to the conservation of natural areas, particularly with respect to Prince Edward Island. Send your nomination with documentation describing the nominee’s efforts to the Executive Director, Island Nature Trust, P.O. Box 265, Charlottetown, P.E.I. C1A 7K3, hand deliver to Ravenwood, or Fax to 628-6331.

Apr. 9 to 15 — National Wildlife Week with the theme wildlife- Yours to Recover. Events will include a school poster contest (deadline for submissions is Mar. 31). See local paper for events list.

Apr. 29 - Island Nature Trust's annual fund raising dinner at the Prince Edward Hotel. Phone the Trust 566-9150 for tickets.

May 4 - The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication will hold its first national meeting in Dorset Ontario from May 4th to 7th. The planned workshops include adult education practices and principles, a guide to the Internet, two outdoor education workshops with the Leslie M. Frost Natural Resources Centre, activism and environmental education, and a geographic information system water simulation model. For information contact Grant A. Gardener, Faculty of Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF A1B 3X7 Fax: 709-737-3316 (adapted from EECOM Newsletter Winter, 1994).

May 9 - Annual Meeting of the Island Nature Trust at 7 p.m. at Ravenwood on the Agriculture Research Station.

May 19 - Arbor Day.

ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS: compiled by Dan McAskill

AMPBIBIANS: Wood Frog - 1 on Appin Road on Sept. 24 (EC) BIRDS: Common Loons - 1 at Rocky Point on Oct. 20 (EC); Great Blue Heron - 9 at Grand Tracadie stream on Jan. 20 during major thaw (MRO); Canada Geese - 78 in East Royalty the first week in January (C&MW); Snow Geese — 3 at Earnscliffe Oct. 14-21 (GP); Mallard - 8 males and 2 females at Ellen’s Creek on Sept. 24 (EC); Black Duck - 250 at Vernon Bridge on Jan. 28 (BB, JDM); Baikal Teal - 1 at Mount Stewart (BA); Eurasian widgeon - 1 at Covehead Bay lst week of Dec. (BD); Scaup app. - 1 female at Oyster Bed Bridge on Jan. 11 (RC); Cemmon Goldeneye - 4 at Long Pond on Oct. 23 (RC); 6 in ice leads offshore at Savage Harbour, 100 plus at Georgetown Harbour, and 75 at Vernon Bridge on Jan. 28 (JDM, BB); Oldsquaw - 27 at Georgetown harbour on Jan. 28 (JDM, BB); Bufflehead - 1 female at Oyster Bed Bridge on Jan. 11 (RC) ; Harlequin Duck - 1 female at Oyster Bed Bridge on Jan. 11 (RC); Common Merganser - 80 at Vernon Bridge on Jan. 28 (JDM); Red- breasted Merganser - 7 at Lower Montague on Jan. 28 (BB, JDM); Black vulture - 1 at St. Edwards on Oct. 21 (EP); Northern Goshawk - 1 on Jan. 2 at Mermaid (WMac), 1 at Crossroads feeder site on Jan. 24 & 2S (BH, DO); Sharp-shinned Hawk - occasional feeder reports; Rough-legged Hawk - 1 at Alexandria on Jan. 7 (D&AS); Bald Eagle - 1 at Emyvale on Sept. 24 (JW, MBW), immature at Montague on Dec. 5 (LT); immature at York on Jan. 14 (SVe); Ruffed Grouse - high numbers reported across the Island in the fall of 1994; Gray Partridge - 4 at York feeder in Jan. (SVe); Sandhill Crane - 1 at Grand River on Dec. 18 (MRi); Mourning Dove - 2 at Stratford Feeder on Dec. 5 (CAC); 5 at Tryon Point in early Jan. (BHo); 1 at Argyle Shore in Jan. (BC); Snowy owl - few reports this winter (MR0, JDM, BB); Northern Flicker - 1 on lawn in Stratford at Dec. 5 (CAC); 1 in Vernon on Jan. 18 (JH); 2 at Stanhope in Jan. (FC); Pileated Woodpecker - 1 at Lewis -13-