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22 2 S. HAMILTON ST. • M ADISON • W ISCON SIN 53703 • 255 BIRD • JANUARY 2000
able land use, education, and commu-nity support.
Since 1993, the park has introduced
prescribed burning and other methods
of wildlife management, and orga-
nized 11 environmental camps and
seminars. In 1997, the park estab-
lished a demonstration farm with the
goal of helping impoverished local
communities by introducing sound
agricultural practices that enhance the
land quality for wildlife while meetingthe surround ing villages’ food needs.
As a result of these activities, several
species of endangered cranes and the
Oriental White Stork have increased
three-fold in just six years in this area
of wetland, grassland , and crop fields.
Dr. Smirenski will discuss the birds
of the region and the importance of
creating sustainable habitat for them.
His central point is that simply stop-
ping development canno t conserve
natural resources. Conservationistsmust work with regional and local
governments and communities to find
development strategies that use and
also protect forests and wetlands.
Sergei Smirenski is the Coordinator
and Founder of the Amur Program of
the ISEU and the Founding Director of
the Muraviovka Park for Sustainable
Land Use. He has been on the faculty
of Moscow State University since
1973 and has worked in the Russian
Far East since 1970. His research
focuses on bio-geography, primarilythe distribution of birds in this mixed
region of southern broad -leafed
forests and northern taiga.
Sergei’s wife, Elena Smirenski, helps
to coordinate this and other interna-
tional projects for the International
Crane Foundation.
This program is co-sponsored by the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Wildlife Ecology.
You are invited to join Madison
Audubon board members and friends
at the pre-program dinner with our
speaker at Paisan’s Restaurant begin-
ning at 5:15 p.m. Please call the office
at 608/255-BIRD (255-2473) if you
have questions.
The Amur Program of the
International Socio-Ecological Union
(ISEU) was founded in 1991 to
demonstrate tha t the Amur River
Basin cou ld be developed in a way
that benefits people, economy, and
wildlife. Eastern Siberia’s Amur River
forms a natural border between Russia
and China. It is the only major river in
the world without dams on its main
channel. It is also the location of
Muraviovka Park for Sustainable Land
Use, the first privately operated, non-commercial nature park established in
Russia since 1917.
Established in 1993, with the help
of the International Crane Foundation,
Wild Bird Society of Japan, and the
ISEU, this 13,000-acre wetland with
adjacent croplands provides excellent
breeding, roosting and feeding habitat
for more than 200 species of birds.
Muraviovka Park is a focus for efforts
in b iodiversity conservation, sustain-
Protecting Cranes in Russia —Susta inab le Land Use a t Work
Free Public Program
What: Dr. Sergei Smirenski on con-
servation efforts in Russia.
When: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
7:00 p .m. - Refreshments
7:30 p.m. - Program
Where: Bolz Auditorium, Meriter
Hospital,124 Brooks St. Madison
Parking: Meriter Hospital paid park-
ing ramp across the street, on the
street, or Lot 51 north of Regent and
Mills St.
Insid e Thi s Issue
1 Winter Field Trips. p. 2.
2 2000 Field Trip Schedule p. 3.
3 Population and Habitat p. 4.
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Coo l Field Tri ps fo rW inter Enjoy m entFri., Jan. 14, 1999: Evening Ski (or
Hike) in the Arboretum
Join Arboretum Naturalist Andrew
Hipp at 4:00 p.m. at the U.W.
Arboretum, McKay Center, for this 2-
3 hour tour. Andrew is a U.W. Botany
graduate studen t with several yearsexperience as an Arboretum employ-
ee explaining the d iversity of plant
communities, there. Formerly as the
Arboretum Ranger, he spent hours
patrolling the trails in both daylight
and after dark. He would like to share
with you that special time of day dur-
ing a winter sunset when the light
fades, the shadows lengthen and
darkness takes over the forests and
prairies.
The tour will visit Curtis Prairie, the
Leopold Pines, go under the Beltlineto visit the Grady Trail. Andrew will
explain the Arboretum’s efforts at oak
savannah restoration, prairie restora-
tion and oak forest management.
The ski trails are ungroomed and
trail difficulty is intermedia te. As
always, snow conditions are unpre-
dictable, so be prepared to hike if
there is inadequate snow. Dress
warmly, as there will be time standing
listening to Andrew or maybe hearing
an owl or coyote. Bring your own
diagonal stride skis, as no t allArboretum ski trails are wide enough
for skating skis. Since we will return
to the McKay Center well after dark,
plan on using your night vision and
skiing quietly. If you have questions,
call Andrew Hipp at 241-5045, leave
a message and he will call you back.
Sat., Jan. 22: Wisconsin River Raptors
Come watch eagles soar over the
Wisconsin River! Jim Marrari will lead
this trip to the Wisconsin River to
search for soaring raptors. Likely findsinclude bald eagles, rough-legged
hawks, red-tailed hawks, kestrels and
maybe an owl. This trip will last into
the afternoon, so bring a lunch . If you
have a scope, please bring it to scan
the river for waterfowl and perched
eagles. Dress appropriately for the
weather. There will be some hiking as
well as car b irding.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Kohl’s parking
lot in Middleton at the intersection of
Allen Blvd. and Century Avenue to
carpoo l to the river. Riders are expec t-
ed to share expenses with drivers.
If you have questions, call Jim
Marrari at 231-2395.
Sat., Jan. 29: Butterflies of Texas
What better way to escape the cold
white and gray of winter than to look
forward to the warmth and sunny col-
ors of summer? Southern Texas is
widely known as a major birding area,but its also the premier butterfly-
watching a rea in the U.S. In this slide
program, butterfly expert Ann Swengel
will share her butterfly pictures and
experieneces from m any trips to
Texas. She will discuss specific butter-
flying sites and provide pointers on
locating interesting species such a s
the Malachite and Zebra. Anne will
compare Texas butterfly-watching
with Wisconsin and discuss the out-
breaks of southern migrant butterflies
from Texas that occasionally reach a sfar north as Wisconsin.
Ann Swengel is a nationally known
prairie bu tterfly researche r and author
of numerous articles. She is currently
a vice president of the North
American Butterfly Association
(NABA), and is National Co-coordina-
tor of the 4th of July Butterfly Coun ts.
The program starts at 10 a.m. and
will last about an hour and a half.
Meet in Middleton at the Middleton
Public Library at 7425 Hubbard
Avenue. (Hubbard Avenue is two
blocks south of University Avenue).
Par tner s In Flig htAnnual MeetingFrid ay, Febr ua ry 18
Please mark your calendars - you
are all invited! The annual statewide
Partners In Flight (PIF) meeting will
take place on Friday, February 18
from noon to 4 p.m. at the U.W.
Memorial Union on the Madisoncampus. The meeting will be held in
conjunction with the Wildlife Society
- Wisconsin Chapter’s annual meet-
ing, which will begin Thursday. The
featured topic at the PIF meeting will
be the Wisconsin Bird Conservation
Initiative, a new effort just getting off
the ground in the state. For more
information on this free event, contact
Karen Etter Hale a t the MAS office,
255-2473.Z0 2
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MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY
President: Joann e Herfel, 241-8009
Vice-president: Amy McDaniel, 238-0450
Goose Pond Resident Naturalists:
Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160
Editors: Pat & Deb Ready, 873 -1703
Graphic design: Pat Ready.
Printed by Roemer Printing.
THE AUDUBON CAWS is pub lished
September through July by:
Madison Audubon Society,
222 S. Hamilton St.,
Madison, WI 53703,
(608) 255-BIRD (2473).
Birding h otline, 255-BIRM.
Madison Audubon Web Page:
http://madisonaudubon.org
E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail services donated by Berbee
Contribution d eadline is Janua ry 10 for
the February issue, for which items may be
sent to Pat Ready, 1210 Oakwood Ct.,
Stoughton, WI 53589. p [email protected]
The mission of the Madison Audubon
Society is to educate our members and the
public about the na tural world and the
threats that natural systems are facing, to
engage in advocacy to preserve and protect
these systems, and to develop and maintain
sanctuaries to save and restore natural habi-
tat.
JOIN M ADISONAUDUBON
Student/Senior: $15
Introductory membership: $20
Basic: $35
Foreign: Add $10 in US funds.
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with National Audubon and all members receive
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DATE TRIP LEADERJanuary 14 Evening Ski in the Arboretum Andrew Hip
January 22 Wisconsin River Raptors Jim MarrariJanuary 29 Butterflies of Texas Ann SwengelFebruary 26 Late Winter Birds Aaron StutzMarch 10 Night Owls Al SheaMarch 11 Early Spring Migrants Steve ThiessenMarch 19 Ecology of Lower Mud Lake Libby ZimmermanMarch 25 Spring Birds of Columbia Co. TBAApril 1 & 22 Beginning Birding Al HolzhueterApril 2,9,16,23 Scope Days at Goose Pond! Dorothy HainesApril 14 Evening at Mud Lake Wildlife Area Mark and Sue MartinApril 12 Frogs Night Out Bob HayApril 15 Wildflowers at Walking Iron Todd MillerApril 16 Geology of Devil’s Lake/Baraboo Hills Gary WernerApril 21 Evening at Cherokee Marsh Tony Kalenic and Levi WoodApril 22 Tour of Faville Grove Sanctuary Dave Musolf & Roger Packard
April 29 Abraham’s Woods Wildflowers & Birds Andrew HippApril 30 Birding Wyalusing Al SheaMay 7 Birding Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonMay 2 Owen Park Evening Nature Walk Jon SuttonMay 9,11,16,18 Warbler Walks Ken Barmore, Todd Highsmith, Tony Kalenic, Levi WoodMay 12 Evening at Nine Springs Dave FallowMay 13 “Big Day” Birding Ken BarmoreMay 13 International Migratory Bird Day Karen Etter HaleMay 13 Wildflowers and Birds David KopitzkeMay 20 Spring Green Birding Greg Geller and Becky AbleMay 21 Birding at Horicon Marsh Levi WoodMay 25 Wildflowers of Faville Sanctuary Steve RichterMay 29 Natural History of Quincy Bluff Lynn Hanson and Roy WittwerJune 3 Birding Governor Dodge State Park John RomanoJune 4 Canoe Red Cedar Lake Libby ZimmermanJune 10 Bicycling Sauk County Preserves Paul West and Steve RichterJune 11 Birding Thousand Rock Prairie and Blue Mounds Kay BurcarJune 15 Beginning Birding (Picnic Point) Al HolzhueterJune 17 Upper Narrows Baraboo River Geology Robert and Nancy DottJune 18 Summerton Bog Scott WeberJune 23 Evening Canoe in Cherokee Marsh Levi WoodJune 24 Dragonflies and Butterflies Karl Legler, Dave Fallow, Dave WestoverJuly 1 Madison Butterfly Count Jon SuttonJuly 8 Badger Ordinance Tour Mike MossmanJuly 8 Dragonflies of Ceda rburg Bog Bill SmithJuly 9 Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh Ann SwengelJuly 22 Prairie Butterflies Jim Danford and Katie Green BielfussJuly 29 Tour of Goose Pond Prairie Mark MartinAugust 5 Prairie Tour Todd Miller
August 27 Horicon Birding Ken Barmore and Bill VolkertAugust 26 Fall Shorebirds Steve ThiessenSeptember 9 Birding Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonSeptember 9 Dendrology — Trees and Shrubs Fred Clark September 23 Tour of the Ice Age Trail Gary WernerOct. 1,8,15,22,29 Scope Days at Goose Pond Dorothy HainesOctober 7 Lake Michigan Hawkwatch Jon Peacock October 14 Mushroom Meander Diane Derouen and Tom Volk October 15 Ecology of the Baraboo Hills Mike MossmanOctober 21 Birding the Lake Michigan Shoreline Tony Kalenic and Carol AndersonNovember 11 Birding Hot Spots Tony Kalenic and Carol AndersonDecember 2 Madison Lakes Al SheaDecember 16 Madison Christmas Bird Count Tony Kalenic and Carol Anderson
Here are the MAS field trips scheduled for 2000. Mark them on your calendar
and join us on these ou tings. We will try to stick to this schedule, but unfore-
seen circumstances may cause changes, so be sure to check for details and
any announcements of schedule changes in the monthly MAS newsletter
(CAWS). When carpooling, riders are expected to share expenses with
drivers.
MADISON AUDUBON
SOCIETY’S 2000 FIELD TRIPS
By Levi Wood, Field Trip Coordinator
and Field Trip Committee members Tony
Kalenic, Karl Legler, Ken Barmore,
and Steve Richter
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Strengthening OurAlliance: Uniting ForW isconsin’s Env ironm ent
The Wisconsin Stewardship Network
will be hosting its 5th annual conference
on Friday and Saturday, January 28 and
29. The Network has over 100 member
organizations from the sporting and envi-
ronmental communities. They cometogether to build bridges and work on
four key conservation issues per year.
Priority issues this year are shoreland pro-
tection, family farm preservation, protect-
ing Wisconsin’s northwoods from
destructive me tallic mining, and support-
ing DNR independence and the restora-
tion of the Public Intervenor’s office. This
year the Network will offer many exciting
workshops, from a discussion o f the p ro-
posed mega-transmission line in northern
Wisconsin, to an exciting proposal for cit-
izen-powered water testing, to a presenta-tion about Wisconsin wildlife. Workshops
will also educate participants about the
Wisconsin Stewardship Network’s priority
issues, help them connect to other con-
cerned individuals and organizations,
offer fun outdoors skill-building, and
explore additiona l issues. Apsanahkwat,
the Menominee tribal chairperson, will
be the keynote speaker at the conference.
You also have a chance to win a beautiful
Mad River Tahoe 16 canoe and other
great prizes and support the Network at
the same time, whether you attend or not!Just purchase raffle tickets for $3/ticket,
$10 for 4, or $25 for 10 from the Madison
Audubon office. Madison Audubon is an
active member in the Wisconsin
Stewardship Network, and will be
involved in this year’s conference.
Currently, DNR Independence is at the
top of the Network’s priority list. The
State Senate recently passed legislation
that would restore the appointment of the
DNA Secretary to the c itizen-controlled
Natural Resources Board. The legislationis currently in the Assembly’s Natural
Resources comm ittee. It is very important
to urge the members of that committee to
pass the legislation on to the Assembly
floor for deba te.
Contact Ann Finan , the Wisconsin
Stewardship Coordinator, at (608)
251-7020 ( or Karen Etter Hale, 255-2473
for more information.)
POPULATION & HABITAT
Beyond 6 Bil l ion—Koffi Annan and the United
Nations noted the D ay of 6 Billion
Oc tober 12, 1999. As world popu la-
tion rises, Audubon seeks to find a
balance between human consump-
tion and the natural environment.
Ken Strom, Director of Audubon’sPopulation & Habitat Campaign,
came to Madison to speak at several
venues abou t the single biggest envi-
ronmen tal threat to Earth and its
wildlife.
WI Public Radio featured Ken on
Tom Clark’s morning radio show on
Oct. 12. Doug LaFollette and others
called in to voice concern about
population issues. The League of
Women Voters of Dane Co. aired
“Population and HabitatSustainability” on Access City Hall
with Dave Cieslewicz of 1000
Friends of Wisconsin and Caroline
Beckett of Madison Audubon .
Oct. 19 & 20 Ken Strom partici-
pated on panels at Middleton and
East High Schools with student and
teacher representatives, moderated
by Popu lation & Habitat Committee
members Carla Corwith and
Rhonda Dix.
Approximately 130 people came
to Madison Audubon’s general
meeting October 19, to hear Ken
speak on “6 Billion and Billions
More.” A lively discussion followed
his talk, and audience participation
pushed the meeting well past 9
p.m.
The Population & Habitat
Committee plans to work with local
schools to continue the dialogue
about population growth: how itwill affect our lives, the environ-
ment, and what we can do to alter
the impact.
N O T I C EPopulation & Habitat Committee
is looking for a compu ter techie
to help us videostream a short
educational project about popu-
lation. Please contact Rhonda
Dix at e-mail:
[email protected] or call
233-4347 if you can help. Thank
you.
Ken Strom, National Audubon Population & Habitat Campaign Director at the
International Crane Foundation. Photo by Caroline Beckett
Madison Audubon Society’sPopulation & Habitat Committeewith Ken Strom. Photo by Pete Cannon
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YES, I want to make the
Goose Pond vision a reality.
Here is my contribution to
the Goose Pond Campaign.
[ ] Acre Maker. $1,000 or more to
buy and restore ano ther acre of
land at Goose Pond.
[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $500-$999 tobuy and restore another half-
acre of land a t Goose Pond.
[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100
a year for three years ($300
total) toward Goose Pond
restoration. Here is my first
installment.
[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a year
for three years($150 total). Here
is my first installmen t.
[ ] My Own Vision. $ tohelp as much as possible.
Name
Address
In Memory of
In Honor of
For Gifts Honoring Another: Send
Acknowledgement to (name and
address)
Contributions will be acknowledgednear the Goose Pond Information
Board as follows: $1,000 or more-
name to appear on a permanent
plaque; $250-$999-name to appear
on engraved paving brick.
Acknowledge in Madison
Audubon Society Newsletter
Do not acknowledge in Madison
Audubon Society Newsletter
Make checks payable to MadisonAudubon Society and mail to:
Madison Audubon Society, 222 S.
Hamilton Street, Suite #1 , Madison,
WI 53703
Tax deductible to the extent allowed
by law.
Madison Audubon Society’s
financial statement is available
upon request.
Dona tions HelpSanctua ries Ring inthe New YearACRE MAKER
Marjorie F. Shepherd
HALF-ACRE MAKER
Diana S. Webb
ADOPT AN ACRE
In memory of Leigh Couch -
Lesleigh Luttrell and David M.
Schreiner
NEST EGG
Arthur J. Donald Family Foundation
MY OWN VISION
Ellen W. Connolly
Irene M. Ilgen
Patricia Levin
Joan Redmann
Denyse Snyers
In memory of Philip Felland -
Doris N. Felland
In memory of Jenni and Kyle
Geurkink -
Sally Wilmeth and Terry Geurkink
In memory of Scott Kruse -
Nora Cusack
In honor of Mary Young’s 50th birth-
day -
Marsha and Peter Cannon
Sharon Clark and Warren GaskillJoanne Herfel
Kenneth W. Wood
IN ADDITION to the above, Madison
Audubon gratefully acknowledges the
following unrestricted donations:
Nancy Abraham
Helga and Bert Anderson
Jim and Sharon Bolton
Ann and Richard Burgess
Thomas Casey
Bacia Edelman
Margery and Dudley Etter
Rebecca Gilson
Jerry Haiar
Lola Hickey
Eleanor Jones
Miye Kanazawa
Elizabeth Livermore
Renata Lucht
Wendy OsborneLaurence Parnell
Jean and Henry Peters
Ron Remy
Carol Richgels
Geraldine and David Rouse
Elizabeth Tuttle
Susan Vaughan
Lore Wahl
Robert and Margaret Wersland
Jan Westemeier
James Young
Suzanne Brockman Zeigler
In memory of Catherine Menigoz-Sharon Dosch
In memory of Ann Petersen -
Evelyn Batchelor
UW-Ma dison Cam pusN atural Areas BirdCheck list Ava ilab leThanks to the help of many Madison
bird watchers, the Campus Natural
Areas Bird Checklist is complete. The
Checklist includes the following infor-
mation on 249 bird species: months
of occurrence, abundance, nesting
status, and habitat. Please send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope to
Roma Lenehan to receive your copy. I
am still collecting data on rare,
unusual, out of season, and breeding
birds as well as habitat information.
Send information to Roma Lenehan,
3317 Lake Mendota Dr., Madison, WI
53705.
POSITION VACAN CY:Ad m inistra tive Assistant f or M ad ison Au dub on Society
Available immediately: 25 hours/week September through May,15 hours/week June through August. Reap the rewards of workingfor a vital conservation organization and be a part of the environ-mental movement! Interested parties should contact AmyMcDaniel: (608) 238-0450.
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Madison Audubon Society, Inc.
Joanne Herfel, President
222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1
Madison, WI 53703
MAS Calendarat a Glance
1321 E. Mifflin St.Madison, WI 53703(608) 256-1066
January sunset over Goose Pond.
Photo by Pat Ready
Feeder tip sBy Pat Ready
Keep a pair of binoculars and a field guide handy tohelp identify birds that come to your feeders.
A recycled Christmas
tree trunk (drilled with1” holes) makes a good
suet feeder for wood-peckers. Starlings can’tgrip on to get the suet.
Suet hung upside downis no problem for wood-
peckers, nuthatches orchickadees to get at.
Cardinals prefer hopperfeeders like this one to sit
on and feed. Black-oilsunflower and safflower
work well in this type.
14 Jan. - Arboretum Evening ski or
walk, p. 2
18 Jan. - MAS meeting and program,
p. 1
22 Jan. - WI River raptors, p. 2
29 Jan. - Butterflies of Texas, p. 2
15 Feb. - MAS meeting and program18-21 Feb. - Great Backyard Bird
Count