The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 18,1987 The Federation of Ontario Naturalists FON Conservation Centre, Moatfield Park 355 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, (\ÎI3B 2W8 Phone: (416) 444-8419 By Marion Strebig Birtling Ethics People who read this column would probably call themselves amateur naturalists or nature lovers. Either term suggests an attachment attachment to the natural world. It also suggests an attitude toward that world: curiosity, enjoyment and respect. Mostly, I think of myself as someone someone like this, conscientious about behaving well in the woods. 1 try to follow the unwritten rules of the woods: 1. Leave as little sign of your passing passing as possible. 2. Move quietly 3. Observe without disturbing 4. Never take trophies, plant or animal. This weekend, 1 was out with a group on what was called an owl prowl. We found owls all right. In my area there afe five species of owls sheltering in a river valley. One of the species is the boreal owl, an owl rarely seen in southern Ontario. Well, forget rules of conduct. There are shouts of "Let me at him. I've never listed a boreal." All the photographers were pushing and shoving, forcing their way in, to get a "real good close-up of that cute little fellow," And the owl, who was sheltering in a tangle of wild grape-vine, was beautiful, with his light facial discs edged with black, his bone-coloured beak, his dark head flecked with cream, and his breast delicately streaked with rust. No bigger than two clenched fists, he sat as impassive as a small idol, his only reaction to his audience a jet of white on the dark tangle. He belonged there; that jostling mob didn't. Suddenly, I felt ashamed ashamed to be there., I thought back to a time, two weeks before when I had stood as close to the owl as that noisy lot. But then it had seemed all right because I was alone; it was just the two of us communing. As I walked away from thy companions companions I knew I was going to have to do some thinking about my own behaviour. Now I would have to ask myself what the woods would be like if 20 or even 50 people did what I did, like going very close to the owl. (Sometimes we need other people to behave badly before we take a good look at our own actions.) actions.) Owls, in spite of their apparent tameness need space; constant harassment by a group or individual might drive them away front a good feeding group or hamper their hunting hunting and, therefore, their very survival survival at a time when things are hard enough for them anyway. And I knew from observation that there were plenty of meadow voles in this valley. Besides, since most owls are night hupters, they require undisturbed undisturbed rest during the day. The F.O.N. has produced a pamphlet pamphlet on nature photography, which includes a nature photographer's code of ethics. If this experience of mine has made you think about our behaviour in the woods, you might wish to read it. It's free for asking, if you sehd a stamped self addressed envelope to The Federation of Ontario Ontario Naturalists, 355 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, M3B 2W8 - Attention: Attention: Marion Strebig. Exploration of Canada Stamp Series Continues T he second quartet of stamps in the " Exploration Exploration of Canada" series is out and no doubt collectors everywhere are poring over sheets looking for an error, as there was in the 1986 ; issue. This year the issue is dedicated dedicated to the "investigators": "investigators": Étienne Brulé, Radisson and des Groseilliers, Groseilliers, Joliette and Marquette, and one showing a missionary missionary preaching to Indians in the wilderness.' Much has been written about Pierre Esprit Radisson and his brother-in-law, Chouart des Groseilliers. Their dramatized story was featured in one of the earli- ' est Canadian TV serials, in English and French, during 1 the late 1950s. Radisson was born about 1636, perhaps in Paris. What is known, is that in 1651 he was at Trois-Rivières. There he soon learned about frontier frontier life the hard way: He was carried away by indiant in Classified (Continued from page 9) AGRICULTURAL 1987 R.O.P. Test Station Bull Sale. Sat. April 4 1 .m. Galetta Livestock. Only top performing performing bulls, most beef breeds represented. Joynt Auction Service (613) 283-4730. FOR SALE SIMMENTAL AUCTION Tuesday, Mar. 24, 1 p.m. Ottawa Valley Farm Show, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. 30 head fullblood purebred, bulls and breeding female. Joynt Auction Service (613) 283-4730. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DISTRIBUTORS WANTED to market revolutionary new (single stage, sealed, temperature controlled) home brewing kits. Party system. Write Trecan Enterprises, 71 River Rd., Napanee, Ont. K7R 3H3. 1652, escaped, was recaptured recaptured (and paid a painful price for his escape), was adopted by an Indian family, escaped again in 1653, made his way to Europe, and then back to Trois-Rivières. By 1660, he and des Groseilliers had returned to Quebec from the Lake Superior Superior arda with a load of furs. Their reward#was to be fined for trading without a licence. • By 1665, they had learned enough about the interior of the country to take their knowledge to the British, which led to the founding of the Hudson's Bay Co. in 1670. . Less is popularly 'Jknown , about Étienne Brûlé, an earlier explorer sent by Samuel de Champlain in 1610 to live among the Hurons. The reason he was sent is less known than anything about Brûlé: He was given to the Hurons in 1610 in exchange exchange for an Indian that Champlain took back to France. It was the beginning of a grizzly end for Brûlé. He lived will) and like an Indian for the next five years. He was captured and tortured'in 1616 by the Iroquois, but survived to do further exploration exploration around the Great Lakes until he met his end in June 1633 near Peneta- guishene, Ont., where he was murdered and eaten by his former friends, -the Hurons. . Louis Jolliet was a true i Cana3ian explorer. He was born Sept. - * • 1645 in the Quebec City area. Jolliet wv • not the average roughshod H'itreur de bois. He was well-educated, both at a Jesuit College and.in France. Jolliet w3 s instructed by Frontenac ti> determine into which, ocean the Mississippi River emptied. On June 17, 1673, he reached the river. He was accompanied by Jacques Marquette, a missionary missionary with about five years' experience in Indian country and who acted as interpreter. interpreter. The names of Jolliet and Marquette are irrevocably linked because of their record of their activities, titled titled Voyages et découvertes de quelques Pays et Nations de l'Amérique septentrionale, septentrionale, published in Paris in 1681. The fourth stamp in the set is intended to illustrate the part religion played in European European development of the interior interior of Canada, and exploration in the Great Lakes region. The stamp's background shows a map, with ghostly crosses indicating indicating mission sites. What immediately comes to mind is what is now called the "martyrdom of the five Jesuits." They were-caught up in a vicious and unforgiving unforgiving war by the Iroquois .'to wipe out the Hurons. The first. martyr was Antoine Daniel, killed July 4, 1648, at the door of his church in St. Joseph II, just east of present-day Hillsdale, Ont. Next to go were Jean de Brébeuf and Jérôme Lalemant, captured in St. Louis (near Midland), taken io St. Ignace II (near Cold- water), and brutally put to death. The fourth to meet his death was Charles Gamier, killed in St. Jean, midway between what is now Stay- ner and Collingwood. That was Dec. 7, 1649. The last was Noel Chabanel, murdered the following following day, not by an Iro- qtiois, but by a Huron in his own party as they attempted to reach safety on Christian Island in Georgian Bay. LYONS DEN "SS'Lcms PET and AQUATIC SUPPLIES Dwarf Rabbits $5.00 SPECIAL ... SERPIES ■ - EACH Club Discounts Visa and Master Cards NEWCASTLE 987-5513 .59, NOW OPEN WED. 9-6 Watch for Our Weekly Specials 40 Years of Canadian ,♦ j ♦ 1947-1987 April 12-18 is National Citizenship Week in CanadaTt is a time to celebrate celebrate and reflect upon the strengths and values of Canadian life - equality, diversity and community. Share in the spirit of our dynamic, multicultural society. Share in the spirit ofCanada.