McAskill, J.D., J. Ouellette, R. Curley, G. Schneider, and S. 
     
     Moore. 1993. Monitoring Frogs, Toads, Salamanders, and Snakes. 
     
     Natural History Society' of Prince Edward Island’s Island 
     
     Naturalist # 129:3. 
     
    

    
     Morton, L.D., J.M. Ouellette, and W.H. Prescott. 1981. A 
     
     Herpetofaunal Survey of Prince Edward Island National Park. 
     
     Preliminary Report for Parks Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service 
     
     Atlantic Region. 29 pp + 2 appendices. 
     
    

    
     Vial, J.L. and L. Saylor. 1993. The status of amphibian 
     
     populations, a compilation and analysis. Working Document #1, 
     
     Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force. World 
     
     Conservation Union. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Author’s Note: This document represents part of the Natural 
     
     History Society’s contribution to a larger paper on P.E.I. 
     
     amphibian projects with co-authors Stephen Moore, Rosemary 
     
     Curley, Gary Schneider, and Jean Ouellette. We hope this 
     
     paper will be accepted for publishing in a special studies 
     
     manuscript on the status of amphibians in Canada. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS 
     
    
   
   
    
     Plants in Flower: July 16 - queen ann’s lace, low hop clover, 
     
     rabbit's foot clover, brown eyed susan, red and white clover, sweet 
     
     clover, daisy fleabane, Viburnum (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Plants in Berry: July 16 red-berried elder, some blue bead lily 
     
     turned purple but most still greyish white, wild-lily of the valley 
     
     in green berry stage (JDM). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Unusual Numbers of Plants - During an excursion in search of the 
     
     Northern Lapwing, Dave Stewart’s sharp eyes picked out the first 4 
     
     leaved clover at the base of a Fullerton’s Marsh grain field.‘ In 
     
     short order dozens were found, all in the wash out area at the base 
     
     of this field. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Northern Gannet - many seen off the ferry on Sept. 19 (RP, RC, LT, 
     
     JWa, GM, JDM); Great Blue Heron - 58 feeding off Riverside Drive 
     
     on Jul. 24 (EC), 30 feeding within 100 meters on each end of the 
     
     down river side of the Hillsborough River Bridge on July 24 near 
     
     low tide (JDM); Canada Geese - heard calling in flight at Beech 
     
     Grove on Sept. 7 (JDM), 50 at Cousin’s Shore on Sept. 6-7 (N&SB), 
     
     150 at Cavendish on Sept. 10 (G&FM); Ruddy Duck - 3 females or 
     
     immatures at Twin Shores on Aug. 28 (G&FM); Black Vulture - 1 at 
     
     Ram Island on two days in July 21-22 (ATF,PYD) and seen feeding the 
     
     week before, 1 at East Point on Aug. 7 (SC,RC) and still there 
     
     Sept. 25 (JWa); Northern Goshawk - immature at North Cape on Aug. 
     
     29 (RC); Red Tailed Hawk — 1 at Appin Road on May 22 and on Aug. 
     
     29 (EC); Rough-legged Hawk - 2 at Bookvale on Aug. 14 and 1 on 
     
     Aug. 29 (EC), 1 at Point Prim on Aug 29 (DW); Bald Eagle 
     
    
   
   
    
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