Saturday 
11 April 
2:00 a.m. 
EARLY MORNING OWLING 
Leader: Bruce Di Labio (729-6267) 
Meet: Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, 
one block west of the Irving Place - Maple 
Drive stoplight on Carling Avenue. Use the 
parking lot west of the Neatby Building and 
south of the greenhouses. 
If the outing goes according to plan, participants 
will learn to identify several owls and other noc¬ 
turnal birds by their characteristic sounds and enjoy 
the dawn chorus. Great Horned, Barred, Saw-whet and, 
with a little luck. Long-eared Owls may be heard 
calling. Telephone Bruce if you are interested in 
participating. If for some reason the trip is post¬ 
poned, he will be able to notify you. The outing is 
expected to last until about 8 o'clock. 
Tuesday 
14 April 
8:00 p.m. 
0FNC MONTHLY MEETING 
A CENTURY OF BIRDING AT POINT PELEE 
Speaker: Tom Hince 
Meet: Auditorium, National Museum of Natural 
Sciences, Metcalfe and McLeod Streets 
Tom Hince is a long-standing member of the Club and a 
former editor of The Shrike. He is currently em¬ 
ployed as a Park Naturalist and Interpretation Offi¬ 
cer at Point Pelee National Park, and has held simi¬ 
lar positions at both Pukaskwa and St. Lawrence Is¬ 
lands National Parks. His illustrated talk will 
focus on the historical evolution of birdwatching at 
Pelee, from the time of William Saunders, Percy 
Taverner and Jack Miner to the present. Emphasis 
will also be placed on the seasonal variation of 
birds and the phenomenon of migration. 
Saturday 
18 April 
2:00 a.m. 
EARLY MORNING OWLING 
Leader: Ray Holland (225-9655) 
Meet: Neatby Building, Central Experimental Farm, 
one block west of the Irving Place - Maple 
Drive stoplight on Carling Avenue. Use the 
parking lot west of the Neatby Building and 
south of the greenhouses. 
Participants may expect to hear the diagnostic 
"hoots" of several owl species as well as the dis¬ 
tinctive sounds of the American Woodcock, the Common 
Snipe and the Ruffed Grouse. The outing should last 
until about 8 o'clock. Telephone Ray if you are 
interested in participating. He will then be able to 
contact you if the trip has to be postponed on ac¬ 
count of bad weather. 
