NEST RECORDS SCHEME. Members are urged to make 
     
     notes of observations of any birds' nests they 
     
     discover this spring and summer, and to submit 
     
     details to the Maritimes Nest Records Scheme i 
     
     Sackville, N.B. Cards for this purpose will be 
     
     made available at the May meeting or can be ob- 
     
     tained by writing to the Canadian Wildlife Ser- ’ 
     
     c: vice, Box 1590, Sackville, N.B. BOA 3C0. Con— 
     
     tributions from P.E.I. were down somewhat in 
     
    
   
   
    
     1979. Let’s see what we can do to improve the 
     
     record in 1980. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ARBOR DAY. Friday, May 16 has been set aside as the date,for this year's 
     
     Arbor Day. The Heritage Foundation is encouraging teachers to continue 
     
    

    
     a tradition begun in Island schools in 1884, but all tree-lovers could 
     
     participate too to make neighbourhood landscapes more attractive. Could 
     
     your yard, school, church or community building be improved by planting 
     
     trees and shrubs? Check with the appropriate people, and then do your 
     
     part to help celebrate Arbor Day. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FIELD TRIP REPORT. Although March 22 turned out 
     
     to be a rather chilly spring day, a small but 
     
     hardy group assembled for a field trip in search 
     
     of late wintering ducks. Stops were made at the 
     
     North and West River causeways, the West River 
     
     bridges at St. Catherine’s and Bonshaw, and at 
     
     Rocky Point. Good numbers of ducks were found at 
     
     each location except Rocky Point, where there was 
     
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     Hogan for leading the trip. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CNF CONFERENCE 1380. The 
     
    

    
     Manitoba organizers of the 
     
    

    
     l980 Canadian Nature Fed— 
     
    

    
     eration annual conference 
     
    

    
     details of what promises t 
     
    

    
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     event at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg 
     
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     will celebrate the tenth anniversry of the Can— 
     
     adian Nature Federation and the Sixtieth anni— 
     
     versary of the Manitoba Naturalists’ Soc1ety. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Sixteen field trips have been scheduled including 
     
     a four day naturalists’ cruise on Lake Winnipeg 
     
     and a four day trip to Churchill. Other trips 
     
     include wilderness canoeing, prairie desert, long 
     
     grass prairie, parks nd sanctuaries, Delta 
     
     Marsh Research Station, historic museums, etc. 
     
     The conference Symposium runs from August 28 to 
     
     30 and will feature eighteen ou standi.g speakers 
     
     including Dr. Erkii Pulliainen of Finland, an ' 
     
     internationally recognized autnority on large 
     
     predators. During the conference a special chom— 
     
     ing of nature art work by Manitoba artiSts will 
     
     be on display and a full complement of iiterestin. 
     
     exhibits will be set up by government and private agencies For more 
     
     information write Cy and Rosalie Hopper, Conference Registrars, 332 
     
     Bronx Ave., Winnikeg, Man. R2K OZl.