BUTTERFLIES: 
     
    
   
   
    
     July 4th has been designated 
     
     Butterfly Count Day by the 
     
     Butterfly Association. 
     
    
   
   
    
     as the 
     
     North American 
     
     The last page of this 
     
    
   
   
    
     newsletter provides a copy of Dr. Thomas's 
     
     Butterfly List of New Brunswick. For those who 
     
     Punwafl“ know the butterflies, please complete the 
     
    
   
   
    
     checklist and return it to the newsletter editor. 
     
     If you can also supply a list of the plants on 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     which they are seen and whether they are 
     
     foraging, resting, or flying, this would be 
     
     useful. The results will be compiled and 
     
    
   
   
    
     presented in a future newsletter. 
     
    

    
     Christopher Majka supplied the attached list of information on butterfly occurrence in 
     
     the St. Patricks area near Hunter River: tiger swallowtail - C; cabbage butterfly C; common 
     
     sulphur — C; Pink—edged sulphur - U; America copper - C; spring azure - C; silvery blue - C; 
     
     great—spangled fritillary - C; Atlantis fritillary — C; pearl crescent — A; satyr anglewing - 
     
    

    
     R; green comma — U; mourning cloak - U; red admiral - C; painted lady - C; banded purple - 
     
     C; Viceroy - C; pearly eye - R; wood nymph — A; inornate ringlet - U; monarch - R; dreamy- 
     
     dusky wing - A; European skipper — S; common branded skipper - U; long-dash skipper — A; 
     
     tawny-edged skipper A; and hobomok skipper - A where a abundant, C common, U 
     
     uncommon, and R rare. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SQUIRREL IN HANDS: by Lois Doan 
     
    

    
     April 4th, 1995 - red squirrel at feeder. Not the least bit shy. 
     
    

    
     I went out slowly and quietly and showed him a pail full of seed; he stopped and looked 
     
     and waited for me to get closer to the crotch of the tree where he was sitting. I offered 
     
     him a hand full of sunflower seed and mixed corn. He came right to my hand and took the 
     
     sunflower seed. Then I started holding one seed at a time out to him. He continued taking 
     
     and eating it for about 1/2 hour, chirping and chatting quietly to me. When I held out a 
     
     piece of corn, he took it but paused a moment and then dropped it down and came back to my 
     
     hand chattering and seeming to say that he really preferred the sunflower seed. 
     
    

    
     I went into the house after 1/2 hour and let the children come out one at a time to 
     
     hand feed him. He continued taking seed from each of my five children for about the next 45 
     
     minutes. The children certainly enjoyed the venture, and the little red squirrel went away 
     
     feeling rather filled, I think. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1995 SCIENCE FAIR: by Meike Keunecke 
     
    

    
     It was a very rewarding experience to look at the displays at the annual Science Fair 
     
     in Charlottetown and to listen to the presentations of students from Grade 4 to 12. It fills 
     
     you with respect for the next generation and you have hope for the future when you hand out 
     
     awards. The projects chosen have to deal with the natural history of Prince Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     Wayne Sandler, a grade 9 student at Montague Junior High, demonstrated very efficiently 
     
     the working of "The Tides on P.E.I.". A globe was set in the centre of an elliptical cut out 
     
     within a cardboard box. It served as a model to explain the daily event of high and low 
     
     tides, the seasonal changes in the water level, and variations of water level heights at 
     
     various locations on P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     Dale Burden, a Grade 4 student from O'Leary Elementary, knew so much about the Piping 
     
     Plover that he seemed very well prepared to be a guardian. He made many drawings to 
     
     illustrate the most important facts and he also made a nesting papermache Piping Plover with 
     
     the eggs. Besides receiving the award, he will also be invited to watch the Piping Plover 
     
     at Cousin's shore with guardians Neil and Sally Bennett. 
     
    

    
     Kevin McLennan and Daniel Murray from Queen elizabeth Elementary took "A Closer Look 
     
     at Fish". They had prepared a model fish which showed the skeleton, bloodstream, and inner 
     
     organs. A chart displayed the different fish species of the Atlantic Ocean and they knew 
     
     many details about the life cycle, feeding habits, and the migrations of several fish 
     
    
   
   
    
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