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     I only hOpe the neighbours didn't hear 
     
     us. Ten people out playing recordings of owls 
     
     and hooting, the full moon shining, who knows 
     
     what they might think? Rosemary Curley led the 
     
     group down a dirt road off the Baldwins Road on 
     
     March 25. The group had good luck with the weather 
     
     and even better luck with the owls. . 
     
    

    
     The first stop was a stand of white spruce 
     
     near an overgrown field. A very strange cry, short 
     
     and heard only once, came from the woods when a 
     
     recording of a long—eared owl was played and what 
     
     it came from is anyone's guess. 
     
    

    
     , After a walk down the (fortunately frozen) 
     
     road to a section of hardwood, a large owl flew very 
     
     close to the birders in response to a recording of a 
     
     barred owl. It was assumed to be a barred owl or a 
     
     curious great horned owl. 
     
    

    
     A little farther down the road brought the 
     
     sounds of a great horned owl calling quite steadily. 
     
     As the group got closer, playing a recording and hooting, 
     
     the owl kept responding but seemed to be getting farther 
     
     and farther away. GREAT HORNED OWL 
     
    

    
     Everyone was quite pleased with the results of the outing, which 
     
     drew people from Charlottetown and Morell as well as the Montague area. 
     
    

    
     Some of those on the Owl Prowl had never done anything like it before 
     
    

    
     and were not members of the Natural History Society. They expressed in- . 
     
     terest in doing it again, so another prowl will likely take place in 
     
     Valleyfield soon, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Objectives of {he NA-LS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Some of the newer members of the Natural History Society probably 
     
     haven't had a chance to look over the constitutional bylaws of the 
     
     Society. Here are the objectives as Spelled out in subsection II: 
     
    

    
     1. to join together as a provincial body the nature lovers and other 
     
     interested persons of P.E.I. for the exchange of information and the 
     
     keeping of records; 
     
    

    
     2. to protect insofar as humanly possible the FLORA and FAUNA of the 
     
     province; 
     
    

    
     3. to promote, encourage and enjoy the study of Natural History; 
     
    

    
     4. to create in the public mind a greater appreciation of the value of 
     
     our wildlife and its habitat; 
     
    

    
     5. to hold educational meetings and demonstrations designed to further 
     
     public knowledge of our own Natural History; 
     
    

    
     6. to assist, work with and support other organizations, government 
     
     bureaux, or other agencies having similar or allied objects. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     The Island Nature Trust has a new telephone 
     
     number at their office at Beaconsfield. You 
     
     can reach Dianeat 892—7513. . 
     
    
   
   
    
              
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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