Issue # 133. Where possible, Issues # 131 and 132 were hand 
     
     delivered in the Charlottetown area and Issue # 132 was delivered 
     
     in hand-stamped envelopes ($ .03 each) rather than printed 
     
     envelopes. The Board discussed the fee structure for memberships 
     
     and the number of issues per year. It was quickly concluded that 
     
     3 double sided pages were insufficient to provide the members with 
     
     the bird column, Society events, and the educational articles. 
     
     The options were presented to the Society's members at the 
     
     October meeting and this article is the next phase in the 
     
     discussion. From an analysis of costs and needs, it appears that 
     
     four 16 page issues of the Island Naturalist can be produced yearly 
     
     and the operational costs of the Society can be implemented for a 
     
     membership fee of $16 annually. The Society would be interested in 
     
     obtaining your cements on these changes. As we must start 
     
     collecting for the 1995 memberships, a tentative rate of $ 16 
     
     has been established for those who apply now. Should rates be 
     
     decreased, those who send in renewals now will be sent a refund 
     
     after the annual general meeting on January 3rd. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NEST DE-ODORIZERS? by J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     While out nesting with Scott Hakepeace our conversation turned. 
     
     to nest building materials and Scott revealed that Bald Eagles, 
     
     Red-tailed.Hawks, Broad-winged Hawks, and certain other'raptors use 
     
     fresh cedar, hemlock, and white pine boughs to line nests. People 
     
     use eastern white cedar, aromatic cedar, and pine odours to mask 
     
     the smells of other compounds. Why do these birds select these 
     
     species to line their nests? 
     
    
   
   
    
     RED MAPLE: J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     Red maple is the most common deciduous (hardwood) tree in 
     
     Prince Edward Island. It grows in a wide variety of habitats from 
     
     lowlands to old growth forests. Despite its many uses from maple 
     
     syrup and fuel to specialty wood products this species was not 
     
     usually favoured in forest management until recently. Even now, 
     
     this species is usually less favoured that its close relative the 
     
     sugar maple because of the sugar maple's wood qualities and the 
     
     lesser amount of defects in the stems. 
     
    

    
     The red maple is known by 
     
     many names including soft maple and swamp 
     
     maple. This tree can live to ages well 
     
     in excess of 250 years and its moderate 
     
     capability to grow in shade allows it to 
     
     establish and survive in the competition 
     
     produced by less shade tolerant species 
     
     such as poplar and white birch. In 
     
     addition, like most deciduous trees that 
     
     are broken off or cut, it can reproduce 
     
     itself using stump or stem