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     18 to Jan. 3 - This will be the 99th Christmas Bird count period. The 
     
     Society will feature two registered counts and one unregistered counts 
     
     during this period (seegpap below). The National Park Count will open 
     
     the set on Saturday, December 19th followed by the Hillsborough River 
     
     Count on Sunday December 27th and then the Montague Count on Saturday, 
     
    

    
     January 2nd. The coordinator for the National Park and Hillsborough 
     
     Counts is Dan McAskill (569-4351) while Gary Schneider (583-3068) will 
     
     coordinate the Montague Count. 
     
    

    
     5 - Annual meeting and election of officers for the Natural History Society 
     
     starting at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. Dan McAskill will 
     
     speak on rare bird sightings on P.E.I. during the past 7 years and new species 
     
     that might be anticipated. 
     
    

    
     26 — The Pesticides Advisory Committee of the Minister of Agriculture and 
     
     Forestry will receive representations on any matter concerning pesticide use on 
     
     P.E.I. Written presentations or verbal presentations based on a written 
     
     document will be received by the Committee. There will be afternoon and 
     
     evening meetings at the Howard Johnston Dutch Inn in North River. Contact 
     
     Teresa Mellish at 902—368-5605 to register your intent to submit a brief and to 
     
     obtain a time slot to meet with the Committee. ” 
     
    

    
     - deadline for nominations for the Heritage Awards from the P.E.I. Museum and 
     
     Heritage Foundation. Contact the Museum at 368—6600 for forms. 
     
    

    
     2 — Jessie Francis of the P.E.I. National Park will be the Society's guest 
     
     speaker with the illustrated presentation "Tracks in the Snow". The meeting 
     
     starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenuéfi 
     
    

    
     13 - Society field trip starting at 10 am at the Dalvay Interpretive Centre. 
     
     Jessie Francis will be our leader and the walk will feature snowshoeing and 
     
     looking for animal tracks. 
     
    

    
     19 to 22 - 2nd Annual Backyard Bird Count sponsored by the Audubon Society and 
     
     the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology. Enter your counts directly in the 
     
     BirdSource website http://birahource.cornell.edu If you have questions, e—mail 
     
     scoyne@audubon.org or contact the neWsletter editor (see inner cover). 
     
    

    
     2 - David Boyce of the Southeast Environmental Association will be the Society's 
     
     feature speaker with the topic "Using Stream Life in Water Monitoring". The 
     
     meeting starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. 
     
    

    
     20 — Sound of the Night Natural History Society field trip will feature frogs 
     
     and owls (weather permitting). Meet at the Farm Centre (see next newsletter 
     
     for time). 
     
    

    
     6 — The Society's meeting will start at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University 
     
    

    
     Avenue. Randy Dibblee will be our guest speaker with the presentation "Muskrat 
     
    

    
     Life on P.E.I." 
     
    

    
     — Jackie Waddell of the Island Nature Trust will our tour leader for this 
     
     walk in search for muskrats, frogs, and woodcocks on the Blooming Point Natural 
     
    
   
   
    
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     starts at 7:30 pm at the Farm Centre on University Avenue. 
     
     14 — The Society's field trip will be on spring warblers and their songs. 
     
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