Island birders are already looking for those first signs of spring — 
     
     nesting birds, mating calls, the first returnees from down south. We're 
     
     also entering the fourth year of the Maritimes Breeding Bird Atlas, the 
     
     largest cooperative naturalist project ever undertaken in the Maritime 
     
     Provinces. 
     
    

    
     The atlas project is already a success, collecting valuable and 
     
     accurate data about the breeding ranges of breeding birds in the Mari- 
     
    

    
     . times, and making some startling discoveries: 
     
    

    
     ‘ * The first breeding record in Canada for the Glossy Ibis 
     
    

    
     l * The first breeding records in the Maritimes for Wilson's Phalarope 
     
     and Pine Warbler 
     
    

    
     l * The first breeding records in New Brunswick for Greater Scaup and 
     
    

    
     ‘ Gadwall 
     
    

    
     \ * The first breeding records in Prince Edward Island for White- 
     
    

    
     ‘ breasted Nuthatch, White-winged Crossbill and Red Crossbill, and 
     
    

    
     i a surprising rediscovery of nesting Cliff Swallows, plus a pair of 
     
     Pileated Woodpeckers and increasing numbers of Bald Eagles. 
     
    

    
     Although things are going quite well, the atlas project is short of 
     
     funds, and must raise about $15,000 over the next two years. This money 
     
     will be used to assist in paying a reasonable salary to the one employee, 
     
     to reimburse a portion of the expenses of the regional coordinators and 
     
     to fund special expeditions into remote areas. ‘ 
     
    

    
     If you would like to make a donation, please use the sample card 
     
     below as a guide and mail it to the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas, c/o 
     
     Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, N.S. B3H 3A6. 
     
    

    
     As a small "thank you", the project will send a very attractive 
     
     Atlas crest in‘return for your contibution of $20 or more. All contribu- 
     
     tions will be acknowledged with a receipt for a charitable donation. The 
     
     Atlas project is going well. Please help to keep it going. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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     who give $20.00 or more. Tax receipts will be issued 
     
     for all donations. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Recycling seems to finally be coming of age on Prince Edward Island. ‘ 
     
     A new business is opening in Montague, based on the blue box concept now 
     
     used successfully in many major cities. Homeowners are given distinctive 
     
     blue boxes in which to put (separately) newpaper, glass and cans. It 
     
    
   
   
    
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