FROH THE NHS'S INVETBRATB PUNSTER by Evelyn Meader 
     
    
   
   
    
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     fixed lynx 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Given in response to a Wayne Barrett slide show and story of a lynx sitting on 
     
     the side of a road, hoar frost coating its fur, while the park naturalist went 
     
     for a camera to take the picture. 
     
    
   
   
    
     GULLS DIE by Pierre—Yves Daoust 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Thursday, June 24, Mr. Les Homans noted large numbers of dead gull 
     
     chicks on a small section of beach on the south shore of Malpeque Bay (at the 
     
     end of the Locke Road, off Highway 2). He counted more than 200 carcasses on 
     
     a section of beach approximately 1/2 km long. The chicks were of various 
     
     sizes and some broken eggs were also present. The species involved, i.e. 
     
     Herring and/or Black—backed, could not be determined. However, the size of 
     
     some of the broken egg shells picked up by Mr. Homans corresponded to that of 
     
     Black-backed Gull eggs. Very old carcasses of adult birds of both species 
     
     were also on the shore. The previous day, June 23, a storm with very strong 
     
     winds had occurred. It is therefore likely that the chicks had been washed 
     
     off their nests at colonies on some of the islands in the Bay. 
     
    

    
     Five gull chicks were examined at the Atlantic Veterinary College 
     
     Diagnostic Services Division. The diagnosis was mild pulmonary aspiration of 
     
     foreign material (breathing of a foreign material into the lung) which is 
     
     consistent with drowning. 
     
    

    
     Editor’s Note: Dr. P-Y Daoust wishes to be informed of any unusual wildlife 
     
     mortalities that might be found so that they can be investigated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A SOUTH—WESTERN BREEDING BIRD ATLAS by A.J. Erskine 
     
    
   
   
    
     Roberson, d. & Tenny, C. eds. 1993. Atlas of the Breeding 
     
    

    
     Birds on Monterey County, California. Monterey Peninsula 
     
    

    
     Audubon Society. Monterey Cal. 438 pages. (available from 
     
    

    
     MPAS, Box 985, Pacific Grove, Cal. 93950 U.S.A. at $19.95 
     
    

    
     U.S. soft covers or $44.45 U.S. hard covers, plus $2.75 U.S. 
     
     The latest breeding bird atlas is the first from southwestern North America, 
     
     where more species are permanent residents than elsewhere. Monterey County is 
     
     half again the area of Prince Edward Island, three times as large as Rhode 
     
     Island. It rises from sea—level to 1,787 m elevation, with habitats from the 
     
     cool sea—cliffs and humid coastal forests to arid shrubland. In 1988—92, 45 
     
     observers or teams spent over 3,500 hours afield in documenting the breeding 
     
     status (with tentative population estimates) for 178 breeding bird species. 
     
     The results, through desk-top publishing, are now available within a year 
     
     after completion of field-work, a very creditable achievement. The book also 
     
    
   
   
    
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