Beavers were historically numerous in the watersheds of the eastern

slopes of the Cascade Mountains. Early trapping dramatically reduced the

beaver numbers, altering tributary watersheds. Beaver are a keystone

species, creating habitat and influencing natural processes that benefit

many other species, including birds and salmon ~ funding from the

Salmon Recovery Board is allowing the 3-year Yakima Beaver Project to

relocate whole beaver families where problems are occurring within urban

and agricultural areas. In the past, beavers were lethally removed; this

project provides the opportunity to live-trap and re-establish them in up-

per Yakima River tributaries, where their services will be welcomed, to

restore riparian function, improve water quality and flow, and enhance

fish and wildlife habitat. Our speaker, William Meyer, will show slides and

discuss the life history of the beaver, and the project work to this point. A program for all ages!

William Meyer has worked as a Fish and Wildlife Biologist for 24 years for several agencies: pres-

ently, the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). His research subjects have included Spot-

ted Owls, Northern Fur Seals and Southern Fur Seals, penguins and seabirds in the Antarctic, a vari-

ety of marine and freshwater fish species, salamanders, and critters such as squirrels. He has a

B.S. from UW and an M.S. from CWU. Currently William’s work is conservation-related, for the past

nine years working on the Wildlife Bridges on I-90. Come join us! Bring a friend!

Kittitas Audubon meetings are held the 3rd Thursday of each month, September through May (except

December), with a short business meeting prior to the presentation, and ―sweet treats‖ over conver-

sation at the end. As with all Audubon events the public is always welcome. Many thanks to the Ellens-

burg Public Library for sponsoring our meetings at Hal Holmes!

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“Leave it to Beaver: a rodent’s role in watershed restoration” presented by William Meyer, Area Habitat Biologist, WDFW

Membership Meeting - Thursday, November 17th @ 7:00 PM ~ Hal Holmes Center

Kittitas Audubon November 2011

Thursday November 24th for one hour ~ any

hour of your choosing! ~ you may sit by a win-

dow in the comfort of your own home, or a spe-

cial place outdoors. Select a circular area on the

ground, 15 feet in diameter, to include feeders,

bird baths, shrubs, water areas, etc. Imagine the

circle extending upward as a cylinder. Record

the species and number of individual birds which

come into this cylinder during a one hour period.

Try to judge the actual number of individuals

which are making visits to the Circle, or which

fly through the Cylinder. Try NOT to count the

same bird over and over again!

Visit this website for the report form and de-

tailed information on the count: http://

www.utahbirds.org/cbc/ThanksgBirdCount.htm

(copy and paste into web browser). If you have

any questions, please call Cricket at 509-

674-4035.

Better yet would be for a new person (one who

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KAS BOARD MEMBERS President – Gloria Baldi 933-1558 Vice President – Bud Rechterman 962-4508 Secretary – Jim Briggs 933-2231 Treasurer – Marte Fallshore 925-6745 Conservation – Janet Nelson 674-6165 Education – Vacant Field Trips – Steve Moore 933-1558 *Newsletter – Jan Demorest 933-1179 *Historian – Vacant Programs – Jeb Baldi 933-1558 Publicity – Gerry Sorenson 968-4857 Wildlife Habitat – Joe Meuchel 933-3011 *Bluebird boxes – Jan Demorest 933-1179 Past President — Gloria Lindstrom 933-2550

Membership – Tuck Forsythe 925-2356

*Christmas Bird Count – Phil Mattocks 962-2191 *Librarian - Ginger Jensen 925-5816 Social/Greeter – Kay Forsythe 925-2356 *NON-VOTING VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

KAS Board Meetings are held at 4:30

PM on the 1st Thursday of each

month on the third floor of the CWU

Science Bldg, Room 301 (above the

elephant desk). These meetings are

open to the public and all Audubon

members; please come and join in the

discussions. Meetings adjourn by 6:00

or 6:30, after which we all go out for a

sociable dinner ~ NO business discus-

sion allowed!

Colder weather has de-

scended on Kittitas Valley

this week and thoughts are

turning to indoor activities

while an eye is kept on feed-

ers in the yard. For me, reading is much more a pastime

of winter than summer, but I’ve begun a little earlier this

season as my foot recuperates from surgery.

THE BIG YEAR by Mark Obmascik was selected because

it has been produced as a film that is presently at the local

theatre. A ―fun read‖, it is the true story of three birders

who, individually, set out to find the most bird species in

continental North America in 1998. This is ―extreme bird-

ing‖! The early lives of each, how they were introduced to

birds, their present personal lives, as well as some histori-

cal data of prominent people in the field of ornithology,

and bird subjects such as the introduction of non-native

bird species, are also included to make this novel an en-

joyable read. The experiences during the Year, the ―top

spotter‖, and the resources involved will not be revealed

as it would ruin the story for those who read the book.

It is believed by many in the birding field that the record

will never be broken, or even come close. Several factors

combined to make the record possible that year: the

strongest El Nino on record, the trip of the century to Attu

(a remote island off Alaska, no longer accessible), and the

fact that plane travel is much more difficult with the secu-

rity measures after 9/11.

In the film, the men and their experiences are portrayed

fairly accurately with some comedy, but their names, bird

numbers, and some data have been changed. However,

the birds are real and the actors are tops. No rave re-

views from the critics, but birders seem to be enjoying it.

The book can be found at the Ellensburg Public Library.

Other books similar in subject matter, but at the same

time very different, are KINGBIRD HIGHWAY by Kenn

Kaufman, TO SEE EVERY BIRD ON EARTH by Dan Koep-

pel, and BIRDING ON BORROWED TIME by Phoebe

Snetsinger.

Gloria Baldi President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Send in your stories & photos!

The Hooter is the newsletter of

Kittitas Audubon, published

monthly except for July.

~~~~~~~

Submissions from members &

other readers are most wel-

come and encouraged! The editor reserves the right to edit

for space, grammar, and/or suit-

ability. Email text and/or photos to

bobcat@kvalley.com or snail mail

to Jan Demorest, Hooter Editor,

712 E 2nd Ave, Ellensburg, WA

98926. Submissions need to be in

by the 20th of the preceding month.

The mission of Kittitas Audubon is

to develop an appreciation of nature through education and

conservation, with a focus on birds.

Spotted Owl painting on page 1 by Jennifer Miller, used with

permission. Please see her artwork at www.featherdust.com

October’s First Saturday BirdWalk ~ A very

quiet walk at Irene Rinehart Riverfront Park on

the first day of October yielded only nine species

of birds***. A pleasant morning with tempera-

tures in the sixties brought nine birders out for

the early morning. We listened…...and lis-

tened……and listened, but rarely a bird sound did

we hear. Maybe the late season this year has

pushed our fall/winter birds a bit later also. All

birds tallied were our resident species that one

can most always spot: Black-capped Chickadee,

Northern Flicker, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-billed

Magpie, European Starling, Downy Woodpecker,

Belted Kingfisher, Killdeer, and Raven. Maybe

next month will bring our winter visitors.

(Note***This was the least we have ever found, for even on our very first Saturday ten years ago with two people and two degree weather, we found eleven species. )

Gloria Baldi

Skagit Delta & Anacortes 2-Day Weekend,

October 8 & 9: West-side trips sometimes

seem like a long haul, but a 7 am departure

found four ―just-do-it‖ Kittitas folks birding in

cool sunshine by 10:30 on Fir Island,

west of Mt. Vernon, where the Skagit

River, Puget Sound’s biggest river sys-

tem, creeps across tidal lands into the

bay. We visited 3 of the 4 access points

to wild estuarine land, spending much

of Saturday at the largest - the Skagit

Wildlife Mgmt Area, which includes farm

land recently reclaimed for the tides.

Several long-lens birders showed up

here on a nice Saturday to see numbers

of ducks, shorebirds, and

raptors: our visit was well

timed, beating the duck

hunters by a week. Groups

of wigeon, shoveler, teal,

and Mallards in deeper

ponds were guarded by

statuesque Great Blue Her-

ons, two of which had a

vocal and choreographed

territorial spat before our

very eyes. The loser, bill

pointing upward in a ―face-

saving pose‖, edged away

from further confrontation. Mudflats had 100+

Long-billed Dowitchers, Greater and Lesser Yel-

lowlegs in small groups, and a lone Baird’s

Sandpiper in the grass at our feet. No other

sandpipers here today, as we left before the high

tide might push them in. Harriers cruised the

wetlands, a pair of eagles perched at a huge

nest, and there were good looks at Peregrines,

both flying and through the lens at a perched

bird. We rewarded ourselves with a nice dinner

(although we found that the town is pretty lively

on a Saturday night with long waits at the most

popular restaurants) and a comfortable bed in

Mt. Vernon.

On Sunday, after a fine breakfast and lattes at a

local café, the windless morning at the Hayton

Reserve access was hopping with Song and Sa-

vannah Sparrows in the berry brush, and hun-

dreds of noisy Snow Geese in a distant field, with

smaller groups of White-fronted and Cackling

Geese in a nearby plowed field. Here we saw an-

other squabble for perching rights as a female

kingfisher several times determinedly chased

away a male. Green-winged Teal, mostly still in

plain summer plumage, were skimming the tidal

mud with their bills for goodies. At Jensen ac-

cess, still at low tide, we spotted a few distant

tall plovers, probably Black-Bellied, although an

American Golden was ID’d there this weekend.

Next we chose to

look at sea birds at

Washington Park,

west of Anacortes,

where we had a

lengthy lunch stop in

nice sunshine. The

sights in between

hurried bites of sand-

wich and views

through the scope

included: Marbled

Murrelets (many

pairs in bright B&W

winter plumage), Bonaparte’s

Gulls (very vocal juvs and

adults), Heerman’s Gulls,

Common Murres (flotillas well

out from shore), Red-Necked

Grebes, female/juv Harlequin

Ducks, and a single Rhinoc-

eros Auklet. We also spotted

Harbor Porpoises (a WA-BC

species of concern) from the

driving loop. Our efforts to catch incoming tides

at Padilla Bay and Samish Flats were mostly a

learning experience, but we tallied over 50 spe-

cies and were especially happy to view the

threatened murrelets in such numbers.

Steve Moore (Internet photos)

Field Trip Reports Page 3 The Hooter

Marbled Murrelet

Baird’s Sandpiper

A Beaver Dam Tale by Janet Nelson Page 4 The Hooter

We lived for many years in the

forest near Lake Kachess on

Lodge Creek which has a long

history of beavers on it. When we

first bought our 6 acres, there

was no sign of beavers. An old-

timer, who was trying to market

his property on the creek, told me

that he had dynamited the beaver

dam to get water off his acreage!

In not too many years beaver

evidence showed up. (They are

nocturnal so we never actually saw

them.) They started trying to

build dams at every narrow area

on the creek. There began to be a

problem with them trying to build

a dam inside the large culvert for

the stream under the county road.

It would get plugged up, the creek

would overflow the road, and the

county road department would pull

the plug out. Eventually they had

the beaver trapped out.

We wanted the beavers there, so

when the beaver came back and

began work on the culvert again, I

decided to try to clear it out. The

first day, I learned that they

wedged the sharp end of the

branches they had cut into the

seam where 2 sections of culvert

came together close to the

upstream end . The second night

rocks had been brought in and

placed along the base of the

branches, then gravel,

grass, sand and mud. Each

day I would go in, pull this

stuff out and each night

they would go in and

rebuild with more than the

night before! After only a

few days the plug filled

1/3 of the culvert and it

dawned on me that when I

loosened it this time I

might be wiped out!

So I quit...

When the culvert was full,

the county crew came with

a machine and pulled the plug out

from the upstream end .

I wrote to the Maine game

department and got some

information on beaver pipes and

screening of culverts. I gave this

to the road department and they

made several attempts to screen

off the upstream end of the

culvert, but didn’t try a beaver

pipe which would have allowed the

water to flow on through

attempted blockages. The beaver

used the screen to start building

on! The county took the screen

out in the fall, probably afraid of

a big flooding mess in the spring

thaw.

The beaver eventually built a huge

dam creating a large pond further

upstream and stayed away from

the culvert. We built a trail out

there and saw slick grass “beaver

trails” where they had pulled

themselves out of the water to go

up the hill to cut trees. They did

kill a lot of trees, but mostly

smaller ones near the stream.

Since we have moved into town, I

don’t know if they are still there;

neighbors think they are, but

from the large amounts of grass

growing in the pond next to the

culvert I doubt this.

The beaver impressed me

endlessly with all they could do

and the way they did it.

~ thanks to Janet for sharing this interesting tale!

Janet Nelson at the Beaver Culvert

BirdKitt Postings! Get the latest news on bird sightings in Kittitas County from our very own regional “BirdKitt”, an online “listserve” for all persons interested in bird sightings in Kittitas County. You can post your own sightings and sign on to have new postings sent directly to your

email address.

If you are not already signed up, here’s how to do it: send an email to subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Reply to the first email about Birdkitt that you receive from

“yahoogroups”. To unsubscribe: send email to birdkitt- unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. If you have diffi-culty, email Beth Rogers kittittasaudubon@inland.net or Chris Caviezel chris.caviezel@gmail.com

Thanks to Beth Rogers and Cricket Webb for getting

this up and running! This is a great resource for find-ing places to look for birds in the valley.

Editor’s note: Because of space limitations in the Hooter, BirdKitt postings will no longer be printed, unless there is something very exciting or unusual. Sign up for yourself and find out what’s hopping in your own county!

Most recently, Marianne Gordon has been our

Historian, but as a charter member of Kittitas

Audubon (1988) she has held many offices/

chairmanships over the years, as well as seeing

many changes in the organization. She has

served as the Voice who answers questions for

anyone who calls the phone number in the Ellens-

burg directory listed as Audubon. Bird questions

have ranged from who to call with an injured rap-

tor, to calls indicating where an unusual (and

sometimes not so unusual) species can be spot-

ted. Marianne has been in charge of the Great

Backyard Bird Count, the Thanksgiving Count,

and has rarely missed a Christmas Bird Count.

Her personal list of yard birds is ―Citizen Science‖

at its best. She has kept records for more than

twenty-five years, noting when each species ar-

rived and how often the species are seen daily.

But this winter, her life has taken a big step; she

will migrate to Tennessee to winter in the south.

Eastern birds will appear in her binoculars. So

with thanks, Marianne, we give you a KAS Blue

Ribbon while wishing you ―good birding‖. See

you in the spring!

(Note: She mentioned that species over the

years are arriving about two weeks earlier than in

the past. Climate variation?)

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AUDUBON CONFERENCE OF WASHINGTON

On October 8th, Hal and Gloria Lindstrom, Gerry

Sorenson, and Jeb and Gloria Baldi traveled to

Moses Lake to meet with members of state

Audubon chapters to determine the role of

Audubon Washington. (The office was disbanded

at the end of 2009 because of lack of funding from

National Audubon). A year ago, representatives

agreed on a short term solution by hiring a lobbyist

to work with like-minded environmental

organizations at the WA State Legislature. That

effort was deemed successful, but it is felt that the

Audubon chapters need a more permanent

coordinator to direct chapters with the assistance

they need as issues arise. This would be in addition

to having a lobbying influence at the state level.

Two methods were proposed. One would be to

have only a Chapter Coordinator, the other would

be a Chapter Coordinator with a part-time lobbyist

for the upcoming session. Both versions include

$1000 each year to join the Environmental Priorities

Coalition (EPC). KAS Board will vote on its choice of

methods at the Nov. 3rd Board meeting. If anyone

has an interest in state conservation issues,

KAS welcomes you to step forward.

A special THANK YOU to Audubon members who

donated refreshments for the ACOW

meeting held in Moses Lake the 8th of

October - Patti Erickson, Shane

Early, Ann Rogan, Beth Rogers,

Janet Nelson, and Marte

Fallshore. Several ACOW members

expressed a sincere thanks for real

homemade treats. The leftovers have been frozen

and will be served by our refreshment specialist,

Kay Forsythe, at future monthly meetings.

has counted in the past) to handle this pro-

ject next year because we have lost the ser-

vices of Marianne Gordon.

Here’s a chance for someone new to partici-

pate and contribute their time and skills to

KAS ~ WHO….. WHO….. HOOOO???

The Thanksgiving Bird Count was begun in

the east in 1966, but didn’t come west until

1992 ~ so this is the West’s 20th anniversary.

Last year, 476 counts yielded 154 different

species, with the Dark-eyed Junco at the top

in several reckonings: most numerous

((3,517), seen by the highest percentage of

counters (66.5%), and the only species seen

in all 12 states. AND, Ellensburg was one of

only fourteen communities that offered more

than five reports (Marianne’s influence!).

Let’s top that!

Thanksgiving Bird Count (Continued from page 1)

Audubon Prints up for

Silent Auction! A generous gift of fifteen

Audubon prints has been made to Kittitas Audubon ~ so why not have a bit of a fund-raiser in time

for Christmas? At the November meeting the prints will be displayed for a silent auction, so come a little early. They are at least 50 years old, in great shape and ready for framing. Nestboxes will also be available for purchase.

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IS PLANTING YOUR PASSION??

The Reecer Creek

Floodplain project

west of the Rotary Park

ball fields is coming to

fruition with enthusiastic

planting volunteers. On

October 11th, a group,

including four Kittitas

Audubon members, cut

500 willow stakes which

will soak to be put di-

rectly in the ground. The next event going on

right now is the planting of the 5000 trees that a

number of us potted last spring. If you would

like to plant--arrive at the east end of Dolarway

Road Bridge (now being replaced) to enter the

area from the north on any of the following

dates (orientation at start of each session):

Nov. 2 (Wed.) 9-12 and 12:30-3:30

Nov. 5 (Sat.) 8-12 and 12:30-3:30

Nov. 9 (Wed.) 9-12 and 12:30-3:30

Nov. 11 (Fri.) 12-3

Nov. 12 (Sat.) 9-12 and12:30-3:30

A very special thanks to planters Wayne Erickson, Shane Early, Sue Wheatley, and Janet Burcham.

Delight your favorite

birders this holiday

season with the newest –

the seventh and final – map

of the Great Washington

State Birding Trail: the Puget

Loop. Hot off the press

Thanksgiving weekend, this

signature route features 220

of our 346 annually recorded

bird species around Puget

Sound from Seattle to Mt.

Rainier, plus Lake

Washington, Kitsap

Peninsula, and Vashon,

Bainbridge, Whidbey and San

Juan islands. Travel by car, bus or ferry, or bike

or paddle to the Puget Loop’s 42 main sites and

18 ―more-birding‖ locations for avian highlights:

Bald Eagles, Pileated Woodpeckers, Pacific

Wrens, Anna’s Hummingbirds, Chestnut-backed

Chickadees, Pigeon Guillemots – and more.

Order the Puget Loop, plus all six other maps of

the statewide Birding Trail: http://

wa.audubon.org/birds_GreatWABirdingTrail.html.

Hilary J. Hilscher, Communications

The Great Washington State Birding Trail

206-963-9454 (cell) or 206-842-7298

Bird of the Month: American Pipit

At first glance, seeing that elegant breast streaking, you might suspect a

late-departing Vesper Sparrow - - until you see the long, pointed beak

and that bobbing tail ! Individuals of Anthus rubescens, in migrant

flocks, pass through Kittitas County in October on their way to their

winter refuge. Large numbers winter in coastal California and the

southern states. The winter range of the American Pipit seems to be

expanding northward over the last century. Summer breeding takes

place in the Arctic and western alpine habitats. In Washington, that

includes timberline areas from Rainier to the North Cascades and

Olympics. In the winter, most likely a different population of pipits may

be found in Puget Sound. If you’re in the mountains in

the summer you might see a flock catching bugs on a

snowfield (this writer saw them in the Goat Rocks).

Perhaps because they frequent such lonely areas away

from people, American Pipits are a species of least

concern.

Other closely related pipits (once thought to be a single

holoarctic species) occupy cooler northern territories all

around the globe. Pipits, of the family Motacillidae, are

cousins of the Eurasian wagtails – which also bob their

tail – and African birds called longclaws - some of which

look like misplaced meadowlarks.

These photos were taken on October 16th along Hayward Road. Several juvenile birds were perching on the fence and foraging on the ground. Just after we got these photos, they flew up to join a large flock overhead.

photos by Steve Moore

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Darling Bird Studios, ©2007 UNA

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Thanks to renewing

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Upcoming KAS Field Trips

THANKS TO KITTITAS COUNTY BUSINESSES SUPPORTING KAS!

Inland Internet, Roslyn, donates Internet service for our Website: http://www.kittitasaudubon.org

Old Mill Country Store, Ellensburg ~ Provides a discount on bird seed to KAS members

and prints our county bird lists. Get your bird seed here!

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Nov. 5th ~ First Saturday Birdwalk ~

Rinehart Park ~ Fall color in the cottonwood

grove. Ducks, mergansers, and occasional coots

are joining the park regulars. The hawks are hun-

gry, kinglets are arriving from the mountains,

and even a Bewick's Wren is possible. Robins will

be heading south soon. 8 AM at the bridge park-

ing lot. Jan Demorest & Steve Moore lead.

Nov. 12th ~ Iron Horse Trail West to Yakima

River Bridge: Half-day easy walk on level

ground west from Hwy 97; we’ll follow the grav-

eled rail grade out to the Yakima River bridge

(about 3 miles round-trip). Fall color, brushy

habitats, and some river backwater areas. Well-

behaved dogs on leash OK for this trip. Meet at 8

AM, Super One parking lot; Jan and Steve lead.

Dec. 3rd ~ First Saturday Birdwalk, Rinehart

Park ~ Ducks are on the ponds (up to 5 species

in December); eagles are arriving. Careful spot-

ting will turn up kinglets and Brown Creepers

finding winter refuge in our park. 8 AM at

Rinehart parking lot; Jeb and Gloria Baldi lead.

Dec. 16th ~ Cle Elum Christmas Bird Count,

contact Michael Hobbs, BirdMarymoor@frontier.com http://www.marymoor.org/CECBC/CleElumCBCCircle.htm Details in December Hooter.

Dec. 10th ~ McNary NWR ~ Duck heaven in

December on Columbia riverside marshlands

south of Tri-Cities, WA. Details in December

Hooter. Call Steve at 509-933-1179.

December 17th ~ Christmas Bird Count ~ Saturday ~ Ellensburg’s 33rd Annual Christmas

Bird Count and potluck. More details will appear

in the December Hooter, but if you have never

before participated and would like to—or if

you have participated and cannot do it this

year, please call Gloria Baldi at 933-1558.

The Hooter - November 2011 The Newsletter of Kittitas Audubon - http://www.kittitasaudubon.org

Artist: R

andolph Caldecott (1846-1886)

“What the B

lackbird Said: A Story in F

our Chirps”, 1881