ENVIRONNIENTAL CALENDAR:

Note: All Society presentations and field trips are open to the public. Society meetings start at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown. YN = young naturalists encouraged to attend or participate

Dec. 7 - Dwaine Oakley will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation - Thinking about Christmas, the CBC Story. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

Dec. 18 - See cover illustration note on page 2. The East Point Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Field counters must pay a $5 registration fee while feeder watchers within the count area can participate free of charge. You can contact Vernon at 508-627—4741 or by E-mail at vemlaux@earth1ink.net.

Dec. 19 - P.E.I. National Park Audubon Christmas Bird Count. There will be a pot-luck at lunch at the Dalvay Interpretive Centre. Field counters must pay a $5 registration fee while feeder watchers within the count area can participate free of charge. Contact Dan McAskill at 569-4351 or E-mail at nhspei@isn.net for information or to register. YN

Dec. 27 - The Hillsborough Audubon Christmas Bird Count. There will be a pot-luck after the event for participants. Field counters must pay a $5 registration fee while feeder watchers within the count area can participate free of charge. Contact Dan McAskill at 569-4351 or Email at nhspei@isn.net for information or to register. YN

Jan. 1 - Membership renewal time for Natural History Society.

Jan. 2 - The Montague Christmas Bird Count. This is an unregistered CBC and is therefore free of charge for participants. Contact Gary Schneider at 659-2081 or E-mail at garyschneider@pei.sympatico.ca for information or to register. YN

Jan. 4 - Members night - An Evening of Shared Natural History Images and Memorabilia. The Society’s members will be the speakers at the Natural History Society's Annual Meeting. Come and tell us about your sightings on the Island or elsewhere and bring along some natural history props (slides, pictures, sketches, etc) if you have them. Please contact Eric Marcum to arrange audio visual equipment and to book a space on the presentation program. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown. YN

Jan. & Feb. - The Public Forest Council will be hosting public meetings to allow Islander’s and other interested people to provide their comments on a new forest policy for Prince Edward Island. The meetings will be held on specific dates and locations in O’Leary, Wellington, Hunter River, Montague, Fortune, and Charlottetown and will run from 7 to 9 pm. You can find a discussion paper at www.gov.pe.ca/go/forestpolicy Comments can be made via the intemet, by letter, or during the meetings.

Feb. 1 - Gary Schneider will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation - Meanderings Along Macphail's Trails. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown. YN

Feb. 18 to 21 - The Great Backyard Bird Caunt allows backyard birding enthusiasts to submit their sightings of birds seen in their backyards. Contact the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society at http://www.birdsource/or2/£bbc/

Mar. 1 - Randy Dibblee will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation - The Wylie Coyote, Sights and Sounds. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

Apr. 5 - Rick Hawkins will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation - Finding Frogs in the P.E.I. National Park. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

YN . May 3 - Donna Giberson will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation Canoes, Bugs, and the Arctic -

A Collector’s Story. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

May 14 - lntemational Migration Bird Count day.

May 28 - Bain Bird Count. Please submit your lists of sightings to Dan McAskill at 569—4351 or via E-mail to nhspei@isn.net

Jun. 7 - Pierre D'Aoust will be the Society’s guest speaker with the presentation - Marine Mammals on P.E.I. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM at the Farm Centre on University Avenue in Charlottetown.

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