Jan 2000 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society

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22 2 S. HAMILTON ST. • M ADISON • W ISCON SIN 53703 • 255 BIRD • JANUARY 2000

able land use, education, and commu-nity support.

Since 1993, the park has introduced

prescribed burning and other methods

of wildlife management, and orga-

nized 11 environmental camps and

seminars. In 1997, the park estab-

lished a demonstration farm with the

goal of helping impoverished local

communities by introducing sound

agricultural practices that enhance the

land quality for wildlife while meetingthe surround ing villages’ food needs.

As a result of these activities, several

species of endangered cranes and the

Oriental White Stork have increased

three-fold in just six years in this area

of wetland, grassland , and crop fields.

Dr. Smirenski will discuss the birds

of the region and the importance of

creating sustainable habitat for them.

His central point is that simply stop-

ping development canno t conserve

natural resources. Conservationistsmust work with regional and local

governments and communities to find

development strategies that use and

also protect forests and wetlands.

Sergei Smirenski is the Coordinator

and Founder of the Amur Program of

the ISEU and the Founding Director of

the Muraviovka Park for Sustainable

Land Use. He has been on the faculty

of Moscow State University since

1973 and has worked in the Russian

Far East since 1970. His research

focuses on bio-geography, primarilythe distribution of birds in this mixed

region of southern broad -leafed

forests and northern taiga.

Sergei’s wife, Elena Smirenski, helps

to coordinate this and other interna-

tional projects for the International

Crane Foundation.

This program is co-sponsored by the

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Department of Wildlife Ecology.

You are invited to join Madison

Audubon board members and friends

at the pre-program dinner with our

speaker at Paisan’s Restaurant begin-

ning at 5:15 p.m. Please call the office

at 608/255-BIRD (255-2473) if you

have questions.

The Amur Program of the

International Socio-Ecological Union

(ISEU) was founded in 1991 to

demonstrate tha t the Amur River

Basin cou ld be developed in a way

that benefits people, economy, and

wildlife. Eastern Siberia’s Amur River

forms a natural border between Russia

and China. It is the only major river in

the world without dams on its main

channel. It is also the location of

Muraviovka Park for Sustainable Land

Use, the first privately operated, non-commercial nature park established in

Russia since 1917.

Established in 1993, with the help

of the International Crane Foundation,

Wild Bird Society of Japan, and the

ISEU, this 13,000-acre wetland with

adjacent croplands provides excellent

breeding, roosting and feeding habitat

for more than 200 species of birds.

Muraviovka Park is a focus for efforts

in b iodiversity conservation, sustain-

Protecting Cranes in Russia —Susta inab le Land Use a t Work

Free Public Program

What: Dr. Sergei Smirenski on con-

servation efforts in Russia.

When: Tuesday, January 18, 2000

7:00 p .m. - Refreshments

7:30 p.m. - Program

Where: Bolz Auditorium, Meriter

Hospital,124 Brooks St. Madison

Parking: Meriter Hospital paid park-

ing ramp across the street, on the

street, or Lot 51 north of Regent and

Mills St.

Insid e Thi s Issue

1 Winter Field Trips. p. 2.

2 2000 Field Trip Schedule p. 3.

3 Population and Habitat p. 4.



Coo l Field Tri ps fo rW inter Enjoy m entFri., Jan. 14, 1999: Evening Ski (or

Hike) in the Arboretum

Join Arboretum Naturalist Andrew

Hipp at 4:00 p.m. at the U.W.

Arboretum, McKay Center, for this 2-

3 hour tour. Andrew is a U.W. Botany

graduate studen t with several yearsexperience as an Arboretum employ-

ee explaining the d iversity of plant

communities, there. Formerly as the

Arboretum Ranger, he spent hours

patrolling the trails in both daylight

and after dark. He would like to share

with you that special time of day dur-

ing a winter sunset when the light

fades, the shadows lengthen and

darkness takes over the forests and

prairies.

The tour will visit Curtis Prairie, the

Leopold Pines, go under the Beltlineto visit the Grady Trail. Andrew will

explain the Arboretum’s efforts at oak

savannah restoration, prairie restora-

tion and oak forest management.

The ski trails are ungroomed and

trail difficulty is intermedia te. As

always, snow conditions are unpre-

dictable, so be prepared to hike if

there is inadequate snow. Dress

warmly, as there will be time standing

listening to Andrew or maybe hearing

an owl or coyote. Bring your own

diagonal stride skis, as no t allArboretum ski trails are wide enough

for skating skis. Since we will return

to the McKay Center well after dark,

plan on using your night vision and

skiing quietly. If you have questions,

call Andrew Hipp at 241-5045, leave

a message and he will call you back.

Sat., Jan. 22: Wisconsin River Raptors

Come watch eagles soar over the

Wisconsin River! Jim Marrari will lead

this trip to the Wisconsin River to

search for soaring raptors. Likely findsinclude bald eagles, rough-legged

hawks, red-tailed hawks, kestrels and

maybe an owl. This trip will last into

the afternoon, so bring a lunch . If you

have a scope, please bring it to scan

the river for waterfowl and perched

eagles. Dress appropriately for the

weather. There will be some hiking as

well as car b irding.

Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Kohl’s parking

lot in Middleton at the intersection of

Allen Blvd. and Century Avenue to

carpoo l to the river. Riders are expec t-

ed to share expenses with drivers.

If you have questions, call Jim

Marrari at 231-2395.

Sat., Jan. 29: Butterflies of Texas

What better way to escape the cold

white and gray of winter than to look

forward to the warmth and sunny col-

ors of summer? Southern Texas is

widely known as a major birding area,but its also the premier butterfly-

watching a rea in the U.S. In this slide

program, butterfly expert Ann Swengel

will share her butterfly pictures and

experieneces from m any trips to

Texas. She will discuss specific butter-

flying sites and provide pointers on

locating interesting species such a s

the Malachite and Zebra. Anne will

compare Texas butterfly-watching

with Wisconsin and discuss the out-

breaks of southern migrant butterflies

from Texas that occasionally reach a sfar north as Wisconsin.

Ann Swengel is a nationally known

prairie bu tterfly researche r and author

of numerous articles. She is currently

a vice president of the North

American Butterfly Association

(NABA), and is National Co-coordina-

tor of the 4th of July Butterfly Coun ts.

The program starts at 10 a.m. and

will last about an hour and a half.

Meet in Middleton at the Middleton

Public Library at 7425 Hubbard

Avenue. (Hubbard Avenue is two

blocks south of University Avenue).

Par tner s In Flig htAnnual MeetingFrid ay, Febr ua ry 18

Please mark your calendars - you

are all invited! The annual statewide

Partners In Flight (PIF) meeting will

take place on Friday, February 18

from noon to 4 p.m. at the U.W.

Memorial Union on the Madisoncampus. The meeting will be held in

conjunction with the Wildlife Society

- Wisconsin Chapter’s annual meet-

ing, which will begin Thursday. The

featured topic at the PIF meeting will

be the Wisconsin Bird Conservation

Initiative, a new effort just getting off

the ground in the state. For more

information on this free event, contact

Karen Etter Hale a t the MAS office,

255-2473.Z0 2

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MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY

President: Joann e Herfel, 241-8009

Vice-president: Amy McDaniel, 238-0450

Goose Pond Resident Naturalists:

Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160

Editors: Pat & Deb Ready, 873 -1703

[email protected]

Graphic design: Pat Ready.

Printed by Roemer Printing.

THE AUDUBON CAWS is pub lished

September through July by:

Madison Audubon Society,

222 S. Hamilton St.,

Madison, WI 53703,

(608) 255-BIRD (2473).

Birding h otline, 255-BIRM.

Madison Audubon Web Page:

http://madisonaudubon.org

E-mail: [email protected]

E-mail services donated by Berbee

Contribution d eadline is Janua ry 10 for

the February issue, for which items may be

sent to Pat Ready, 1210 Oakwood Ct.,

Stoughton, WI 53589. p [email protected]

The mission of the Madison Audubon

Society is to educate our members and the

public about the na tural world and the

threats that natural systems are facing, to

engage in advocacy to preserve and protect

these systems, and to develop and maintain

sanctuaries to save and restore natural habi-

tat.

JOIN M ADISONAUDUBON

Student/Senior: $15

Introductory membership: $20

Basic: $35

Foreign: Add $10 in US funds.

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DATE TRIP LEADERJanuary 14 Evening Ski in the Arboretum Andrew Hip

January 22 Wisconsin River Raptors Jim MarrariJanuary 29 Butterflies of Texas Ann SwengelFebruary 26 Late Winter Birds Aaron StutzMarch 10 Night Owls Al SheaMarch 11 Early Spring Migrants Steve ThiessenMarch 19 Ecology of Lower Mud Lake Libby ZimmermanMarch 25 Spring Birds of Columbia Co. TBAApril 1 & 22 Beginning Birding Al HolzhueterApril 2,9,16,23 Scope Days at Goose Pond! Dorothy HainesApril 14 Evening at Mud Lake Wildlife Area Mark and Sue MartinApril 12 Frogs Night Out Bob HayApril 15 Wildflowers at Walking Iron Todd MillerApril 16 Geology of Devil’s Lake/Baraboo Hills Gary WernerApril 21 Evening at Cherokee Marsh Tony Kalenic and Levi WoodApril 22 Tour of Faville Grove Sanctuary Dave Musolf & Roger Packard

April 29 Abraham’s Woods Wildflowers & Birds Andrew HippApril 30 Birding Wyalusing Al SheaMay 7 Birding Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonMay 2 Owen Park Evening Nature Walk Jon SuttonMay 9,11,16,18 Warbler Walks Ken Barmore, Todd Highsmith, Tony Kalenic, Levi WoodMay 12 Evening at Nine Springs Dave FallowMay 13 “Big Day” Birding Ken BarmoreMay 13 International Migratory Bird Day Karen Etter HaleMay 13 Wildflowers and Birds David KopitzkeMay 20 Spring Green Birding Greg Geller and Becky AbleMay 21 Birding at Horicon Marsh Levi WoodMay 25 Wildflowers of Faville Sanctuary Steve RichterMay 29 Natural History of Quincy Bluff Lynn Hanson and Roy WittwerJune 3 Birding Governor Dodge State Park John RomanoJune 4 Canoe Red Cedar Lake Libby ZimmermanJune 10 Bicycling Sauk County Preserves Paul West and Steve RichterJune 11 Birding Thousand Rock Prairie and Blue Mounds Kay BurcarJune 15 Beginning Birding (Picnic Point) Al HolzhueterJune 17 Upper Narrows Baraboo River Geology Robert and Nancy DottJune 18 Summerton Bog Scott WeberJune 23 Evening Canoe in Cherokee Marsh Levi WoodJune 24 Dragonflies and Butterflies Karl Legler, Dave Fallow, Dave WestoverJuly 1 Madison Butterfly Count Jon SuttonJuly 8 Badger Ordinance Tour Mike MossmanJuly 8 Dragonflies of Ceda rburg Bog Bill SmithJuly 9 Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh Ann SwengelJuly 22 Prairie Butterflies Jim Danford and Katie Green BielfussJuly 29 Tour of Goose Pond Prairie Mark MartinAugust 5 Prairie Tour Todd Miller

August 27 Horicon Birding Ken Barmore and Bill VolkertAugust 26 Fall Shorebirds Steve ThiessenSeptember 9 Birding Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonSeptember 9 Dendrology — Trees and Shrubs Fred Clark September 23 Tour of the Ice Age Trail Gary WernerOct. 1,8,15,22,29 Scope Days at Goose Pond Dorothy HainesOctober 7 Lake Michigan Hawkwatch Jon Peacock October 14 Mushroom Meander Diane Derouen and Tom Volk October 15 Ecology of the Baraboo Hills Mike MossmanOctober 21 Birding the Lake Michigan Shoreline Tony Kalenic and Carol AndersonNovember 11 Birding Hot Spots Tony Kalenic and Carol AndersonDecember 2 Madison Lakes Al SheaDecember 16 Madison Christmas Bird Count Tony Kalenic and Carol Anderson

Here are the MAS field trips scheduled for 2000. Mark them on your calendar

and join us on these ou tings. We will try to stick to this schedule, but unfore-

seen circumstances may cause changes, so be sure to check for details and

any announcements of schedule changes in the monthly MAS newsletter

(CAWS). When carpooling, riders are expected to share expenses with

drivers.

MADISON AUDUBON

SOCIETY’S 2000 FIELD TRIPS

By Levi Wood, Field Trip Coordinator

and Field Trip Committee members Tony

Kalenic, Karl Legler, Ken Barmore,

and Steve Richter



Strengthening OurAlliance: Uniting ForW isconsin’s Env ironm ent

The Wisconsin Stewardship Network

will be hosting its 5th annual conference

on Friday and Saturday, January 28 and

29. The Network has over 100 member

organizations from the sporting and envi-

ronmental communities. They cometogether to build bridges and work on

four key conservation issues per year.

Priority issues this year are shoreland pro-

tection, family farm preservation, protect-

ing Wisconsin’s northwoods from

destructive me tallic mining, and support-

ing DNR independence and the restora-

tion of the Public Intervenor’s office. This

year the Network will offer many exciting

workshops, from a discussion o f the p ro-

posed mega-transmission line in northern

Wisconsin, to an exciting proposal for cit-

izen-powered water testing, to a presenta-tion about Wisconsin wildlife. Workshops

will also educate participants about the

Wisconsin Stewardship Network’s priority

issues, help them connect to other con-

cerned individuals and organizations,

offer fun outdoors skill-building, and

explore additiona l issues. Apsanahkwat,

the Menominee tribal chairperson, will

be the keynote speaker at the conference.

You also have a chance to win a beautiful

Mad River Tahoe 16 canoe and other

great prizes and support the Network at

the same time, whether you attend or not!Just purchase raffle tickets for $3/ticket,

$10 for 4, or $25 for 10 from the Madison

Audubon office. Madison Audubon is an

active member in the Wisconsin

Stewardship Network, and will be

involved in this year’s conference.

Currently, DNR Independence is at the

top of the Network’s priority list. The

State Senate recently passed legislation

that would restore the appointment of the

DNA Secretary to the c itizen-controlled

Natural Resources Board. The legislationis currently in the Assembly’s Natural

Resources comm ittee. It is very important

to urge the members of that committee to

pass the legislation on to the Assembly

floor for deba te.

Contact Ann Finan , the Wisconsin

Stewardship Coordinator, at (608)

251-7020 ( or Karen Etter Hale, 255-2473

for more information.)

POPULATION & HABITAT

Beyond 6 Bil l ion—Koffi Annan and the United

Nations noted the D ay of 6 Billion

Oc tober 12, 1999. As world popu la-

tion rises, Audubon seeks to find a

balance between human consump-

tion and the natural environment.

Ken Strom, Director of Audubon’sPopulation & Habitat Campaign,

came to Madison to speak at several

venues abou t the single biggest envi-

ronmen tal threat to Earth and its

wildlife.

WI Public Radio featured Ken on

Tom Clark’s morning radio show on

Oct. 12. Doug LaFollette and others

called in to voice concern about

population issues. The League of

Women Voters of Dane Co. aired

“Population and HabitatSustainability” on Access City Hall

with Dave Cieslewicz of 1000

Friends of Wisconsin and Caroline

Beckett of Madison Audubon .

Oct. 19 & 20 Ken Strom partici-

pated on panels at Middleton and

East High Schools with student and

teacher representatives, moderated

by Popu lation & Habitat Committee

members Carla Corwith and

Rhonda Dix.

Approximately 130 people came

to Madison Audubon’s general

meeting October 19, to hear Ken

speak on “6 Billion and Billions

More.” A lively discussion followed

his talk, and audience participation

pushed the meeting well past 9

p.m.

The Population & Habitat

Committee plans to work with local

schools to continue the dialogue

about population growth: how itwill affect our lives, the environ-

ment, and what we can do to alter

the impact.

N O T I C EPopulation & Habitat Committee

is looking for a compu ter techie

to help us videostream a short

educational project about popu-

lation. Please contact Rhonda

Dix at e-mail:

[email protected] or call

233-4347 if you can help. Thank

you.

Ken Strom, National Audubon Population & Habitat Campaign Director at the

International Crane Foundation. Photo by Caroline Beckett

Madison Audubon Society’sPopulation & Habitat Committeewith Ken Strom. Photo by Pete Cannon



YES, I want to make the

Goose Pond vision a reality.

Here is my contribution to

the Goose Pond Campaign.

[ ] Acre Maker. $1,000 or more to

buy and restore ano ther acre of

land at Goose Pond.

[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $500-$999 tobuy and restore another half-

acre of land a t Goose Pond.

[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100

a year for three years ($300

total) toward Goose Pond

restoration. Here is my first

installment.

[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a year

for three years($150 total). Here

is my first installmen t.

[ ] My Own Vision. $ tohelp as much as possible.

Name

Address

In Memory of

In Honor of

For Gifts Honoring Another: Send

Acknowledgement to (name and

address)

Contributions will be acknowledgednear the Goose Pond Information

Board as follows: $1,000 or more-

name to appear on a permanent

plaque; $250-$999-name to appear

on engraved paving brick.

Acknowledge in Madison

Audubon Society Newsletter

Do not acknowledge in Madison

Audubon Society Newsletter

Make checks payable to MadisonAudubon Society and mail to:

Madison Audubon Society, 222 S.

Hamilton Street, Suite #1 , Madison,

WI 53703

Tax deductible to the extent allowed

by law.

Madison Audubon Society’s

financial statement is available

upon request.

Dona tions HelpSanctua ries Ring inthe New YearACRE MAKER

Marjorie F. Shepherd

HALF-ACRE MAKER

Diana S. Webb

ADOPT AN ACRE

In memory of Leigh Couch -

Lesleigh Luttrell and David M.

Schreiner

NEST EGG

Arthur J. Donald Family Foundation

MY OWN VISION

Ellen W. Connolly

Irene M. Ilgen

Patricia Levin

Joan Redmann

Denyse Snyers

In memory of Philip Felland -

Doris N. Felland

In memory of Jenni and Kyle

Geurkink -

Sally Wilmeth and Terry Geurkink

In memory of Scott Kruse -

Nora Cusack

In honor of Mary Young’s 50th birth-

day -

Marsha and Peter Cannon

Sharon Clark and Warren GaskillJoanne Herfel

Kenneth W. Wood

IN ADDITION to the above, Madison

Audubon gratefully acknowledges the

following unrestricted donations:

Nancy Abraham

Helga and Bert Anderson

Jim and Sharon Bolton

Ann and Richard Burgess

Thomas Casey

Bacia Edelman

Margery and Dudley Etter

Rebecca Gilson

Jerry Haiar

Lola Hickey

Eleanor Jones

Miye Kanazawa

Elizabeth Livermore

Renata Lucht

Wendy OsborneLaurence Parnell

Jean and Henry Peters

Ron Remy

Carol Richgels

Geraldine and David Rouse

Elizabeth Tuttle

Susan Vaughan

Lore Wahl

Robert and Margaret Wersland

Jan Westemeier

James Young

Suzanne Brockman Zeigler

In memory of Catherine Menigoz-Sharon Dosch

In memory of Ann Petersen -

Evelyn Batchelor

UW-Ma dison Cam pusN atural Areas BirdCheck list Ava ilab leThanks to the help of many Madison

bird watchers, the Campus Natural

Areas Bird Checklist is complete. The

Checklist includes the following infor-

mation on 249 bird species: months

of occurrence, abundance, nesting

status, and habitat. Please send a

stamped, self-addressed envelope to

Roma Lenehan to receive your copy. I

am still collecting data on rare,

unusual, out of season, and breeding

birds as well as habitat information.

Send information to Roma Lenehan,

3317 Lake Mendota Dr., Madison, WI

53705.

POSITION VACAN CY:Ad m inistra tive Assistant f or M ad ison Au dub on Society

Available immediately: 25 hours/week September through May,15 hours/week June through August. Reap the rewards of workingfor a vital conservation organization and be a part of the environ-mental movement! Interested parties should contact AmyMcDaniel: (608) 238-0450.



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Madison Audubon Society, Inc.

Joanne Herfel, President

222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1

Madison, WI 53703

MAS Calendarat a Glance

1321 E. Mifflin St.Madison, WI 53703(608) 256-1066

January sunset over Goose Pond.

Photo by Pat Ready

Feeder tip sBy Pat Ready

Keep a pair of binoculars and a field guide handy tohelp identify birds that come to your feeders.

A recycled Christmas

tree trunk (drilled with1” holes) makes a good

suet feeder for wood-peckers. Starlings can’tgrip on to get the suet.

Suet hung upside downis no problem for wood-

peckers, nuthatches orchickadees to get at.

Cardinals prefer hopperfeeders like this one to sit

on and feed. Black-oilsunflower and safflower

work well in this type.

14 Jan. - Arboretum Evening ski or

walk, p. 2

18 Jan. - MAS meeting and program,

p. 1

22 Jan. - WI River raptors, p. 2

29 Jan. - Butterflies of Texas, p. 2

15 Feb. - MAS meeting and program18-21 Feb. - Great Backyard Bird

Count

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Jan 2000 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society