coordinating speakers for the Society. Ruth was a tremendous worker for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Society and we will miss her assistance with the many projects on which she was 
     
     active. Thanks for the many hundreds of hours you devoted to our cause Ruth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     AMPHIBIANS, FISH, AND OTHER THINGS 
     
    

    
     The Crocuses started flowering in Donagh on April 13th. The poplars were 
     
     in catkins and ice covered 90% of Glenfinnon Lake, 100 % of Lake Verde, and 
     
     70 % of Mount Stewart Pond on April 14th. 
     
    

    
     Thelma Murchinson reported frogs croaking on April 16 in 1990 compared to 
     
     April 16th in 1988 and April 15 in 1989. The spring peepers started singing on 
     
     April 19th in Donagh. 
     
    

    
     The American Smelt were travelling up Johnson's River to their spawning 
     
     beds along the stream on April 26th. 
     
    

    
     The east side of Pier # 1 of the Hillsborough Bridge Piers collapsed in 
     
     the week prior to May 17th, 1990. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CROW ATTACKS FLICKER ’ by Barry Bain 
     
    
   
   
    
     On May 24th, 1990, George Coade, Scott MacDonald and Barry Bain observed a 
     
     crow pecking at a smaller bird it had pinned to the ground behind the Beach 
     
     Grove Forestry Office. When the crow was scared off, a Northern Flicker got up 
     
     off the ground and flew away. The flicker seemed to be uninjured by the attack. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCIENCE FAIR PRIZES AWARDED 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Natural History Society's team of judges (Dr. Charles Keuper, Rev. 
     
     Donald Wilkinson, and Ms. Caroline Meincke) reviewed the entries in this years 
     
     Science Fair. They found the quality of the exhibits to be very high and they 
     
     awarded the Society's Natural History Prizes in three categories. The winners, 
     
     their school, and the title of their exhibits were as follows: 
     
    

    
     Senior Category Grade 10 - 12: 
     
    

    
     lst Prize - Brian Arsenault and Fenner Stewart of Kensington Senior High 
     
    

    
     for the exhibit "The Mass Murderer...Pollution". 
     
    

    
     2nd Prize - Kathie McNally of Charlottetown Rural High School for the 
     
    

    
     exhibit "New Technology: Harmful or Beneficial". 
     
    

    
     3rd Prize - Betty MacLean and Alison MacAusland of Nestisle High for the 
     
    

    
     exhibit "Nitrates: Helpful/Harmful“. ' 
     
     Intermediate Category Grades 8 & 9 
     
     lst Prize - Ben Smith of Birchwood.Junior High with the exhibit "The 
     
     Effects of Acid Rain on Insects“. 
     
     2nd Prize - David Cousins of Hernewood Junior High for the exhibit 
     
     "Miminegash Fossil Finds". 
     
     3rd Prize - Dorian Hoge of Cardigan Consolidated with the exhibit "Basic 
     
     Botany" 
     
     Junior Category Grades 5, 6 & 7 _ 
     
    

    
     lst Prize - Jeffery Rowe and Matthew Duffy of Montague Consolidated for 
     
    

    
     the Exhibit "Endangered Animals in Canada". 
     
    

    
     2nd Prize - Randy Mills of St. Jean's Elementary for the exhibit 
     
    

    
     "Noodpeckers of Prince Edward Island". 
     
    

    
     3rd Prize - Nathan Townsend and John McNabb of Stanhope - Grand Tracadie 
     
    

    
     with the exhibit "Endangered Species".