May-June 2005 Mobile Bay Audubon Society Newsletters

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Mobile BayMAY/JUN E, 2005

VOLUME XXIV NO. 3

A CHAPTER OFTHE NATIONAL AUDUBONSOCIETYSINCE 1971Audubon Society

ContentsNot gone af ter al l . . .

from Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation:Todays announcement of a confirmed sighting of the Ivory-

billed Woodpecker in Arkansas, a species last seen in the wild in the1930s and long considered to be extinct, is simply terrific.

The discovery is a wondrous glimmer of life that had beenfeared forever dimmed!

Staff writer Thomas H. Maugh II of the Los Angelis Times says:The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, a symbol of the fading American

wilderness that was thought to have been pushed into extinction hasbeen spotted by scientists for the first time in 60 years, taking wing inthe wild swamplands of Arkansas.

The reappear-ance of the bird,one of the worldslargest woodpeck-ers was hailedThursday as avalidation of theefforts to preserveand restore

forested areasthroughtout thecountry. This ishuge, said FrankGill, a formerpresident of the Audubon Society.Its kind of likefinding Elvis. . ..

The creature is sometimes called the Lord, God Bird, he said.

Its such a striking bird that when people would see it, they wouldsay Lord, God, what a woodpecker!

Birdathon ............................. 2 Alabama Coastal Birdfest ..... 3 About the Speakers .............. 3 Alabama Coastal Birdfest2005 Schedule .....................4Up from the Egg: The

Confessions of a NuthatchAvoider .................................5Great Backyard BirdCount ................................... 5Great Louisiana Birdfest ......6Threat to Major AlabamaBirding Site .......................... 8US House of RepresentativeDisappoints America ...........9Calendar ...............................10New Members ..................... 11Membership Application .... 12


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On Friday, April 8, three old ladies, Edith McClinton, LoisCassity and I, with two young ones, Ginny McClinton and DianaSeaman, took off for Dauphin Island to count species for the annualBird-a-thon. We cant see. We cant walk and our ears are suspect, butwe love birds. We love our beautiful, natural world and we lovechildren. We realize that if were going to protect our cherished naturalwonders for generations to come, we need to start today. We feel that

raising funds to place Audubon Adventures into classrooms is animportant project. We need to teach students early about wildlife andconservation issues. This classroom magazine does that. So we countbirds to raise funds to place Audubon Adventures into classrooms inMobile and Baldwin Counties.

Everyone needs to get involved and helpno contribution is toosmall or too large. Contributions are tax deductible.

Make check out to Mobile Bay Audubon Society and mail it tothe address below.

For the procrastinators who plan to contribute but just haventgotten around to ithere is a round tuit to help you.

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Birdathon

2005

Fairhope, AL 36533


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Building on the success oflast years inaugural festival, thesecond Alabama Coastal BirdFestis scheduled for October 20-23,2005. It coincides with theannual fall migration of manybirds from North America toCentral and South America.Coastal Alabama is a criticalstopover point during thismigration. There is something

for all birdersfrom beginners toexperts. Every trip features a veryspecial facet of the beautifulAlabama Coastal Birding Trail.The Weeks Bay Reserve Founda-tion is the new fiscal agent forBirdFest and proceeds will beused to acquire habitat for birdsin south Alabama.

This year we have addedseveral new trips and events to

enhance your birding experience.The most popular trips from lastyear are again offered for newvisitors and for attendees whowant to revisit these wonderfullocations.

Last year birders raved aboutthe mix of wonderful birdingsites, top-notch guides, andSouthern hospitality. Be sure tojoin us on Thursday night at thereception at the Mobile City

Museum and IMAX. Theseafood social and silent auctionon Friday night at the NixCenter in Fairhope will be reallyspecial. Bob Sargent, founder ofthe Hummer Bird Study Groupthat bands neotropical migrantsat Fort Morgan, will be the

AlabamaCoastal

BirdFest 2005by John Borom

speaker. The free Bird and Conser-vation Expo on Saturday at theFaulkner State Fairhope Campushas been expanded to include allthe divisions of Alabama Depart-ment of Conservation and NaturalResources as well as many other

conservation organizations. Therewill also be free activities Saturdayat Bellingrath Gardens in Mobile.For more information, call JohnBorom (251)990-0423 or visitalabamacoastalbirdfest.com.Come join us for some fantasticbirding and a really good time.

Bob Sargent and his wifeMarthaof Clay, Alabama foundedthe non-profit organization knownas The Hummer/Bird StudyGroup (HBSG) in 1994. It is

dedicated to the study andpreservation of hummingbirds andother neotropical migrants (song-birds). The only way to preserveall species of birds for futuregenerations is to know what theyrequire for survival. The best wayto accomplish this is to learn as

much about them as possible.Banding is one of the tools in thateffort.

Through memberships andnumerous fund raising activities,HBSG is able to support theresearch of dozens of banders and

raise the environmental awarenessof many thousands of people eachyear. As of October 2004, themembership totals over 2,000members from 43 states and fivecountries.

HBSG-trained associatebanders hold a high percentage ofall the hummingbird bandingpermits in the world. Thesefederally required permits autho-rize banders to capture and bandhummingbirds in over 30 states.All of the banding activities aremonitored by the United StatesGeological Survey, BiologicalResources Division, Bird BandingLaboratory.

HBSG is an active partner ineducation with local schooldistricts and places great emphasison the environmental education ofchildren. The long-term survival

of birds and their habitat isdependent upon the attitudes ofthe young people of today. Thehands-on approach to educatingchildren allows each child presentto experience birds as living,breathing creatures deserving ofour protection. The HBSGbanding station at Fort Morgan,Alabama is open to the public andhosts over 6,000 guests annually.During these banding sessions the

general public is exposed to allaspects of identification, behaviorand habitat needs of migratorybirds. Visitors of all ages have thechance to touch, hold and releasemany of these birds. Preservingthe birds and their habitat is themission of HBSG.

About theSpeakers


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Defend the Arctic Refuge: Get Ready!A Winning Strategy

Thursday, October 20

1. Fort Morgan Peninsula

Trans Gulf Migration

Flyway Hummer Bird

Study Group2. Weeks Bay National

Estuarine Research Reserve

andEstuarine Queen Cruise

3. Dauphin Island Trans Gulf

Migration Flyway

4. Mobile Tensaw River Delta,

Blakeley State Park, and

Delta ExplorerCruise

5. Bellingrath Gardens, Fowl

River, and Southern Belle

Cruise

6. Reception Mobile City

Museum IMAX

Friday, October 217. Fort Morgan Peninsula

Trans Gulf Migration

Flyway Hummer Bird

Study Group




9. Bayou La Batre, Forever

Wild Grand Bay Savanna,

Grand Bay National Wildlife

Refuge, and Point aux Pins

10. Weeks Bay National


andEstuarine Queen Cruise

11. Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay

Causeway, Meaher State

Park, and Battleship Park

Alabama Coastal Birdfest 2005 Schedule12. Seafood Social, Speaker,

Silent Auction, Nix Center

Saturday, October 22Free Bird and

Conservation Expo

Faulkner State

Community College

Fairhope Campus

13. Bon Secour National Wildlife

Refuge




15. Dauphin Island, Sand Island

Shorebirds


Estuarine Research ReserveandEstuarine Queen Cruise

17. Gulf Shores, Orange Beach

Loop, and Gulf State Park

18. Photo Workshop with

Dennis Holt

19. Lower Mobile Tensaw River

Delta Photo Shoot with

Dennis Holt

Sunday, October 2320. Blakeley Island Ponds, Mud

Lakes, and Polecat Bay

21. South Baldwin County Loop






andEstuarine Queen Cruise24. Dauphin Island Trans Gulf

Migration Flyway


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Up from the Egg:The Confessionsof a Nuthatch

AvoiderBy Ogden Nash

Bird watchers top my honorslist.I aimed to be one, but I missed.Since Im both myopic andastigmatic,My aim turned out to be erratic, And I, bespectacled and binocu-lar,Exposed myself to comment

jocular.We dont need too muchbirdlore, do we,To tell a flamingo from a to-whee; Yet I cannot, and never will,Unless the silly birds stand still. And theres no enlightenment soobscure As ornithological literature.Is yon strange creature a com-mon chickadee,Or a migrant alouette fromPicardy? You rush to consult your Natureguide And inspect the gallery inside,But a bird in the open neverlooksLike its picture in the birdiebooksOr if it once did, it has changedits plumage,

And plunges you back intoignorant gloomage.That is why I sit here growingold by inches, Watching the clock instead ofinches,But I sometimes visualize in myginThe Audubon I audubin.

Tens of thousands of birdenthusiasts focused their eyes,ears, and cameras on North Americas birds for a single week-end during the 8th Annual Great

Backyard Bird Count (GBBC),February 18-21, 2005. Theresults are now in. The eventproduced 52,000 checklists, 24percent more than last year. Itproduced 613 species of birdssurpassing the previous record of567 and the birders countedmore than 6.5 million bids,shattering the previous record of4.8 million set in 2002. They also

sent in more than one thousandphotographs of the birds they saw,some of which can be seen atwww.birdsource.org/gbbc.

While Snow Goose was themost numerous bird counted thisyear (835,000 birds counted), theNorthern Cardinal was seen bymore people (29,457) on the

count than any other species.Participants in New York (2,991)sent in more checklists than inany other state, and Pennsylvaniareported the most birds

(623,317), boosted by counts ofSnow Geese. In Gautier, Missis-sippi, where the mayor issued anofficial proclamation for hiscitizens to go out and count birds,the result was that Gautier wasthe town submitting the greatestnumber of checklists (433). TopTen lists are all featured on the website www.birdsource.org/gbbc.

There is a wealth of other

material and plethora of in-depthstories and information the GBBCwebsite at www.birdsource.org/gbbc. Check out animated mapsof bird sightings in your owncommunity. Be sure to save thedate for next year, February17020, 2006, for the 9th AnnualGreat Backyard Bird Count!

Great Backyard Bird Count 2005


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Once again I was luckyenough to attend the GreatLouisiana Birdfest this year which

was held this year April 14-17and all I have to say is WOW!Mobile was well represented withAudubon members ElizabethWilliams, Nancy Hora, CookieDarowich, John Borom andDelane Small.

On Thursday we took thelong bus ride to Grand Isle and it was definitely worth the ride. Wesaw over 80 species of birds

including pelicans, herons andegrets, White Ibis, King Rail,Purple Gallinule, terns, Logger-head Shrike, Summer and ScarletTanager, hummingbirds, vireos,cormorants, Anhinga, Pied-billedGrebe, Wood Duck, Gadwall,Mallard, Mottled Duck (withbabies in tow), Blue-winged Teal,Sanderling, Willet, all kinds of warblers and grosbeaks plus manymore. Some saw a Magnificent

Frigatebird but I missed thesighting.

Most of us on the trip I thinkagreed that our favorite birdingsite was the back yard of Bob

Santini, a local resident who hasdeveloped his own bird sanctuarywith careful selections of plants

and many bird feeders. As anextra bonus Mr. Santini offeredfresh shucked oysters to thoseinterested.

As hard as it was, we wereonce again up and ready to go at5:00 am the following morningfor the trip to Lake Martin and Whiskey Bay Road. Our first stopwas along Whiskey Bay Roadwhere we were able to view

warblers and vireos. As a matterof fact, we were so close to thebirds (and there were lots ofthem) two Summer Tanagers keptsweeping back and forth over ourheads almost close enough totouch. As it got later in themorning we were able to see morehawks and kites.

After lunch we headed to LakeMartin Cypress Island whichhosts an average of 10-15,000

nesting pairs of birds on its 9,000acres. These include the GreatEgret, Snowy Egrets, Little BlueHerons, Cattle Egrets, White Ibis,

Great Blue Herons, Anhingas, Yellow-crowned Night Herons,Green Herons but the most

impressive to me were the beauti-ful and elegant Roseate Spoon-bills.

It was the first time Ive everseen and Roseate Spoonbill and Isaw hundreds! It was trulyfascinating to be so close to thenest of all these birds. We wereable to see everything frommating, just hatched, fledglingsready to leave the nest, on up. As

an extra little aside we saw a fewalligators hanging around to catchany babies that we unfortunateenough to fall from their nests.

All in all, it was a wonderfultrip. The weather was great, thebirds were abundant, the tripswere well-planned and executed,and the guides were very knowl-edgeable and helpful. I believethat anyone interested in bird watching would definitely find

attending the Great LouisianaBirdfest next year worthwhileadventure!

Great Louisiana Birdfestby Delane Small

Pier at Grand IsleTrail in residentail area of Grand Isle


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Looking around on Whiskey Bay Road

Nancy Hora, Elizabeth Williams and John BoromBoarding The Cotton Blossom for a seafood social.

Roseate Spoonbill photo taken at Lake Martin

John Borom ready for the shot

Elizabeth Williams, Nancy Hora and CookieDarowith looking at the exhibit in the Atchafalaya

Swamp Welcome Station


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A proposal has been made

that would seriously degradebirding at one of the most impor-tant sites in Alabama, Monte SanoState Park. Tom Brindley ofHuntsville has researched the issueand has worked to alert manybirders to the threat. I wanted toengage MBAS members, as yourhelp is needed to thwart thisproposal in its early stages. Pleasepass this information to otherswho may not have seen it.

Monte Sano SP in Huntsvilleis an important site for birds at allseasons, but particularly duringmigration. Monte Sano Mountaintowers above Huntsville and formsa high island of forested habitatirresistible to transient passerines.One of the best areas in the parkis the old Bankhead Parkwayrunning obliquely from thenortheast corner of themountaintop over a mile downthe northern slope. Closed formany years to traffic, this paved

section has become a magnet

forbirders, walkers, and cyclists.This road is my favorite site in thepark and is a joy to bird. Mostyears I drive the 2-1/2 hours fromBirmingham just to experience it,sometimes more than once in aspring, despite the many goodwoodland areas much closer tohome.

The old parkway passesthrough a beautiful area of tallhardwood forest, with many tulip

poplars and a wide variety of otherplants. Abandoned for so manyyears, the vegetation has grownright to the roadside, as if a pavedroad had just materialized in theforest without damaging it.Birding is phenomenal in spring, with trees virtually bursting withsongs of transient and breeding warblers, vireos, orioles, tanagers,grosbeaks, and others. Workingdown the slope, you have theopportunity to view many tree-tops at nearly eye level to see these

beautiful songsters. While the

remainder of the (mostly) hard-wood forest in the park also isproductive, the old parkway is byfar the most special.

Unfortunately, it is this areathat is under threat. A proposalhas emerged to reconstruct the oldroad to permit vehicular traffic.According to available informa-tion, including an article in theHuntsville Times, $100,000 hasbeen allocated to study the

proposal, with the constructioncosts estimated at a minimum of$1,000,000. This at a time whenthe state is in a budget crisis!

Obviously, reconstruction andwidening of a road on a steepmountain slope would result insignificant habitat damage.Birding along this road, even if asidewalk was included, wouldthen be difficult due to trafficnoise, and we would lose one ofthe finest sites in Alabama to enjoymasses of spring migrants in song.

THREAT TO MAJOR ALABAMA BIRDINGSITE ACTION NEEDED!


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The current park entrance onNolen Road might be closed if theBankhead Parkway was reopened.Though Nolen Road may needsome repair, certainly upgradingthis entrance would be lessconsumptive of taxpayers dollars

than re-working the old parkwayup the mountain. Traffic problemsat peak times in the park could bealleviated by simply charging asmall admission, as is done inseveral parks in the state; thisshould tremendously reduce joyriders just cruising the park. Ifthe two roads made a loop, thistype of traffic would likely in-crease, having a negative impacton birding through much of thepark.

Its a shame we have to exertso much collective effort to

preserve what is already pro-tected.

This is a similar situation to arecent proposal to pave the RedTrail in Oak Mountain SP near

Birmingham, except that thecurrent situation in Huntsville

would have far more impact onbirders. The Oak Mountainproposal was stopped by citizenaction, and you can make adifference here as well by taking afew minutes of time. I ask thatyou write polite letters to thefollowing officials to object to thisplan.

Joe McInnes, Director Alabama Department ofTransportation1409 Coliseum Blvd.Montgomery, AL 36110

Mark EasterwoodDirector, Alabama State ParksAlabama Dept. of Conserva

tion and Natural Resources64 North Union StreetMontgomery, AL 36130-456

Barnett Lawley, CommissionerAlabama Dept. of Conserva

tion and Natural Resources64 North Union StreetMontgomery, AL 36130-456

Kent Wilborn, ManagerState Park5105 Nolen AvenueHuntsville, AL 35801Thank you for your elp.cksonBirmingham, [email protected]

US House of Representatives Disappoints Americaby Including Arctic Drilling in Energy Bill

On April 20, in a vote of

231 to 200, the US House ofRepresentatives voted to keepprovisions in the Energy Billthat open the Arctic NationalWildlife Refuge to oil and gasdrilling. Due to the tirelessefforts of countless Audubonadvocates and our conservationpartners in the Alaska Coalition,we came closer than we have inrecent years to stopping thisattack in the House of Represen-

tatives, on our great naturalheritage. We thank you for all ofyour efforts to help us moveCongress in the right direction!

To find out how yourlawmaker voted, please visit ourProtect the Arctic website,devoted to protecting the Arctic

feature to send an instant letterto your lawmaker!

Unfortunately, this is onlyone of the ways pro-drillers aretrying to pursue drilling in theArctic Refuge! As youll recall,last month, the Senate voted toadd provisions to the FY06budget resolution allowingdrilling in the Refuge. Negotia-tions are ongoing between theHouse and Senate on the budgetresolution and the Arctic Refuge

is still in danger in that process!Stay tuned to future issues ofthe Audubon Advisoryas theenergy bill moves to the Senateand budget negotiations con-tinue. We will fight this everystep of the way!

Refuge and let your representa-tive know how you feel abouttheir vote by using our websites The Audubon Advisory, April 22, 2005

(Vol. 2005, Issue 8)


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Coastal Birding Association Schedule:May

14 North American Migration Count. Teams are needed to document local birds for this nation-wide count.Contact local coordinators for Mobile County, Mike Wilson, 251.649-5760, and Baldwin County, VenetiaFriend, 251.928-4437.21 Weeks Bay area, including the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Reserve, Baldwin County. Howard Hornewill be our guide. The focus of the trip will be collecting data for this years Breeding Bird Atlas. Meet at 8:00am at Mullet Point County Park (Alabama Coastal Birding Trail site 20A) Directions: From Fairhope, takeScenic Highway 98 to Mullet Point where Scenic 98 takes a sharp left curve and County Road 1 goes straight.Stay on County Road 1 and go approximately 0.4 mile to the park on the right (west) side of the road. (Forinto: Howard Horne, (251)605-9043.28 Dauphin Island End-of-Season Get-Together. Mike and Karen Wilson have graciously offered their houseon Dauphin Island for this get together. Meet at 11:30 am at their house, 910 Cadillac Avenue. Bring lunchand a drink for a picnic meeting; we will discuss plans for next years events. (For info: Tom/Joan Siegwald,(251)666-1762 or (251)605-2989)

Audubon Schedule:9 Board Meeting 6:30 pm General Meeting 7:30 pmCat Island restoration and Rookery, by Dr. John Dindo, Chairman of the Discovery Hall Programs andsenior marine scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Faulkner State Community College, FairhopeCampus, Centennial Hall. Bring a friend.14 Annual PicnicPavilion in RV park across from Weeks Bay Interpretive Center, Highway 98; 10:00-2:00 Bring a picnic lunch to share at noon.Activities: There are trails and a boardwalk, lots of interesting things27 Field Trip to Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay to observe Brown Pelicans as well as gulls, terns and BlackSkimmers. Meet at Dog River in Mobile County. Going south, take the first left at Dog River Bridge.There will be a $15 per person fee. Limited to 20 people. 9am-1pm. For reservations call John Borom251-990-0423

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May 14, 2005RV Pavilion in RV parkacross from Weeks Bay

Interpretive Center10:00 - 2:00

Bring some friends and apicnic lunch to share .Lots of fun, outdoors

things to do

Dr. Bill Summerour spottedthis adult male Buff-bellied

Hummingbird at his feeder inSilverhill on March 27.

The Buff-bellied Humming-bird is primarily a resident ofMexico but occasionally wanders asfar as the Gulf Coast. There havebeen more sightings in recent yearsas more Mexican habitat is beinglost to development.

NewsletterDeadline

Any member is welcomed andencouraged to submit articlesfor the newsletter. I would behappy to include anything

you think would be of inter-est to the membership.Please send your articles forthe July/August issue toDelane Small by June 24th.Address:1 Fiesta DriveSpanish Fort, AL 36527Email: [email protected]


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Welcome to the Mobile Bay Audubon Society, the local chapter of the National Audubon Society. We thank you foryour support. A few facts about our chapter: Monthly meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday from September thruMay at 7:30 PM alternately in Fairhope and Mobile (See calendar for details of programs and locations.) Programs

of interest are planned for each meeting and field trips are scheduled regularly. We are a non-profit organizationalldonations are tax deductible. A list of officers is listed in the newsletter; feel free to call any of them for information.Join us as often as you canwe want to get to know you.

Ottilie Halstead, Membership Chairman

New Members

Daphne June MartinJen Polewoda MeriamWilliam A Ryan Wallis GriffisMartha D Myers

ElbertaEvelyn EvansFairhopeDexter HortonM T Michael

Foley William A Fanchr

Gulf ShoresMary Gilbert

Lillian Judy GautMary M Muench

Loxley Anthony Cooper

MobileBill Bostic Angela ByrdShelia ConodeVeronic ClarkJohn W Hall J HammacWilliam HeiterMargie P LordHenry LytleEarl E MasonLinda Maurer james R McGahaginLouise D SmithBill StoudenmireDean StracenerPat Thompson Anna Weber

Eric FloydLinda Floyd

Tracy BakerMrs. Richard Frankowski

Orange BeachEsther M Hellmich

PerdidoJo Vickery

Robertsdale Janic DyalLise Waters

SemmesMary & Charles Rodning

SilverhillLuch B Morris

Spanish FortMaggie T Schnitzer

St ElmoGenevieve Johnson

Theodore J Worsham


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May-June 2005 Mobile Bay Audubon Society Newsletters