a pocketed set of transparent overlay maps showing 
     
     geographic, ecological, cultural, and climatic information which can be placed 
     
     over the breeding area maps are also included. The book was published by 
     
     Nimbus Publishing and the Nova Scotia Department of Education. It is 
     
     available in Charlottetown from the Bird's Eye Nature Store for $32. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CANADA GEES! NESTING FAILURE Adapted from "1992 Migratory Game 
     
     Bird Hunting in Canada" DOE Canadian Wildlife Service 
     
    
   
   
    
     The 0.8. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service 
     
     cooperative Arctic goose nesting habitat surveys conducted in June of 1992 
     
     revealed that, due to snow and ice cover, there may be no production at all by 
     
     Lesser Snow Geese and Canada Geese in the eastern Arctic. Despite these 
     
     findings, the two services felt that emergency changes to hunting regulations 
     
     for 1992 were not necessary. Thus, daily bag limits on Prince Edward Island 
     
     remain unchanged. 
     
    

    
     The Natural History Society has requested background information on 
     
     adult to juvenile ratios, other waterfowl survey information, and population 
     
     levels so that a full length article can be prepared on this topic. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEWS FROM ABOUT 
     
    

    
     An agreement was signed on August 7th to establish a new national park 
     
     to be representative of the Lowlands natural region in the Western Arctic on 
     
     Banks Island. The park will be called "Aulavik" which means "where people 
     
    
   
   
    
     travel". It's 12,275 square kilometers, about twice the size of P.E.I., 
     
    
   
   
    
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