NEWS AND NOTES. 
     
    
   
   
    
     MAY MEETING REPORT. About 30 people attended the last meeting of the season. It 
     
     was announced that the society has received an Environment 2000 grant of $17, 000 
     
     to study the status of the Piping Plover on Prince Edward Island outside of the 
     
     National Park. The project runs from May to Sept. and will be led by Joyce 
     
     Macheod, assisted by Melissa McGonnell and Peggy Jo Jenkins. 
     
    

    
     The evening's program featured a showing of slides entered in the nature 
     
     slide contest, with comments by Andy Dean. Prizes were awarded as follows: 
     
     First'- Cormorant on nest by John sylvester; second - Blue Jay on snag by Dave 
     
     MacDonald; Third - Clothespins on a line by Marian Coppleston; and Third (tie) - 
     
     Nhitecoat pup by Dave MacDonald. 
     
    
   
   
    
     192’]! INTERNATIONAL ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS. Details of   
     
     this first ever international ornithological conference [NTERNATIONAUS 
     
     to be held in Canada have recently been released. The ORNITHOLOGICUS 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     meetings are to be held in Ottawa June 22 - 29, 1986, 
     
    

    
     and will bring together people seriously interested in @. 
     
     birds from around the world. The program will feature 
     
     the presentation of scientific papers on ornithological 
     
     topics, as well as discussions, workshops, and tours across 
     
     Canada. For more information write Dr. Henri Ouellet, National 
     
     Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0MB. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VALLEYFIELD OUTTNG. On the damp and showery morning of June 2, approximately 
     
     25 people gathered at the Dept. of Forestry woodlot in valleyfield fbr a hike 
     
     to look for spring wildflowers and warblers. Many beautiful wildflowers were 
     
     in evidence including painted trillium, common lady’s slipper (both pink and 
     
     white), Indian cucumber root, clintonia, false Sblomon's seal, wild lily-ofL 
     
     the-valley, goldthread and twisted stalk. Although the dampness made the birds 
     
     more difficult to spot, a respectable total of 45 species was noted: Northern 
     
     Harrier, American Kestrel, Ruffed Grouse, Cbmmon snipe, Herring Gull, Rock Dove, 
     
     Barred Owl, Ruby—throated Hummingbird, Common Flicker, Least Flycatcher, Eastern 
     
     Pewee, Tree swallow, Barn Swallow, Gray Jay, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black- 
     
     capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird, American Robin, Hermit 
     
     Thrush, European Starling, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern 
     
     Parula Warbler, Yellow warbler, Magnolia warbler, Black-throated Green warbler, 
     
     Ovenbird, Northern waterthrush, Mourning harbler, Common Yellowthroat, American 
     
     Redstart, House Sparrow, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown- 
     
     headed Cowbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, Purple Finch, 
     
     American Goldfinch, Northern Junco, White-throated Sparrow, and Sbng Sparrow. 
     
     Later in the afternoon a few people travelled on to Sharam Point, where 
     
     the Wbotton’s provided a very interesting tour of their beautiful shoreline 
     
     property. 
     
    
   
   
    
     OCTOBER MEETING. The first fall meeting will be held on Tue., Oct. 2 at 8:00 
     
     p.m. The speaker will be well-known Island nature photographer Nayne Barrett, 
     
    
   
   
    
     who will be speaking and showing slides on Anticosti Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     TURTLES ON P.E.I. ? A recent finding of a hbod Turtle on the Marie River was 
     
     a surprise, as turtles are not known to be native to the Island. The Natural 
     
     History Society is attempting to collect any information regarding turtle 
     
     occurrence on P.E.I. to help determine their status in the province. Please 
     
     contact Geoff Hogan (894-5995) or mail to the society’s P.O. Box with any 
     
     information you may have on past or present observations of turtles in this 
     
     province.