The Osprey, vol. 41, no. 01 (Winter 2010)

Editor’s note – Ask a natural history question about: long reflections on water – Society matters – Monitoring the migration: recent trends in shorebird populations in Newfoundland – Quarterly bug: winter crane fly – Protecting the boreal forest in NL – From the mushroom basket: a bitter trap – The eel: a true fish – Kids’ page: make a terrarium – Leslie M. Tuck avian ecology scholarship essay: risky winters for seabirds in Northwest Atlantic – Haiku – Night sky: Feb. – Mar 2010 – Endangered species: Newfoundland PINE MARTEN – St. John’s Christmas bird count – Book review – Fall migration in St. Pierre et Miquelon – NHS gift ideas/ Tuck-Walters award nominationFrequency: 3 times a year, 1970-present. -- Nature Newfoundland and Labrador was previously known as the Newfoundland Natural History Society and the Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.The Osprey (1970-present) is a provincial nature journal and the main publication of Nature Newfoundland and Labrador, a province-wide organization with a primary interest in promoting the enjoyment and protection of wildlife and natural history resources in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and its surrounding waters. The periodical provides a forum for discussion of environmental issues, and is a source of information and original research material focusing on various aspects of the province's natural history such as birds, plants, insects, mammals, general ecology and philosophical nature musings in the form of poetry or prose. Additionally, the journal serves to update members on society affairs such as meetings, outings, lectures, presentations, and projects. It publishes work from biologists, ecologists, trained naturalists, and untrained nature enthusiasts alike