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kittitas audubon • www.kittitasaudubon.orgThe Hooter • Kittitas Audubon’s Newsletter

January 2019

All Audubon meetings, held on the 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:00pm, September through May (except December), at the Hal Holmes Center next to the Ellensburg Public Library, are open to the public. Please come and meet with us, and stay afterwards for juice, treats, and conversation.

Many thanks to the Ellensburg Public Library for sponsoring our meetings!

GENERAL MEETING at 7:00 pm on

JANUARY 24thBecause of a date conflict, this meeting

will fall on the 4th Thursday of

the month! Please mark

your calendars!

January 24th General Meeting Program:

Malheur National Wildlife RefugeDan Streiffert

The first time I went to Malheur was in April of 2007 for the John Scarff Bird Festival http://www.migratorybirdfestival.com/. I have been going back every year since. In my opinion, this is the best birding/photography location in the Pacific Northwest. The birds are plentiful and the people are not.

Three migration routes converge in this area, making it one of the most important feeding and resting locations on the Pacific Flyway. Thousands of Northern Pintails, Snow and Ross’s Geese, American Widgeons, Green-winged Teal, Northern Shovelers and Canvasbacks rest and refuel here on their long migrations. Hundreds of Sandhill Cranes and Trumpeter Swans add to

this spectacle, which is in full swing from mid March to mid April.

Because it is a basin lake, Malheur varies in size and depth each year depending on snowpack and rainfall. Last year (2018) there was virtually no snow on Steens Mountain and as a result the refuge was very dry with relatively few birds. One could still find a good variety of species, but the numbers were way down.

The best recent year was 2011. The birding and photography were so good that I went down there twice; once in June, and again in August. In most years, August would be a bit warm for me but when I saw the following article in the paper, I decided that this was the year to do it. This would also give us an opportunity to finally get up on Steens Mountain, which due to its altitude and snow pack, is normally only open from August to October. (continued on page 3)

Dan Streiffert is a retired Software Engineer who worked in the economic operation of power systems. He now spends as much time as possible photographing wildlife. He is currently the Conservation Chair of Rainier Audubon Society, and the editor of the Heron Herald newsletter.

PRESIDENT Judy Hallisey ................270.792.9188

VICE PRESIDENT Open Position .........contact us!

SECRETARY Jim Briggs .....................509.933.2231

TREASURER Sharon Lumsden .........509.968.3889

CLIMATE CHANGE Barry Brunson ..............270.792.9186

CONSERVATION Norm Peck ....................509.933.4233

EDUCATION Steve Hall ......................509.925.4877

FIELD TRIPS Steve Moore ..................509.933.1179

HISTORIAN Gloria Lindstrom ..........509.925.1807

MEMBERSHIP Kris Kaylor .....................509.304.4103

PAST PRESIDENT Tom Gauron ..................509.968.3175

PROGRAMS Lesley McGalliard.........509.933.2812

PUBLICITY Meghan Anderson .......253.987.7629

SCHOLARSHIPS Gloria Baldi ...................509.933.1558

NEWSLETTER Kris Kaylor .....................509.304.4103

* BLUEBIRD BOXES Jan Demorest .............509.933.1179

* SOCIAL GREETER Kay Forsythe ...............509.925.2356

* CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT Phil Mattocks

KAS Board Meetings are held at 4:30pm on the 1st Thursday of each month at the Methodist Church across from The Ellensburg Library. These meetings are open to the public and all Audubon members—please come and join in the discussions. Meetings adjourn by 6:00 or 6:30pm, then we all go out for a sociable dinner—NO business discussion allowed! *Non-voting members

Board Members

The Hooter • January 2019 • Kittitas Audubon’s Newsletter2

By Gloria Baldi

Following is a summary of the December 6th Board meeting.

Watch for Swans in ponds along I-90.

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology has published a study of nighttime hazards to migrating birds.

A discussion of adding a College Student Liaison to the Board was discussed, as well as logistics for finding that student.

Lesley McGalliard has agreed to become Program Chair. Thank you, Lesley!

Audio-visual concerns for the general meetings were discussed with possible solutions. Maybe a foam pop filter will help.

March program is “Views and responses to climate change and the environment in Togo, West Africa”, by James King, a CWU grad who spent a year in Togo with the Peace Corps.

April program is set to be a composite 30th birthday party + art—and bird item sale, and short presentation emphasizing night snakes (which will be present).

Steve Hall used creative means to interest young people in birds at CWU’s Nature of Night.The kids were delighted!

Norm Peck was heartily endorsed to continue on the State Hydraulic Committee and it was suggested we notify ACOW to enlist help from other chapters in the water issues.

Barry Brunson had a Thumbs-Up in the Daily Record complimenting two Cle Elum businesses going solar in a ‘big way’.

Judy Hallisey was among women featured as climate activists at a November gala of Washington Women Climate Action Network. Judy and Barry attended that event and a November 17th workshop by the same organization.

Meghan Anderson had a letter to the Daily Record editor about not using natural gas to heat the newest school.

The passing of Joe Meuchel prompted a discussion of a fitting memorial for long-time members. Suggestions included a fund for a special project, children’s books for the library, or planting trees in Joe’s name. A decision has not been made.

All are welcome to attend Board meetings. Join us January 3rd at 4:30!

“Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot

to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.”

— Peggy Toney Horton

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KAS is looking for an enthusiastic person to fill this board position:

Vice PresidentPlease email Judy Hallisey:

[email protected] if you are interested.

WHO WHO! WE NEED YOU!

PLEASE NOTE:January 5th First Saturday BirdWalkTradition continues for January’s First Saturday BirdrdWalk! We will meet at Carl’s Jr. for breakfast at 8:00am, and then motor over to Irene Rinehart Park to start our brisk walk at 9:00am. Happy New Year and hope to see you for breakfast and a brisk walk.

“BURNS — Migratory waterfowl and shorebirds reel and swoop above an overflowing Malheur Lake in numbers unseen here in decades. At the same time, more than 1.5 million carp are busy spawning “like crazy” in the shallow, high-desert lake. The abundance of both sets up what wildlife biologists say could become a fish vs. bird showdown next summer if the water level drops.

Birds are everywhere now, thanks to huge mountain snowpacks and high runoff from the nearby 9,773-foot, 50-mile-long fault block of Steens Mountain. All that water caused the lake to expand from 23,000 acres last August to 79,000 acres last week. The water is a magnet to American white pelicans, cormorants, colonial water birds, gulls, terns and other species. Ducks bob in the shallows, avocets and terns shriek and dive.”

— From The Oregonian, July 31, 2011

January 24th General Meeting Program:

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (cont.)


And Now, the Final Ten Years of Projects, Programs, and Volunteerism...2009 to 2018

By Gloria Baldi and Gloria Lindstrom

From the Hooter, a record of our past emerges, and it is evident that the success of Kittitas Audubon stems from its members. At the helm to keep the wheels running smoothly, and serving one, two, or more years, only to sometimes recycle back into the presidency have been Tom Gauron, Jim Briggs, Gloria Baldi, and Gloria Lindstrom (co-president), and Judy Hallisey, currently at the top.

Vice-Presidents have been Gloria Lindstrom, Bud Recterman*, Judy Hallisey, and Barb Masberg. Jim Briggs has been Secretary since 2003, all but two years when he was President and Diane Bullock became Secretary. Treasurers have been Denee Scribner, Tom Gauron, Marte Fallshore, until financial whiz Sharon Lumsden took the duties in 2012.

Chairs of various committees have spent many hours providing services to our membership. Newsletter editor, Jan Demorest, has published the Hooter 11 times a year for 11 years. Kris Kaylor succeeded Jan in September and Ginger Jensen continues to fold, stamp and mail the Hooters. After several years as Program Coordinator, Hal Lindstrom turned the job back to Jeb Baldi. Rose Piccicini was chair last year until she moved.

Jeb and Gloria Baldi shared the duties of Field Trips, including First Saturday Bird Walks, for many years turning over the job to Steve Moore. Education Chair remained vacant for several years until Judy Hallisey stepped in, followed by Steve Hall. Tuck Forsythe* handled Membership for many years followed by Kris Kaylor. Conservation was chaired by Janet Nelson, then various Board Members, and currently Norm Peck. Publicity to inform the public of KAS activities was Gerry Sorenson, succeeded by Meghan Anderson, the person who places packets on your chair at membership meetings.

Marianne Gordon turned the Historian job over to Gloria Lindstrom. The need for a Climate Change committee is paramount and Barry Brunson has been chair since the committee began in 2014. Joe Meuchel* served as representative for Wildlife/Habitat and on the TAC Committee for the Windfarms along with Janet Nelson. Kay Forsythe continues to serve “after meeting” refreshments as Social Greeter. Jason Scribner has been KAS’s representative on the LT Murray Advisory Board, recently replaced by Dick Carkner, and Phil Mattocks has been in charge of the Christmas Bird Count forever, helped by Gloria Baldi, who also gives KAS money away in the form of CWU scholarships. (*deceased)

When we were able to move our programs from the High School to the more convenient Hal Holmes Center, we were delighted!! Programs continued to be varied, presented by experts and/or KAS members, some more than one time on different subjects. Member programs have been: Jan Demorest and Steve Moore (Bluebird Trails, Walking Coastlines of Cornwall or Wales, Birds of Sonora Mexico); Jim Briggs (Grouse); William Meyer (Beavers, Penguins and Seals in Antarctica, Rafting & Research in Grand Canyon); Doug Kuehn (Kenya & Rwanda); Justin Gibbons (Bird Art of a Different Nature); Dale Comstock (Machu Picchu, Galapagos); Aja Woodrow (Wolverines); Stan Sovern (Spotted Owl); Chris Caviezel (Hummingbirds); Cricket Webb (Birds of Sonora, Arizona); Barry Brunson and Jim Briggs (Climate Change).

Remember the coordinated member slide presentations? We had three. Other expert speakers have covered Bees, Bats, and Cool Insects, Butterflies of the East Cascades, Grizzly Bears, Wolves, I-90 research supporting the wildlife bridges, Pikas, role of fire on forest health, rafting Canning River, Charles Darwin, Rachel Carson, local


formation of Blue Agates, Cuba, Undersea Photography, Ponderosa Pine Forest, Peru, Shrub Steppe, and the evolution of Birds. Bird programs featured Ravens, Crows, Sagebrush Songbirds, White-headed Woodpeckers, Trumpeter and Tundra Swans, Double-crested Cormorants, Australian birds, and the diminutive Vaux Swift. Authors of books on Woodpeckers, Marbled Murrelet, and California Condor have educated us… and, of course, we bought their books. What programs have been the most popular...based on attendance? Hummingbirds, live snakes, live raptors, and Nick Zentner.

Projects have been (and are currently) those that interest individual members. Listed are a few.

• Build and install nestboxes for Bluebirds, Barn Owls, Kestrels, and Flickers (Tom’s shop is always open by appointment!)

• Built and installed perch poles for raptors on farm land• Began and monitored a website called ‘BirdKitt’ to

report sightings• Monitor Bluebird trails...more than 200 boxes in the

county• Helped produce Sun and Sage Birding Trail Map of

South Central Washington• Monitored the number of migrating Vaux Swifts using

the old hospital chimney until it was demolished• Monitor 20+ Kestrel nestboxes• Produced brochures regarding Barn Owls in hay bales,

and one lamenting discarded blue plastic rope being used by Osprey’s

• Produced Native Plant brochure• Arrange avian educational displays at the Ellensburg

Public Library• Participated in CWU Nature of Night, e3winter Fair, 5th

grade camp at Lazy F...all educating children about birds• Participate in the Christmas Bird Count every December• Host a member Social Picnic every August• Commented on the Naneum Ridge to Columbia River

plan by the DNR and WDFW• Presented Climate Change programs to Audubon

chapters and various groups in Washington• We saved TREES at Irene Riverfront Park from being

cut when the Army Corps of Engineers determined from misguided advice that the trees were detrimental

• And remember the ‘Pond Project at West Ellensburg Rotary Park? For more than three years a committee of nine people planned the enhancement of 20 acres with 3 ponds next to the Reecer Creek Project. Virginia Rails, Soras, Green-winged Teal, Mallards, Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Tree Swallows, and several other species could be seen regularly in season. Members planted trees and shrubs, carried water to keep them alive, inventoried every plant, and planned the needed projects to protect the area. Just as we were ready to present an agreement to the city, an irrigation project drained the water within less than a week. We were devastated. However, some of those trees and shrubs flourish today.

What would the Hooter be without the contributions by so many of you members? Unusual bird observations or close encounters with feathered friends never fail to interest us. A few examples include an aerial display by Bald Eagles or finding a live bird in your fireplace (Jud Weaver), Red-tail Hawk and Steller’s Jay encounter (Mary Ann Macinko), plus photos of Kestrel chicks or a rescued Pygmy Owl (Sharon Lumsden). Marianne Gordon’s 24 years of recorded spring arrival date of several species, and analyzed by Steve Moore is citizen science in our back yard. Gardening, no winter clean-up of plants, bird banding, book reports, member poems, and bird articles have been submitted. Telling how one became a birder (Wayne Erickson), transporting bird to rehabilitation destinations (Jan Demorest, who sings to them), winter bird feeding and preventing window crashes—or the visit by a rare striped skunk (Hal and Gloria Lindstrom) have held our interest. Serious subjects because of climate change now appear frequently, and we notice over time the big conservation articles have been replaced from losing trees/habitat to climate change.

We could list many more submissions, but for enjoyable/informational reading, all Hooters since September 2005 are archived at http://www.kittitasaudubon.org/ Just scroll down the page…and select an issue! We guarantee a ‘good read’.

To all the Kittitas Audubon members, thank you for your support and thanks to all who have shared your photographs, your stories, and participated in our activities!

30th Celebration: And Now, the Final Ten Years of Projects, Programs, and Volunteerism...2009 to 2018 (cont.)


Marianne Gordon remembers the beginning...Yakima Resource Management Cooperative (YRMC) included: Plum Creek Timber Company, Boise Cascade Corporation, WA Department of Natural Resources, WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, United States Forest Service, Yakama Tribe, Washington Environmental Council, and Audubon Society.

Twenty years ago you would have been nuts if you thought you could get all these disparate agencies in one room talking to each other. Well, we managed it. After Timber, Fish & Wildlife rulings some of us thought we’d try talking before appealing. Most of what we agreed on ended up in the new forest practices rulings. We disbanded about that time, our work no longer needed.

Much of our work was devising methods to achieve our goals that everyone could agree to. For instance, by

30th Celebration: And Now, the Final Ten Years of Projects, Programs, and Volunteerism...2009 to 2018 (cont.)

Shrikes: “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” (with a nod to Big Joe Turner)from Barry Brunson

Loggerhead shrikes, although not raptors, are known as ski l l ful hunters that sometimes impale their prey on barbed wire or thorns. Recent research provides a glimpse into how they “do their thing” by vigorous shaking that may immobilize or kill their prey. Diego

Sustaita, of Cal State San Marcos, has videos of shrikes attacking mice in a caged area. See the article “These songbirds violently fling and then impale their prey” by Susan Milius in the 13 Oct 2018 Science News (dated 7 Sep online) at https://tinyurl.com/yd36mch2. This article includes one 19-sec video and a link to Sustaita’s original peer-reviewed article in Biology Letters, where two other videos (29 sec, 12 sec) are available.

using digital mapping, timber sales plans could find the likeliest locations of cultural artifacts, saving a lot of time and energy checking the entire area of a sale. Wetlands could be mapped and protected. Roads were a big issue. We encouraged agreement to keep roads to a minimum.

It was quite an experience. I was in awe of the “bosses” of the timber companies. Looking back I suspect they might have been a little cautious of me because I represented a lot of tree-huggers. They didn’t know me any better than I knew them.

The wildlife committee was the most fun to work with. The one group that had the biggest clout was the tribes. They still do. One interesting fact I remember learning from talking to a Boise Cascade manager was that a mill can only last about 70 years until the timber gets too far away to haul. We’ve seen that in the life and death of the Yakima mill.

For December first Saturday birdwalk, the weather was the biggest factor. Not long into the walk a deluge of rain came down, and even the waterfowl were not easily seen. Three people total made the walk and despite the usual techniques to find the birds only 8 species were seen. Raven, Eagle, Northern Flicker Woodpecker, Oregon Junco, Song Sparrow, Magpie, Canada Goose and Mallard.

December 1st

1st Saturday BirdWalk

By Tom and Diane Gauron

January 5th, 2019 BirdWalk: Breakfast at 8:00 am at Carl’s Jr. Walk starts at 9:00 am. See you

there—rain, shine or snow!


An Epic CountJudy Hallisey

Have you seen a Junco lately? How about a Varied Thrush? If not, take a look outside. This year the numbers are up on these species, not only during the 15 December Ellensburg Christmas Bird Count (a later report on this) but also on the sister count in Cle Elum on 17 December. Many KAS members participate in both counts. KAS sponsors the Ellensburg count but the Cle Elum count is organized by Michael Hobbs and a few other King County folks. Here is part of Michael’s report on Monday’s count:

“ Wow – a CBC for the record books yesterday. The count featured three new species for the Cle Elum count: Northern Shoveler, Red-Shouldered Hawk (first found Nov. 30 on Masterson Rd.), and Harris’s Sparrow (on Watson Cutoff Rd). The Teanaway team also had a White-Throated Sparrow, a very good species for Kittitas County, as well as a Lincoln’s Sparrow.

“ Everyone noticed the abundance of Dark-Eyed Juncos and Varied Thrush, but the extent of this really comes through when looking at the numbers.

“ For Juncos, the total was a remarkable 1502 birds. The previous high count was only 893! That’s a truly enormous increase, and even more astonishing since last year set a Low Count of just 139. So this year’s total was well over 10 TIMES LAST YEAR.

“ In many ways, though, that pales in comparison to this year’s count of Varied Thrush. Our previous High Count was just 13 birds. This year, each of the six sectors reported 3 to 11 TIMES as many! We had a total of 511 Varied Thrush. That’s nearly 11 TIMES the number of Varied Thrushes counted in the previous 13 years combined, and nearly 40 times the previous High Count!!!

“ By no means were those the only High Counts. We had 412 Redwinged Blackbirds; the previous High Count for them was just 94. For Northern Flickers, our 70 beat the old record of 49. Red Crossbills also had a good showing, with a count of 91 beating the old record of 74. Northern Saw-Whet Owls, at 6, doubled the previous best. At least 6 more species set High Count records.

“ Low Counts for Bald Eagle and Common Raven were undoubtedly attributable mostly to the fog. Other Low Counts were for Mourning Dove and Mountain Chickadee.

“ Missed species included Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-Shinned Hawk, Northern Pygmy-Owl, White-Headed Woodpecker, and Chestnut-backed Chickadee. A lone Cedar Waxwing on Sunday was our only Count Week bird. We did not have any of the glamour birds such as Bohemian Waxwing, Snow Bunting, Common Redpoll, Graycrowned Rosy-Finch, nor Pine Grosbeak.

“ The incredible High Counts contributed to a huge new record for Total Number of Birds: 5226 birds, topping the previous record of 4753. Our species total of 75 is second only to the 78 in 2015.

“ The unusual combination of snow-covered uplands, with somewhat scant snow cover and temps well above freezing in the lowlands, as well as a good amount of open water in some ponds certainly contributed to the high bird count, though it isn’t sufficient to explain the amazing showing by Juncos and Varied Thrush.

“ Enormous thanks all 20 of you birders who joined me for this epic count.”

If you’ve never participated in a CBC before, consider next year. They are enormous fun and an opportunity to learn more about local birds! Fellow KAS member Jo Ellen Richards and I counted the South Cle Elum sector and recorded 147 of those Varied Thrushes (one of my favorite birds)! We were the proud spotters of the Harris’s Sparrow too.

Considering we also spotted the Common Loon during the Ellensburg count, I personally would label these counts as ones for the record!

Varied Thrush • K. Kaylor

C H R I S T M A S B I R D C O U N T R E P O R T


Whistling Caterpillars?from Barry Brunson

The walnut sphinx caterpillar, Amorpha juglandis, may be the first known invertebrate to makes phony whistling sounds as a ruse to distract threatening birds. The whistle may be mimicking the “seet” that some bird species emit when a hawk is detected. See “Why whistling caterpillars scare birds” by Susan Milius, dated 16 Jun 2015 at the Science News website (I’m way behind in some reading!) at https://tinyurl.com/y7c9hosq.

“As the year passes, what else besides age have we achieved?”— Anthony T.Hincks

DEAD BIRDS!For many years KAS has collected dead birds at the membership meetings, which we are able to do under a permit. This is a reminder that if you do have a dead bird that passes the ‘smell test’, a certain procedure is necessary in order to obtain the best scientific data from the bird.

1. OF MOST IMPORTANCE IS THAT THE DATE OF THE FIND AND THE ADDRESS/SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE FOUND BE INCLUDED WITH THE BIRD.

2. Toilet paper tubes are an excelent way to protect the shape of small birds before putting them into plastic bags. Larger birds can be placed carefully into a plastic bag.

3. Place the bird in your freezer until the membership meeting or call me at 933-1558 if you do not have a freezer.

4. Adding your name, the method of death and the species name are also helpful, but not necessary.

Thanks for your help...and your bird donations!!

—Gloria Baldi


At one time or another, everyone asks the question, “What is that bird?”The Cornell Lab Merlin, from http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/the-story/

Finding the answer can be remarkably challenging. Part of the mission of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is to help people find that answer. We know it is hard to figure out the name of the bird you saw when sorting through a massive field guide, using search engines, and other resources.Merlin is designed to be a birding coach for beginning and intermediate bird watchers. Merlin asks you the same questions that an expert birder would ask to help solve a mystery bird sighting. Notice that date and location are Merlin’s first and most important questions. It takes years of experience in the field to know what species are expected at a given location and date. Merlin shares this this knowledge with you based on more than 200 million sightings submitted to eBird from birders across the United States and Canada.Merlin also asks you to describe the color, size, and behavior of the bird you saw. Because no two people describe birds exactly the same way, Merlin presents a shortlist of possible species based on descriptions from Cornell Lab experts as well as thousands of bird enthusiasts who helped “teach” Merlin by participating in online activities. They’ve contributed more than 3 million descriptors to help Merlin match your input with the most likely birds. When you identify a species and click “This is My Bird,” Merlin also saves your record to help improve its future performance.Some people experience birds through the viewfinder of their camera, and putting a name to the bird they just photographed can be both rewarding and educational. The Photo ID feature in Merlin allows anyone with a camera to snap a photo and get a list of suggestions. Photo ID is yet another method to help you identify the birds you encounter.We hope you enjoy using Merlin and sharing it with your friends and family!

TECH THIS OUT!

New and exciting ways to keep track of what is

happening with birds and more.

Share Your Stories and Photos!Submissions from readers are most welcome and encouraged!The editor reserves the right to edit for

space, grammar, and/or suitability. Email text and/or photos to: [email protected] or snail mail: Kris Kaylor • 3240 W. Dry Creek Rd • Ellensburg, WA 98926Submissions need to be in by the 20th of the preceding month. The Hooter is published monthly except for July.


USFWS Ordered to Not Cherry-Pick ScienceJanuary 2019 Barry Brunson, Chair, Climate Change Committee

I had not been aware that there is a small mammal called the Pacific fisher, but it is an interesting creature because of its role in the federal courts. Fisher numbers have been declining for years, at first because of widespread logging, and more recently due to rodenticides employed by illegal marijuana growers. The US Fish and Wildlife Service, after proposing in 2014 that fishers deserved federally protected status, later reversed that decision. Conservation organizations sued, and in Sep U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered the USFWS to reconsider. Judge Alsup stated starkly that the agency had “cherry-picked” the science. See the brief item in the 15 Oct 2018 issue of High Country News, or the longer 26 Sep article by Maya Kapoor on the HCN website at https://tinyurl.com/y9c6t7df.

The Biggest Climate News LatelyEach of two major reports recently released could quality for bombshell status: the Nov joint National Climate Assessment by 13 federal agencies, and the Oct IPCC report on what we could expect with a 1.5º C global average temperature increase versus a 2º rise.

Even with a 1.5º increase, certain dire effects are likely, but would be much worse with 2º. Without significant and far-reaching action, we are told to expect harmful effects on our economy, water supplies, health, agriculture, infrastructure (and much else!), with the worst harm felt by low-income, minority, and indigenous communities. See, e.g., the article “U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy,” by Coral Davenport and Kendra Pierre-Louis in the 23 Nov 2018 New York Times, and “Half a degree stole the climate spotlight in 2018,” by Carolyn Gramling in the 27 Dec Science News.

Sources: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov

https://tinyurl.com/y6uvvxoy

https://tinyurl.com/y7ehbxhv

Update on Arctic IssuesIn the December Hooter communication, I promoted an article related to the effects of climate change on Arctic shorebirds, and referenced Science News of 13 Nov. That Climate Change Communications date is correct for the SN website, but the article appears in the 8 Dec issue of the printed magazine.

GOT BINCOULARS?Consider donating a pair (or more) to KAS for their education programs with school classes and local organizations. Contact our Education Chair, Steve Hall for more info. (See page 2)


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Mark Your Calendars!

First Saturday BirdWalksIrene Rinehart Park on Umptanum Road at 8 AM for a 3-hour walk

January 5th, 2019! Breakfast 8:00 am Carl’s Jr./Walk 9:00 am

Board MeetingsMeet at 4:30pm at the Methodist Church on the corner of 5th and Ruby

January 3rd, 2019

ThursdayProgramsStart at 7:00pm • Hal Homes

January 24, 2019—DIFFERENT DATE!!

Thursday Program is

January 24th at 7:00pm

Janaury 2019 Kittitas Audubon Hooter

Inland Internet • Roslyn Donates Internet service for our website:

www.kittitasaudubon.org

Old Mill Country Store • Ellensburg Provides a discount on bird seed to

KAS members.

THANK YOU! KITTITAS COUNTY BUSINESS

SUPPORTING KAS!

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