Talks alone are insufficient, so field trips will enable 
     
     visitors to personally experience Canada's deep south. Take in 
     
     Carolinian plants, birds, butterflies, turtles, toads and frogs, 
     
    

    
     a wolfhowl in Algonquin Park, an evening spring chorus of breeding 
     
     frogs and a hike led by Robert Bateman along the Niagara Escarpment 
     
     near his studio. If you are interested in participating in the 
     
     field trips, send for more information as soon as possible because 
     
     trip participant levels.have been set and trip registration is on 
     
    

    
     a first-come, first-served basis. 
     
    

    
     A wide variety of exhibits from naturalists' clubs and private 
     
     individuals as well as fifty Robert Bateman limited edition prints 
     
     will be on display. 
     
    

    
     Registration for both the full conference and a single day is 
     
     possible. For details of field trips and the indoor conference 
     
     program, see last month's newsletter. More information and 
     
     registration forms are available from the the Newsletter Editor 
     
     or by writing directly to: CNF Conference '81, % Mrs. B. Pattillo, 
     
     24 Manor Park Crescent, Guelph, Ontario NlG 1A1. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     MARCH MEETING REPORT. The March meeting featured a very interesting 
     
     account of prehistoric P.E.I., given by Dr. John Maloney. Dr. Maloney 
     
     told of the arrival of early man to this continent via the Bering 
     
     Strait land bridge. Various groups of these peoples spread across 
     
     North and South America, some eventually reaching Prince Edward Island. 
     
     Here they camped along the shoreline, gathered shellfish, fished with 
     
     wiers, collected wild plants and huhted game. Dr. Maloney impressed 
     
     us all with his great appreciation and practical knowledge of the ways 
     
     and means of everyday existence of the Island's early Indians. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     APRIL MEETING. Al Smith of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Sackville, 
     
     New Brunsw1ck will show a film on Great Blue Herons and discuss the 
     
     results of last summer's heron census in the Maritimes. All those 
     
     involved in last year's surveys or interested in participating in this 
     
     year's should make a special effort to attend. Mr. Smith is also the 
     
     coordinator of the Maritimes Nest Records Scheme. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SLIDE CONTEST; Up to ten slides may be submitted per entrant. Slides may be 
     
     taken in P.E.I. or elsewhere. Contrary to instructions given in the last 
     
     newsletter, Margaret Mallett requests that the name of the photographer 335 be 
     
     marked on the slide. Entries should be given or mailed to Margaret Mallett by 
     
     the April 7th meeting. Slides will be shown and prizes awarded at the May 5th 
     
     meeting.