January 2009 Jayhawk Audubon Society Newsletter

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Volume 33, Issue 5 JANUARY, 2009

www.jayhawkaudubon.org

Monday, January 26th

Birds of Peru: Business & Beauty

Peru harbors over 1,800 bird species. This biological blessing provides opportunities for economic development through ecotourism but also poses a challenge to conservationiststhrough the overwhelming number of rare and range-restricted species. Steve Roels, our January 26th speaker, will investigate birding businesses and recent conservation efforts inPeru as well as share photos from his trip to the country last summer.

Steve is currently a KU graduate student in the department of Ecology and EvolutionaryBiology. He is also volunteering as JAS Field Trip Chair revitalizing a position that has

been empty too long. Previous jobs include serving as a Conservation Associate at theKansas Land Trust and a Field Surveyor for the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas. Steve and his wife, Sarah, traveled toPeru last June. Here is your opportunity to leave January to its frozen self for an evening while you envision one of the world’s birding meccas.

Dutch Treat Dinner with Steve Roels: 5:30 pm. Zen Zero. 811 Massachusetts.

Program: 7:30 pm. Trinity Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. 1245 New Hampshire.Ample parking in the lot east of the church. Refreshments served.

All Programs of the Jayhawk Audubon Society are free and open to the public

Macaw. www.fcit.usf.edu.

Bar-tailedHummingbird.www.fcit.usf.edu

Calling all big-hearted, loyal, bird-feeding folk to the last JAS SEED, BOOK & FEEDER SALE of the winter

Saturday, January 31st 10:00 am - 1:00 pmLawrence Senior Center 745 Vermont Street

This is the stock-up sale to get your birds through that last blizzard we’ll have in March or April or who-knows-whensince this is Kansas , erratic weather’s poster child . Use the order form on page 5 or at www.jayhawkaudubon.orgto pre-order before the January 26th deadline. Call Linda or use snail or email: [email protected]. Pre-orderinghelps us a lot, but come to the sale even if you miss the cut-off; we’ll have plenty of seed for walk-in purchase. Youknow you need to get a new field guide or a replacement feeder anyway, plus you really ought to

buy a bird song CD and start listening so you’re ready for those elusive spring warblers.

Note that there is a new low price of $14.50 for 25 pounds of black oil sunflower seed AND it’slocally grown by Ted Grinter. No 50 lb. bags of black oil this sale though. See you on the 31st.

P.S. If you are out of seed now, call Linda because she has some stored: 785-842-2300.



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Rivers and WildlifeCelebration

Audubon Nebraska presents the 39 th annual Rivers andWildlife Celebration in Kearney, March 20-22, 2009, tocoincide with the migration of 500,000 Sandhill Cranes andmillions of waterfowl through central Nebraska.

Featured speakers this year are:Pete Dunne – Author and birding expert from

Cape May Bird ObservatoryJoel Sartore – National Geographic photographer Felipe Chavez-Ramirez – Director, Platte River

Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust

Local birding experts will lead field trips to the best birdinghotspots in the area throughout the festival. Tours may includestops at local prairie-chicken booming grounds and prairie dogtowns. There will also be trips to viewing blinds along thePlatte River at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary at sunrise andsunset. Witnessing Sandhill cranes leaving and returning to theriver up close is a spectacle no birder should miss. Field trips

have limited space, so participants are encouraged to register early. For more workshops and

presenters see the brochure.

For a registration brochure,call or write Audubon Nebraska,P.O. Box 117, Denton, NE 68339;(402) 797-2301 or visitwww.Nebraska.audubon.org.Email [email protected] crane viewing info atwww.rowesanctuary.org or callRowe Sanctuary (308)468-5282.

~ Kevin Poague, Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center

Need more Eagles? Go to Saturday’s

Eagle Day at Perry Lake 10:00 a.m. January 24

Perry Community Center & Field Trip

On January 24, 2009, as a prelude to the big Lawrence EagleDay event of January 25th, a mini EAGLE DAY AT PERRYLAKE will be held at the Perry Community Center, 506 E. FrontSt, Perry KS. This program will begin at 10:00 a.m. with Corpsof Engineers Biologist Mike Watkins giving a presentation on thenesting Bald Eagles in northeast Kansas, including Perry andClinton Lakes. This presentation will be followed by an eagleviewing field trip to Perry Lake, led by Corps of Engineers Park Manager Bunnie Watkins. The program is free and open to allages. Interested individuals should contact Bunnie Watkins at785-597-5144 for more information.

~ Bunnie Watkins ~~~

EAGLES DAY 2009

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Come One! Come All for FREE!We're Celebrating the Eagles' Return

The 13th Annual Eagles Day in Lawrence sponsored by the Jayhawk Audubon Society, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, ICL Performance Products LP, Kansas Dept of Wildlife and Parks, and the Westar Energy Green Team willcelebrate the return of Bald Eagles to area lakes and rivers.There will be live Bald and Golden Eagles and other wildlingsto help us appreciate these glorious animals.

Ranger-Led Eagle Viewing Excursions : Times : 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.Place : Meet in the parking lot at Clinton Lake

Corps of Engineers office.Dress : appropriate for the weather. You will be out-

doors. Waterproof footwear strongly advised.Last-minute info on the walk : (785) 843-7665

Other Eagles Day activities will be at Free State HS, 4700Overland Drive, one block north of the intersection of 6th St.and Wakarusa Drive. Nature and environmental exhibits will

be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with activities for kids of allages: Come build a bird house to take home, make an eagle,dissect an owl pellet . . . and bunches of other fun things.IT’S ALL FREE . Map at http://www.kawvalleyeaglesday.com

Presentations11:00 a.m. – Bunnie Watkins, “The Great Migration Challenge"12:00 -- Mike Watkins, "A History of Bald Eagles in Kansas"1:00 p.m.– Marty Birrell, “A Close Up Look at Eagles and

Other Raptors”

3:00 p.m.– Eco Elvis, Singing Live at Free State HS! Check his website http://www.ecoelvis.com/ The green jumpsuit is not to be missed…..

Call the Shaws at 842-0475 for more info orto volunteer to help put up posters. You willbe greatly appreciated.

JAS President & Prairie

Park NatureCenter volun-teer Chuck

Herman witha Red- tailed

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gles Day

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Dancing Cranes.Cornell Lab of Ornithology



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GO ON A WINTER NEST QUEST!

PREPARING : Get your nature journal, pencil or pen and warm clothes.Take a helper: a best buddy, mom, dad, brothers, sisters…any sharp eyes.

STARTING OUT: Pick a place that has trees and shrubs of different kinds and sizes.Maybe your own neighborhood, local park or nature center, or your

favorite spot for nature hikes. A stream or lake also attracts birds. Make a map of the place in your journal showing paths, streets and landmarks.You can make the map before your quest if you know the area already.It’s fine to draw the map as you quest too.Your map can be as big or small as you want it to be. You may need tospread it over several pages in your journal if you like big maps.

QUESTING: As you walk, scan trees and bushes for nests. Depending where you go, you may see anything from little songbird cup nests made of grasses andtwigs to very large, stick nests made by hawks.Mark nest locations on your map. Write down what the nest is made of,its size and anything else you want to remember, like the date or weather.Do you see holes in any tree trunks that may be woodpecker nests?Are there any huge clumps of leaves in the trees? These could be squirrelnests. What about animal tracks? Put these on your map too if you want.

IMAGINING: Do the birds seem to have a certain type of tree or part of the treethey like best for their nests?Are there nests you walked past many times in the summer that younever saw because they were so well hidden by leaves?Can you tell what might be growing or living nearby in the summerthat the birds could eat?Are the birds you see now in the winter the same ones that made thenests? A bird field guide will tell you or you can check back in the summer.WHAT ??QUESTIONS?? DO YOU HAVE?

MORE FUN: Next spring or summer repeat your nest quest.Songbirds don’t reuse their nests ( they usually fall apart duringthe winter) , but do they use the same tree or one nearby?Go to a wetlands and look for nests in reeds and grasses .They may not all belong to birds.

BEST IDEA: GO ON AN EAGLES DAY FIELD TRIP AND LEARN MORE ABOUT EAGLES AND THEIR NESTS.Eagles often use nests again and again. One nest in Ohio isknown to have been used for 34 years in a row!!!

See http://www.kawvalleyeaglesday.com/index.php for field trip times and other

Eagles Day activities: January 25, 2009. Free State High School. (or page 2 of this newsletter)

Field Mouse nest. 50Birds.com

Downy Woodpecker.Dianne Pierce.

Oriole’s nest. Journey North

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Bald Eagle NestFlorida Game & Fish



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Color the Bald Eagles and their nest.If you want a realistic look, give theparent a white head and tail, dark

brown body and yellow beak and feet.The babies are downy gray.

WHAT’S IN A BALD EAGLE???? Well...usually a fish….but the Kid’s Page challenges

you to spell as many different words as you canusing the letters in the name “ BALD EAGLE” .

The Kid’s Page found 40 plus! We bet you can beat us!

ANSWERS

Coloring Page from www.pgc.state.pa.usPennsylvania Game Commission



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JAS officers & Board Members President: Chuck Herman: 913-301-3921

[email protected] President: Richard BeanRecording Sec’y: Julie TrowbridgeCorresponding: Sec’y: Pam ChaffeeTreasurer: Jennifer DelisleMember Chapter Change Report: Chuck & Ruth HermanMembershipPromotion: Dayna Carleton

Newsletter: Susan Iversen: [email protected]

Conservation: Sara KatichPrograms: Joyce Wolf Education: VOLUNTEER NEEDEDField Trips: Steve RoelsPublicity: Dayna CarletonElectronic Communications: Karyn Baker-RineyBird Seed Sale: Linda Lips Birdathon: Richard BeanChristmas Count: Galen PittmanMigratory Count: VOLUNTEER NEEDEDEagles Day: Ed & Cynthia ShawHospitality: Esther SmithHistorian: Ron Wolf Books & Feeders: Ron & Joyce Wolf Board Member: Dena FriesenBoard Member: Lisa GrossmanBoard Member: Mark KingBoard Member: Jake Vail

Board Member: Alice Weis

Art in Birds/Birds in Art

Enter a new contest from the Celebrate Urban Birds Project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.Look for art in birds: a broken down nest in win-ter, a song recording, a video of a bird perchingon your window, something that makes you pause,look twice, laugh, cry. Take photos, paint, writea story, create a sculpture. Selected entries will

be posted on the Celebrate Urban Birds website.

First, learn more at: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/challenge/birds-in-art/ Email your entry to [email protected] before 1/31/09.

1. Write "Art in Birds/Birds in Art contest" inthe subject line.

2. Include name and mailing address in the email.3. Tell us why you submitted your entry to the

Art in Birds/Birds in Art contest.~ Karen Purcell, Celebrate Urban Birds

Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund Grants The Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund had awarded nearly $30,000 for 2009 to six local efforts to preserve and understand nature. Grantees are:

Spencer Museum of Art in support of two 2009 environment-themedexhibitions with educational components. "Climate Change at thePoles" and "Trees and Other Ramifications";

Prairie Moon Waldorf School to establish an organic market gardento serve as an expanded school classroom for academic, artistic and

practical work. The school, located on prime farmland in the KawRiver Valley, encourages children to connect with the natural world;

Friends of Hidden Valley for stream and habitat restoration atHidden Valley Camp, a 40-acre Girl Scout camp in Lawrence;

Kansas Rural Center for an international exchange program aimed ateducating our community about growing food locally;

Kansas Land Trust for signs marking local conservation easements;

Lecompton Elementary School to establish a Monarch way station.

The Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund was established in 2005. TheDouglas County Community Foundation has awarded more than $1 millionin grants this year in support of health, youth, education, arts and culture,the environment and human services.

~ Marilyn Hull, Program and Communications Officer Douglas County Community Foundation900 Massachusetts, Suite 406, Lawrence, KS 66044Phone 785-843-8735 Fax 785-843-8735

From the Recycling in Kansas Newsletter JANUARY 2009, VOL. 21, NO. 1

COAL PLANT

We were able to stop the huge, ugly, dangerous, unnecessary coal plant inwestern Kansas, but the Kansas Legislature will probably be at it again thisyear. The Legislature begins business on January 12. Write or call or e-mailyour state senator and representative telling them that we DON’T WANTTHAT POLLUTING PLANT IN KANSAS. If you need to know who your legislators are, call the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-432-3924.

~ Margaret Miller, editor, Recycling in Kansas Newsletter [email protected] (316) 686-2555430 Waverly, Wichita KS 67218

JOIN THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNTFebruary 13-16, 2009

Anyone can take part , from novice bird watchers to experts, bycounting birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as you wish) on one or more days of the event and reporting sightings online at www.birdcount.org .Contact the Cornell Lab of Ornithology at (800) 843-2473 or NationalAudubon at [email protected] or (215) 355-9588, ext 16.



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Application for New Membership in both: National Audubon Society and Jayhawk Chapter ___$15 Student; ___$20 Introductory for NEW members; ____$15 Senior Citizen.(Make check payable to National Audubon Society. )

Application for Chapter-only Membership (Jayhawk Audubon Society). No Audubon magazine. ___$7.50 Chapter-only (Make check payable to Jayhawk Audubon Society. ) Those with National Audubonmemberships are encouraged to support the chapter by voluntarily paying these dues. Chapter membershipexpires annually in July.

National Audubon Society members receive four issues per year of the Audubon magazine and are alsomembers of the Jayhawk Chapter. All members also receive 10 issues of this newsletter per year and areentitled to discounts on books and feeders that are sold to raise funds to support education and conservation

projects. Please send this completed form and check to Membership Chairs at the following address:Ruth & Chuck Herman ; 20761 Loring Road, Linwood, KS 66052; e-mail contact:

[email protected] . {National Members Renewing: please use the billing form receivedfrom National and send it with payment to National Audubon Society in Boulder, CO}.

Name __________________________; Address _________________________;

City ___________________________; State ______; ZIP Code (9) digit ______;

Telephone (with Area Code) ___________________ J02: 7XCH

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