conservation, and management. Contact Brian Harrington or Josette Carter, 
     
     Manomet Bird Observatory, Box 936, Manomet, MA 02345 (Phone 508-224-6521). 
     
     (Excerpted from Partners in Flight, Vol.2 # 2 Spring 1992 which was excerpted 
     
     from an article called "You Can Make the Difference" in Birders World, April 
     
     1990 by Rick Bonney of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology) 
     
    

    
     An innovative project of painting fish beside storm drains in St. 
     
     John's, Newfoundland was kicked off by Mayor Shannie Duff and 700 Girl Guides. 
     
     The girls also went door to door handing out brochures that reminded people 
     
     that what they put down a storm drain ended up in fish habitats and suggested 
     
     better alternatives. (adapted from "On the Rise" Vol. 1 #2, Atlantic Salmon 
     
     Federation) 
     
    

    
     The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources established a Policy Advisory 
     
     Committee to develop recommendations for a strategy for the conservation of 
     
     old growth forest ecosystems. The 10 member Policy Advisory Committee will be 
     
     assisted by a 10 member-Scientific Advisory Committee and a 3 member 
     
     secretariat. These groups are tasked with presenting a draft strategy to the 
     
     Minister for old growth red and white pine forests by the end of 1992 and for 
     
     other forest types by the end of 1993. (adapted from OMNR Fact Sheet, Jan., 
     
     1992) 
     
    
   
   
    
     STRANGE VISITOR TO HUMMINGBIRD FEEDER by John Burka 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     We have had some interesting sightings at 
     
     our feeder in Elliot park. We have been using 
     
     black oil sunflower seeds for the first time 
     
     this year. For the first time in seven years, 
     
     we have had regular summer visitation of two 
     
     pairs of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and two pairs 
     
     of Purple Finches. We presume both are nesting 
     
     in nearby trees. We also had two pairs of Downy 
     
     Woodpeckers and an occasional Hairy Woodpecker. 
     
     We took down the suet in May but the woodpeckers 
     
     kept coming to the sunflower seeds. On July 
     
     14th, a female Downy Woodpecker was feeding a 
     
     young one sunflower seeds. Another interesting 
     
     sight has been a Downy Woodpecker bending over 
     
     backwards to drink nectar from a hummingbird 
     
     feeder. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     WOOD DUCK NEST BOX PROGRAM by Brenda Brydon 
     
     Eastern Habitat Joint Venture 
     
    
   
   
    
     In an attempt to improve nesting occurrences of Wood Ducks on Prince 
     
     Edward Island, approximately 200 Wood Duck nest boxes have been erected across 
     
    
   
   
    
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