MONTAGUE AREA: The Montague count was delayed by a heavy snowstorm 
     
     and didn't take place until January 12 (because the count is not an 
     
     official one, the date could be changed). Even so, there was a lot of 
     
     snow on the ground and most of the waterways were frozen over. Many 
     
     people new to the bird counts became involved this year by watching 
     
     their feeders and reporting on what birds came during the day. Next 
     
     year we hope to expand this aspect of the count and get even more 
     
     people involved. The results are as follows: 
     
    

    
     45 species, 4,713 individuals. Common Loon 2, Great Cormorant 13, 
     
     Canada Goose 32, American Black Duck 495, Mallard 4, Green-winged Teal 
     
     1, Oldsquaw 531, Common Goldeneye 322, Bufflehead 1, Common Merganser 
     
     86, Red-breasted Merganser 293, Glaucous Gull 1, Iceland Gull 6, Her- 
     
     ring Gull 325, Ring—billed Gull 12, Greater Black-backed Gull 132, 
     
     Ring—necked Pheasant 1, Gray Partridge 36, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Red- 
     
     tailed Hawk 1, Bald Eagle 2, Rock Dove 97, Belted Kingfisher 4, Downy 
     
     Woodpecker 7, Hairy Woodpecker 5, American Crow 459, Northern Raven 
     
     78, Blue Jay 224, Black-capped Chickadee 100, Boreal Chickadee 6, Red- 
     
     breasted Nuthatch 1, White-breasted Nuthatch 1, Golden Crowned Kinglet 
     
     9, American Robin 1, Red-winged Blackbird 1, Brown-headed Cowbird 104, 
     
     Rusty Blackbird 1, Common Grackle 2, European Starling 614, House 
     
     Sparrow 326, Northern Junc0‘5, Snow Bunting 5, Evening Grosbeak 350, 
     
     American Goldfinch 11, Song Sparrow 3. 
     
    

    
     Pariticipants: Gwen Beck, Jamie Burton, Charles Cooper, Rosemary Cur— 
     
     ley, Paul Gunn, Geoff Hogan, Connie Ings, Joyce Kennedy, Jerry Kenni- 
     
     fic, Dan MacAskill, Barb MacDonald, Gerald MacDonald, Margaret Mac- 
     
     Donald, Doug MacEachern, Jeannie MacLean, Joyce MacLeod, Margaret 
     
     Mair, Dot Nielson, Howard Norton, Nellie Patterson, Ruth Richman, 
     
     Elizabeth Roe, Gary Schneider, David Sorrie, Pam Stewart, Jim Sutton, 
     
     Sid Watts. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GET INVOLVED IN THE CELEBRATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     BY GEOFF HOGAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     1985 is the Centennial of Heritage Conservation in Canada, acknow- 
     
     ledging the reservation of the first national parkland in 1885 near 
     
     Banff, Alberta. From this modest beginning Canada has developed one of 
     
    

    
     the largest national parks systems in the world. To celebrate 
     
     gag: _ this event and to support both our natural and man-made heri- 
     
     """’ tags, the Minister of the Environment has appointed a commit- 
     
     tee of citizens from across the country to encourage broad 
     
     ¢.\ public involvement in the celebration. The National Parks 
     
     Centennial Citizens Committee (NPCCC) programme will be of- 
     
     ficially launched in Ottawa on February 18. P.E.I.'s repre- 
     
     sentative is well-known NHS and Island Nature Trust member 
     
     Daryl Guignion. Individuals, families and organizations are 
     
     encouraged to get involved by initiating or taking part in special 
     
     Heritage '85 events. An excellent source of ideas is provided by the 
     
     NPCCC entitled "100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Years", available on re- 
     
     quest at the following address or from provincial representative Daryl 
     
     Guignion. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Heritage '85 NPCCC 
     
     258 Adelaide St. East 
     
     Toronto, Ontario MSA 1N1 
     
    
   
   
    
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