of Jean Ouellette a long time supporter of the Society’s National Park 
     
     CBC and the amphibian counts. 
     
    

    
     Charitable activities: in addition to those noted above, the 
     
     Society contributed Audubon Field Notes to the U.P.E.I. Library and a 
     
     cash gift for land acquisition by the Island Nature Trust. 
     
    

    
     Bruce Smith led the Society's intervention to limit nesting by 
     
     Great Black-backed Gulls at the Hillsborough Pier Tern Colony. It was 
     
     partly successful but construction disturbance seems to have 
     
     contributed to nesting failures this summer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     BIRD MONOGRAPBS: by Donald Wilkinson 
     
     AMERICAN ROBIN (Turdus migratorius) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Order: PASSERIFORMES Species: 28-35-315 
     
     Family: TURDIDAE - Thrushes 
     
    
   
   
    
     Distribution: 
     
     Breeds from NW Alaska, through most of Canada to W South 
     
     Carolina, C Alabama, Arkansas, Mexico to Guatemala. Winters 
     
     S Maine, S Ontario, Nebraska, Wyoming, S British Columbia and 
     
     sometimes in P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Nest: Bulky structure of plant stems, with mud cup and fine inner 
     
     lining, low in evergreen (lst nest), or high in deciduous 
     
     tree (2nd nest). Open areas with trees, forest edges, 
     
     orchards, and gardens. 
     
    

    
     Eggs: 3 to 5; blue-green. Usually has 2 broods per year. 
     
    

    
     Diet: Mainly earthworms but also insects. Fruit and berries from 
     
     late summer to winter. 
     
    

    
     Song: Clear rising and falling phrases sounding like "cheer-up". 
     
    
   
   
    
     Call note a vibrant "weep". Also a loud "put-put-put" and 
     
     flight note a lisping "see-lip" 
     
     Size: 23 to 28 cm (9 to 11 inches). 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Birder's Journal "Boreal Owl" by Peter Burke Cristmas Card