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     PROVINCIAL BIRD VOTING RESULTS 
     
    
   
   
    
     As you know voting among Natural History Society Members was conducted this fall 
     
     to obtain suggestions for a Provincial Bird. Well here are the results! 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thirty-five ballots were received, each ballot listing three choices. Members 
     
     Suggested breeding birds which were easily recognized, reasonably common, well 
     
     distributed, and representative of Prince Edward Island. A final criterion used 
     
    
   
   
    
     in selection was the avoidance of duplication with other Provincial and State 
     
     Birds. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The results are given below. As you can see the pepular choice was the Great 
     
    

    
     Blue Heron which received 62 percent or 2l of the first place votes. The Bluejay 
     
     and Common Tern were also recognized as likely candidates with honourable mentions 
     
     going to the Evening Grosbeak, Belted Kingfisher, Herring Gull and Red-winged 
     
     Blackbird. The Provincial Bird Committee has selected these 7 birds mentioned 
     
     and the Black Duck to present to the public for a larger vote. So watch for 
     
     newspaper and T. V. ads to appear sometime this month. It is hoped that votes 
     
    

    
     can be received from school children across the Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NO. OF VOTES 
     
    
   
   
    
     lst 2nd 3rd 
     
    

    
     (3 Bts) (2 Ets) (i gt) Total Ets. 
     
     Great Blue Heron 2i 
     
     Bluejay A 
     
     Common Tern 2 
     
     Evening Grosbeak - 
     
     Belted Kingfisher 
     
     Herring Gull 
     
     Red-winged Blackbird 
     
     Black Duck 
     
     Canada Goose 
     
     Song Sparrow 
     
     Black-chapped Chickadee 
     
     Great Cormorant 
     
     Barn Swallow 
     
     Great Black-backed Gull 
     
     Bobolink 
     
     Crow 
     
     Gray (Canada) Jay 
     
     Osprey 
     
     White-throated Sparrow 
     
     Common Flicker ' - 
     
     Rose Breasted Grosbeak - 
     
     Red-eyed Vireo - 
     
     Spotted Sandpiper - 
     
     Dark-eyed Junco - — 
     
     Bronze Grackle ‘ 
     
     Raven - - 
     
     Snow Bunting . - - 
     
     Starling - - 
     
    
   
   
    
     TOTAL 35 35 32* 
     
    
   
   
    
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     *3 persons abstained from giving a third choice 
     
    
   
   
    
     - Rosemary Curley 
     
     - Fish and Wildlife Division 
     
     - P. E. I. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 
     
    
   
   
    
     A series of misunderstandings between the Natural History Society and Parks 
     
     Canada almost caused the demise of the 1975 Christmas Bird Count. Each group 
     
     thought the other was going to take the responsibility for organizing the count. 
     
     Luckily, three individuals persisted and a count was done on Saturday, December 
     
     27, in the Hillsborough area (which extends from Charlottetown to Vernon River). 
     
     Margaret Mallett managed to extract all the necessary information to conduct 
     
     such a count from the National Park files. Winnie and David Cairns tackled the 
     
     job of finding birders willing to do counts in the vari0us areas. The weather