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The RThe RThe RThe RThe RedpolledpolledpolledpolledpollNewsletter of the Arctic Audubon Society, Fairbanks, Alaska

Vol. 28 Issue No. 6 April 2006

Mission of Arctic Audubon:

Earth has unparalleled natural

diversity, productivity, and

beauty, and provides for life.

Recognizing the full value ofnature, we work to protect

Alaskan ecosystems by

encouraging research,

education, and management

that will contribute to

appreciation and good

stewardship of this natural

heritage. We also strive to

conduct our own lives in

harmony with nature.

The Arctic Audubon Society

publishes The Redpollfor its

members monthly fall

through spring. National

Audubon Society (NAS)

dues are $35; new members

are $20. NAS membership

includes local chapter dues.

Chapter only membership is

$10 and includes the

newsletter.

Inside

Birdathon .................... 5-6

Birding Festivals .............. 3

Birding Reports ............... 8

Camp Habitat .................. 7

Denali Park Classes .......... 9

Forever Wild2006 ......... 2

Sandhill Crane Festival ..... 2

Small Grants Awarded..... 8

Thank Yous .................... 4

New Look for South Cushman Ponds:Tanana Lakes Recreation Area

presentation by Karl Kassel, FNSB Parks & Recreation Dept.

Monday, April 10, 7:00 pmNoel Wien Library Auditorium

Learn more about the exciting plans to reclaim a magnificent wetlands and riparian

site located within the flood plain and former riverbed of the Tanana River and often

referred to as the South Cushman Ponds. The Tanana Lakes Recreation Area (TLRA)

project site encompasses several hundred acres of prime bird, fish, and wildlife habitat

and natural areas. This future recreation area is currently managed by both the Fairbanks

North Star Borough (FNSB) and the Department of Natural Resources. These two

government agencies have agreed to restore this area into a recreation area under the

management of the FNSB Parks and Recreation Department.

Located at the south end of Cushman Street along the Tanana River, the Tanana

Lakes Recreation Area is not a new concept. A draft project design was first introduced

courtesy of FNSB Parks & Recreation Department

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in 1997, and the initial phase of development was begun

with the excavation of a 30-acre lake on the west side ofthe Lathrop Street groin. Progress stalled when the need

for gravel from the landfill lessened with the completion

of a new expansion cell.

Development of the site will take several years and

be completed in a planned, phased manner that allows

for the creation of a multi-use recreation area, with the

capacity to accommodate tens of thousands of visitors a

year. The completed recreation area could contain

amenities for fishing, swimming, motorized and

non-motorized boating, camping, bird watching, trail uses,picnicking, and motor biking. Weve just started to

explore the recreational opportunities but are confident

the increased positive use will meet the growing need for

developed recreational facilities for residents and visi-

tors of Fairbanks.Sandhill Crane Festival

August 2527, 2006Creamers Field Migratory Wildlife Refuge

The 9th annual Sandhill Crane Festival will take place

on August 25, 26, and 27 (please note the revised

date) at Creamers Refuge Migratory Waterfowl Refugeon College Road in Fairbanks. The keynote guest this

year will be Michael Forsberg, photographer and author

ofOn Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North

America, a comprehensive book illustrated with spec-

tacular images. The Festival will include a weekend of

activities starting with a reception and a slide show on

the Creamers barn, continuing with walks, watches and

talks for all ages including an evening lecture by Mr.

Forsberg and concluding with a Tex-Mex dinner celebra-

tion at the Refuge amongst the cranes.

Arctic Audubon will help clean up the TananaLakes Recreation Area this summer. Sign upat the April 10th meeting for email or phoneupdates on the project and to volunteer forclean-up days.

Forever Wild2006Saturday, May 13, 7:00 pm

Schaible Auditorium, UAF

F

orever Wild2006 comes to Fairbanks Saturday,

May 13. Visiting all fifty states this year, the tour cel-

ebrates our nations rich natural legacy through nearly

100 free events. Working with hundreds of community

and conservation organizations from coast to coast, the

program draws attention to the three pillars of our wil-

derness heritage: wild lands, wild waters, and wild lives.

Each show shares the magic of the wild country via

Forever Wild, an award-winning multimedia concert fea-

turing wilderness troubadour, Walkin Jim Stoltz (brother

of Fairbanks singer/songwriter Susan Grace). His pho-

tographs, songs and stories (from 26,000 miles of

backcountry walking) have been inspiring audiencesacross America for more than twenty years.

The event is geared to entertain, but also to inspire

and motivate the public to write letters and make phone

calls to their leaders urging them to act responsibly to-

ward our wild lands, wild waters, and wild lives. Learn

more at www.foreverwild.info.

Forever Wild2006 is a project of Musicians United

to Sustain the Environment, an all-volunteer grassroots

organization using music to heighten environmental

awareness and raise funds for conservation projects. Tolearn more about MUSE, visit www.musemusic.org.

Mew Gull nest in the Tanana Lakes Recreation Areaproject site. Photo by Ken Whitten

Tanana Lakes Projectcontinued from page 1

Wild Arts WalkSaturday, June 3, 10 am-2 pm

Friends of Creamers Field invites you to the first WildArts Walkon June 3rd. Local artists will display andsell their art along the farm road. Cost is $15 and in-

cludes a souvenir mug, beverage, and pastry. For infor-

mation, contact Jess Ryan at 4512-5162. Sponsored by

Design Alaska.


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Arctic Audubon Field Tripsby Tom Green, Field Trip Chair

Arctic Audubon is sponsoring a series of three birding trips inMay, all led by birding experts from the Fairbanks area. Allfield trips meet at Creamers Field Farmhouse at 8:00 amSat-

urday and usually last until noon. Bring binoculars, a snack, and

rubber boots if you have them. If you have a spotting scope, that

would be great! Well visit Creamers Field ponds first, and then

carpool to the South Cushman lakes, and perhaps the airport

ponds. Children are especially welcome. Contact Tom Green,

452-6370 or [email protected] for more details.

May 6 Waterfowl identification

May 13 Shorebird identification

May 20 Birding by Ear and Songbird identification

Spring Migration CelebrationSaturday, April 29, Noon4:00 pm

Welcome back our migratory birds and join in on the fun atthe annual Spring Migration Celebration, Noon to 4:00pm at Creamers Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and AlaskaBird Observatory (the bird bus will run between the two loca-

tions). There will be many family friendly activities including bird

watching, nature walks, games, crafts, live birds of prey, and pre-

sentations. Call 452-5162 for more information.

Spring Migration Celebration will highlight all the birds that

arrive in Fairbanks at this time of year with special emphasis on

the waterfowl at Creamers Field and other local signs of spring.

It is cosponsored by the Alaska Bird Observatory, Arctic Audu-

bon, Friends of Creamers Field, Ducks Unlimited, and the UAF

Student Wildlife Society. It is also a celebration of InternationalMigratory Bird Day, which focuses this year on the birds of the

boreal forest.

More Spring BirdFestivals in Alaska

I

n addition to Fairbanks Spring Migration

Celebration on April 29th, there are birding

festivals throughout the state. Here are a few

suggestions of other festivals to enjoy:

Alaska Hummingbird Festival

Ketchikan, April 14-15

Festival events include guided bird hikes, art

shows, a bird-banding station, and activities for

children. For more information, call the South-

east Alaska Discovery Center at 907-228-6220.

Stikine River Garnet Festival

Wrangell,April 15-22

The Stikine River hosts the largest springtime

concentration of Bald Eagles in the world! Events

include workshops, arts & crafts, and tours. In-

formation at www.wrangellchamber.org/

garnet.php

Hawk Watch on the Glenn Highway

April 22-23, 10 am. Sponsored by Anchorage

Audubon Society; meet at the wayside at Mile

119, Glenn Highway. Information at

www.anchorageaudubon.org.

14th Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

Homer, May 4-7

This years keynote speaker is Dr. Bernd

Heinrich. Information at www.homeralaska.org/

shorebird.htm.

17th Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival

Cordova, May 4-7, 2006

This years keynote speaker is Tim Gallagher.

Information at www.cordovachamber.com, click

on Festival link.

Celebrate spring at Creamers Field Migratory Wildlife Refuge!photo by Ken Whitten

Clean-Up Day

Help Arctic Audubon clean up ouradopted roadwaya portion ofBallaine Roadon Monday, May 8. We

hope to make it a fun evening with a pot-

luck social. Details to be announced later.

Call Mary (479-4547) or Gail (479-2954)

for information.


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Mucho GraciasThanks!

As we near the end of the indoor season and headoutdoors, we want to thank those who have con-tributed to our successful public lecture series. Many

thanks to:

Bob Ritchie and Ron Teel for their combined talk onBald Eagles and the Eagle Festival in Haines;

Audrey Magoun for her amazing and popular presen-

tation on Wolverines;

Frank Keim for his off-the-beaten-track images of

Mongolia;

Dave Shaw for the appreciative views of beautiful

Bhutan;

Laura Phillips for her enlightening program on the

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council and the

ambitious program to make the river water drinkable,

thus protecting the environment and raising awareness.

So far, overall attendance is approaching 500. Last, but

not least we thank Larry Bowman for his technical skills

in bringing clear sound and bright images to our talks.

Book Reviewby Gail Mayo

Rare Bird: Pursuing the Mystery of the MarbledMurreletby Maria Mudd Ruth is an engaging read.Ms. Ruth describes herself as a person with ASDat-

tention surplus disorderto explain how she came tocompile and tell the story of the Marbled Murrelet. She

does so with humor, precision and a growing passion for

the cute and pudgy fog larks. The only shortcoming of

this book for us might be that Alaskas birds are not well

covered, but that is another story, and the endangered

California population featured deserves full attention. You

can find this book at the Noel Wien Library or your fa-

vorite bookshop. It is published by Rodale Press.

Farthest North Birdathon Sponsor FormPlease accept my pledge of _____ per species or $______ total for:

_____ the Arctic Audubon Team, _____ the Birdathon Youth Team, or _____ both!

Name ________________________ Phone _______________ e-mail _____________________

Address ______________________ City _________________ State _________ Zip ________

Mail this form to: Arctic Audubon Birdathon

P.O. Box 82098

Fairbanks, AK 99708

Make checks payable to Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO)

Time to look in your pocket

The annual Farthest North Birdathon, which Arctic Audubon shares with the Alaska Bird Observatory, isyour chance to help both organizations. Please consider adding your name to the pledge list for the Arctic

Audubon team. You can sign up at the April 10th meeting, use the pledge form below, contact any board

member (see list on back page), or email us at [email protected] Any modest pledge will be most

welcome, and the more pledges the better. Another or additional way to support us is to do your own

Birdathon with your friends and family on your own or on one of the scheduled birdwalks (see page 5 for

details). Birdathon efforts are really fun and a great way to get out and see birds in their springtime finery.

Online Membership Information

Access your personal membership information forNational Audubon Society online atwww.audubon.org. Click on Give Now, then Join Au-

dubon, and Customer Service. You willl need the mem-

bership number from yourAudubon magazine label. You

can renew, change address, submit a customer service

request, and more.


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The Farthest North Birdathon is an opportunity foryou to Go Birding for a Cause and win prizesno matter where you live or what birding skill level you

possess. The basic premise of a birdathon is to collect

pledges based on how many bird species you can find

on any day you choose between May 13 and June 11.

All proceeds will benefit the Arctic Audubon Society and

the Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO). Hard-core teams

might cover hundreds of miles in a 24-hour quest, while

other folks just walk around their neighborhood for a

few hours. ABO and Arctic Audubon offer guided

Birdathon walks and field trips in Fairbanks, including

one just for kids. If youre not up for collecting pledges,

you can make a flat donation. Every penny counts for

the birds!

Prizes for participants!For every $50 you raise your name will be entered in

a drawing for two round-trip tickets on Alaska Air-

lines (good for any Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air des-tinations, including Mexico!).For every $250 raised, your

name goes in a drawing for a pair ofZeiss Victory II

8x40 binoculars donated by Beaver Sports. Partici-

pants that raise $100 or more ($50 or more for kids)

will receive a limited-edition print of a chickadee paint-

ing by Fairbanks artist DeeDee Hammond.

Lots of prizes and bragging rights will be awarded in

many categories, including Most Money Raised, Rarest

Species Seen, Best Team Name, Biggest Team, Most

Northern Pintails Seen, Farthest North/East/South/ West

Teams, and Most Species Seen without Leaving

Creamers Refuge, and more!

For details, please contact ABO for a counters

packet, ([email protected]; 907-451-7159) or

online at www.alaskabird.org. A pledge sheet is can be

found on page 7 of this newsletter.

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Get ready for the Ultimate Alaska Birding Event

Farthest North BirdathonMay 13June 11, 2006

Win Alaska Airlines tickets or a pair of Zeiss Victory 8x40 binoculars!

You dont even have to see the most birds or raise the most money to win these awesome prizes!

Guided Birdathon Walks & Field Trips

Guided Birdathon (Adults) - Join an ABO biologist

for a guided day of birding on Saturday, May 20. Well

start at Creamers Refuge at 6 a.m. and visit several lo-

cal birding hotspots.Plan on seeing at least 60 different

species. Requires a minimum of $60 in pledges (or just

pay that fee). Please pre-register by noon on May 19 by

calling 451-7159.

Guided Birdathon (Youth) - Kids can collect pledgesand then join Tricia Blake, ABOs education coordina-

tor, and John Wright, retired manager of Creamers Ref-

uge, for a youth Birdathon on Saturday, May 20. Please

pre-register by noon on May 18 by calling 451-7159.

Guided Walk at Creamers Refuge - Take a leisurely

stroll with Sherry Lewis of the Arctic Audubon Society

on Monday, May 22, 6:00 pm. $5 minimum donation

requested. Meet at the Visitor Center. Call 451-7159 to

register.

Guided Walk to Smith Lake - Take a leisurely stroll

with Arctic Audubon President Gail Mayo on Saturday,

June 3 at 9:00 am. $5 minimum donation requested.

Call 451-7159 to register.

Business Break Birdathons - Form a team with

your co-workers, collect pledges, and well provide you

with a guide to count birds on your lunch break or after

work. Special prizes will be awarded!

Join an Arctic Audubon Society Field Trip Shore-

bird Identification on May 13 andBirding by EaronMay 20. Everyone is welcome on these Fairbanks ex-

cursions that meet at 8 a.m. in the Creamers Farmhouse

parking lot. Call Tom Green at 474-1559 or 452-6370

for more information.

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2006 Farthest North Birdathon Pledge Sheet

Counter Name: ________________________________ Daytime Telephone:_________________

Address: ___________________________ City: _____________ State: ____ Zip: _______

Team Name: ____________________________________________________________________

# of BirdSpecies

Total $ Raised

Instructions: Obtain pledges before your count and record them on this sheet. You may make copies of this form orrequest more from the Alaska Bird Observatory. After your count, collect your pledges (pledge X number of birds identi-fied= contribution).Have checks made out to the Alaska Bird Observatory. If your personal check is covering gifts fromsponsors, please indicate which sponsors. Let us know if any sponsors would like a receipt for their tax-deductiblecontribution.Send this form and checks to ABO, P.O. Box 80505, Fairbanks, AK 99708. Questions? Call (907) 451-7159.

IMPORTANT!

To be eligible for prizes you must call in your results to

451-7159 by July 1 and turn in a copy of this form to

ABO by July 5. Pledges should be turned in by July 21.


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Camp Habitat Summer 2006Nature Education Camp for youth ages 417

Preschool Program (9:00 amNoon)

Nature sprouts I (ages 4-5) June 19-23 $105Nature Sprouts II (ages 4-5) June 26-30 $105

Day Camp ProgramNature Detectives I (ages 6-7) July 17-21 $175

Nature Detectives II (ages 6-7) July 24-28 $175

Water Striders* (ages 8-9) July 17-21 $200

Refuge Adventurers* (ages 10-11) July 10-14 $200

*includes one or two night campout

Backpacking TripsBackpacking I (ages 12-13) June 26-30 $275

Two days at Creamers Field; Wed-Friday on the trail in Wickersham Dome Area of the White Mountains.

Backpacking II (ages 13-15) July 10-14 $300

One day at Creamers Field; leave that night and camp at Granite Tors Campground. Tuesday-Friday on

the Granite Tors Trail. Hike the entire trail this year!

Backpacking III (ages 15-17) July 24-29 $300

One day at Creamers Field; Tue.-Sat. on a new route in the Pinell Mountain area of the White Mountains.

Registration & Employment

Information Camp Habitat is looking for qualified daycamp instructors and junior counselors for

our summer camp. Visit www.northern.org

for job openings and descriptions. Send

cover letter, resume, and three references

to: Camp Habitat, NAEC, 830 College,

Fairbanks, AK 99701, 907-452-5021.

Registration forms and information are also

available online at www.northern.org and at

the Northern Center (address above).

Camp Habitat Wish ListCamp Habitat After School Needs:Books

Keepers of Life, Keepers of Animals, Keepers

of Night, Keepers of the Earth

by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto

Five copies of each of these field guides:

Field Guide to Mammals, Field Guide to Alas-

kan Birds, Field Guide to Plants, Field Guide

to Alaskan WildflowersEquipment

4 - 6" kitchen strainers (10 or more)

Aquarium nets (5 - 10)

Clear and colored 2-liter bottles (lots!)

White margarine tubs (20)

Eye droppers (12 or more)

Feathers (legally obtained)

Colored chalk

14-gallon RubberMaid tubs (5 - 7)

Summer Camp Needs:

For the day camp overnight in the Chena River

Recreation Area:

4 four-person tents with good rain fly

4 good rain fly or tarps for older tents

rope for tarps

For the backpacking trips in the White Mountains:

3 backpacking tents

several small backpacks for youth in good condi-tion (not day packs)

nylon rope

We are also looking for someone with a 12 passenger

van willing to help with a couple of the backpacking

trips this summer!

To make a donation or for more information

contact Jenny Day or Laenne Thompson at

the Camp Habitat office, 452-5021.


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How to Keep Up WithAlaska Birding Reportsby Nancy DeWitt, Alaska Bird Observatory

Want to stay up-to-date on interesting bird sightings

around Alaska? You have lots of options!First, there are the traditional Rare Bird Alerts

(RBAs), which are telephone recordings that announce

recent sightings and allow birders to record their own

observations. Several of the RBAs also post their tran-

scripts on the Internet.

Tanana Valley (Fairbanks): Arctic Audubons Birding

Hotline, 907-451-9213; www.arcticaudubon.org

Upper Cook Inlet (Anchorage): 907-338-2473;

www.anchorageaudubon.org

Seward: 907-224-2325

Kachemak Bay (Homer): 907-235-7337;

www.birdinghomeralaska.org

Perhaps the best way to stay current on sightings is to

join an Internet discussion group. There are sev-

eral of these forums for Alaska:

AK Birding is moderated out of Anchorage but is

statewide in scope,

Eaglechatfocuses on Juneau and southeast Alaska,

BorealBirdercovers interior Alaska,

beringia_birders is for far west and northern Alaska.

These groups include recent observations, trip reports,

identification questions, and links to photos. To join, go

to Yahoo.com, click on Groups and type in the group

name. Youll need to create a free Yahoo account for

yourself to post sightings and other communications.

The Alaska Rare Bird ListServe is an e-mail list

you can subscribe to receive or post quick communica-

tions on rare, casual, accidental and first state record

birds that have been observed in Alaska. Go to https://

lists.uaf.edu:8025/mailman/listinfo/alaskabirds-l

to subscribe.Finally, the Alaska Bird Observatory posts notable

observations and spring arrivals for interior Alaska on

their sightings board in their lobby. These in turn are

posted to the ABO website several times a week.

Please call in your reports to Arctic

Audubons Birding Hotline,

451-9213, and to ABO, 451-7159,

so we can share your sightings with

other birders.

Small Grants Awardedby Gail Mayo, Arctic Audubon Board President

At the March 20th meeting of Arctic Audubons Board

of Directors, six proposals were considered for the

2006 Small Grants Program. Each grant was evaluated

for how well it satisfied our mission and its potential scopeand impact for our members and our area.

Attention was also given to the part our money will

play in the overall grant, how well the grantee fulfilled the

requirements of the grant application, and how practical

the grant proposal was.

Grants were awarded to:

Philip Martin for a local research project that will im-

prove our understanding of the basic breeding biol-

ogy of Solitary Sandpipers and involve local volun-

teers. Philip is a longtime Fairbanksan employed bythe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service following his pas-

sion for shorebirds in his own backyard.

Matthew Bowser for a subset project associated with

his M.S. thesis, which will describe the ecology and

distribution of two new species of arthropods.

Matthew is a founding director and webmaster of the

Alaska Entomological Society.

Katie Villano for partial funding of a study to investi-

gate wildfire as a gateway for invasive plant coloniza-

tion and possible spread into wilderness areas. Katie is a

first year graduate student at the University of Alaska.

Jill Erickson for partial funding of a larger project to

involve Fairbanks youth in sustainable agriculture. Jill

will graduate from the U of A with a B.A. in Ecologi-

cal Anthropology.

Funds for the 2006 Small Grant Program come from

fundraising efforts and a generous donation from Link

Olson. Thank you, Link!

Maine Audubon CampScholarships are available for Audubon staff, internsand chapter members to attend residential sessionsthis summer at Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen,

Maine.Applications are available by e-mailing

[email protected], calling (207) 781-2330,

ext. 215, or downloading from www.maineaudubon.org.

Operated since 1936 and accessible only by boat, Hog

Island Audubon Camp is located on a 330-acre coastal

wildlife sanctuary in midcoast Maine.


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Bird Camps for Kidsby Tricia Blake, Alaska Bird Observatory

The Alaska Bird Camps are unique science campsfilled with fun activities, walks, and games to teachkids about Alaskas birds and their habitats. Campers

work alongside scientists, artists, and wildlife rehabitatorsand have the chance to design, conduct, and present a

research project of their own. The camps are based at

the Alaska Bird Observatory (ABO) Center for Educa-

tion & Research with trips to Creamers Field. Scholar-

ship assistance is available. The 2006 dates are June 5-

9 for 8-9 year olds and June 12-16 for 10-12 year olds.

New this year: The Songbird Research Team,

offered in cooperation with Camp Habitat June 26-30,

is an opportunity for older students (ages 12-15) to be

immersed in real field research. Participants will spend

five days at the site of ABOs Arctic Warbler Project

along the Denali Highway, collecting data, meeting with

guest speakers, and exploring the tundra ecosystem. The

curriculum includes songbird ecology and identification,

research techniques, and the ecology and conservation

of the Tangle Lakes region.

Contact ABO at 451-7159 for more information, reg-

istration materials, and program fees for these camps.

Space is limited, so sign up early.

Summer Courses inDenali National Park

The Murie Science and Learning Center, in coopera-tion with the National Park Service, announces itssummer courses exploring the vast ecosystems andvibrant cultures of the far north. Classes are small, but

the classrooms are grandthe mountains, forests, and

tundra of Denali National Park and Preserve.

Most field seminars and teacher trainings are based

out of the Murie Science and Learning Center Field

Camp, located 34 miles inside the Park. University of

Alaska Anchorage (UAA) offers one professional de-

velopment credit for each course.

2006 Field Seminars:

Denali Fault & Nenana Canyon: A GeologyExploration;

High Country Wildflowers;

Ecology of Birds;

The Science of Fly-Fishing;

Denalis Wildlife Research;

Art Design in Denali;

Searching for Denalis Dinosaurs;

Denali Field Journaling;

Bears of Denali;

Wilderness Writing;

Geology of Denali;

Wolves of Denali;

Ecology of Denalis Rivers and Streams;

2006 Teacher Trainings:

Using I-Movie to Capture Interest in Science;

Science Writing in the Heart of Denali;

Denali Dinosaurs;

Connecting Natural History and Test-Taking

For more information or to register: Please visit

www.murieslc.org or call toll free 1-888-688-1269.

UA Museum of theNorth LecturesThe Place Where You Go to Listen

Thursday, April 13, 7 :00 pm

Composer and author John Luther Adams and his col-

laborators from UAFs Geophysical Institute discuss the

scientific data that animate The Place Where You Go to

Listen, the ever-changing sound and light environment in

the museums new wing.

Avian Influenza in Alaska

Thursday, April 20, 7 :00 pm

Millions of birds migrate to Alaska from six continents

to breed and raise their young. Curator of Birds Kevin

Winker talks about the museums research on these birds

and the role they may play in the spread of avian influenza.

Admission is free to these lectures. Call 474-7505

for more information.Denali Park vista. Photo by Ken Whitten


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Arctic Audubon SocietyPO Box 82098Fairbanks, AK 99708www.arcticaudubon.org

Nonprofit Org.US Postage

PAIDPermit No. 181Fairbanks AK

Upcoming Events--Mark Your Calendar

Arctic Audubon Board of Directorsemail address: [email protected]

President: Gail Mayo (479-2954)Vice President: Open

Secretary: Ann Wood (455-4625)Treasurer: Gail Mayo (479-2954)Education: Megan Phillips (456-1000)

Conservation: Kristi Bailey (479-4874)Hospitality: Brook Gamble (456-3775)Programs: Lauren Attanas (474-9736)Publicity: Open

Newsletter: Mary Zalar (479-4547)Membership: Mary Zalar (479-4547)

Field Trips: Tom Green (452-6370)Birdathon: Sherry Lewis (479-0848)Web Site: Jim Logan

Alaska Audubon Board: Frank Keim (451-9308)

Birding Hotline(907) 451-9213

Updated by Laurel Devaney & Ken Russell

Report interesting bird sightings;learn what others have spotted.

also at

www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/realbirds/index.html

National Audubon SocietyNew Member Form

Introductory rate, $20

Two Year membership, $30

Student or Senior rate $15Membership includes both National Audubon and the

local chapter, Arctic Audubon. You will receive National

Audubons magazine, Audubon, and Arctic Audubons

newsletter, The Redpoll.

Name: _______________________________________

Address: _____________________________________

____________________________________________

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I do not want the Audubon Society to share my name

with other organizations.

Amount enclosed: $______ (Make check payable to

National Audubon Society)

Send to: Arctic Audubon Society

PO Box 82098 A52

Fairbanks, AK 99708 7XCH

Chapter Only Membership, $10For membership in Arctic Audubon Society only, check

box and make check payable to Arctic Audubon.

Tanana Lakes Recreation Area, Monday, April 10,

7:00 pm, Noel Wien Library Auditorium

Presentation on plans to clean-up the South Cushman

ponds, creating the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area.

Spring Migration Celebration, Saturday, April 29

12-4:00 p.m. at Creamers Field and Alaska Bird

Observatory; details on page 3.

Arctic Audubon Field Trips, Saturdays, 8:00 a.m.

May 6: Waterfowl Indentification

May 13: Shorebird Identification

May 20: Birding by Ear & Songbird Identification

Meet at Creamers Field Farmhouse; see page 3.Farthest North Birdathon, May 13June 11

Have fun raising money for bird education and

conservation projects; details on pages 5-6.

april 2006 redpoll newsletter arctic audubon society

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