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PelicanLahontan Audubon Society P.O. Box 2304 Reno, Nevada 89505 www.nevadaaudubon.org 775-324-BIRDMission statement: To preserve and improve the remaining habitat of birds and other wildlife, restore historical habitat, and educate

the public, with emphasis on children, providing vision to all about our unique Nevada environments.

MONTHLY MEETINGSDate: Fourth Tuesday of the month

Time: Social at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7 p.m.

Location: South Valleys Library

15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno

Exterior door, west side of building

Directions to South Valleys Library: Take Hwy 395 to the Mt. Rose Hwy. Head west

on the Mt. Rose Hwy and take the first right turn onto Wedge Parkway, just past Raleys

shopping center. Go about one mile on Wedge Parkway and look for the boldly de-

signed, mustard yellow library on the right.

November 22 -- Donna Withers -- Anaho Island NWR

Note: Social starts at 7 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Anaho Island Refuge Manager Donna Withers will present an introduction to Anaho

Island NWR with a review of the status and history of the American White Pelican

breeding colony found on the island. It is one of the largest breeding colonies of

American White Pelicans in the world. She has been the manager of the island since

January of 1999. Previously, she worked in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Reno

office for seven years in the Endangered Species Program.

Help! Needed

LAS is losing its current Recording Secretary, and we need to find someone to fillthat position. The main duties of the Recording Secretary, which is a Board position,

are to take and formalize minutes of the monthly Board meetings held first Tuesdays

every month September through June. If you would be interested in learning more or in

attending a Board Meeting to observe, please contact any of the Officers and Trustees

listed on the back page ofThe Pelican. We need your help, and your involvement will

make a difference. Please let us hear from you.

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER2005

vol. 43, no. 2

Inside This Issue

1 Monthly Meetings

2 Field Trips

3 Important Bird Areas

4 From the Presidents Perch

5 Conservation Corner

6 Birds In Town

7 LAS SalesMembership

Submissions for the January/

February issue are due December 1,

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SUBSCRIPTIONS

The Pelican is the official newsletter of the Lahontan AudubonSociety and is published six times annually. Subscriptions are

paid for as part of the dues of LAS or the National Audubon

Society. LAS welcomes gifts, donations, and bequests in

general, or gifts in honor or memory of relatives and friends.

Such donations will be used as specified or, if unspecified, will

be used to support LAS education and conservation projects.

All donations are tax deductible.

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

tell them how you feel:

Senator Harry Reid Senator John Ensign

400 S. Virginia St. #902 400 S. Virginia St. #738

Reno, NV 89501 Reno, NV 89501

Reno phone: 686-5750 Reno phone: 686-5770

Representative Jim Gibbons Governor Kenny Guinn

400 S. Virginia St. #502 Executive Chambers

Reno, NV 89501 Capitol Complex

Reno phone: 686-5760 Carson City, NV 89710

FIELD TRIPS AND CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTSNancy Bish 775-884-1570

[email protected]

For information on field trips added after

this publication, please view the LAS

web site at (www.nevadaaudubon.org).

December 3 (Saturday) 7 a.m.Sierra Valley, California

Trip Leaders: Alan Gubanich (775)

857-0191 [email protected], and Jim

Lytle (775) 577-9641 [email protected] at 7 a.m. in the McDonalds parking

lot, Lemmon Valley Exit, north of Reno on

Hwy 395. A full day of birding is planned

(back around 5 p.m.). Sierra Valley is a good

place to see wintering raptors including

Red-tailed, Rough-legged and Ferruginous

Hawks. Bald Eagles also winter there. If time,

interest and weather permit, a side trip to Yuba

Pass or Hwy 70 along the Feather River to

Plumas-Eureka State Park may be possible.In the eastern Sierras Mountain Chickadees,

nuthatches, jays, woodpeckers and sapsuckers

can be found.

Please contact Alan or Jim if you plan to join

them, so they can plan accordingly.

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT

The CBC is an annual census of wintering

bird populations that began in 1900. The

results are used to estimate the distribution

and abundance of wintering birds in North

America. Each count circle covers an area 15

miles in diameter. Birders of all skill levels

gather in teams and identify and count allbirds observed throughout the day. The results

of the nationwide census are compiled in the

journal North American Birds.

Six CBCs are conducted locallyCarson

City, Fallon, Pyramid Lake, South Lake

Tahoe, Truckee Meadows and Walker Lake.

Details are provided below. For updated infor-

mation on area Christmas Bird Counts please

see the Lahontan Audubon Society web site at

www.nevadaaudubon.org.

To participate, contact the count leader or

show up the morning of the count at the ap-

pointed location. Be sure to dress appropriate-

ly and bring food and drink for the day. Bring

binoculars, field guides and scopes. There is a$5 fee for each participant to cover compiling

and publishing costs of the North American

Birds journal. Ask your count leader for

details on how to receive the journal.

LOCAL CBCS:Fallon

Friday, December 16

Meet at 7 a.m. in room 104 (the science lab)

at the community college, located behind the

Holiday Inn Express off of Hwy 50. Areas to

survey include Carson Lakes, Carson River

and adjacent agricultural lands. Contact: Bill

Mewaldt (775) 867-3469.Truckee Meadows

Saturday, December 17

Meet at the McDonalds on the corner of

Oddie and Silverado (two blocks east of 395)

in Sparks at 7 a.m. All count areas will be

coordinated and teams dispersed from this

location. A potluck is planned for the evening

compiling session, time and place to be deter-

mined. Call Dave for all the exciting details.

Contact: Dave McNinch (775) 747-7545.

Please do not call after 9 p.m.

Carson City

Sunday, December 18

Details to be announced.Contact: Greg Scyphers [email protected] or

(775)747-3156

South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Thursday, December 18 (tentative date)

Come and join us for this exciting ski/snow-

shoe count. Numerous chickadees and other

resident mountain birds abound. Since a large

part of the count area is Lake Tahoe, well

sea kayak to look for loons, alcids, scoters,

etc., provided the weather is good. The

date for this count may change due to bad

weather conditions. Contact: Will Richardson

[email protected].

Pyramid Lake

Saturday, January 1, 2006

Meet at 7 a.m. at the Sutcliffe Marina. Bring

warm clothes, water and lunch. Contact: Tom

Stille, (775) 747-2222 (work), (775) 690-4261

(cell), or [email protected].

Walker Lake

Date to be announced

Contact: Dennis Serdehely, [email protected]

or (775) 575-0319.

OUT OF AREA CBCS:There are several other bird counts in Nevada,

California and Oregon. For information, visit

the LAS web site, www.nevadaaudobon.org.

Oxbow Nature Study Area

Field Trip, September 17, 2005

Eleven people, including at least one new

birder, joined leader Dave Jickling on a

drop-dead-gorgeous morning at Oxbow

Nature Study Area for two and a half hours of

birding along the Truckee River. Tall cattails

surrounding the first viewing platform all

but hid the river but an opening revealed a

Black Phoebe, infrequently seen in this area,feeding along the rocks on the opposite bank.

We crept quietly up to the pond but failed to

find the Green Heron, only to have it fly over

us on the path back to the river. Dave gave a

good tutorial on the variation and mimicry of

the songs of Bewicks Wrens taunting us all

along the path.

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IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS PROGRAMDon McIvor 775-882-2597

[email protected]

Nevadas Important Bird

Areas Program Exploring

Wee Thump Joshua Tree IBA

As winter settles across Nevada

and the northern reaches turn

icy and cold, this is a great time

to think about heading south for

a little exploration. And as the

growing millions in Las Vegas

know, the southern part of the

state is usually seasonably mild

through the winter, and there

are lots of opportunities forbirding. One of my favorite spots

in southern Nevada is the Wee

Thump Joshua Tree IBA.

Wee Thump lies to the west

of Searchlight on either side of

Nevada Highway 164. The area

was designated as a 6,000 acre

wilderness area in 2002. As such,

it is probably the most accessible

wilderness area in the entire

system. A visitor need only topull to the side of the road and

step away from the pavement to

enter designated wilderness.

The landscape in Wee Thump

is characterized by an old growth

Mojave Desert forest of Joshua

trees. Wee thump means ancient

ones in Paiute, and the name

refers to the Joshua trees. This

species grows slowly, as little

as half an inch each year, and

some of the specimens in Wee

Thump are over 30 feet tall.

And with grazing allotments in

the area closed and withdrawn,

the understory in the forest is a

beautiful mix of desert shrubs,

grasses, and cacti.

The Joshua trees also make this

site a unique habitat in Nevadafor birds. As old as the trees

are, they are now able offer

nest sites for cavity dependent

species. This is a guild of birds

usually entirely absent from the

desert at this elevation, because

most of the desert offers nothing

larger than creosote bush. At

Wee Thump, both primary and

secondary cavity nesters abound.

Some of the more interestingspecies here are summer breeding

birds, and in winter they too

have moved to warmer areas.

In summer, Ladder-backed

Woodpeckers scout for insects,

Ash-throated Flycatchers are

abundant, Gilded Flickers appear

to breed here in a rare northern

extension of their range, and

Rufous-crowned Sparrowshave been found in the nearby

McCullough Mountains. A

winter visit may reward the

visitor primarily with a great

walk in a fascinating landscape.

The bird community is far less

diverse than in summer. Northern

Flickers, probably short distance

migrants from the nearby

McCulloughs, occupy most of

the available cavities. CrissalThrashers are still about, and in

the summer Bendires Thrashers

are also about. Western Screech-

Owls have been seen here. This

is a landscape that continues to

surprise, and its worth a visit any

time of the year.

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As so many topics large and stagger-

ing in their complexity swirl around

us, thinking about details seems

anathema. To some, I suppose, bird-

ing looks like a quaint, quirky, even

frivolous pastime.

At the September General Meeting

Alan Gubanich presented A Bit of

Biology where he taught us about

avian vocal cords and described the

structure that can allow certain song

birds to sing two songs at one time.

Imagine that. In a recent field trip to

Oxbow Nature Study Area, leader

Dave Jickling, shared a number of

pointers such as, There is always

a little olive in the yellow color of Or-ange-crowned Warblers.

In the forthcoming thanksgiving

season, I will be thankful for a pas-

time that presents endless, intriguing,

fascinating detail. I will be thankful,

too, for the many people who teach

and freely share their knowledge

about these marvelous creatures, their

behavior, and their should I say

our? habitat.

In the midst of the Gulf of Mexico

hurricane disasters and so much hu-man suffering, it is a little daunting

to say out loud words like wetlands,

continental shelf, erosion. But it all

fits together, doesnt it? The flood-

ing of New Orleans reminded me

of a book sitting on my shelf as yet

unread, Rising Tide The Great

Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It

Changed America by John M. Barry,

an author much interviewed of late.

You get into the so-called details andyou end up finding that they all fit and

they all matter.

The Christmas wishes I would offer

here are these. That we heighten our

collective wonder at and respect of

the natural world around us. That we

achieve a longer attention span, take

note, and remember. That we pause to

peer farther into the future. That we

accept the fact that our species does

not know everything. That we realize

that we cannot always conquer or

control nature.

In what can threaten to be a much

too frenetic season, I also wish thatyou give yourself a Christmas pres-

ent: Join a Christmas Bird Count

team and enjoy a memorable and

special experience while you play a

small part in an important contribu-

tion to bird life.

Karen L. Kish

Thanks to Special Volunteers

Diane Wong has served ably asour Field Trip Chair for the last two

years. Work demands have now

caused Diane to step down from this

position. Nancy Bish has agreed

to take over as Field Trip Chair.

Thank you, Nancy! Diane will likely

continue to lead a trip or two. Many,

many thanks, Diane, for handling this

important volunteer position.

In bad news for LAS and good news

for her, our recently elected Record-ing Secretary Jasmine Vittori has

received an opportunity to pursue

graduate studies in the big island

of Hawaii. In her short tenure, she

quickly learned the secretarys duties

as well as volunteering for other ac-

tivities. Thank you so much, Jasmine.

We wish you much success.

FROM THE PRESIDENTS PERCH:Thanksgiving Gratitude and Christmas Wishes

Oxbow Trip

(continued from page 2)

The prudent group soon learned to

answer, every time Dave asked Wha

bird is that? Bewicks Wren! was

the reply. We had great views of a

Western Wood-Pewee sallying (a new

bird term for most of us) and ritually

feeding its mate. A small flock of

Cedar Waxwings stayed put at length

in the top of a cottonwood. Orange-

crowned Warblers repeatedly showed

themselves and gave calls that could

have passed for California Quail con-

tact calls. The group saw and heard

about 25 species. As we tuned ourears for more calls at the end of the

walk, we heard a faint Dave in the

distance, calling us back to the pond

where we found Bob Goodman, with

camera and tripod set up for his pet

Green Heron. A very good trip on a

beautiful autumn morning.

Karen L. Kish

DONORS

LAS gratefully acknowledges thesedonors:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet $10

Sonya Hem, Michael and Cynthia

Goddard

Mountain Bluebird $20

John M. Bauer

These donations were made in

memory ofDennis Trousdale:

Gretchen L. Kelly - $30, In memory

of Dennis.

Hugh and Lynda Judd - $50, To

honor a great birder.

Jennifer Rycenga - $25, For all his

advice via the Nevada birding email

list.


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NDOW Submits

Comprehensive Wildlife

Conservation Strategy

The Nevada Department of Wildlife

submitted the states Comprehensive

Wildlife Conservation Strategy to the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in mid-

September. This document, a requirement

to receive federal funding for non-game

programs for the state, will serve as a

planning document to help guide wildlife

conservation in the state for the next ten

years. Work began on the document in

2003, with NDOW taking the lead and

organizing an initial partnership team

that includes The Nature Conservancy,

the Nevada Natural Heritage Program

and the Lahontan Audubon Society.A key element of this strategy was

building partnerships (federal, state, and

municipal) and getting input from the

public. Earlier this spring the partnership

team met with organizations, including

LAS, and traveled across the state

gathering input from citizens on priority

wildlife conservation issues. A draft

document was available for public review

in July. Once approved by the Fish and

Wildlife Service, the next step will be

to sit down with the various partners

to break out the steps of the elementsidentified in the strategy and work to

build detailed conservation strategies

for the key habitats and priority species.

The final document will be posted on

NDOWs web site soon, at www.ndow.

org.

LAS Submits Concerns

About Eastern Nevada

Groundwater Project

Lahontan Audubon Society, throughthe Important Bird Area director,

submitted scoping comments in August

on the Bureau of Land Managements

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Clark, Lincoln and White Pine

Counties Groundwater Development

Project. The comments focused on

several of our Important Bird Areas

that could be negatively impacted by

groundwater extraction. Other concerns

dealt with invasive species, costs and

responsibilities for monitoring, mitigation

of impacts of groundwater pumping,vaguely defined areas in the project

proposal and the potential impacts on

rural citizens of the state. Late this

summer, additional water applications

came into play, raising questions as to the

initial scope of the EIS and the overall

project area. As the project grew in scope

it became apparent that the project was

going to take longer than anticipated, and

the project leader resigned as a result of

the time conflicting with other projects.

Although it now appears to be stalled,

the groundwater project and SouthernNevada Water Authoritys ambitions to

tap into groundwater in eastern Nevada

continues to get a lot of press.

Endangered Species

Act Attacked

The last week in September the U.S.

House Resources committee, headed

by Congressman Richard Pombo of

California, sent to the floor of the House

of Representatives a bill that makesdrastic and harmful changes to a long

standing environmental law. National

Audubon denounced H.R. 3824, entitled

the Endangered Species Recovery

Act of 2005 and posted information in

alerts on their web site (www.audubon.

org). The bill Audubon is referring to

as the Extinction Bill undermines

the protection of habitat critical to

endangered and threatened wildlife,

while delivering a windfall in benefits for

wealthy landowners and developers, at

taxpayer expense. Audubon highlights a

few detrimental aspects of this bill:

Habitat critical for the recovery and

survival of endangered species will no

longer be protected, ignoring the most

essential element of any plan to protect

endangered species.

The bill would exempt all pesticide

decisions from compliance with the ESA

for at least five years, ignoring the fact

that pesticides have been a significant

factor in the historic decline of species,

including the Bald Eagle and pose a

current problem for many other species. With the safety net shredded, the

bill further authorizes payments to

landowners and developers if there

is any interference with development

plans, turning our priorities upside down

by punishing taxpayers.

The bill prohibits the Fish and

Wildlife Service from using any

scientific information about an

endangered species that is learned after

a conservation plan is completed. This is

like prohibiting a doctor from using any

medical information that is learned afterthe patient is admitted to the hospital.

Unfortunately, HR 3824 passed

the House with a vote of 229 to 193

and will now head to the Senate.

Congressman Gibbons was a co-sponsor

of the bill and Congressman Porter also

voted for it, while Congresswoman

Berkley voted against. The Senate is

working on their version of a bill to

modify the Endangered Species Act.

Their bill needs to provide greater

protection for critically imperiled plants

and wildlife than the House bill. It is

important to let your congressional

delegates know how you feel, both in

the House and Senate. The Endangered

Species Act needs to be protected,

not gutted, if future generations are to

enjoy species such as the Ivory-billed

Woodpecker, California Condor and

the Whooping Crane, to name just a

few. Contact information for Nevadas

delegates is on page 2 of everyPelican.

Please give your delegates a call today.

Ali Chaney

CONSERVATION CORNER


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BIRDS IN TOWNby Alan Wallace

We all say that we can feel fall in the air, but have you ever noticed that the trees, even those in towns,

sound different as fall approaches? The breeze still rustles the leaves in September, but gone are the summer calls

of the Yellow Warblers, Bullocks Orioles, and Western Kingbirds, replaced by the cacophony of assembling

hordes ofEuropean Starlings and House Sparrows. And riparian areas begin to resound with the calls of newly

arrived White-Crowned Sparrows instead of the summerBlack-headed Grosbeaks and Western Wood-Pewees.It still may be 80 degrees outside, but the sounds from the trees and bushes give a strong hint that summer is behind

us.

The fall migration passed through northern Nevada towns in fairly typical fashion: summer birds

disappeared, passers-through passed through, and wintering birds began to arrive. Absent were sightings of

exceptionally unusual migrants, although Northern Waterthrushes were seen in Reno, Tonopah, and a few other

locales, a Cassins Vireo and late-SeptemberVaried Thrush in Reno, Nashville Warblers in Reno and Fernley,

and a Solitary Sandpiper at Swan Lake. More common among the warblers and vireos were lingering or migrant

Orange-crowned, Wilsons, MacGillivrays, and Yellow Warblers and Plumbeous and Warbling Vireos.

Flycatchers, notably Western Wood-Pewees, disappeared the second week of September, but more-than-normal

Black Phoebes (including a first-ever bird in Fred Petersons yard) lingered through August and September. As

reported by Sue Anne Marshall, one phoebe even survived a collision with a Belted Kingfisher as both apparentlywere going after the same prey. Swallows also left town in early September; as usual, Barn Swallows began to

congregate on a wire outside my house in mid-August and then disappeared suddenly on September 10. Cedar

Waxwings returned (from whence I do not know) in late August, providing a whistled tree-top chorus along the

Truckee River. Western Scrub-Jays held their annual late-September mass movement through Oxbow Nature

Center in Reno, a southward push that Melissa Scott noticed in Lemmon Valley as well. As I write, a scrub-jay

has spent the past two hours stashing acorns, gathered from a nearby oak tree, in the recesses of a large juniper

bush outside my window. White-crowned Sparrows also returned in the middle of September, right on schedule,

appearing and singing in yards and scrubby areas of parks and riparian zones. The Rufous Hummingbirds

finally showed up, although not in great numbers, in late July and into August, lingering through mid September.

Annas Hummingbirds (male and female adults and one immature male) also stopped for sugar-water refills in

late August and early September. All hummers, including the summering Black-chinneds, were gone by the thirdweek of September. Green Herons turned up at a few ponds, and Bob Goodman photographed one catching a

grasshopper and using it as bait for larger prey. For the fourth year in a row, a Flammulated Owl visited Mary Jo

Elpers yard in Reno, where it was mobbed by at least ten Western Scrub-Jays. Lovelock hosted first a Eurasian

Collared-Dove and then, mixed in with that and other doves, a White-winged Dove. And, extremely scruffy,

molting, but nevertheless very vocal Great-tailed Grackles searched for orts in parking lots in Battle Mountain

and Winnemucca in late September.

Birds find interesting places to roost. Tom Ward spotted two Barn Owls on the stage right and left lighting

supports at Hawkins Amphitheatre in Reno; as he said, look for the white streaks on the stage curtains to find them.

And, as the chilly nights of fall and winter approach, be sure to close your car windows. Pat Devereux found out

why the hard way: sparrows and finches took advantage of the slightly open windows in her parked car to overnight

on the steering wheel and dashboard. The white results made for an interesting thank-you note.

One hundred and eleven species were reported from northern Nevada towns in August and September.

Sources of information for this column included Elisabeth Ammon, Richard Brune, Pat Devereux, Mary Jo

Elpers, Eileen Gay, Bob Goodman, Jacque Lowery, Jim Lytle, Sue Anne Marshall, Martin Meyers, Fred

Peterson, Harold Peterson, Kris Pizarro, Debbie & Randy Pontius, Melissa Scott, Greg Scyphers, Dennis

Serdehely, Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri, Tom Ward, and me. Contributions are welcome, so send a

postcard/note to 1050 Sumac St., Reno, NV 89509 or an email to [email protected], or continue to post

items on the Nevada bird list-serve. The deadline for the next column is November 25. Good birding!


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OFFICERS President Karen Kish [email protected] 841-1180Vice President Alan Gubanich [email protected] 857-0191

Treasurer Dave Straley [email protected] 832-9222

Recording Secretary Vacant

TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2008 Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178Seat #2 to 2005 Judy Kretzer [email protected] 826-6891

Seat #3 to 2006 Ali Chaney [email protected] 813-3494

Seat #4 to 2008 Jim Lytle [email protected] 577-9641

Seat #5 to 2006 Ray Nelson [email protected] 849-0312

Seat #6 to 2007 Nancy Bish [email protected] 884-1570

Seat #7 to 2007 Bonnie Wagner [email protected] 829-6311

IBA Director Don McIvor [email protected] 882-2597

COMMITTEE Activity/Program Alan Gubanich [email protected] 857-0191CHAIRS Birding Classes Bob Goodman [email protected] 972-7848

Communications Karen Kish [email protected] 841-1180

Conservation Jim Lytle [email protected] 577-9641Education Ray Nelson [email protected] 849-0312

Field Trips Nancy Bish [email protected] 884-1570

Fundraising Dave Straley [email protected] 832-9222

Hospitality Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178

LAS Sales Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178

Membership Judy Kretzer [email protected] 826-6891

Volunteers Bonnie Wagner [email protected] 829-6311

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] 786-5755

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