HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BAT 
     
    

    
     ON P.E.I. ? Sue Stevenson, 
     
    

    
     a student in the mammalogy 
     
     course at U.P.E.I., is 
     
     interested in learning more 
     
     about Island bats. If you 
     
     have ever seen bats on P.E.I., 
     
     she would be happy to hear from 
     
     you. Please include as many details 
     
     as possible of where (name of community plus specific site — i.e. in a barn, attic, 
     
     hunting over a pond , or whatever), when (time of day, exact date and year if known, 
     
     or at least month or season), how many, whether dead or alive, and what the bat was 
     
     doing when you saw it. She would especially like to learn of roosting sites and 
     
     whether or not bats overwinter on the Island. Any information you can provide 
     
     would be greatly appreciated. Sue can be contacted through the Biology Department 
     
     at the University of P.E.I. (phone 892-4121 ext. 170). 
     
    
   
   
    
     NATURE CALENDARS AVAILABLE. A limited number of Canadian Nature 1982 calendars 
     
    

    
     will be on sale at the December meeting. The price is $6.50, which is considerably 
     
     less than in local stores. These calendars are large and glossy and are attractively 
     
     boxed for easy mailing or wrapping. And, of course, each purchase helps the 
     
    

    
     Canadian Nature Federation. Also available is the new Nature Canada Bookshop 
     
     catalogue., It contains the titles of hundreds of nature books, plus note paper, 
     
     binoculars, bird feeders, recordings, T-shirts, eth, etc. Most items are listed 
     
    

    
     at a 10% discount. The catalogue is an excellent place to find Christmas gifts 
     
    

    
     for nature lovers. Contact Winnie Cairns or Margaret Mallett for catalogues. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NATURE CANADA AND CN'F MEMBERSHIP. The Canadian Nature Federation is . 
     
     once again making an effort to increase membership among grassroots 
     
     naturalists across the country. The Natural History Society, as an ‘ 
     
     affiliate member of the Federation, encourages its members to become 
     
     individual members of CNF. Each membership in the Canadian Nature 
     
     Federation brings with it four glossy issues of Nature Canada, Canada's 
     
     national nature magazine. As a CNF member you will have a national 
     
     voice on environmental issues and will know that part of your membership fee goes 
     
     to support conservation efforts across the country. If you are already a CNF 
     
     member, don't forget it's renewal time. And, if you are not, now is an excellent 
     
     time to join! CNF memberships (including the Nature Canada magazine) make great 
     
     gifts for family or friends. Send $15.00 to Canadian Nature Federation, 75 Albert 
     
     St., Ottawa, Ont. KlP 6G1. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE NATURE OF THINGS. Watch The Nature of Things on CBC television on Wed., Dec. 9 a 
     
     at 8 pm for a special film entitled A Natural Turn of Events. The film depicts the 
     
     development of Toronto's Leslie Street Spit from its beginnings in 1959 as a land- 
     
    

    
     fill site. Today the 5 km long spit provides a home for a wide variety of birds ‘ 
     
     and plant life. How the Leslie St. Spit came to be a wildlife sanctuary in an 
     
     industrial setting is almost entirely due to natural occurence. Man provided the 
     
     foundation but Nature did the rest, turning a dump into a wild garden where trees, 
     
     shrubs and flowers attract migrating Monarch butterflies stopping off on their 
     
    

    
     way to the United States and Mexico. Ring-billed gulls first nested there in 
     
    

    
     1973 and now number 67,000 pairs! Other users include Caspian terns, Canada geese, 
     
     shorebirds and ducks. Biologists have been keeping careful track of these 
     
    

    
     populations over several years, as well as checking on the small mammals like mice . 
     
     and voles which thrive there. For those who have not had the opportunity to visit 
     
    

    
     the Leslie St. Spit, A Natural Turn of Events offers some spectacular scenes of 
     
    

    
     the multitude of birds which congregate almost on the doorstep of Toronto's 
     
    

    
     waterfront. £5