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lelr Fellow Na.turiiistst .. 6lr long mild autumn has ·been succeeded by a. bi·tterly ao1d winter with aparatively little snow. :But the bush is full of foods ·mountain ash ' b.enriea mcl l'Oee ·hips in· grea.t red cU.umps, and e~~rgreen cones and ·ma.pl1e ke1s hanging· iaritingly. . The bil:'ds wil1 auirvi,;e the cold if the food is a.vaila.blee · :

11 we bad fear'ed, the James Ba.y Hydro Project is on again, and disturbing r eports ot lbortages of many kinds threaten to set back many of the advances made. to. 1t11en air and water pollution. It is cruelly ironic that, as the very · tifticulties that naturalists have foreseen are becoming realities, we are st~lil labelled as ~ "ere.ck-pots" and are not. taken seriously by tho manY: who take ·a . llaort-aight.ed . view of lite on our planet, And time is running out. · · .'

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THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS - 1973 Highlight of the thirty-fourth Yuletide count was establishment new record for the number of individual birds observed by good 0t age of the area. The total was 7,989? The previous record of co, was established in 1964. Last year a total of 6,001 birds were?'~ Anot~er record might have fallen. The record number of thirty-e~~ species were noted on the Boxing Day census in 1969. Just prior t~ 1973 count a Cardinal was reported by Joyce Holmes, a Snowy Owl bo Perrons, a Great Grey Owl and a Magpie by Peggy Tapp, a Mockingbiy Mrs. Ostrum, and a Black-backed three-toed Woodpecker by Helen At~ All these dodged observers December 26th - and no ducks were repo When the count ended thirty-three species had been recorded. ~

Merlin(Pigeon Hawk) • • • • • 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch • Ruffed Grouse • • • • • • 3 Brown Thrasher • • • • • H

• • • erring Gull • • • • • • • 488 Robin • • • • • • • • • • Ring-billed Gull • • • • • • 1 Cedar Waxwing • • • • • • • Rock Dove ••••••••. 2,726 Northern Shrike •••••

Hawk Owl • • • • • • • • • 1 Starling. • • • • • • • • Pileated Woodpecker • • • • • 1 House Sparrow • • • • •• Hairy Woodpecker • • • • • • 16 Grackle • • • • • • • • • Downy Woodpecker • • • • • • 11 Cowbird • • • • • • • • • Gray(Canada) Jay • • • • • • 8 Evening Grosbeak •••• Blue Jay • • • • • • • • • 102 Purple Finch • • • • • • Raven • • • • • • • • • • 328 Pine Grosbeak • • • • •• Common Crow • • • • • • • • • 97 Common Redpoll ~ • • • • Black-capped .Chickade~ • • :. 166 Pine Siskin • • • . • • • Boreal Chic.ka.~ee ·: '• • • • . • • 8 _Red Cro.ssbill .. ··_ •. • • • • White-breasted Nuthatch •• , • 1 Slate Coloured Junco ••

Snow Bunting • • • • • • '\ -t . ..... ,.. l

Those participa~ing included: Dougl~s Asquith, Sylvia & Peter Boyle, Ed & Heath~r Chilton,. Mrs·. ·C. H • . Chilton, Keith Denis, :Norman Denis, Thomas, Dyke, Mr • .. & Mrs. Ken Gundby,. Esther Gustafson, Beth Grimmer, Ma~g:~r.~t & Walter Hartley 1 . Larry .Hawt.on, ·D.avid . Hearn, . Joan Hebden, Margaret . ~q.garth, :J oyc~ Holmes~, .Nie~ .! Hor<l,y(:comp;i.ler), Irene . ~cDonald Mildred Main, Mildred Morton, Dr. & Mrs. Howard Quackenbush, Sinclau .Robp, Carl. Rose,, Dr. '. John Ryde.r, ~~11.ja, .~ydpolm, Ronald · Scott ·, Mr. l Mrs. H. Shanks, Marion S~ith, Margar.et S.tevenson,. ·. Helen V:iber.t., BettJ & Boh Walker, · · · · .1 • ,, . " -· ..... . .

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D"eceriil;>.e~ 46" ·h~cf ·t~Il1peratu~es .ranging betw~en: 21 o and· 230F 'between 8. a .m. and 5 .00 p ·~~ . The wind· was NE betw.een 6 and 10 m·.p.h.0:1 TwentJ• seven observers in sixteen parties scouted designated areas. They spent 62 party hours(l5 by foot and 47 by auto) in covering 417 pa~t miles (19 on foot and 398 by a~to. The food supply was excelltnt. TM. ground was covered with approxima.tely two to three inches of snow. Al: water.except fall~ ~apd· some .rapids was frozen. The Thunder Bay co~ area is a 15-mile diameter circle with the centre approximately 48 2: N, 89°19'W.:the periphery passing through Bare Point~ Intola, Carter Corner, In~ustria~ Farm, and Chippewa Park. It is 5~ peat and m~ck bogs, 20% industrial and residential areas, 19% farmlands including old pastures; 10% water; and 46% woodlands, mostly second growth.

Sixty-nine species have been seen on Christmas Census days locallY• The present census area was established in 1951.

Pago ··2 K. Denis

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MARATHON, ONTARIO, CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS - 1973

o 2,N 86°17'W, center junction Highways 627 and 17, to include 4thon and Heron Bay; habitat coverage: boreal forest 73%, water ~a townsite 2%). Dec.16; 7.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. A. Mo clear; P.M. '~'l clear. Temp . - 20° to 15°F. Wind N. 5- 10 m.p.h.;Snow cover l to r YWater partly open. Wild food crop excellent. Five observers in

nparties. Total party-hours 16 (2 on foot,14 by car); total party­i~es 227 ( 4 by foot, 223 by car) •

mmon Goldeneye 1 Black-capped Chi ckadee 13 West ern Meadowlark l iaucous Gull 2 Boreal Chickadee 2 Pine Grosbeak 430 erring Gull 21+0 American Robin 2 Common Redpoll 320 · ownY Woodpecker 4 Cedar Waxwing 38 Pine Siskin 32 ray Jay 3 Starling 112 omrnon Raven 114 H_ouse Sparrow 1

Total 16 species, about 1315 individuals.(In count areaCount week but not s~en count day:Blue Jay)-Finlay Bakker ,Ken Charles,Ann Miles,John Miles(compiler;P.O.Box 5$1,Hornepayne POM lZO), Donald Wilshere.

HORNEPAYNE , ONTARIO, CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS - 1973

9014tN. 84°46 9W,(center Front St.& Thi r d Ave.,to i nc lude Hornepayne and surrounding boreal forest; habitat coverage:boreal forest 83%, water 15% town site 2%). Dec . 15; 7 a.m.to 5.30 p .m. A.M.& P.M. clear. Temp. -376to -2°F. Wind NW, 5-10 m.p . h . ;Snow cover 8-10" .Water frozen. Wild food crop good. Nine observers i n 6 parties,plus 1 at feeders. Total party-hours 26(4 on foot , 22 by car)total party miles 251 (7 by foot, 244 by car . · · Ruffed Gr ouse 1 Blue Jay 11 House Sparrow 22 Great Horned Owl 1 Common Raven 160 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Great Gr ey Owl 1 Black- cap . Chickadee 30 Evening Grosbeak 90 Pileated Woodoecker 2 Boreal Chickadee 10 Pine Grosbeak 45 Hairy Woodpecker 6 Red- breasted 14 Common Redpoll 91 Downy Woodpecker 12 Nutha tch White-wingli tl.rossbill 37 Gray Jay llL Starling 8 Harris~ s Sparrow 1

Total, 20 speciesj about 558 i ndividuals . (In count area Count Week but not on Count day :Boreal Owl) . - C.W. Hutchinson, Gabriell & James Jastrebski, George Kellner,Flo & Tom Laming,Ann Miles, John Miles (compiler.:.P. O. Box 581,Hornepayne,Ont . POM lZO), Helmut Schachow.

DORI ON HATCHERY BOXING DAY BIRD COUNT - 1973

Cloudy morning cl eari ng mid- af ternoon; 22°F-16°; no wind. Head pond only open wate~, except creek below hatchery. Walked Abitibi road and drove to Ouimet Mallard 23 Black Duck · 4 Com.Goldeneye 1 Great Horned Owl 1 ti~eated Woodpkr . l Dairy Woodpecker 3 owny Woodpecker 3

Gray Jay 5 Blue J ay 18 Cammon Raven 4 Black-cap .Chickadee 33 Bor eal Chickadee 2 Red-breasted

Nuthatch 1

Total 17 speciessabout 228 individuals

St arling 5 Evening Grosbeak 14 Pine Grosbeak 20 Common Redpoll 8 Pine Siski n 90

Helen Atkinson . Pago . 3

:NIAGARA FALLS CHJlI~ TMAS BJRD CENSUS

Niagara Falls Na.tur e Club had 22 members reporting on their eighth ami.uai

They aovered 241 miles by car and 1.5! on foot, and saw 63 species. New on •• the count were• . red-throated loon, lesser scaup, king eider, Kumlein's gull t

Brewer' a blackbird. Observed in the count area during the Q.Clllnt week ~

on aount day were red-breasted nuthatch, and eastern meadowlark. Thei~ tell1

which is centred at ~ueenaton, On~ario includes a small portion in New Yor1t

OTTAWA Cffi IS'l1MAS BIRD CENSUS

· Both John Bird and Wilf Bell report a very successful bird count. The wea\he:

was fine, there were many counters out 9 and the open fall had encouraged 11111111

birds to stay longer than u sual. 'l1hey saw 78 species including four new ont1

of the areaa horned grebe, Thayer's gull, long-eared owl, and boreal ow1.

VAN COOVER CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS

John Rodgers, in The Vancouver Sun reports that 134 species were seen inclu~~

one nev: one - a king eider duck, only fourth sighting in B, c· There were 120

oounters out. They saw 7 snowy owls, a good number, but nowhere near the 100

reported on the Ladner aountl

SAULT STE. MARIE CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS

A report by Noreen Towers in the Sault Daily Sta r, Wed. Dec. 19, 197 3 te11 ot the Christmas count there. While the report is not compl e te, we read that thei

had 22 participating members and saw 30 species on a cold day

registering 0 degrees F. The unusual ones seen were a bald pate, grackles, &!

a . brown thrasher, the latter having adapt ed his die t to sunflower seeds and ~·

provided sta local fee der. Althou.gh a varie d thrueh had been seen in the arn

for over a year it did not show up ~ .. n the count dayJ Cardinals have been seer.

in the Sault area as well as in North Bay, and h ere at Thunder Bay.

RICHMOND HILL CHRISTMAS BIRD CENSUS

This club had 63 observers in the field to find 5~ species, a record for the

annual count in that area. This year 9 new birds were a dded to the Christmas

lis ti common loon , wood duak 9 common gp~deneye, gr€~t black-backed gul1, s&~

whet owl, brown thrasher, r ed-winged bla ckbird, rusty blackbird, and dicksisse:.

Thi s brings their all time count species number up to 92.

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srMAS B:ffiD COUNT (cont Id)

~}.REA CHRISTMAS BJRD co~~

in Ear Fa lls were out in -33 degrees F weatm r f.or their count on Dee:. 31. Jitders

t ding count was 118 Ravensl ~routs an ·uncos wer e seen at Vermillion Bay. To the disappointment of the counters

two J the albino evening grosbeak that ha d been visiting a feeder, failed to

tbil'e, turn up on the critica l day.

SiX counters at Dryden did very well considering their small numbers. They

r~d 127cmiles, six on foot the remainder by car. All the roads were in gooi 00ve ~ eondition, salted on the busy routes which attracted flocks of redpolls and pine

liskinB• The t emperature was cold - -10 degrees F at 7 &15 rising to -4. degrees

't1 noon and then dropping again. 'I'he common r cdpol.1 toppe d their census with 312,

the evening grosbeaks came next - 230, and the common ravens third - L77. One

pilea.ted woodpecker delighte d two counters with an unhurried demonstration of his

aearch for lunch. Surprisingly f ew house s parrows and starlings were repor.ted,

perhaps because they s t ay by the town feeders which were not as fully checked

because of the small numbers of counters.

contributed by Laura Howe, Dryden.

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lcological sense and the philosophy of 'let it be 1 have eliminated the county

91stem from mos t of North America.

The chief change as far as our l ar ger mamma ls and birds are concerned i s that

until recently they have existe d in spite of u s . From now on, if they have a - · ·

future, it Vlill be because of us.

Other ecological changes in a ttitude are eq,ually hear t ening - saving farm Land

for farming, denying building rights on flood plains, trying to save electriaa1.

energy before building y e t another dam, l eaving salmon s tre am sides unlogged,

•crapping the SST, qu estioning the whole concept o:f endless population and

economic growth.

adapted from Human Attitudes Changing

by Bristol Foster

Wildlife rtoview 9 Vol VI, No. lD

Pago ~5

THUNDER BAY WEATHER NOTES

The brief notes in this article have been extracted from two mat sources. The i'l972 Annt).al Meteorological Summary J Thunder Bay 0 n (40 pages),by the Atmospheric Environment Service, is an excei1~ source; as is ii The Climate of the Great Lakes Basin° ( 106 pages) nt Wo Phillips and J.A.W. McCulloch, Climatological Studies, Number1o Toronto, 1972. Both are produced by Environment Canada. No att will be made by this ·..:.:-.:1 1 • •• ::..ii'>i·recorder ft..o explain the techni standard deviations, coefficents of variation, etc, necessary t~~ in making detailed conclusions. That is a job for a techn~u~

L.Su~ Wind Avge .Wind mean Days sunshine mean mean mean ~ Frequency Speed with Fog Hourss · rainfall snowfall face

J w 22% 10.5mph 1.3 days 119.0 o.05n 20.3" 350.: F W 16 10.3 1.1 150.4 0.06 12.2 32 M E 11 9.6 1.8 181.0 0.41 13.9 32 A E 13 10.2 1.9 20$.5 1.44 7.9 33 M E 18 10.0 2.8 242.1 2.77 l.Cl 35 J E 18 8. 5 5. 0" 267. 9 3. 2f • 0 39 J E 13 8. 0 3.8 302.3 2.80 .O 44 A W 13 7.5 f.2 253.6 3.46 .0 53 S W 13 EL 7 5. 3 172. 4 3. 28 TR 53 0 w 14 9.7 4.7 123.4 2.10 1.4 48 N W 16 10.6 2.5 ?f--.2 1.10 12.1 43 D W 20 11.1 ~ 56 .7 .24 _ ].J_._9 _J.2 Ann. W 14% 9. ?mph 37. 9 days 2183 .. 5 20. 9719 "87.491 41or

Except for May and June the prevailing winds are Westerly.. The str •. est winds are WNW and in Nov .. ,Dec., & Jan .. the % frequency is 10-11 , The maximum observed hourly speed was 50 m.p.h. with maximum gusts of 76 m.p.h.WNW. The strongest one- minute wind reported from anemo­meter-equipped vessels since 1940 on Lake Superior was 93 mph NW on June 25,1950.

0 * MEAN TEMPERATURE Temperatures of 3 2 F or. lower . have been recorded ( Max . Min . Monthl, in every month during the 95 ·years of local (J l f-.O -5.2 5.4 records have been kept. The record minimum temp- (F 20.8 -3.5 8.7 erature was - 42°F Jan.30/51 ~ the maximum 104°F on(M 32.0 9.9 21.C July 13,

01936. The low mean . annual temperature ~A 46.6 25.9 36.J

was 62.8 F in 1950(for the 20th century ) and ( M 58.7 35.1 46.9 31.2 in 1883 . The high mean annual temperature (J 68.8 45.0 56,9 was ~i.1g in 1231. The mean d5ily ranf.e in0 Jan.is(J 75. 5 51 . 4 63.5 about 20 F; 18 F i n April; 26 in July & 16 i n Oct'A 73.2 50.1 61.7 at Thunder Bay, and about 2°Fµess along the open (S 63.0 41.7 52 .4 lakeshore to the southwest. The mean annual frost(O 52.9 32 . 8 42.9 free period is about 100 days . There are about 75 (N 35.2 19.7 27.5 growing days when the temperature is above 42°F. (D 21.9 3.4 12.f-

(Yr.47.l 25 . 5 36,;_ The Annual Snowfall records are a maximum of 169.119 in 1955-56 and/:' a minimum of 40.1" in 1939-40. The record for a month is 66 . 6° Jan.· Annual records for Total Precipitation are Maximum 40. 79n in 1950(1~· rain)~ and Minimum 22. 1819 in 19f3(17.A8 rain). Record rainfall forda month was 8.34n in. Sept .1941. High for rainfall was 3oiv in 1944 an ~" low was ll.3ivw for 1917. Mean duration of snow cover(consecutive.d~·.' of snow depth one inch or more ) about 150 days. During a normal win; there is continuous snow cover f r om December to March. The first sn~ to stay arrives about Nov.20. There were 25 Thunderstorms in 197~·

K.Denis

PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE 'l1HUNDER BAY FIELD .NATURALIST'·S

CLU13

(Denis, K.) ,_. Hepburn's Rosy Finch

Meeting Programmes

Ontario Hydro site Seleation

T.B.F.N.C. Christmas BiFd Census

'11hund0r Bay Nature Notes

NL 27 2

NL 27- 4 NL 27. 4. NL 2i l

NL 271 2

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jJJ111• (Denis, K; Ho:rdy, N.; I llingworth, R. ; Rose, C.; Ryder, J.) To the

International Joint Commission Sitting at Thunder Bay,

ADOlh (Dyke, T.)

(Hebden, J •)

Dee. 5, 1972; a brie£

Bat Cave Statisti es

C1ark's Nutcracker

Claude Garton Honou:ned

Come All Ye Bird Counters

Conservation Organizations

Free Folder

Holiday Suggestions fon 1.97 4.

One Woman.' s Ar<i!tie- book report

Peter Scott Recognized

Publications by Memb.ers and Friends

Field Naturalists Club.

Trinidad for a Holiday

Veteran Member Honoured

mon. (Quackenbush, H.) In Memoriam - J ack Cross1anci

Anon. (Rose, c.) I n Memoriam - Richar d Mar tin

lnon, ( Smi;th, M.) FaJll Field '11r ips

Beckett, E.

Booking E.

Dtnie, K.

F'ield Trips

F'ield •rri ps - 1973

Two Summer Outings

Dorion Fish Hatchery Christmas Bird

Census

Thene 1 s a Seal in my Sleeping Bag -

book report

Corresponding Secretary ' s Heport

A Study of the Hing- billed Gull

Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve

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NL 27. l 10

NL 27 2 34.

NL 27' 2 34

NL 27£ 2 26

NL 27 l! 13

NL 27 2 33 NL 271 1· 9.

NL 27. 3 52

NL 27; 2 25

NL 27 L 9 of the Thundeir Bay

NL 27, 1: :L~l5

NL 27 l 9 NL 27, 3. 4J.

NL 27 3 55

NL 27. 3 55

NL 27 4. 67

NL 27. 3 38- 40

NL 27. 1 l6

NL 27. 3 44.

NL 27. l · 19

i>JL 27: 2 25

NL 21; l 5

NL 27 4 56-58

NL 27 1 20

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PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS AND FRJENDS (cont 1 d)

Denis, K.

Dyke, T.

Elder, D.

Garton, C.E.

Ream, D.

Hebden, J.

Hordy, N.

Howe, L.

King, T. W.

Miles, J,

Pilot, M.

Rose, c. Wynia, A.

Zroback, K

Seventy-third Christmas Bird Counts

68. Thunder Bay, Ont., p. 175, American Birds, Apr, l Volume 27, Number 2.

Sons of Freedom Parade - Thunder Bay Historical So Ci et~ Publications and Records, Volume 1, p 31

The On:;ario Trails Programme NL 271 4 59 Vlinter Mail to Pigeon River - Thunder Bay Hi storiaa1 Society Publiaaiiions and Records, Vol. 1, p 73

A Spine-tingling Observations NL 27 ; 1 51 Grand Marais Get-together NL 27 l 18

27 4 .. 6(

27 4. 61

An Atiko~an March JiL

Atikokan Area Records

News fromthe C,E_Garton Herbarium

Lakehead University

President's Report, 1972

Another Northern Holiday

Treasurer's Report

Dryden Chri stmas Bird Count

Museum Identifies Ear F'alls Find

Rock Wren Found a t Ear Fallis

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NL 27. 2 28.(5

NL 27 l . 4-5 NL 27 3 45-5

NL 27, 1 5 NL 27 l 2

1\J L 27 l 12-.l;

NL 27 3 50-5: Bat Cave, Thunder Bay District, Ontario NL

Speleologically Speaking NL

Hornpayne Observations and Banding Notes NL

27 3 42-4:

27: 2 26-£j

21: 4. 61

27 .4 60-5l

27 4. 64-6:

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher NL

Great Grey Owl Sightings NL

Observations on a Bl ack DuGk Nesting

Some Observations on Nesting Mortalities

Study on a Cedar Waxwing Nesting

Bear Berry Picker

Thunder Bay :F'ield Station

Geraldton Chri stmas Bird Census

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NL 271 2 22-~

NL 27 4 6,3-6!

NL 27 3 49-41

NL 27 3. 54 NL 27; 2 34

NL 27 Jl 19

The aost of~ ihing is the amount of what I will call life which is requiredt:

be exchanged for it, immediately or in the future.

Walden, Henry David Thoreau

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WHO IS WIO - · 1974 - THUNDER BAY FIELD NATURALISTS 1 CLUB

Honourary President

past President

president

1st Vice-President

2nd Vice-President

Eva Beckett

David Hearn

Doug. Asquith

Beth Grimmer.

Nick Hordy

Recording Secretary Susan Garrett

Corresponding Secretary Robert Illingworth

Social Secretary Marg. Stevenson

Treasurer Joi_m Ryder

Editor. Joan Hebden,

DIREC'.PORS i Margaret Hart1ey Dr. M,J, McCormack

Ken Gunby Arne Maki

Al. Morton Keith Denis

Carl Rose

COMMITTEE CHAIRMENf

Bir.d Records Tom Perrons

Vleloome - Mildred Morton

Programme - Hector Shanks

Field Trip - Beth Grimmer

Telephone - Betty Anderro n

Allan Norton

Reta Penwarden

Bessie Plunkett

Margaret Stevenson

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PliliSIDENT Is REPCRT - 197 3

1973 has been another active year for the club.

Seven regular indoor meetings were held aJ:"}·~a·t.e:l.r from the north an~

wards with attendance running higher than in the past which I

due to the high caliber of programea presented by our members and guests,

program cornmi ttee is to be commended for their good foresight and, choice Of

great speakers. Two new facets of the indoor program have been tried ... 1 ••• the reintroduction of coffee after the program and the holding .the busi~

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portion of the meeting after the main speaker of the evening.

Two banquets were held in the past year. The highly successful

with the Camp Natch Club in January which attracted over 150 members and ~

from the two clubs and the annual dinner meeting held in June. In addition

executive meetings were held.

Fourteen regularly scheduled field trips took place during 197:3, and in

addition 4 out of town field trips were attended by members of the alubA

were the 23rd annual Grand Marais outing with the M.O.U., a week-end trip ~

Isle Royale, the annual F. O.N. outing (thi s year held in Sault Ste. Marie-),

Hawk Ridge weekend, and Crex Meadows. Those that attended these outings and

field trips, .I 1m sure, found them most interesting and grati fying in their

natural history aspects and in meeting members of the alubs .

Briefs and letters were drafted during the past year ana pr-esented tot~

Ontario Hydro on their choice of site for the new generating r1l!:.ut.•, and. on t

autting of White Pine trees in the North and South Fowl Lakes area.

I would like to thank all those members o:B the executive who worked so ha:

and eonscientiously7 and, those members of the general membership who have alJc

helped tremendously; during the pas t two years of my presidency, for, without

all this devoted he1p my job would have been next to i mpossible.

In passing I would just like to add thes e few words taken from the Royal

of Canada Monthly letter of Aug. 1972. 11E.'veryone should do what he can to rt

the harmful effects upon nature of his way of living, and even t o

adapt his way of living to meet the needs of natu:ize11 •

This phrase is particularly important and truly hi ts home these past fer

mGnths when the realization by the general publie that non-renewable resource

are rapidly being exhaus ted ha s gained world wide prominence with the neweeve

day of the energy cri sis. It is up to us and our ahildren to conserve ou~re

preserve nature and by doing such preserve life as we know it.

In closing I wish the new executive continuing succes s in 197 4.•

David Heam. Page 1't,

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 1973

Receipts

ub inemberflhips 1973

1974

F.O.N. memberships Donations Collections Dinners Bird Census-Lapel purahase Calendars and remindens Deposit from Isle Roya.le trip

114@ 1@ 1@ i@ l @

'$3.00 2. 7.2 3~05 4. 72 5.00

5 @ ~}.00 1 @ 2.97, 1 ¢ 5.00

4. @ 1.0.00

Interest on accounts

Bank Baiance on 31 December 1972

1973 Expenditures i

Club dinners

r.o.N~

l ewsletter expenses

Letterhead Stationary

Census

Hall rental

Donations

Mame tags

~pos~t for Isle Royale trip

~cretary' s expenses t wank Service Charge

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$342.00 2.712 3.05 4el2 5.00

$357 ·49

$15.00 2.97 5.00

$22.97

40.00 54.00 43.46

7;36. 75 :L.00 8.75 9.4p

20.00 54.57i

... $1.,348.39 1,779.66

$3,L28,05

$ 7 26. 51.t

73.09 26L.l9

44.84 20.00

1.0.00 56,00

35.34 20.00

$li., 258. 50 Page ll.

FINANCIAL REPORT. (cont'd)

Bank Baince 31 December 1973

Bank Bala.nae 31 December 1J97:2 Bank Balince 31: December 1973·

Recapitulation

Bank Balnae 31 December 1973 Government Bonds J@ $100.00 par

Respect:fully submitted,

John P. Ryder

Treasurer.

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Total Assets

*** *** .A.n Ottawa Journal report by Mon:.YBrigham, Jan. 1:2, tells a strange story of 1

purple gallinule turning up at Billings Bridge. A passerby, realizing it 1181 •

stranger, took it into a local pet shop where the proprietor cared f.or it, 1

local breeder, George McGe~ heard a bout it and saw it , but wanted eonfimatica

the identity of suc:h a rare speci$s"in Ottawa, and so notified Ear1. Godf.rey at

the National Museum. When he went . to claim the bi:i:d the next day, he found •

it had died and been thll'Own in the garba ge!' Like a true birder, he rushed he*

«hanged his clothes, and spent some time sifting through the garbage until he

found the body and bore it. off to the Mu seum. Godfrey noted that there was nc

fat on this bird, indicating tha t i t ha d died of starvation. Gallinules are members of the Rail f amily which are infamous for poor flying ability, and ye1

are oneof the most prolific di spersers of the world. The theo!'y f,or this di•~

ersion is t hat poor flying birds cannot escape the turbulances of storms and

tually end up in distant places. There is only one other recorded f.or OntariC

two foD New:foundland1 and one f.or Nova Scotia..

di. ng - Secret ary 1 e. Report sPon

Ba,, Field Na tura list• s Club. - 197:3 _.nder "'

November 20/12 to November 26/73 ffOll

PathY cards

•Y111 notices of meetings

us letters concel!l i n g Club business and coutesi es. JU!lero

Tot a l of $7.13

Submitted by,

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WND MARAIS !}~TOGETHER

Ellen Bocking, Corr.-Seco

Thunder Bay Field Naturalists.

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the annual gathering of theM.O.U. and the 'l1hunder Bay ]'ield Naturalists• Club

at Grand Mara is , was he ld on January 26. The day was mild and cloudy, with

ccasional rain and s l eet showers - n ot good for driving , but presenting n o

?J'Oblems vdth cold. The l ak e was open quite close t o s hor e and a numbe r of ducks

-golden-eye , lessor s caup, and old s qua w - we r e seen. t he r esi dent mallards wer e

mch in evidence in the harbour. Mr s . Wa lker entortaine d durin g the afternoon

t her home on the Gunflin t 'frail. The usua l dinne r a t the East Bay Ho t e1 was

followed by the meeting a t the Cook County High Sahool. As the '11hunder Bay

lub was tho ho s t club , the pr esident , Dou g . As quith was chairman , and B. Grimmer

took the bird cru nt for the day. 55spe cies wer e r eported, gr ea t number s o:fi. pine

ll'Oebea.ks and r obins, and a hawk owl being outs t anding4 W.R. Wyett o~ Mara thon

resented the pvogr amme of s lides and commenta ry on the n ew n a tiona l park-

Pucka.saw on tho n orth shor e of Lake Superior. His s lides include d sho t s o:f the

Pucks.saw 'pi t s ' on some of t he beaches . About 140 people wer e present.

Ne\ i~ames for Well-known Birds

by

Eva Beckett

What is in a name? A roi,in by any other name would still sing i te l'ol 11 Cheer up, cheer up!" but 9 thank goodness, the name of this beloved songa'tti

not an endangered one at present.

However, a number of other equally familiar names in our bird vocabulai,

been changed in recent time. Some of the changes have been necessaryll no ~

but as the old names disappear they leave an empty space t hat the new ones ~ not quite fill.

Rerrember back 9 a few years ago, when the Canada Jey- (which really has a

Wide range on the North American continent) suddenly became the Gray Jay. •

were irreconcilable. Our much-loved "Whiskey J a<?k", the clown of, the northeit

forestsll had been demoted! No l onger a Canada Jey; merely a gray Jay1

Now, wou ld you believe it, those delightful little birds t hat, for yeara

years 9 we have known as Slate-aoloured Juncos are no mor e.

has gone f oreven. Stroke off Slate-coloured Junco from your life list.

off Oregon Junco too. Lump them to-gether as one, under the coquettish nn

name~Dark-eyed Juneo s .

Simila:izy", .Audubon 1 s Warble r and the Myrtle War bler are now listed as Yell

rumped Warblaars. Red- shafted and Yellow-shafted Flicke~s have become Common

Flickers. Can you think of a more eomrnon name for two such h andsome birds'Z

Yellowthroat is ro mmon too; in future it goes down on our list as the Common

-~ollo~thro~t. The Catbird has also gained an adjectivej it i s now the Gray Catbird.

Bullock 1 s Oriole (which we do not have her e ) and the Baltimore Oriole are

together llisted as sub- species of the Northern Oriole, while Harlan 1 s Hawk i s

consider ed a sub-species of the Red- tai l ed Hawk.

.And then, as if to m&e our bird vocabu lary a bit mare aomplicated1

Traill'.

Flycathcer has been divided into Willow Flycatcher and Alder Fl ycatcher. This

division seems of little help t o bird watcher s s ince pr actically the only way •

identifying the t wo species is by their call~

One may well inquire as to who makes these name-changes. .Any change, of ~

is made by the highes t r ank of ornithological offiGialdom in North Ameriaa, n~

the .American Ornithological Union.

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CAJ'ADIAN NATlRE FEDERATION GONFl~JlliNCE

C N F 1973 Conferenae was held from August 23rd to the 26th a t Acadia fbe • • • Wolfville Nova Scotia. Ther e were delegates from all parts of

versit.Y' ' Iii d the United Sta t es-. As the lone r epresentative of the 25 or so loaal'. -•dB- an .,_- c N F I ...:•h ~~ae the crest of the T.B.F.N, It no~ onl y f t he • • • wor e .,,.. ., p.,.1; _.bers o

d interest but brought for.th many inquiries from delegates about Lakehead ifOUSC

they had met at F.O.N. gatherings • ...aple · · · d ' t h r- The hosts of the Convention, the Nova Scotia Bi rd Society, provide us wi

l lent aoaomodati on. Ensconaod on the thirteenth floor of a new student . t JCS

C 11 T er I had a magnificen·t view of the Minas Basin as the residence' rowe ow ' d d d \tli.le t o the nor th the sil houette 0£ Bl omidon r eminded tide came in an r ece e ,

., of our own Sleeping Giant .

Highlights of the Conferenae wer ei

!bursda.X -"" A mushroom expedition to Kentville where we wer e tu::im.ed loo s e into a wooded

ravine area whoso trees were two hundred years old.

A trip to Grand Pre and Evangeline Beach where, luckily , the tide being in ,

we were able to observe hundreds of sanderlings, s andpi pers, and semi-pa l mated

f di 1 t h Thl.·s was also a good area for migrating wa.rbLera plovers ee ng c ose o s or e .

llld to study the plant communities and successi ons of the Bay of Fundy.

The opening of the Canadian Nature Art 73 Exhibi tion. I don't know how many

of the artists were present but I was delighte d to meet ClarenGe Ti~lenius who

b&d two pa~ntings on display. This exhibition is on tour throughout Canada, so

it might be possible to obtain i t for 1ocal vi ewing .

Priday

This day was devot ed to lecture sessions based on t h e theme, "The Natural

History of the Mari times 11• The Confer ence was opened by the Minister of Lands

Ind Forests of Nov a Scotia who was justly p r oud of l egislation passed by his

Province to preserve 39 beaches from exploitation . The chairman, Dr. Ian

lactaren, was pinch-hitting for t he president, Dr . Pimlott, who wa s attending a

~nference in Northern Europe on tho preserva t i on of wolves .

The day emded in true Mari time style with a Lobster Boil a t Kentvill:e .

~Ult' day

The annual meeting provoked much discussion about finances. Most of it

centred around the high cost of producing a magazi n e of such fine quality. Unfor­

tunately, t he meeting was so l engthy tha t seminar sessions with the marine

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'1'HE CA1-JADI.AN NATURE FEDERATION CONFI!:Kl!MCE (cont 1 d)

biologists were shelved.

The guest speaker at the Annua l Banquet was John Fra ser, a Consel'Vatt •• from British Columbia. Once again, I was proud to live in 'l1hundel' 13ay Whe.i

speaker named the Hon. Paul Ma.aRae , our Fe dera1 Member of Parliament a ... . ' 8 otle

the few M.P. s who are int ereste d in· the conservation and peservation of OU?

life.

Sunday

This was the most r ewarding experience of a11 - the pelagic trip off B?i

Island. By 7 a.m. we were on our way westward through the Annapolis Vall 01. the end of Long Island we boarded tugs which took us out to sea. The day '1111

caJ.m and waxm, the aea life co-operative. All around us were porpoises, Putt phalaropes, sooty, Manx, and grea ter shearwaters. The species of whales Oaat

close that one of them actually surfaced under one of tho tugs. Our leade . . . ... - r a former Maritimer, now the superintendent of. Kluane National Park in the Yuk

In conclusion, my evaluation of the Conference is that it. was a worthwhil

experience. My only regre ts are that I did not get on the Blomidon, Cape Spll

outing and that ther e was no chanoe to question the experts or to come to gri·

with the problems of conservation. After the lecture sessions on Friday I c

away with the f eeling that we had no pro bl ems in eaology i n Canada - everythit(

was fine. At future meetings, sueh di.Bauseione: ehou1.d. ho an: integral.. part of

program, r eally, the reason for existence for such a group. 'l1hey shoul:d noi

tacked on at the end, if ther e is time left over.

Margaret Hartley.

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The Hamil ton Naturalis t s 1 WOODJ.'.; ''K suggest the f.ollowing as goo d food for im

eating birds which might visit your f eeder.

2 cups cra ake d wheat

2 cups ground suet

2 tsp. sugar

1 cup cornmeal

! aup vmt er

Page J.6

Melt and thoroug hly mix i n the top ot · double boiler. Pour into greased moul '

Hang in non-meta l con.tai ners on feeder

trees in your garden.

S !N MANITOBA

Ji?ll'lipeg Free Press

umi.r or mountain " oo o-

of Saturday, Dec. 29, carrie d a r eport of the shooting

lion at a far m near Beausejour in eastern Manitoba . The

~ prowling in the barnyard

·sta.ken for a coyote . ... IDl

at about t en in the evening of Christmas Day,

8 s.nillla.l weighed about lC":: pounds, and was estimated by t he wildli:£e biol:Ogist,

Jr• Robert Ner o, to be about four years old. He attribu t ed the increased sight­

of cougars i n s outh and central Manitoba to an appar ent increa s e acros s inP . t . i· I . di t 'ries of the whit e- tailed deer whi ch i s the moun ain ion s main e • Ute pra.i

SiJlce the incident of the shoot i ng, the Manitoba Mini stry of Natural. Resour ces

p s docla.red aougurs an endanger ed species, thus protecting them from random

t illiu.g and molestation of any kind. Both Saskatchewan and Alberta also di s­

allow the killing of couga r s except when they endanger catt]Je. British

Columbia lists the cougar as a game cnimal and r equire that penni t be bought

before it be hunted.

It is known that r ecently l ynxes have moved into our a r ea from the west. Perhaps

the cougar will. follow. Stories of s i ghtings have been repor ted in the last year

or two. Bob Ekholm, in Bu sh Beat, Chronicle Journal, Jan 19, says that the

tracks of the couga r ar e a lmost indistinguishable from those 0£ a lynx or bob­

oat. The only way t o identify the cougar traoc i s to l ook f or patc:OO s where its

long tail ha s brushed the snow. If you f i nd them, he says, you might bo on· the

track of The Cat.

contribute d by L. Rosser.

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iiuntsville Nature Club' s Publica t i on 9 'l'he Chiaka dee 9 in it.s Januar y i ssu o

reports a ~uropoan bluetit which h a s been comi ng regularly to a f eeder in

Gravenhurst in t he company of chickadee s 9 has been confirmed as tho first ev E:lr

sighted in Norlh America. 'l'his t i tmousc reporte dly will not live in captivity

so authorities ha ve ruled out the possibility of i ts being an e scaped cage bird.

~irders have thronged to Muskoka to see i t ••••••

*** *** *** *** *** Peggy Tapp was honour e d r e cently when the Thunder Bay Dis trict Fish and Garno

Association presented her with a specia l aonserwation award. This wa s the first

time that the Association had ma de such a pr esenta tion to a non- member of t heir

g',roup • Page l '.'fr

A li'riendly Bird

Throughout the winter in the country we enjoy daily visitors - ~iet

that come regularly during the coldest of weather without fail. One of t

visi to"s is the Canada Jay or Gray Jay, always whistling, warbling, 0 , OaJ.~ loudly if thero is no treat awaiting him.

He is a large friendly soft gray bird with a white cap who wil1 C?ome to

han<t and eat vii th vr:~ry little coaxing. When a person is going about hia bu

shovelling the snow from the driveway, the gray jay will call out and follo.

human friend about until the shovel is put aside, ancl a trip is made into \

house t o bring out some bread and butter. 'l'he jay ;vai ts patiently on tho tlo

li::ie, listens for the house door to open again, and then swoops dovm to Ycu:

ha.hd for his treat. Many t : imes he stores the bread and suet in various t

in loose bark or branch crotches. · Sometimes he is pursued vigorously by hie vividly attired relative, tho bluejay? who forces the gray jay to drop his f

and then gobbles it up immediately. Strangely enough I have never had a blu

jay become tame enough to come to my hand. The blue jays a l ways wait out in

spruce trees for the gray jays to be fed7 then they pursue them,

loudly, until the gray jays drop their food.

Anyone travelling or working in the bush i s visited by the gray jays,

lly at lunch time. In fact in the writings of Gray Owl(who was not

at all but an Englishman), the Canada Jay is mentioned along with the tame be:&

and other pets this man had about his cabin. The gray jay seems to bd solcl7

country bird a l though he would certainly be at home in the city outlying arear

wher0 there arc lots of spruce trees. He is not seen in the city proper like•

vivid pink pine grosbeaks and beautiful evening ·grosbeaks which come to bright

the city feed ers during winter.

Once the gray jay l earns that a whistle means food, he will com El flying t.:;

to the house from the spruce swamp during tho winter when called. Always he

times his visit to arrive when the doo·r i s opene d in the mor ning and the dog'r

food is put out on the porch. Woo betide the dog if h e happens to be tied up

cannot get to his dish right away ~ the gray j ays make short work of his dinl1~=

and carry off a ll of it that is portable.

Never have I been able to find a gray j ay n est al though I know they nest i:.

some big spruce tre es not too f 'ar away. In May when our s pring bixds are buSf ~

constructing their nests and l aying eggs 9 the gray j ay pair bring their ones •·

the feeder. These young ones a r e wholel y a dark charcoal colour, as large and

as their parents with a voracious a ppetite. The young gray jays are not temc ~

their parents but one year I did have a pair of jays come which had just one

Pa ge 18 (cont'd)

the gray jays have narrow escapes.

a second one had no tail, but the tail f eathers groVJ back in about

This particular bird had difficrulty in its landii.n~s and take-of~s

M. Pe1ot.

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ONE DAY AT A ] 'J.t.:EDING S1l1AION AT HARTBROOK

Have you over wondered how many birds visit a feeder in a day? How long do

ihey stay? V/hich birds a rrive first and which ar e the las t to leave?

On January 31, 1970, I spent the entire daylight hours observing our feeders.

It was bitterly cold, - 20degrees at 8. 30 a. m., with very strong winds, By noon

it had warmed up to -16 degrees, with winds of 15 to 23 m.p.h.

Thore was at least 30 birds at tho feeders that day. Probably there were

many more, for ther e is no way of t elling whether the same bi~ds visit the feeder

all day, or whether different groups como a t different times. By species ,

the greatest number a t any one time a t tho feeders wass 8 ehickadecs, 8 bluejays,

6 male and 2 female grosbeaks 1 2 male and 1 female hairy woo dpeckers, 2 dovmy

lal.e woodpe ckers, and 1 starling. The grea t est number of bll'ds at the feeder at

one timo(20) was at 3.07 p.m., while the gr eatest numbe r of species (5) was at

9.37 a.m.

The first bird to arrive was a bluejay a t 8.40 a .m., while the last to depar.t

•ere 8 chickadees at 5.30 p.m. During the day there were only five minutes of

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ONE DAY AT A .F'.lill!.iDING S'l1A'I'I0H: AT HARTBROOK ( aont 1 d)

the total 8 hours and 50 minutes when no birds were present.

when a plan€l or a raven flew overhead, and when the milkman's

Chickadees were at the f eeder for 8 hours and 32 minutes.

'l'hey di Sapp truck d.i-o\'o

The fi:rst

a rrived at 8 . 42 a.m. Blue jays spent a total of 6 hours 20 minutes, bet Yle-

8 . 40 a.m. and 4.08 p.m. when they left i'or the day. 'I'he first grosbeak a::s. a t 8 .41 and they were not seen after 3.10 p.m. They spent 5 hours at the t

and were ther0 for quite l engthy per iods, about 45 minutes each time. 'l1he

peckers, only fed for 5 minutes or less on each occasion. 'l1he first hail1

came at 8.45 a .m. 9 the last one loft at 4.57 p.m. The total feeding time f

this species was 2 hours, 15 minutes. 'l1he downy woodpeckers arrived at a,50 and departE:ld at 5.30. They spent only t wo hours at the fe0ders, the samo

1

sessions as tho hairy woodpeckers .

Al though we: had four starlings visiting prior to this day, only one brav

the bi ttcr weather. He made four app ear ances at Ll. 49, 3.10, 3.17,, and 3,33

but found it impossible to f eed in the strong winds.

Through this one day of observati on I learned a great deal about the f~

habits of some birds. Some took quite lengthy meal times, while others took

light snacks. Some f e d early in the day and left early, vhile others stayed

around until it was dark.

I have the complE:lte recorP.s for that day and would be glad to furnish a

copy to anyone who is interested,

Mangaret hartley.

*** *** *** *** *** Sl!;A OTTER OFFSPRI~G

One report each from British Columbia and Oregon show that at l east some oft

sea otter transplanted from Alaska in r ecent years are reproducing.

A mother sea otter and pup were s i ghted near Va rgas Island, north o:ll Tofino, :..

the summer of 1971, and a month-old pup was recognized near Oregon 's

in 1973. Both sightings have been officially recognize d.

Sightings are extr emely difficult to verify be cause of the rocky coastline~­

spar se human population in the otter areas ~ Thus it will be some years befc:

it is known for sure whcth0r the sea otter transplants have r eally beon succe!

Wildlife Review, Vol VI, 1'lo. 10 .

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JJ30UT THE DRYDEN PELI CAN

Call the r epor t in the December Newsletter of a pelican that had

~u re J- b. a· · D den? Here is the sequel to that storys d down on the Wa igoon iver in ry

tdC "OUR" PELICAN I N 'l10RONTO ZOO

BY

W.J. Moore

Wildlife managcm~t OffiG:er, Dryden Distri~t

d beaver are common occurrences with which Fish and Wi:L.d­Nuisance bears an · t · 11 b t how docs one deal wi· th a nuisance taff are dealing con inua Y? u , urc s

7 .And furthennore, how does a pelican become a nuisance? peliCa.Tl ' .

In the l a te fall , a juvenile pelican, pr obably from the nesting area on Lake

of the Y/oods, arrived in Dryden and took up residence on the Wabigoon River with­

ill the confines of the town. Everyone believed his stay would be a short one

and he became tho centr e of a ttention with people taking pictures of h i m and

He quickly became t ame and started visiting houses along the river feeding him• !or handouts. One family fed it all the fish they had and approached the

linistry t o supply them with more in order to feed the pelican. However, as it

was getting close to freeze-up, the Ministry thought it was in the best interest

of the pelican not to feed it any mor e, thinking it would force him to head

south V1h0re he should have b een sometime earlier.

The pelican would journey daily into one particular back yard looking for

mor e fish. Then one mor ning, coming into the yard and findii.ng the kitchen door.open, he

:lecidod to go in and help himself , which he did. '.Phis became the l ast straw and

the Dryden Fish and Wildlife staff wer.e summoned to the scene to capture the

nuisance peliaan.

Expecting a long chase, the officers entered the yard cautiously and ther o9

beside tho back door, sat the pelican .

Getting out of the vehicle very care:fu.lly, so as not to frighten the big bird,

proved t o be unnecessary as the peliaan came waddling over to the vehicle

looking for a handout.

He was picked up, and put into the ca b of the truek where he seemed to enjoy

his ride back to the office.

The pelican was given the run of the warehouse and supplied with a meal: o:f'

Six pou n ds of northern pike.

Tho Metropolitan Toronto Zoo was contacted and was very interested in

acquiring this big bird.

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"OUR" PELICAN IN TORONTO ZOO (cont 1 d)

So rather than taking the Mississippi Flyway to the Gulf of Mex:too as

for this species, he took the Tr ansair Flyway to the Metro Toronto Zoo. contributed by Laura Howe from 21.lle ])rYden

Observer, Dea.20, 1973·

Mr. Moor e lives i n Dryden and was involved wi·th. th~ pros d " an cons until t~ peliaa.n ~as moved out of the river~

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** PESTICIDES AGAIN

An articJ. b by Ed. Chri stopherson in the .F'eb. ' 72 issue of Outdoor Life Wld

lineg· the dangers of using pesticides for p:oodator control. I t t ells of th

experience of concem ed people in Wyoming finding 25 dead eagles, both gold

and bald? in the J ackson 1 s Canyon ar ea. None of the bir ds had been shot.

vestigation showed that they had die d as a result of the use of thallium

sulfato, " a super poisoft so i ndiaariminat0ly lethal and persistent that the

feder a l goveinment had stopped using it in its animal con~rol progr am four

earlier". It was further discovered tha t certain ranchers had used l ar gi)

quantities of it to bait antelope carcasses to kill predator s - ostensibly

otes. The articl e states tha t there aro probably 400 to 500 pairE of bald

eagl es in tho continenta l s tates and that of those, pr obably no more than 20C

Pair are raising young~ Tho bird i s protected an GI. on the list of endangered

speci e s in the United States. The l aws that contr ol the use of pesticides

at th0 time that the article was published, almost useless to discour age their

use among the sheep rancher s of that state . '11he f act that a magazine devoted

to hunting and fishing, gave such prominence to an article on conservation

is a cheering fact. I t is to be hoped that the changes in the laws i t dis­

cussed are being brought about.

*** *** *** *** *** ***

One birder has soly..ed the pro bl em of keeping the l arger birds away f.nom the

finer seeds and foods. Ono f eeder near the window contains only f i ne sefds!

the small birds. A second feeder has only sunflower seeds1

and the third,

farther away , contains the suet chunks, peanut butter and such foods for the

jays1 woodpeckor s 1 starlings.

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FIBID TRIPS 197 4 THUNDER BAY FI:b:LD NATURALISTS'

Entrance. ) 2, p.m. KAKABBKA ~'ALLS PAHK. Meet at Par k (P Leaders Ed. Dymond, M.N .R.

2sp.m. Meet at STANLl:!:Y HOT~L. Leaders Doug. Asquith, Mary Cryer, Bill Addison.

8s30 a . m. AVILA Cl!a~ TRE ct environs . Meet at Centre, al ong Central Ave . near Balmoral Ave . , I ntercity. Leaders~ Beth Urimmer and Carl Rose.

a . m. Kil\I G]'I bHkR LAKE. Meet at junction of Kingfisher Lake Rd. and t he Spruce Hiver Roa d. Loadersa Beth Grimme~ and Jim Legget, Lkhd. Bd. of Ed.

(aan) 8s30 a.m. CHIPPl!.:WA PARK . Meet in main parking lot . Loaders ~ M. Smith and Dorothy Smith.

25 (Sat)

a.m. BOULI!;VARD :m<E. Meets Bl ack Bay Bridge. Leaders: Tom Dyke , Dr. ~uackenbush.

p.m. McK~Zil!.: STATION Woodcock Watch. Meet at McKenzie StaY.. ion, off Expressway (East) . Leadersa Keith Denis, Ken Campbel l .

LAKEHli:A.D U. ~Sl!;hRCH STATION. I mportant notice: Please check with one of l eaders r e departure time. ] 'riday night, Sat., leave for home 5un. morni ng. 18 people only, due to limit on b€lds. i3.00 p er per son 1 per night. Blankets availabl e, suggest bringing sleeping bag. Bring dishwashing equipment. Radio telephone fo r emer gencies . 96 mi les from Lkhd U. Leaderss Dave Hearn, John rtyder, Keith Denis. Plan your own food.

ONT.ARIO NA1rURE 'WALK - POUNS.lt'ORDS . Drive in off 508. Bring l unch. Knowl es and/or Joan Hebden .

Meet 1 p.rn. Jct. Hwy 17 and 508. Leaderst H. Lockwood, Mrs.

26 (&m) RYDHOLMS . Directions 1 Broa,dway Ave. Vickers Height s 8:a. m. Leador sg Mr. and Mrs. Rydholm .

1 (Sat) 8130 a.m. J.AMI~SONS. Drive south on 1301 over one-lane bridge over Kam River and on 1 f or 2 miles . Leaders s Mr. and Mrs. J ami oson.

2 (Sun) 8130 a .m. Lodge . lunch.

HAZJ!;LViOOD LAKl!i l akehead Region Conservation Authority Meet at ~1i shart Conservation Area, Oni on Lake Rd. Bring

8 (Sat) CASCADES - Hazelwood/Hilldale Rd area. Details later Leadorsa Lee Grimmer and Mar g. Stevenson.

9 (&in) ltOO p. m. S~UAW BAY (SIBLl!.:Y) Meet at Dr. ~uackenbush 1 s camp. Leadorss Dr. and Mr s. ~uackenbush.

(cont'd)

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FIELD TRIPS (cont'd)

Juno 15 ( Sat)

June 16 (Sun)

Sept. 149 15.

Sept. 28 (Sat)

Nov. 10 (Sun)

PIJ!Ui SE NOTE i

7s 00 p.m. Leadorsi

ISLAND NO.l Meeti Beyond Jacknife Bridge. Doug. Asquith, Nick Hordy, Mrs. Beckett.

8aOO a . m. MADGE PELOTS - Lappe. Mee t a t junction of Dog and 3rd Concession (Kivikoski Rd). Loa ders M. Pelot, Ellen Bocking.

HAWK HILL - DULUTH, Minn. (More details later) Leaders& Dave Hearn, Keith Denis.

8a00 a.m. MT. McKAY. Mee t a t first l edge (picnic grounds juat ,befor e the barrier). Take road to sugar maples. ' Leaderi Da ve Hearn.

llsOO a.m. Bring hot lunchl Wear your fur-lined???? SIBLEY PARK. Park a t s tor e and meet a t Hebdon' s cottage,

Leader sa Joan Hebden, Mari on Smith.

Suggestions for ·now places to t ake fi eld trips always welcome,

Beth Grimmer, 283 Otto St., '.l1hunder Bay "P" , Ont. ( 1.l1el, 345-8

is looking for your ideas. We ha ve many n ew members; WELOOMI

TO OUR FI ..l:!iLD ·rRIPS; wear sensible footwear, and if in doubt u

how to r each any of the loca l es, pl ease get in tou~h with the

leaders for that particular trip.

May 4 (as v1as initially s u ggested) for the D.,!:!;LT.& li.A.RSHES trip i s not realll

the best time for visiting said mar s h es . It has now been su ggested that law

August, early September would be proferrable . It i s a flight into Manitoba

and more details will be available later.

P age 24.