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Meetings
are held the first Tuesday of each month, September-April,
at the Phoenix Zoo Auditorium.
Meetings start at 7:30, and feature a speaker, book sales,
refreshments, and a chance to socialize with fellow MAS members.
Non-members welcome!
Join
us for a pre-meeting dinner at Pete's 19th Tee, 1405 N Mill Avenue,
Tempe (at the Rolling Hills Golf Course) starting at 6:00 p.m.
Note: For our first
meeting of the year on September 4th, there will be no pre-meeting
dinner at Pete's. It is our annual potluck. Each
attendee is invited to bring a platter of his or her favorite h'ors
de oeuvres, sufficiently large enough to serve at least six
people. We'll provide the eating utensils, the plates,
and the drinks (non-alcoholic, of course). Bring a
friend. Festivities will start at 6:30p.m., when we'll be able
to tell one another where we had an opportunity to do birding this
past summer, and what lifers we got. The regular meeting will
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September
4:
Scott Anderson of the Gilbert Riparian Institute
speaking about the Gilbert Riparian Institute and The Preserves at
Neely Ranch and Water Ranch.
October
2:
Kenn Kaufman topic: TBA
November
6.
Bob Stewart on the butterflies of Arizona.
December
4:
Roseann Hanson from the Sky Island Alliance.
January
8: Doug
Alexander topic:
TBA
February
5:
Gunnar Engblom, a biologist and scientific
coordinator for a Peruvian NGO called Ecosistemas Andinos |
(ECOAN).
His passion is bird conservation and is trying to raise funds
for the conservation of Andean forests, especially Polylepis forests
near Cusco.
March
5:
Dr. David L. Pearson, professor of biology at ASU.
His topic will be Why are there more bird species some places
than others?
April
2:
TBA
May
7:
TBA
Speakers
wanted: If
you have ideas for speakers, or if you would like to make a
presentation yourself, please contact Laurie Nessel, Program Chair,
at (480) 968-5614 or laurienessel@hotmail.com
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By Deva Burns |
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COMMITTEES/SUPPORT
Activist
Alert:
Shawn Bauer
602-828-3607
shawnbaur@hotmail.com
Arizona
Audubon
Council Rep:
Herb Fibel
408-966-5246
herbertsfibel@aol.com
Bird
Alert
Book
Store
Richard & Karen Kaiser
602-276-3312
Field
Observations
Janet Witzeman
602-840-6089
Hospitality
Jeanine Baker
Web
Page
Michell Fulton
480-968-5141
webmaster@maricopaaudubon.org
Maricopa Audubon Web
Site
www.maricopaaudubon.
AN
INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE
Bequests
are an important source of support for the Maricopa Audubon
Society. Your chapter has dedicated itself to the protection
of natural world through public education and advocacy for the wiser
use and preservation of our land, water, air and other irreplaceable
natural resources.
You
can invest in the future of our natural world by making a bequest in
your will to the Maricopa Audubon Society . Talk to your
attorney for more information on how this can be accomplished. |
The
primary focus of this issue of the Wrendition is money, or rather
the lack thereof. The
Board has taken one step--reducing the number of issues of the Wrendition
produced each year. However,
we need your help. Donations
are always welcomed in any non-profit organization and we need your
donations now more than ever. In
this issue Herb Fibel and Scott Burge have explained the reason why
the issue has become so critical.
I
would like to make another suggestion--bequests.
Bequests are a great way to pass on your concern for birds
and other wildlife. Additionally,
your bequest may offer significant estate tax savings because gifts
to non-profit groups are fully deductible from your gross estate.
There are several types of gifts that you can give:
1.
specific, residuary and contingent bequests
2.
gifts of IRA accounts, Keogh plans, 401(k) plans, 403(b) plans, and
other qualified pension plans
3.
bequests of real estate
4.
named endowments and features
I
am not a tax expert so please verify your situation with your
accountant or tax attorney.*
And,
for those of you who thought Audubon was about the birds, Jim Burns
writes about an environmental success story witnessed on our visit
to the Grand Canyon in July. Our
August visit with our 6 year old grandson may have been even
"grander." His "Oh wow" when a condor flew over at about 25
feet will be a lifetime memory. By
the end of the trip he could, without binoculars, look up and
separate raven from vulture from condor. Maybe,
just maybe, we have hooked another birder.
Scott and Lee Burge write about all the wonderful birds they saw on
the Chiricahua Field Trip. And
Alison McGowan poetically celebrates the killdeer.
Continued
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| NOTES
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| The
ABA Regional Conference
will be held in Santa Maria, CA on September 10-14, 2001.
Midway between Morro Bay and Santa Barbara, near the central
California coast, Santa Maria offers easy access to habitats
including coastal bays and estuaries, rocky shoreline, chaparral
scrub, semi-desert, and several types of woodland.
For information call 800/850-2473, ext., 233.
Hassayampa
Preserve
will follow a summer schedule that began May 15 and will continue
until September 15. They
will only be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 8-5.
Hawkwatch.
The location is in the Goshute Mountains in Nevada.
For information or to arrange dates between September 1 and
October 15, call 800/726-hawk.
Rio
Grande Valley Birding Festival
will be held November 14-18, 2001 in Harlingen, TX.
For information, call 800/531-7346 or www.rgvbirdfest.com.
More
birding and nature festivals.
www.americanbirding.org
ABA
Regional Conference
in Miami, FL, January 18-22, 2002.
Bird the Everglades and Loxahatchee NWR.
More information to follow.
Annual
ABA Convention
in Duluth, MN, June 10-16, 2002.
Information to follow
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Audubon
Adventures:
Give
the gift of discovery and share your love of the environment.
The program is designated for students in grades 4-6.
Introduce an entire classroom (up to 32 students) to the
wonders of nature for just $35 (plus shipping charges).
You can select your favorite school or let Audubon do it for
you. For orders: call
800/813-5037.
Maricopa
Audubon T-Shirts
are available for sale at member meetings or by mail. They feature a
Barn Owl primary flight feather overshadowing the common and Latin
names of birds found in Maricopa County. Long-sleeved shirts are
available in Charcoal, Med, Large or XL, for $20.00. Add $4.00
shipping and handling for the first shirt, $1.50 for each additional
shirt. Please allow 3 weeks for delivery. Make checks out to:
Maricopa Audubon Society, 1128 E Geneva Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282. For
info, contact Laurie Nessel at (480) 968-5614 or laurienessel@hotmail.com
Do
you have an interesting story to tell about birding? Please forward your submissions
to the EditorDeva Burns. Check
the back page for address/e-mail.
Actually, attaching an article to an e-mail is the absolute
easiest way to submit an article.
If you have pictures or slides, you do need to send those to
me directly. Remember, all articles may not be published the first month
after receipt.
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Corrections
& Omissions for the last issue.
1.
Mike Baker is the new Field Trip chairperson and Walter
Thurber was given credit for Mike's first report.
2. The
illustration was left out of Bud Johnsons article on the Gunnison
Sage Grouse. 3.
The wrong web site was used for the new Representative from
District 1. It should
have readJeff Flake at 512 Cannon House Office Building, the last
4 digits for the fax number are 4386, and e-mail is jeff.flake@mail.house.gov.
4. Thanks to the
following people for their help at the annual dinner:
Jeanine Baker, Terry Brodner, Cynthia Donald, Karen Kaiser,
Laurie Nessel, Andrea Nesbitt, Robin Silver, Phil & Lori Snow,
Theonia Vyvial, Bob Witzeman, and the International Crane
Foundation. |
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Please Note: We have a new web site address
www.maricopaaudubon.org
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| Finally,
our Baffin Island adventure was beyond expectations.
The Arctic is magnificent and gorgeous, and the immersion into the
Inuit culture certainly expanded our world view.
Travelling in a komatiq (Inuit sled) pulled by a snowmobile over
the pack ice (cracks and all) was both exhilarating and scary.
We saw fresh polar bear tracks but no bears.
We saw 3 kinds of whales--bowhead (very rare), narwhal, and beluga. Oh yes, the birds--only two lifers, but what lifers!--Common
Ringed Plover and Ivory Gull.
*Thanks
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