january 2009 flicker flashes birmingham audubon society newsletter

8/9/2019 January 2009 Flicker Flashes Birmingham Audubon Society Newsletter

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Volume LXI, Number 4 January 2009

January Monthly MeetingThursday, January 15, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.

Birmingham Zoo AuditoriumThe Ecological Impacts of Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula:

From Plankton to Penguins

Presented by: Dr. James McClintock

MEET CLARA AND ANGELOThe Birmingham Zoos Curator of Birds and

her staff will continue introducing BAS to their birdcollection. The next introduction will be at 6:00 p.m.on January 15th,prior to the January monthly meeting.Januarys featured birds are the Blue and GoldMacaws, Clara and Angelo. The people who attended

the November bird introduction were delighted. Sobring friends and family for a behind-the-scenes intro-duction to various birds. Please meet in the lobby ofthe zoo auditorium; you will be through in time for theregular pre-meeting hospitality moments..

We all know the climate is changing. Thismonth Dr. James McClintock will share his most re-cent observations of those changes in the Antarctic.He will discuss the current and potential impacts ofclimate change on the ecology of the Antarctic andbeyond. His beautiful images will take us to the bot-tom of the world and below the frigid waters. Dontmiss this opportunity to hear a most outstandingspeaker and to see someone who has had a geo-graphic feature officially named after him. We arelucky to have a renowned world class scientist as ourpresenter.

James B. McClintock is the Endowed Univer-sity Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at the Uni-versity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He re-ceived his Bachelor of Science degree from the Uni-versity of California at Santa Cruz (1978) and his doc-toral degree from the University of South Florida(1984). In 1987, after completing a National ScienceFoundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Universityof California at Santa Cruz, he joined the faculty of theDepartment of Biology at the University of Alabama atBirmingham. He became a Full Professor at UAB in1997 and has also served as Dean of the School of

Natural Sciences and Mathematics (1999-2003) andas Interim Dean of the Graduate School (2003-2005).Dr. McClintocks research focuses on aspects of ma-rine invertebrate nutrition, reproduction, and primarily,

chemical ecology. He has published over 175 scien-tific publications, edited and written books, and hasbeen invited to make numerous scientific and popularscience presentations. He recently returned from his13th expedition to Antarctica where, over the past twodecades, he and his research collaborators have be-come the worlds authorities on Antarctic marinechemical ecology and have developed an award win-ning interactive educational outreach web site(www.antarctica.uab.edu). He has become an experton the ecological impacts of climate change on theAntarctic Peninsula. He has received numerous

awards including the UAB Ellen Gregg Ingalls Awardfor excellence in teaching and the UAB Caroline P.and Charles W. Ireland Prize for outstanding scholar-ship. In 2001 he was selected as the winner of theWright A. Gardner Award for the most outstandingscientist in the state of Alabama. He is an electedFellow of the American Association for the Advance-ment of Science. In 1998 the United States Board onGeographic Names designated the geographic fea-ture McClintock Point in honor of his contributions toAntarctic science.

Attend and enjoy this program.

Please come early at 6:45 p.m. to socialize and enjoysome refreshments. Guests are welcome.


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SoSo for the Record

Sightings - October 2 through November 23, 2008

An Iceland and a California Gull were special finds for this period. The California was an adult discovered at Gunters-

ville 25 October by Greg Jackson. The first winterIceland was also seen at Guntersville 22, 23 November by Steve McCon-

nell. Both of these rarities were well documented with excellent photographs.

The latest orthern Saw-whet Owlbanded at Clay, by Bob and Martha Sargent, is an AMAZING number eleven!

Other sightings were:

Audubon Teaches NatureBirds on Parade, Close Encounters with Alabamas Birds of PreyPresented by Sandra Allinson, Ashley Rozelle-Gault & Curt Cearly

Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:00 P.M.Alabama Wildlife Center at Oak Mountain State Park

Our next Audubon Teaches Nature seminarwill be unique in that we will not have one guestspeaker, but three, with a supporting cast of birds ofprey to boot! Sandra Allinson, Director of Educationand Rehabilitation at the Alabama Wildlife Center, will

be joined by her friends Ashley Rozelle-Gault and CurtCearly.

Several species of birds of prey are found inAlabama through-out the year, and winter is an idealtime to observe them. Our program today will featureseveral live birds, and Sandra, Ashley and Curt willoffer interesting insights into the life histories of eachbird. Following the program, weather permitting andwith the cooperation of the birds, well have an op-portunity to photograph them so be sure to bring yourcamera!

We will gather for refreshments prior to theprogram, in the front Observation Room at the Ala-bama Wildlife Center. After refreshments and somesocial time together, we will move to the Auditorium forthe afternoons program. Door prizes will be awarded

but you must register and be present in order to win.The programs are free but park admission is $3.00 perperson.

Come early for fellowship and refreshments in theObservation Room at The Center!

The next seminar in the schedule:

February 22: Keeping Little Ones Wild ~ Bringingup Baby the Way Nature Intended,Sandra Allinson

10/2 Orange-crowned Warbler; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; Bluff Park (SB).

10/8 Bald Eagle; Lake Purdy. Eastern Kingbird; Oak Mountain State Park (HW, AC).

10/10 Winter Wren; Ruffner Mountain (SD).

10/11 House Wren; Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Wood Thrush; Eleven warblers, including: orthern Parula, Chestnut-

sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Yellow-throated, Bay-breasted and Hooded; Summer Tanager; Rose-breasted Grosbeak; and Indigo Bunting; Ruffner Mountain and Turkey Creek (SD).

10/25 Franklins (31) and Laughing (5) Gulls;Guntersville (GJ).

10/28 Ducks- American Wigeon, Ring-necked, Lesser Scaup, and Hooded Merganser; Lake Purdy (GJ).

11/3 Merlin; East Birmingham, airport (GJ).

11/15 Purple Finch; Clay (BS, MS).

11/23 Red-throated Loon; Guntersville (SMcC).

Contributors: Sheila Bancroft, Alice Christenson, Scot Duncan, Greg Jackson, Steve McConnell, Bob and Martha Sargent,

Harriett Wright

Please submit sightings for February FFat least five days before January 1st

deadline to Ann Miller, 520 Yorkshire

Drive, Birmingham, Al. 35209.


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January Half-day Field TripSaturday, January 10, 2009Red Mountain Park

Saturday, January 10th, BAS will take its firstever field trip to Birminghams new Red MountainPark. Red Mountain Park is a 1,108-acre tract of landalong Red Mountain. The property serves as a major

link in a network of greenways, extending MountainBrook's Jemison Trail and Homewood's Shades CreekGreenway all the way to Bessemer. Join us for ourhalf-day hike and bird watching adventure. For moreinformation about the park please visit: http://www.redmountainpark.org/park_index.php

Meeting Plans: At 8:00 a.m. we will gather at theBrunos parking lot on Lakeshore Drive. This is locatedwest of exit 255 off I-65. Head west from the exit (inthe direction of Wal-Mart) and the Brunos will be lo-

cated on the right, accessed from the frontage roadthat serves the shopping center. If you have ques-tions, you may call our trip leader, Jessica Germany,at 595-0814.

January Field TripSaturday, January 17, 2009Lake Guntersville & Environs

Please join us Saturday, January 17 th, for anall-day trip to view wintering waterfowl and raptors inthe Guntersville area. It is the best place I know tohave a close look at a number of duck species and toenjoy their rich colors. In addition, hawks and eaglesare quite likely.

We will leave at 7:00 a.m. sharp from theMcDonalds in the Tarrant Shopping Center on AL-79in Pinson. From I-20/59 take the Tallapoosa Streetexit, go north about 3 miles. McDonalds and the Tar-rant Shopping Center will be on the left. After travelingnorth on AL-79, we will stop around 8:00 a.m. at the

Burger King in Guntersville for coffee, biscuits and arestroom break. To reach the Burger King from AL-79,turn left on US-431 and drive north a few blocks.

During the morning we will make severalstops around Guntersville Lake with Dick and LindaReynolds, our hosts, expert birders and guides to thearea. At 11:30 a.m., we will stop for lunch at theGuntersville Public Library. Bring your favorite picniclunch and drinks.

At 12:45 p.m., we will prepare to visit thenearby Hawk Farm to view hawks and eagles.

Meet at the site of the former Harbor House restau-

rant, (on the right just before US-431 crosses the lake)to caravan to Guntersville Dam and from there on tothe Hawk Farm. Please only visit the Hawk Farmwith our group. This is private property not open to thegeneral public.

If you wish to meet the group at GuntersvilleDam at 1:00 p.m., go north on US-431 across LakeGuntersville. Approximately 12.5 miles from whereUS-431 crosses the lake, turn left onto Lake Gunters-ville Dam Road. Stop in the parking lot at the end ofthe road. Here we will consolidate riders and go toHawk Farm as we will need as few cars as possible

driving onto the property.

Since temperatures in Guntersville can bequite lower than those in Birmingham, it would be ad-visable to wear coats, hats, gloves, etc., and lots ofwarm layers. Please bring drinks, snacks and binocu-lars and a spotting scope if you have one.

For more information, call our trip leader,John Swan, at 933-6469 home or 205-276-4909 cell.

The Birmingham Audubon Society would like to thank the following for their recent memorial gifts:

Mr. John N. RandolphMrs. Allen D. Rushton


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Hooded MergansersBy Shirley Farrell

Guntersville Lake is the destination for thismonths field trip. You will find many Canada Geese,as well as so many different species of ducks. One ofmy favorite ducks, and a visitor to my lake, is theHooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus. There arethree species of mergansers in North America: Com-mon Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, andHooded Merganser. Of all three species, the HoodedMerganser is the smallest (13-19 inches) and found

only in the North America.

This shy bird has a crest (hood) that may beexpanded or contracted depending on the messagethe bird is sending. The male bird, or drake, has awhite crest surrounded by black feathers and the fe-male bird, or hen, has a reddish hood with grayish-brown feathers on the rest of her body. Notice thebirds bill. It is not the typical large, flat bill of a duckbut is classified as a sawbill. This is a long, pointed billwith serrated edges that helps the duck hold onto slip-pery fish. Its long, pointed tail is pointed up at an angleas it swims. This bird is usually very quiet but when it

does make noises it sounds like the low croaking of afrog. Males have yellow eyes while females and imma-ture males have dull brown eyes.

When identifying a duck, many birders will tell

you to know where the white is. Notice the location ofthe white on the Hooded Merganser: hood, chest (withalternating back bands), and white patches on thewings.

This duck lives around wooded creeks, ponds,lakes and swamps, as well as fast-moving rivers. Thenest is found in a tree cavity lined with the downychest feathers of the female. The female lays an aver-age of 13 eggs. The eggs hatch in about a month andone day later everyone jumps out of the nest to go tothe water. Ducklings fledge (go off on their own) after10 weeks!

Not all ducks swim around dipping their headsunderwater to eat plants. There are some duck spe-cies that dive underwater. The Hooded Merganser isone that catches its food underwater. They eat smallfish, frogs, crayfish, crustaceans, and aquatic insects.The birds actually swim with their eyes OPEN! Thethird eyelid, or nictating membrane, is transparent andmay act like swimming goggles protecting the birdseyes. This bird is a fast swimmer and rarely surfaceswhere it had dived. The bird may surface as far as 30feet away from the diving spot!

Hooded Mergansers breed as far north asCanada and Alaska but may be found in Alabamayear-round. Many northern birds will migrate to Ala-bama to spend the winter too.

Hooded Merganser Secret MessageTo solve the puzzle and discover the secret message, you must decode the letters in the message. To help youget started we have decoded three of the letters for you; the letter F in the message is an E, the letter Z isan M, and the H is really an O. Can you decode the rest of the letters to read the message?

Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.comHooded Merganser Secret Message Answer

HoodedMergansersdiveunderwatertocatchtheirfood.


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Here follows a summary of recent issues addressed by theConservation Committee, any action taken and results ofsame:

A request was sent to State Representatives ArthurPayne and John Rogers asking them to support PatriciaTodd's and Linda Coleman's efforts to introduce a bill forfunding a regional transportation system in JeffersonCounty. An issue of great concern is the Northern Beltline.This project has languished to some degree, but there isrenewed interest in rejuvenating it. The Coalition for Re-

gional Transport, a non-profit group composed of U.S. Steel,Drummond Coal, and Daniel Realty, among others, hasbeen formed to begin economic studies and strategies fordevelopment along the Beltline, much like that around I-459.This project will be destructive to the Cahaba River and pavethe way for future developments. Updates on this as theybecome available.

Across the globe, the U.N. has issued a reportabout the polluted air over Asia and China. Atmosphericbrown clouds, plumes of soot, smog and toxic chemicals,rise over hot spots around the globe, most noticeably inAsia. These clouds, products of coal fired factories andpower plants, cars and diesel trucks and wood burningstoves, are dramatically reducing sunlight, which in turnleads to reduced food crop harvests, increases in respiratory

and cardiac disease, decreased monsoonal rains, particu-larly in India and southeast Asia and melting glaciers in theHimalayas. This brown haze is at times a mile thick and isvisible from airplanes. It stretches from the Arabian penin-sula (Cairo), over Iran (Teheran), China (Beijing), the Koreas(Seoul) and over to California.

A water quality issue: The chemical, percholate,could be in your drinking water. It is a by-product of themanufacture of rocket fuel, ammunition and flares. It altersthe production of hormones in the thyroid, posing a threat tothe very young, expectant mothers and individuals with apre-existing thyroid condition. It has been found in the drink-ing water of 28 states, and by extension, in milk and certainvegetables. At the present, the EPA has announced that itwould not set a limit for percholate in water supplies or re-

quire a cleanup.On the national front, the outgoing administration

has proposed changes to regulations concerning water andair quality. Four of these changes are as follows:

1) A rule change will allow coal companies in Appa-lachia to dump waste from mountaintop removal mining intoadjacent streams and valleys, thus destroying drinking watersources and habitats for the salamanders and fish that live inthe streams. This is a violation of the Stream Buffer ZoneRule, which was written to prohibit surface coal mining com-panies from disturbing areas within 100' of permanent andseasonal streams. 2,000 miles of streams have alreadybeen destroyed.

As of press time, the EPA, un-heedful of the40,000+ objections received, has of Dec. 4, 2008, signed off

on the change. Opponents of this action have argued thepoint that the EPA could not legally approve the change be-cause doing so would conflict with its' duties under the CleanWater Act. The Governors and other senior officials of Ken-tucky and Tennessee, the states most seriously threatened,urged EPA not to approve the change. The practice ofmountaintop removal mining has long been opposed by Ap-palachian residents. Over the years, more than 400 moun-taintops have been stripped of their trees and flattened.387,000 acres of forest have been replaced by what can

only be called a lunar landscape. Countless streams andwaterways have been irretrievably lost.2) Another rule change will ease the restrictions on

the construction of power plants near national parks andwilderness areas.

3) A third rule change would reduce the role of fed-eral wildlife scientists in deciding the impact of constructionprojects, such as dams and highways, on endangered spe-cies.

4) The Department of the Interior announced a newrule that challenges Congress' authority to prevent mining onpublic lands. This authority has most recently been exer-cised in June '08, when a three year moratorium was placedon uranium mining on over one million acres nears theGrand Canyon. The current Secretary of the Interior has

ignored that directive, saying it is procedurally flawed. TheDepartment contends that the committee action taken toestablish the power is invalid due the panel not having aquorum. The committee chairman disputes the allegation.Environmental groups (the Sierra Club, the Center for Bio-logical Diversity and the Grand Canyon Trust) are currentlysuing the Bureau of Land Management for failure to obeythe directive. The revision of the rule eliminates all referenceto Congressional authority and has been moved through therule making process extremely quickly. It was proposed inOctober, with a 15-day window for public comment. An Inte-rior Department spokesman said that the law had been dor-mant since the early 1980's but that "it has again come for-ward and that makes this an appropriate time to address thissticking point in our regulations.

Much closer to home, Governor Riley denied a per-mit to Terminal Offshore Regas Plant (TORP), a Houston,TX-based energy company, to build a liquid natural gas(LNG) terminal near Dauphin Island. When LNG is cargoedby tanker, it is chilled and must be heated in order for it toflow into pipes leading to the mainland for use by residencesand commercial enterprises. TORP intended to use what iscalled an "open loop" process of heating LNG. In this proc-ess, water from the Gulf of Mexico would be drawn into theterminal, heated and then poured over the chilled LNG andsubsequently returned in the heated stage to the Gulf wa-ters. Conservationists and government scientists feared thatthe hot water would injure and possibly kill fish and othersaltwater organisms.


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Birmingham Audubon in Education

BIRMINGHAM AUDUBON AWARDS48 MINI-GRANTS TO LOCAL TEACHERS

FORCONSERVATION & NATURE

PROJECTS & PROGRAMS

1. Mt. Olive Elementary School - $297.85 - Butterfly &Hummingbird Garden, gifted students, Sue Ausman

2. Gardendale Elementary School - $300 - Bird Observa-tion Garden, 2nd grade, Anna Beam

3. Paine Intermediate School - $300 - Field Trip to Botani-cal Gardens, 5th grade, Ann Bettis

4. Westhills Elementary School - $300 - Bird ObservationStation, 3rd grade, Kim Bramlett

5. Inglenook K-8 - $245 Field Trip to Zoo, Kindergarten,Debra Brantley

6. St. Aloysius School - $300 - Ruffner Mountain NatureCenter traveling naturalist, O is for Owl, Oriole, & Os-prey, Kindergarten, Winifred Bratton

7. Greystone Elementary School - $300 - Ruffner Moun-

tain Nature Center traveling naturalist, Fur, Feathers,and Scales, 1st grade, Jennifer Cagle

8. Snow Rogers Elementary School - $298.94 - MobileScience Classroom Lab and Outdoor Classroom/NatureTrail, 4th grade, Wanda Carlisle

9. Snow Rogers Elementary School - $285 - Books andother resource materials relating to nature and life sci-ence for the school library media center and mobilescience lab, Debra Cordell

10. Grantswood Elementary School - $282 - Field Trip toBotanical Gardens, Secret Life of Trees for Kindergar-ten, Trish Cummings

11. Grantswood Elementary School - $188 Field Trip toBotanical Gardens, Alabama Wetlands for 1st graders,Trish Cummings

12. Grantswood Elementary School - $188 - Field Trip toBotanical Gardens, George Washington Carver for 2ndgraders, Trish Cummings

13. Westhills Elementary School - $290 - Growing JuniorMaster Gardeners, grades 3-6, Jo E. Dale

14. Kermit Johnson Elementary School - $300 - OutdoorClassroom/Living Lab, Dianne Davis

15. Kermit Johnson Elementary School -$300 - Field Trip toBirmingham Southern Environmental Center, Gifted 3-5graders, Terri Dixon

16. Phillips Academy - $296.29 - Outdoor Classroom,

grade 5, Joy Doering17. EPIC School - $288.06 - Endangered! Planet Earth

Hands-on science activity materials, grade 4, AudreyFine

18. Huffman Middle School - $300 - Science OlympiadCompetition for 6th-8th grade Science Olympiad Team,study and lab materials, Lise Gelatko

19. Kermit Johnson Elementary - $300 - Field Trip to Bir-mingham Southern Environmental Center, 3rd, 4th, & 5thgrade, Teresa Gober

20. Montevallo Middle School - $300 - Cahaba River Walkfor 8th graders, Carrie Hamilton

21. Gresham Elementary School - $300 - Trip to BearCreek Education Center for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade gifted

students, Jill Hickey22. Lipscomb Elementary School - $270.26 - Field Trip to

Alabama Wildlife Center at Oak Mountain State Park,Thomas Hobgood

23. Gardendale Elementary School - $300 - Butterfly Ob-servation Garden, 3rd grade, Erica Hughes

24. Spring Valley School - $300 - Butterfly Garden, JoanKeagy, Director

25. Gwin Elementary School - $191 - Bird Observation Sta-tion, Traci Ingleright

26. Inverness Elementary School - $300 - Fish Aquariumfor Kindergarten Special Students, Susan Lee

27. Elvin Elementary School - $300 - Outdoor Classroomthat Student Council members will construct, JennyLespi

28. Clay-Chalkville High School - $272 - Field Trip to Zoo,select students in grades 10-12, Kathryn Manley

29. Inglenook K-8 - $245 - Field Trip to Zoo, Kindergarten,Paula Marbury-Cook

30. Adamsville Elementary School - $300 - Green ClubOrganic Garden, a project of 5th grade Green Club,Lindsay Mouyal

31. South Shades Crest Elementary School $170 -McWane Science Center classroom speaker with theAmazing Animals program, for 1st grade classrooms,Karen Greene Pirkle

For the academic year, 2008-2009, the Birmingham Audubon Society awarded 48 mini-grants to localteachers to help fund field trips, guest speakers, and special projects relating to our conservation and educationmission. Most of these projects and field trips would not be possible without the assistance provided by BAS. Thefinancial support for this mini-grant program comes from the Diana Stobert Sessions and Paul Trammell Ses-sions, Jr. Foundation.

All teachers in Jefferson and Shelby counties are eligible for these grants. Information about them andthe application forms are on our website at www.birminghamaudubon.org . Click on Grants and Scholarships,then Mini-grants. The Education Committee asks that BAS members relate this information to all science and ele-mentary school teachers who might be interested in the BAS mini-grants.

2008-09 mini-grants


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Includes quarterly subscription to Audubonmagazine and 8 issues of Flicker Flashes, thechapter newsletter.Senior (62 & older) and student (full-time)memberships available for $15.00.

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The National Audubon Society handlesmembership renewals through theirMembership Data Center. Contact them at1-800-274-4201 or write them at:P.O. Box 52529,

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32. South Shades Crest Elementary School $170 -McWane Science Center classroom speaker with theEnvironmental Explorations program, for 1st gradeclassrooms, Karen Pirkle

33. Pinson Elementary School - $300 McWane ScienceCenter Camp-In and preparation for Science OlympiadTeam for 2nd graders, Missy Presley

34. Gate City Elementary School - $300 for 1st grade FieldTrip to Ruffner Mountain Center, Gail Smith, Coordinator

35. Whatley K-8 School - $300 - Field Trip for 6th grade toRuffner Mountain Nature Center, Gail Smith, Coordinator

36. Phillips Academy - $300 - Field Trip for 5th grade to Ruff-ner Mountain Nature Center, Gail Smith, Coordinator

37. Shelby Elementary - $300 - Field Trip to Botanical Gar-dens for K-5 students, Meka Smith

38. Inglenook K-8 - $245 - Field Trip to Zoo for Kindergarten,Cherie Stubbs

39. Meadow View Elementary School - $300 - From Seed toSalad Bar school garden, 3rd Grade, Sandra Swindall

40. Snow Rogers Elementary School - $300 - Outdoor Class-

room/Nature Trail, Ruth Terry41. Mount Olive Elementary School -$300 - Mount Olive Bo-

tanical Garden and Outdoor Classroom, Kindergartenproject, Laura Thomas

42. Lipscomb Elementary School - $300 - Science OlympiadTeam Competition expenses, Anetra Thrash

43. Phillips Academy - $276.47 - Aquatic Garden at JonesValley Urban Farms 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, Amy Waine

44. Hueytown Elementary School - $300 - Field Trip to Bo-tanical Gardens for Secret Life of Trees program, Kin-dergarten, Martha Waldrop

45. Montevallo High School - $300 - Field Trip to AlabamaWildlife Center at Oak Mountain State Park, HilaryWhitson

46. St. Aloysius School - $300 - Patterns of Birds and Prob-ability, 8th grade project, Renee Williams

47. Paine Intermediate - $250 Field Trip to Zoo, 1st grade,Chuck Yeager

48. Inglenook K-8 - $300 - Field Trip to Zoo, 1st grade, DedraYeldell

Education Committee:

Alice Christenson, Shirley Farrell, Jean Folsom, Greg Harber, Lori Oswald, Maureen Shaffer, Ann Sweeney

Birmingham Audubon in Education Continued:


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Flicker Flashes is published eight times a year bythe Birmingham Audubon Society.Editor: Bianca J. Allen (205) 854-5233Asst Editor: Greg Harber (205) 251-2133

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Christmas Bird Count - Gulf Shores

Flicker Flashes articles due, February issue

BAS 1/2 day Field Trip, Red Mountain Park

Board Meeting, BZA, 5:45 p.m.

General Meeting, BZA, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Jim McClintock

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Impact of Climate Change on Antarctic Marine

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BAS Field Trip, Lake Guntersville & Environs

Audubon Teaches Nature

The Wildlife Center, 2:00 p.m.

Alabama Ornithological Society meeting

5 Rivers Alabamas Delta Resource Center

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Flicker Flashes articles due, March issue

BAS 1/2 day Field Trip, Downtown and

McWane Science Center

Board Meeting, BZA, 5:45 p.m.

General Meeting, BZA, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. James Lamb

McWane Science Center, Fossil Birds

BAS Field Trip

Camp Kanawahala

Audubon Teaches Nature

The Wildlife Center, 2:00 p.m.

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