Page Al? ee THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C. __ | Wednesday, February 10, 1988

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Along with bills, statements, scads of positively certain op- Se
portunities to win a million dollars (‘‘You.can’t miss on as =
10210 | -RBANK one, Buster!" ), a grand 50 per cent off sale of the shcerest rein-
SIDNEY, B.C. V8L 3X4 --—L forced pantyhose, and a plethora of junk mail, my pos r

TEL: 656-0901 7 nally $1 ) ¢
Now, it may be a little late in arri ig
paethee may be pure gold. In that case, ‘the doy is totally ac ac-

| ~~ This week, I received a letter from Frances Wilson, High Bury
_ Street, Vancouver, in connectio ch I w
_ before Christmas regarding the sighting ‘of skylarks | in the grassy
field immediately south and west of the Victoria International
Airport.
T quote from her letter: ‘‘You may find it of interest that the
———————— - very area where the skylarks were sighted was rt of
"FEATUR NG vAL NTINE SPECIALS . | farm owned by my grandparents, George and Eliza Michell.
C ISH FOR g9° | | Eliza’s father, John McGraw, was the man who introduced the
NYO ECIALS ON FISH ae | skylarks to Vancouver Island. My mother uscd to tell o ing
° HAMPSTERS. TEDDY BEAR 35.99 | with her grandfather to Gordon Head to release the birds in what
¢ BIRDS - 20% OFF REGUALR PRICES was —— far T a land. I —— remember ae year b but she was quite :

° HAMPSTER RIDE-A-ROUND cHoo-cHOOS
_ _ Reg. to.19.99 now st4 ‘99

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_rigatior I e | a don Resy Cio Wie not
yet in full’ song, they: break out very occasionally with their :
pleasant ‘‘O-KA-LEEEEAH s.’’ Norman Clark, Canoe 7
spotted a peregrine Elon atts area over the week Some of |
ks,” commonly winter ¢ on the,
Peninsula. A good place. to spot them is up from Island Vic

_ Beach where they may be seen, on occasion, birds.;
Watch for them perched alertly on a tall bare snag from which _
they have a commanding view of the countryside. These fal-.
cons, sometimes referred to-as ‘‘big-footed falcons,’ have ex-
oho) large feet and strong talons for capturing their F prey Gee _

| Bim chsh, A 1 Drive, repos . been able to ?
‘ing with others on his lawn at We Not yet enable to
secure a photo of it. And I’m still getting the odd report ofa. _ PEREGRINE FALCON
‘Tufous hummingbird in that area and around Ba ew.
-- Numerous people have. advised me of the fine fis!
springs off ft Victoria, off the powder wharf on James Island and
f hing areas in the general “ean

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sae toxic jc substance, i it will undouidl Play hi havoc with,

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