NEWS AND NOTES 
     
    
   
   
    
     JUNE WALL. Saturday, June let has been set as the date for a wal 
     
     through the Granville woods in search of spring wildflowers and 21 
     
     life. Meet at the YMCA in Charlottetown at 9:00 to arrange transp 
     
     Bring a lunch. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     MERLINS TO BE STUDIED. Dr. David Bird of the MacDonald Rapto 
     
     search Centre at McGill University is concerned about the pli 
     
     Merlin (Pigeon Hawk) and is conducting a Merlin survey in Quebec 
     
     the Maritimes. If you should come across any occupied Merlin ne 
     
     pairs on territory, please contact Dr. Bird at the following add e 
     
     Dr. David Bird, MacDonald Raptor Research Centre, MacDonald Colleg 
     
     McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec, HQX lCO (phone 5 
     
     @57-2000, ext. 345). 
     
    
   
   
    
     NATIONAL HERON CENSUS. Members of the P.E.I. Natural History Society 
     
     have been invited to participate in a project which will collect up to 
     
     date information on the Island's Great Blue Heron population. At 
     
     present there are fifteen known nesting colonies in the province. 
     
     Volunteers will be visiting colonies in late June to record numbers 
     
    

    
     of nests and reproductive success. If you would like to participate 
     
    

    
     or if you know of any colony sites not shown on the map, please contact 
     
     the census coordinator Rosemary Curley, Fish and Wildlife Division 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     A P.E.I. GREAT BLUE HERON COLONIES 
     
     l Oulton's Island 8 Boughton Island 
     
     2 George Island 9 Cherry Island 
     
     3 Courtin Island 10 Herring Island 
     
     ‘ 4 North Granville ll Island north of 
     
     \ S Rustico Island Cherry Island and 
     
     \\ 6 Brackley Beach Herring Island 
     
     7 Glenfinnan Island 12 Judson's Island 
     
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