january-february 2007 pelican newsletter lahontan audubon society

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The Pelican is the ofcial newsletter of the Lahontan AudubonSociety and is published six times annually. Subscriptions arepaid for as part of the dues of LAS or the National AudubonSociety. LAS welcomes gifts, donations, and bequests ingeneral, or gifts in honor or memory of relatives and friends.Such donations will be used as specied or, if unspecied, willbe used to support LAS education and conservation projects.All donations are tax deductible.

WHERE TO WRITE:Keep conservation to the forefront. Write your elected ofcials and

tell them how you feel:

Senator Harry Reid Senator John Ensign400 S. Virginia St. #902 400 S. Virginia St. #738Reno, NV 89501 Reno, NV 89501Toll-free: 1-866-736-7343 Reno phone: 686-5770

Representative Dean Heller Governor Jim Gibbons400 S. Virginia St. #502 Executive ChambersReno, NV 89501 Capitol ComplexReno phone: 686-5760 Carson City, NV 89710

FIELD TRIPSChristiane Omer 775-354-2634

[email protected]

Field trips are free to Audubon members andnon-members. Birders of all skills levels areencouraged to participate. Trips are subjectto change or cancellation, so we stronglyencourage all interested participants to pre-register with eld trip leaders. Pre-registration

provides leaders with an idea of the number of participants to expect and contact informationso the leaders can reach you in the event of trip changes or cancellations. Remember todress for the weather and bring something toeat and drink.

For information on eld trips added after this publication please view the LahontanAudubon Society web site at www.nevadaaudubong.org.

Saturday, January 13, 2007(Alternate bad weather day: Saturday,January 27)Annual Dipper Day: Reno, Truckee River,Donner LakeTime: 8 a.m.Place: Rancho San Rafael in front of MayArboretumContact: Christiane Omer, [email protected], 775-354-2634This trip offers a unique opportunity to hear and observe the elusive but vocal AmericanDipper. You will be introduced to a birdspecies specialized in living a semi-aquaticlife in swift mountain streams and rivers.

From its nictitating membrane (third eyelid),large oil glands, dense plumage and uniqueunderwater foraging techniques, this birdspecies is truly a water ouzel. The trip willalso offer the opportunity to observe other

bird species residing along the Truckee River corridor.

Please be prepared for snow (boots, jackets,gloves, etc.) and bring a bag lunch, or money

to buy lunch as we will wind up at Donner if time permits.

Saturday, January 20, 2007Taylor Creek and Cove East, South LakeTahoeTime: 10:30 a.m.Place: Parking lot of the BeaconRestaurant at Camp RichardsonTrip Leaders: Sue Stevenson,[email protected], 530-577-5394and Sheryl Ferguson,[email protected], 530-541-8462Join us for an unpredictable winter adventure of snowshoeing or cross-countryskiing. Meet at the at 10:30 a.m. The planis to bird along the Lake and along Taylor Creek in the morning and see if we can ndthe local winter ocks and woodpeckers, plusa few big bonus birds if theyre around. We

break for lunch at the Beacon (soups, salads,appetizers available) and then head out toCove East in the Tahoe Keys if anyone wantsto continue birding after lunch. Bring your warm clothes; it can get very cold and windy!Directions: From Carson City, take Route50 West over Spooner Summit to South LakeTahoe. Travel past the casinos and the lakeuntil you reach the Y (Intersection of SR 50) and Emerald Bay Rd. (SR 89 North). Turnright onto Emerald Bay Rd. and drive about2.5 miles to Camp Richardson. Turn right atthe lodge and proceed down to the lake to the

Beacon Restaurant. Call if you need to knowabout rental equipment in Tahoe. Please call or email Sue to conrm, so shecan reach you if the trip is cancelled due toinclement weather.

Saturday, February 3, 2007The Great Reno CaperTime: 9 a.m.Place: North end of Virginia LakeTrip Leader: Dennis Serdehely, 775-575-0319 or [email protected]

Back by popular demand...The Great RenoCaper! This trip is conned to the Reno citylimits and includes such birding hot spotsas Rancho San Rafael Park, Oxbow NatureStudy Area, Virginia Lake, Rosewood Estatesand others.

Meet at the north end of Virginia Lake at9 a.m. This is a full day trip so please dresswarmly and bring a bag lunch, binoculars, anda scope if you have one.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Riverview Park, Carson CityTime: 9 a.m.Place: Riverview Park parking lot at theeast end of East Fifth St., adjacent to theCarson RiverTrip Leader: Nancy Santos 775-884-1570or [email protected] is the seventh annual Riverview Park winter bird trip. We will explore wetland,sagebrush and riparian habitats on anapproximately 1-mile easy loop trail. Thetotal number of species observed duringthe past ve years is 35. Some of our morememorable species included a large ock

(200+) of Pinyon Jays, Belted Kingsher,Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cedar Waxwingand a close-up view of a Bald Eagle. I hopeyou can join us this year.

Please contact Nancy if you plan to attend,so she can plan for additional trip leadersaccordingly.

(See Field Trip Report on page 4. Thanks to all who submit reports. Our apologies for sometimesnot publishing them due to space constraints.)


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revealed the ongoing range expansion of introduced Eurasian Collared-Doves, andrecorded declining numbers of AmericanCrows.

Participants who want to hone their bird watching skills can learn morefrom the Great Backyard Bird Countweb site, which offers identication tipsand access to photos, sounds, maps, andnatural history information on more than500 bird species. People can also submit

photos to an online gallery showcasingthe dazzling array of winter birds foundduring the GBBC. Competitions addanother element of fun, including a photocontest, rankings for most numerous

birds, and the coveted checklist champtitle for towns, states, and provinces withthe highest participation.

The Great Backyard Bird Count isa free event, sponsored in part by WildBirds Unlimited.

Contributed by The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National AudubonSociety.

We are encouraging people togo outside and count birds for therst time this year, said Paul Green,Audubons director of Citizen Science.

By submitting their counts online, birdwatchers can quickly see how thedots they put on the map form new

patterns that tell new stories about the birds that share the world in which welive, including our own backyards and

parks.This year marks the tenth anniversary

of the GBBC, and Audubon andthe Cornell Lab of Ornithology arechallenging people everywhere to Countfor the Record, by participating ingreater numbers than ever before. Greater

participation, with more checklistssubmitted, provides more informationabout bird population trends and helpsto better inform conservation efforts.

Last year, participants submittedmore than 60,000 checklists andreported 7.5 million birds overall and623 different species. The count helpedchronicle the early spring migratoryroutes of Sandhill Cranes, documentedlingering migrants such as Orange-crowned Warblers and Tree Swallows,

2007 GREAT BACKYARD BIRDCOUNTGood Fun, Good Science

What mid-winter activity is fun, easy,free, and helps bird conservation? Whatcan parents and teachers do with childrenthat connects them to a whole new world

of natural wonders? This February, thetenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count(GBBC), sponsored by the Cornell Labof Ornithology and National AudubonSociety, will give everyone a chance todiscover the birds in their neighborhoodand Count for the Record.

Before the count, I never botheredto tell one sparrow from the next, saidLori Bailey, a GBBC participant fromLa Crosse, Wisconsin. But I took a

picture of something taking shelter ina tree, enlarged it in Photoshop, andwas actually able to tell what kind of sparrow it was. It was kind of fun playingdetective. In short, the bird count hadadventure, mystery, and the unexpected.

During February 1619, 2007, peopleof all ages, from beginners to experts,are invited to join this event which spansall of the United States and Canada.Participants can take part wherever theyare at home, in schoolyards, at local

parks or wildlife refuges. Observerssimply count the highest number of eachspecies they see during an outing or asitting, and enter their tally on the GreatBackyard Bird Count web site at www.

birdsource.org/gbbc.Visitors to the web site can also

compare their sightings with results fromother participants, as checklists pour infrom throughout the U.S. and Canada.Together, these counts offer a real-timesnapshot of the numbers and kinds of

birds that people are nding, from BorealChickadees in Alaska to AmericanDippers in Nevada.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is acommunity celebration of birds, birding,and nature, said Janis Dickinson,director of Citizen Science at the CornellLab of Ornithology. We often fail tonotice how rich our surroundings are, butcounting birds, even for just 15 minutes,is not only educationalit can providea lasting source of enjoyment, turning adaily walk into a treasure hunt.

American Dipper photo by Steve Ting. For more of Steves images, includinga color version of this photo, visit www.steveting.photography.com. To enjoyreal dippers, join other LAS members on the Dipper Day eld trip ( for moreinformation on Field Trips, see page 2 of the Pelican).


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Busy, Busy, Busy

Happy 2007 to all. I dont know aboutyou, but I feel as if weve been awfully

busy. In a way, the new year for theLAS Board of Trustees and various

committees begins with our July 1 scalyear and really kicks in once September arrives. Let me share with you a bit of the

blur of activity.First, many of you are aware that very

active LAS members Jim and MarshaLytle have just moved out of the areato a place called Oregon. Marsha wasinvolved in the Education Committeeand various outreach activities includingdeveloping the LAS display board andPositive Presence scrapbook. Jim wasinvolved in so many LAS and birding

activities, including LAS Board Trusteeand Spring Wings President, that Icannot yield the entire column to the listof his contributions. Marsha and Jimwill be missed. A heartening aspect of organizational change is the way other folks step up to help. In the wake of Jimsdeparture, several new appointments haveensued.

Ali Chaney has resumed theConservation Chair and has representedLASs position in conservation mattersincluding Kiley Ranch wetlands, landmanagement of Porter Springs, oversightof our pending effort to protect key areain the Carson River Delta IBA, andcontributing to re-seeding efforts in theMarys River IBA. Steve Ting is our new Web Master. Many of you knowSteve from his recent presentation at our October General Meeting and from his

postings with photo links to the NevadaBirds List Server. Steve is remodelingour web site to a cleaner and more

professional format also designed to

facilitate improved navigation. JacqueLowery has taken over managementof the LAS Info Line, a task quitecompatible with her passion for backyard

birding.In addition to these changes, Christiane

Omer has become our new Field TripChair. Many of you have met Christianeat General Meetings or on eld trips. She,along with member Nancy Hoffman, has

been conducting regular bird surveys at

the Kiley Ranch wetlands. Alan Wallaceis now the moderator for the NevadaBirds List Server, a nice t with hiscoordination of Birds in Town. JacqueLowery and Jane Burnham conductedthe annual internal audit of our nancial

records.Roaming birders Carol and Ron

Conkey light in Nevada periodically.Most recently, Ron dove into overseeingrevision and republication of the Nevada

Birding Map . Ron also continued hiswork on posting additional species

photos to the Birding Guide section of the web site. Alan Gubanich and I haveworked through a detailed revision of the

Birding Guide to Reno and Beyond witheld assistance from a number of people.The IBA Director search committee,Alan Gubanich, Don McIvor, Larry

Neel, Kenn Rohrs, and Bonnie Wagner,are well along in this important project.

Nancy Santos (formerly Bish), who is President of Friends of Silver SaddleRanch, has been addressing issuesinvolving the future ownership, use, andmanagement of 860-acre Silver SaddleRanch.

There is not sufcient space to mentionmany others who advance the missionof this organization. Yes, LAS has been

busy. We have also been having a gooddeal of fun while enjoying a sense of making a contribution.

Karen L. Kish

Birds and BooksReading Group

The LAS Birds & Books reading group

meets Thursday, Jan. 11, and Thursday,Feb. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at SundanceBookstore, 1155 W. 4th St., in theKeystone Square Shopping center.

For more information, check the LASweb site at www. nevadaaudobo.org or contact Ken Rohrs at 775-849-9530. or [email protected].

FROM THE PRESIDENTS PERCH Field Trip ReportSierra Valley, November 11Co-leaders: Alan Gubanich and Ali Chaney

Who would have thought? At 6:30 a.m. thewind was howling and the sky was threaten-ing, yet 15 hardy souls showed up to look for raptors in Sierra Valley. Much to our surprise,

while the stay-at-homes (at least 12 peoplecanceled) continued to endure howlingwinds, rain and eventually snow in Reno, weintrepid adventurers enjoyed a marvelous daywith no wind, mild temperatures and no rainin a valley that is usually famous for all three.

The birding was superb, especially for raptors. Before we had traveled a mile outof Vinton on Hwy 49, we found a eld withat least 12 Ferruginous Hawks, with oneadult so close to the road that Doug Canhamwas able to get wonderful photos. As wecontinued on, Ferruginous Hawks seemed to

be the most common raptor of the day. Wecounted at least 18 before the day was over.Other hawks were also present -- 10 Rough-leggeds, 15 Red-tails, 4 American Kestrels,2 adult Bald Eagles, 1 Prairie Falcon, and8 Northern Harriers. Along Heriot Lane wefound 10 Tundra Swans and fair numbers of

Northern Pintail, American Coot, Ameri-can Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, NorthernShoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, and Pied-billedGrebe.

A small ock of goose-like birds ew southin front of the distant mountains, but weretoo far away to identify, although several of us felt strongly that they were Snow Geese.Other species seen included Western Mead-owlark, Killdeer, Willet, Greater Yellow-legs, Great Blue Heron, Loggerhead Shrike,Ring-necked Duck, and of course the usualassortment of Common Ravens, BrewersBlackbirds, California Quail, Black-billedMagpies and European Starlings. In all, atotal of 28 species, not bad for a day thatstarted out with incredibly ominous weather in Reno but incredibly favorable weather 30-miles to the northwest.

LAS Board MeetingsLAS Board meetings are open to LASmembers. The group meets the rstTuesday of the month, September through June from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,with social and refreshments at 6 p.m.If you would like to attend, pleasecontact any of the ofcers and trusteeslisted on page 8 for details.


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The Stamp of Conservation

Dave Mehlman has been buying duck stamps for 20 years. He keeps thecollection in a box and keeps the currentyears stamp handy for when he goes tothe Bosque del Apache National WildlifeRefuge, 90 minutes south of his homenear Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hisstamp gains him free admission.

But Mehlman, who directs theConservancys migratory-bird program,isnt a duck hunter. When he goes to therefuge, hes carrying binoculars, not ashotgun.

So why the duck stamp? Becausethe funds go directly to acquiring new

National Wildlife Refuges or addingto existing ones, and some of those arethe top birding places in the country,he says. (Only some charge admission.)In fact, money from the duck-stamp

program helped pay for the creation of Bosque del Apache, an internationallyfamous birding destination. According tothe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, whichoversees the National Wildlife Refugesystem, many of the countrys most

popular birding spots are refuges, such asBlackwater in Maryland and Cat Islandin Louisiana, funded in part by federal

duck-stamp dollars. Fish and Wildlifeestimates that refuges annually receivemore than 40 million visitors, almost 80

percent of them birders.If youre a birder, you need birds,

and you need access, and this program provides both, says Paul Schmidt, anassistant director for migratory birds atFish and Wildlife.

Duck stamps, now ofcially knownas Federal Migratory Bird Huntingand Conservation Stamps, werecreated in 1934 in an effort to boost

waterfowl populations, which had beendecimated by overharvesting and habitatdestruction. The stamps have paid off,with growth in the refuge system andin waterfowl populations. But over theyears, duck-stamp sales have slumped,and the price of bird habitat hasskyrocketed. Meanwhile, the cost of duck stamps has remained steady at $15. Says

Schmidt: Our buying power has gonedown. Were buying less and less and

preserving less and less.The Conservancy and others, including

Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever,are supporting legislation to turnthat situation around. The legislationessentially replicates an earlier law under which Congress gave Fish and Wildlifea $200 million loan to protect wetlands,with the understanding that the loanwould be repaid with future sales of duck stamps. (Congress ultimately forgave theloan.) Under the proposed law, Congresswould advance $400 million over 10

CONSERVATION CORNER

yearsto be repaid by duck-stamprevenue.

Part of the strategy is to getnonhunters to buy the stamps. SaysScott Sutherland of Ducks Unlimited,Anyone who cares about wild placesand spaces should care about this

program.

Written by Courtney Leatherman and rst published in the August 2006 issue Nature Conservancy. Permission to reprint courtesy of The Nature Conservancy.Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.

2006-07 NEVADA STATE DUCK STAMPby KEN MICHAELSEN

Ken Michaelsen won the 2006-07 Nevada state duck stamp contest

with this strikingly realistic painting of a pair of Wood Ducks. To seea color version of the painting, and to learn about successful Wood Duck conservation efforts in Nevada, visit the Nevada Department of Wildlifes web site at www.ndow.org.


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BIRDS IN TOWNby Alan Wallace

As winter stretched its tentacles into northern Nevada, food sources became the hubs of avian activity in and near towns. Feeders, as usual, saw a rise in numbers and species, with the common California Quail , Mourning Doves , American and Lesser Goldnches (lots of both), Dark-eyed Juncos , and White-crowned Sparrows joined by Downy Woodpeckers ,Mountain Chickadees , Western Scrub-Jays , Stellers Jays , and American Robins . Yard location dictated the species:White-headed Woodpeckers, Clarks Nutcrackers, and Red-breasted Nuthatches frequented yards at the base of theCarson Range, Golden-crowned Sparrows scratched around John Andersons yard in Mogul, Prairie Falcons zoomedthrough Frank Whitmans turf in Austin (although Frank noted a dearth of the usual Cassins Finches this fall), and Chukars wandered the streets near the mining museum and McDonalds in Tonopah. An Osprey and Varied Thrush even gave wingabove long-deceased residents at the Tonopah cemetery in early October. Most of the rest of us muddled through with theaforementioned regulars, although Hermit Thrushes , Red-breasted Sapsuckers , and Golden-crowned Kinglets addedvariety to some yards. As of late November, Lew Oring in Reno still had a Costas Hummingbird that arrived during thesummer and never left.

Raptors of all types descended into the well-stocked lowland pantries in October and November. Nine species of hawks ( Coopers , Sharp-shinned , Red-tailed , Red-shouldered , and Rough-legged Hawks , Merlin , American Kestrel ,Northern Harrier , and Northern Goshawk ), two of eagles ( Bald and Golden ), and ve of owls ( Great Horned , Long-eared , and Northern Saw-whet Owls and Northern Pygmy-Owl ) were seen in October and November. In one smallwoodland in west Reno, fresh Mourning Dove feathers littered the ground every day for weeks on end, so hunting apparentlywas good. The competition reared its head on occasion, with a Coopers Hawk chasing a Great Horned Owl, a Sharp-shinned

pestering a feeding Coopers, and Barn Owls trying to coexist with their Great Horned arch enemies in Larry WilliamsPalomino Valley yard north of Reno. The lone saw-whet owl was a dead one in Fred Petersons yard, possibly the fatal resultof the competition.

For the waterfowl, lakes, ponds, and streams provided the much-needed food sources. Thanks to the residue of lastsprings rain, water bodies were full in the fall, and the waterfowl took full advantage. At the aptly named Swan Lake northof Reno, a couple of Tundra Swans appeared in late October, and, by late November, hundreds of swans formed a white,noisy blanket across the shallow lake, even as it slowly froze over in late November. Duck numbers surged as well, rangingfrom the subtly plumaged Gadwalls to the striking white-crested Bufeheads and Hooded Mergansers . Canada Geese numbers swelled as usual, joined by a Rosss Goose at Swan Lake and a few Snow Geese at Idlewild Park and Rancho SanRafael in Reno. Most birds migrate from north to south in the fall, but Dippers migrate altitudinally, drifting (almost literally)downstream for the winter. By early November, their bobbing and diving feeding behavior was on display along the lower

parts of many area rivers and streams. Joining them on the waterways were the usual Mallards and Common Mergansers and a few Common and Barrows Goldeneyes , with Belted Kingshers hunting from overhanging snags. Chris Nicolaigave a great talk on Wood Ducks at the October Lahontan Audubon meeting, and, soon thereafter, several of these gorgeous

birds took up residence and gave everyone good views at Idlewild Park in Reno. Wood Ducks also paid an unusual visit to thesewage ponds in West Wendover early during the fall migration, undoubtedly heading somewhere else. Townsends Solitaires were more abundant in towns this fall than in years past, with single birds common in manyareas and up to three calling to each other in some places. Like Dippers, solitaires commonly migrate altitudinally, based onsome good studies up near Eagle Lake north of Susanville, and many of the birds along the eastern Sierra front likely spent thesummer up the hill. But some of the solitaires migrate latitudinally from northern areas to the central parts of the Great Basin.So, birds seen in, say, Elko, may have summered in southwestern Canada before heading south for the winter. The fall weather in the two breeding areas was markedly different (nice here, early snows up there), so no single reason led to the increase innumbers across northern Nevada, except perhaps that the multi-directional migration of human birders to the region induced

more sightings.One hundred and ten species were reported from northern Nevada towns in October and November. Sources of

information for this column included Elisabeth Ammon, Richard Brune, Ali Chaney, Tom Dozet, Jim Eidel, Pete Fairley,Dennis Ghiglieri, Bob Goodman, Marshall Iliff, Ed Kurtz, Jacque Lowery, Mike Margerum, Sue Anne Marshall,Martin Meyers, Chris Nicolai, Lew Oring, Fred Peterson, Harold Peterson, Kris Pizarro, Lynn Purcell, Georgia andKenn Rohrs, Greg Scyphers, Dennis Serdehely, Jean Sherman, Heather Sprague, Rose Strickland, Steve Ting, Frank Whitman, Karen Wiig, Larry Williams, Diane Wong, and me. Contributions are welcome, so send a postcard/note to1050 Sumac St., Reno, NV 89509 or an email to [email protected], or continue to post items on the NevadaBird List Server. The deadline for the next column is January 25 . Happy New Year, and good birding!


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THE PELICANLahontan Audubon SocietyP.O. Box 2304Reno, Nevada 89505

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PAIDRENO, NEVADAPERMIT NO. 181

LAHONTAN AUDUBON SOCIETY

OFFICERS President Karen Kish [email protected] 841-1180Vice President Alan Gubanich [email protected] 857-0191Treasurer Dave Straley [email protected] 832-9222Recording Secretary Bonnie Wagner [email protected] 829-6311

TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2008 Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178Seat #2 to 2008 Judy Kretzer [email protected] 826-6891Seat #3 to 2009 Ali Chaney [email protected] 813-3494Seat #4 to 2008 Vacant [email protected] #5 to 2009 Jacque Lowery [email protected] 853-1302Seat #6 to 2007 Nancy Santos [email protected] 884-1570Seat #7 to 2007 Kenn Rohrs [email protected] 849-9530

IBA Director Don McIvor [email protected]

COMMITTEE Activity/Program Alan Gubanich 857-0191CHAIRS Birding Classes Bob Goodman pandion36@aol. .com 972-7848

Birds & Books Reading Group Kenn Rohrs [email protected] 849-9530Communications Karen Kish [email protected] 841-1180Conservation Ali Chaney [email protected] 813-3494Education Alan Gubanich [email protected] 857-0191Field Trips Christiane Omer [email protected] 354-2634Fundraising Dave Straley [email protected] 832-9222Hospitality Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178LAS Sales Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178Membership Judy Kretzer [email protected] 826-6891

PUBLICATION AND The Pelican Editor Mike Greenan [email protected] 322-0707INFORMATION The Pelican Distribution Connie Douglas [email protected] 425-1305

Birds in Town Alan Wallace [email protected] 786-5755LAS Info Line Jacque Lowery 324-BIRDWeb Master Steve Ting [email protected] 849-3725

Postmaster: Please send change of address to The Pelican , P.O. Box2304, Reno, NV 89505.

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