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     NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NEWSLETTER 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Newsletter No. 6 March 1975 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     Date: Tuesday, March 4. 
     
     Time: 8 p.m. 
     
     Place: Provincial Health Building, 3rd floor, Room 47 a 48. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Enter through underground garage on west side of the 
     
     Provincial Administrative Building). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Program: Leeming Murphy from the Department of Fisheries will 
     
     give a historical treatise on fisheries on P.E.I. He 
     
     will outline the departmentfls activities over the years 
     
     especially with the lesser utilized species such as silver- 
     
     sides and cancer crabs. 
     
     At this meeting the.Nature Slide Competition entries will 
     
     be shown and the results of the judging will be announced. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ANNOUNCEMENTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     MEMBERSHIP DUES: This society has a paid-up membership of 31 at the 
     
     end of February. Let's give it a boost at the March 
     
     meeting. The 1974 membership was 55. If mailing, 
     
     the $2 per member should be sent with mailing address 
     
     and phone number to: 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society of P.E.I. 
     
    

    
     c/o Miss Margaret Mallett, Secretary—Treasurer 
     
     53 Fitzroy.Street 
     
    

    
     Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada ClA 1R4 
     
    
   
   
    
     MAGAZINES; Don't forget the society's magazineiout among the members. 
     
     “"“"" Others would like to read them. 
     
    
   
   
    
     OTHER MEETINGS: On March 5, the first annual meeting of the P.E.I. 
     
     Outdoor Recreation Association will be held at 
     
     Charlottetown Rural High School. The Association 
     
     has sponsored 3 extremely successful ski.clinics this 
     
     winter. All are invited to attend. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On March 12, Wednesday at 8 p.m. there will be an annual 
     
     and major reorganization meeting of the Bonshaw Hills 
     
     Trail Club. The meeting location will be at Holland 
     
     College Lecture'Theatre'afid all members or interested 
     
     individuals-are'requested to attend. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     GREEN GRASS IN FEBRUARY! 
     
    
   
   
    
     You can see it yourself near the railway siding at Milton Station. 
     
     Walk northward along the railwayvtrack till you are about 25 yards 
     
     short of the.whistle post. Turn into the woods on the west and follow 
     
     a line fence for a few yards. There you will see little bird hopping 
     
     about on the grass. There was a golden-crowned kinglet there last 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sunday. To prove it he came and sat on a near-by bush to give us a 
     
     good look. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Why the green grass? There is a slight oofiing of spring Water all 
     
     over the place keeping the snow melted down to the ground. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' i - Margaret Mallett, Charlottetown 
     
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     WINTERI SQUIRREL ACTIVITY 
     
    
   
   
    
     At this time of year one notes in almost any woodlot che bracts 
     
     left by Red Squirrels during seed removal from Spruce and fir cones, 
     
     its major source of food. These bracts may be scattered sparsely 
     
     over an area indicating that they fell while a squirrel was feeding in 
     
     a tree or they may be found in mounds of various sizes. The smallest