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The Audubon Christmas Bird Counts

Audubon Christmas Bird Counts are held annually across Canada, United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Nature PEI hosts four of these 24 km diameter count circles, namely: PEI National Park, Hillsborough, Montague and East Point. The date and count coordinators are as follow for 2015: Dec. 19th (Saturday) – The East Point Christmas Bird Count. Please contact Dwaine

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UPEI Lupine Research Project

Do you have older pictures of lupines flowering? Researchers at UPEI are studying the colours of blossoms over time and need your help.  \”Although not a native plant – it is becoming a good model for studying the biology of flower colours both from a biochemical perspective (currently worked on by Dr. Jason McCallum at AAFC) and

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Are Beavers Native to PEI?

Are Beavers Native to PEI?  Following the startling revelation by Douglas Sobey in 2007 that beavers did not appear to be on the Island at the time of French settlement in the early 1700s, such news has been interpreted in some quarters as justification to eradicate Island beavers.  Early naturalist Francis Bain assured us in

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