GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

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Mayor Skip Rimsza

Phoenix City Hall11^th Floor

200 W Washington

Phoenix, AZ 85003

Phone:  602/262-7111

Fax:  602/495-5583

srimsza@ci.phoenix.az.us

Individual City Council Members listed at

Web Page

www.ci.phoenix.az.us/citygov

Maricopa County

county web page: 

www.maricopa.gov

Supervisor R. Fulton Brock, R District 1

Phone: 602/506-1776

Supervisor Don Stapley, R District 2

Phone:  602/506-7431

Supervisor Andrew W Kunasek, R District 3

Phone:  602/506-7562

Supervisor Janice K Brewer, R District 4

Phone:  602/506-7642

Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, D District 5

Phone:  602/506-7092

State of Arizona

ARIZONA LEGISLATURE

Arizona Senate: 
602/542-3559

Arizona State Senate

Capitol Complex

1700 W Washington

Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890

Arizona House:  602/542-4221

Arizona House of Representatives

Capitol Complex

1700 W Washington

Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE:

602/542-4331

Fax:  602/542-1381

Jane Hull

Office of the Governor

1700 W Washington

Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890

FAX:  Senate:  602/542-3429

House:  602/542-4511

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/

see website for e-mail addresses

District 6

Rep John Huppenthal, R 602.542.5898

Rep Robert Robson, R

602/542-5549

Sen Lori Daniels, R

602/542-4178

District 7

Rep Cheryl Chase, D
602/542-5030

Rep Mark Clark, D
 602/542-5829

Sen Peter Rios, D
602/542-5685

District 15

Rep Robert  Blendu, R
 602/542-5894

Rep Lowell "Mike" Gleason, R 602/542-5409

Sen Edward J Cirillo, R
602/542-4173

District 16

Rep Linda Gray, R
602/542-3376

Rep Jim Weiers, R
602/542-4639

Sen Darden Hamilton, R
 602/542-5261

District 17

Rep Phil Hanson, R
602/542-3255

Rep John Nelson, R
602/542-5872

Sen Brenda Burns, R
602/542-3160

District 18

Rep Deb Gullett, R
602/542-5766

Rep James Kraft, R
 602/542-5836

Sen Susan Gerard, R
602/542-4480

District 19

Rep Ted Carpenter, R
602/542-1859

Rep Roberta Voss, R
602/542-5168

Sen Scott Bundgaard, R
602/542-4136

District 20

Rep Bill Brotherton, D
602/542-4002

Rep Kathi Foster, D
602/542-5160

Sen Mary Hartley, D
602/542-4485

District 21

Rep Dean Cooley, R
602/542-5874

Rep Marilyn Jarrett, R
602/542-3163

Sen Russell Bowers, R
602/542-5288

District 22

Rep John Loredo, D
602/542-5830

Rep Richard Miranda, D
 602/542-3392

Sen Joe Eddie Lopez, D
602/542-4171

District 23

Rep Carlos Avelar, D
 602/542-3278

Rep Leah Landrum, D
602/542-5864

Sen Linda Aguirre, D
602/542-7830

District 24

Rep Barbara Leff, R
602/542-5963

Rep Steve Tully, R
602/542-5977

Sen Dean Martin, R
602/542-5284

District 25

Rep Ken Cheuvront, D
602/542-5895

Rep Christine Weason, D
602/542-3297

Sen Chris Cummiskey, D
602/542-4916

District 26

Rep Jeff Hatch-Miller, R
602/542-5051

Rep Steve May, R
602/542-5408

Sen Tom Smith, R
 602/542-5955

District 27

Rep Meg Burton Cahill, D
602/542-5896

Rep Laura Knaperek, R
602/542-5169

Sen Harry Mitchell, D
602/542-4124

District 28

Rep Carolyn Allen, R
 602/542-4225

Rep Wes Marsh, R
602/542-5503

Sen Randall Gnant, R
602/542-4138

District 29

Rep Mark Anderson, R
602/542-4371

Rep Russell Pearce, R
602/542-5760

Sen David Petersen, R
602/542-4481

District 30

Rep Eddie Farnsworth, R
602/542-5735

Rep Karen Johnson, R
602/542-4467

Sen Jay Blanchard, D
602/542-5325

Federal

PRESIDENT George W Bush

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, DC 20500

Phone:  202/456-1111

E-mail: 
president@whitehouse.gov

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PHOTO QUIZ ANSWERS

By Jim Burns

There are six North American bird species with “crested” in their common name and at least dozen more that have crest but don’t carry it in their call letters, yet mention the work to anyone, non-birder and most birders alike, and they will “cardinal.”  So pervasive is this verbal/visual association that terms such as “Texas cardinal’” (Pyrrhuloxia) and “black cardinal” (Phainopepla) are part of the casual birding vernacular in some parts of the country.   If it’s crested, it must be a cardinal.

As interesting and often mysterious as the etymology of common bird names is, the evolutionary processes which have caused species from unrelated families to develop similar structural or plumage features is even more so.  The best scientific explanation for the crests is disparate species is that they evolved to add size and presence to a bird when confronting an aggressor or defending territory.  It’s doubtful this was the thought behind the original application of the moniker “cardinal” to a sporting team but, if it was, the red birds on certain white helmets should certainly have their crests shorn away.

A) Good Photo, Easy Bird

Masked Cardinal?  Structurally it seems possible.  The crest is there and we see the short, thick bill of a seedeater.  Northern Cardinals of both sexes do have a black face, but it’s nothing like this unmistakable black mask outlined above and below in white.  This is a Cedar Waxwing, photographed in Oak Creed Canyon, October 1985.  Despite the bill profile, waxwings subsist primarily on a diet of insects and berries.  Not that the bill is hooked which undoubtedly aids in the capture of bugs and fruit.

 Our quiz bird’s tail is tipped with the typical bright yellow, but the waxy red

secondary tips which would be just be below and outside of the white inner tertial edgings, probably bright enough to show up in black and white, are missing.  This waxwing is thought to be age related and possibly contingent upon diet.  Most but not all adults birds of both sexes develop the red wing appendages, but juvenile birds do not.  Some waxwings will show reddish tail tips, also thought to be diet related.  Despite the missing wax, our photo bird is an adult.  Juvenile Cedars sport a smaller mask with extensive white where this bird’s black mask tapers up into the crest.  Bohemian Waxwings, also crested and masked, are chunkier birds than Cedars, lack white on the upper margin of the facial mask, and have white secondary tips and a streak of yellow spots running sown the primaries. 

Authors describing waxwings invariably turn to the word “sleek.” Plumage is soft and velvety, uniformly gray (Bohemian) or gray over peach (Cedar).  The combination of stubby bill, upswept crest, and spare but bold markings resembling racing striped gives the look of speed.  In flight the pointed, triangular wings enhance this jizz and cause waxwings to be mistaken for starlings.

Waxwings are gregarious at all seasons except when nesting, and they are highly nomadic.  Cedar Waxwings may appear at any time any place in the state.  In winter the huge flocks in the Pinyon/Juniper habitat north of Flagstaff should be checked carefully for the stray Bohemian, a very sporadic visitor and much sought prize for state listers

B) Good Photo, Difficult Bird

This could be a True Cardinal, a Real Cardinal.  There’s the crest and the short,

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GOVERNMENT CONTACTS
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White home page:
 www.whitehouse.gov

THOMAS SYSTEM OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS:

thomas.loc.gov (searchable full text of bills, Congressional Record, extensive links)

Federal Web Locator:
 www.law.vill.edu

US Senate home page:

www.senate.gov

Senator John McCain

241 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Phone:  202/224-2235

Fax:  202/224-2207

E-mail: 

senator_mccain@mccain.senate.gov

Senator John Kyl

724 Hart Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Phone:  202/224-4521

Fax:  202/224-2207

E-mail:  info@kyl.senate.gov

House of Representatives home page:  www.house.gov

Rep Matt Salmon (District 1)

115 Cannon Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-2635

Fax:  202/225-3405

E-mail: 

msalmon@mail.house.gov

Rep Ed Pastor (District 2)

2465 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-4065

Fax:  202/225-1655

Rep Bob Stump (District 3)

211 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-4576

Fax:  202/225-6328

Rep John Shadegg (District 4)

430 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-3361

Fax:  202/225-3462

E-mail:

jshadess@mail.house.gov

Rep Jim Kolbe (District 5)

205 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-2542

Fax:  202/225-0378

E-mail: 

jim.kolbe@mail.house.gov

Rep JD Hayworth (District 6)

1023 Longworth House Building Ste B

Washington, DC 20515

Phone:  202/225-2190 or 800/874-0467

Fax:  202/225-8819

E-mail: 

hayworth@mail.house.gov

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