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

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

MONTHLY MEETINGSDate: Fourth Tuesday of the month

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

Location: South Valleys Library

15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno

Exterior door, west side of building

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

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

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

designed, mustard yellow library on the right.

There are no LAS meetings during the summer months. The next meeting

will be Tuesday, September 23.

Birds & BooksThe LAS Birds & Books Reading Group will not be meeting during the months

of June, July, and August. We meet again in September at Sundance Bookstore

in Reno. Our schedule for the rest of 2008 is:

September 16

Song for the Blue Ocean by Carl Sana &Brushed by Feathers by Frances

Wood, August, and September chapters.

October 2

One Mans Owlby Bernd Heinrich &Brushed by Feathers by Frances Wood,

October chapter. We will select the books for January May 2009

at this meeting.

November 18

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan &Brushed by Feathers by Frances

Wood, November chapter.

December 16

Private Lives of Garden Birds by Calvin Simonds & Brushed by Feathersby

Frances Wood, December chapter.

JULY/AUGUST2008

vol. 45, no. 6

Inside This Issue

1 Monthly Meetings

2 Field Trips

3 Important Bird Areas

4 From the Presidents

Perch

5 Conservation Corner

6 Birds In Town

7 LAS Sales/

Membership

Submissions for the September/

October issue are due August 1, 2008

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SUBSCRIPTIONS

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

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

Society. LAS welcomes gifts, donations, and bequests in

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

Such donations will be used as specied or, if unspecied, will

be used to support LAS education and conservation projects.

All donations are tax deductible.

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

tell them how you feel:

Senator Harry Reid Senator John Ensign

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

Reno, NV 89501 Reno, NV 89501

Toll-free: 1-866-736-7343 Reno phone: 775-686-5770

Representative Dean Heller Governor Jim Gibbons

400 S. Virginia St. #502 101 N. Carson St.

Reno, NV 89501 Carson City, NV 89710

Reno phone: 775-686-5760 775-684-5670

FIELD TRIPSChristiane Omer 775-354-2634 [email protected]

LAS eld trips are free and open to the

public. Birders of all skill levels are

encouraged to participate. Please pre-

register with trip leaders so they can

contact you in the event of trip changes

or cancellations. Always dress for

changing weather conditions and bringsomething to eat and drink. For additional

information, visit the LAS web site at

www.nevadaaudubon.org or contact Field

Trip Chair Christiane Omer.

Saturday, July 19

Washoe Lake

Time: 7:00 a.m.

Leader: Steve Ting, 775.849.3725,

[email protected] (preferred)

The several ponds and marshy areas near

Washoe Lake are good spots to nd many

of the local duck species as well asmany shore birds (American Avocet,

Black-necked Stilt, Snipe, Western and

Least Sandpiper).Wading birds such

as Great and Snowy Egret, Great Blue

Heron, Black-crowned Night Heron,

and White-faced Ibis also frequent

the area. Other possible species are

American White Pelican, Forsters Tern

and Western, Clarks, and Eared Grebe.

Come enjoy a few hours of birding with

Steve, who not only birds these areas

regularly but also photographs the many

birds he nds. Please be prompt. It can

get very hot at this time of year and there

is very little shade in the area. Meet in

the parking lot for the observation tower

at the south end of Washoe Lake. From

US 395 take the East Lake Blvd Exit

42, head East approximately two miles,

and turn into Washoe Lake State Park

parking area. Make sure you take the East

Lake Exit at the south end of the lake.

Bring drinking water, sunscreen, hat,

binoculars, and spotting scopes for those

that have them. There is a limit of 30

participants, so please reserve your space

with Steve.

Saturday, August 2

Spooner Lake Park

Time: 7:30 a.m.

Leader: Nancy Santos, 775.884.1570,

[email protected]

Join us for an easy morning walk around

Spooner Lake Park. We will search the

shoreline for Spotted Sandpiper, Osprey,

and area waterfowl. Forest, sagebrush,

and riparian habitat is also found along

the perimeter of the lake and will offer us

the opportunity to search for such species

as Western Tanager, White-headedWoodpecker, Green-tailed Towhee, and

Warbling Vireo, just to name a few. More

common species we can expect to see are

Stellers Jay, Mountain Chickadee, Hairy

Woodpecker, Western Wood-Pewee, and

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Please contact

Nancy for further information and to

reserve your spot. There is a state park

entrance fee per vehicle, so car-pooling

is recommended.

Field Trip Reports

Saturday, April 12

Damonte Ranch Wetlands

Leader: Kathy Oakes

The great weather that we ordered

brought out a lot of birders29 people

showed up for a half-day visit to the

Damonte Ranch wetlands! We had

shirtsleeve weather as early as 8:00

a.m. and no wind. We saw a total of

40 species. Highlights of the trip were

great views of an American Bittern

and a Wilsons Snipe, as well as very

cooperative Marsh Wrens, who stayed

visible at the top of cattails singing,allowing everyone a close look. Usually

these little guys stay hidden or just pop

up for a maddening few seconds. Maybe

the wrens were appreciating the sunshine

as much as the birders. Following is a

list of species observed: Eared Grebe,

American Bittern, Canada Goose,

Gadwall, American Widgeon, Mallard,

Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal,

Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail,

Bufehead, Common Merganser, Ruddy

Duck, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed

Hawk, Turkey Vulture, California Quail,American Coot, Killdeer, Black-necked

Stilt, American Avocet, Willet, Wilsons

Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull,

Mourning Dove, Says Phoebe, Barn

Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Marsh Wren,

European Starling, Savannah Sparrow,

Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow,

Red-winged Blackbird, Brewers

Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird,

Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch,

House Sparrow.

Saturday, May 17

McCarran Ranch

Leader: Elizabeth Ammon

We had a couple of great trips to

McCarran Ranch, approximately 10 mile

east of Sparks, on Saturday May 17 and

Sunday May 18. Participants in the

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IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS PROGRAMRobin Powell 775-247-2798 [email protected]

is specically associated with the

various obligate bird species such

as Greater Sage-Grouse, SageThrasher, and Sage Sparrow. The

following is a brief synopsis of the

four Nevada IBAs that have been

given the global IBA status:

Bilk Creek-Montana Mountains

Located near the Nevada-Oregon

border, this IBA supports the

largest Greater Sage-Grouse

population in Nevada and one of

the highest in the western UnitedStates. There are various threats to

this high-quality sagebrush-steppe

ecosystem, such as

re, conversion to annual

invasive grasses, and ungulate

grazing mismanagement.

High Rock Resource Area

This IBA is located in northern

Washoe County and is

predominantly public lands.

The High Rock Resource Area

possesses three of the most

signicant Greater Sage-Grouse

populations in the state. The site is

also signicant in the abundance

of cliff-nesters found throughout

the High Rock Canyon. The few

threats, such as overgrazing

and invasive plants, are minimal

in this IBA.

Sheldon National Wildlife

Refuge

The Sheldon National Wildlife

Refuge (NWR) is located in the

northernmost portion of Washoe

County along the Nevada-Oregon

border and possesses one of the

Nevadas Globally Important

Bird Areas

The IBAs are sites that have

been recognized by the scientic

community that provide the

unique habitat for avian species

of conservation concern,

possess a large congregation of

birds, provide educational and

research opportunities, and/or are

landscapes that certain species are

tied to (e.g., Greater Sage-Grouse

and sagebrush ecosystems).Currently, there are 39 IBAs

throughout Nevada. Though these

sites have been recognized as

important to birds, some IBAs

have also been cited as important

on a continental or global scale.

The National Important Bird

Areas classication system (state

vs. continental vs. global) is a

way to identify the signicance

of a site for the prioritization of

conservation efforts. The state-

recognized IBAs are prioritized

by a United States Technical

Advisory Team (USTAC) which

is comprised of scientists who

are experts in ornithology and/or

conservation science. Recently,

the USTAC recognized four

of Nevadas IBAs as globallysignifcant IBAs.The global

recognition was due to the

presence of signicant Greater

Sage-Grouse populations within

the species range, the presence of

various habitat requirements of the

Greater Sage-Grouse life cycle,

and the provision of habitat that

most intact desert sagebrush-shrub

habitats in the Great Basin. Since

the cessation of cattle grazingfrom the NWR, the landscape has

greatly rebounded; however, there

is still the conservation

issue of excessive horse herd

sizes, which can negatively

impact habitat quality.

Wellington-Pine Grove Hills

Located near the Nevada-

California border, south of

Minden and Gardnerville, thisIBA supports the Nevada portion

of the Mono Basin population of

Greater Sage-Grouse which is

genetically distinct from the other

Greater Sage-Grouse populations

found throughout the region.

Development is one of the largest

threats within this IBA.

Robin Powell, Nevada Director of

Bird Conservation

American Kestrelphoto by Steve Ting. For

more of Steves images visit

www.steveting.photography.com.


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FROM THE PRESIDENTS PERCH

Elections Refections

As of July 1 you nd that I am

your President for another year.

Though this is a bit crazy, as I

have commented to colleagues onthe Board and our Committees,

I am honored and do this gladly.

Our May Chapter elections

also yielded these results: Alan

Gubanich, Vice President; Jane

Burnham, Treasurer; and Bonnie

Wagner, Recording Secretary.

Board Trustees (to 2011) elected

were Dave Straley, Seat #1; Gene

Hansel, Seat #2; and Kathy Oakes,

Seat #4. We and the currentlysitting Trustees will do our best to

live up to your expectations for us

and for the organization.

At the National Audubon level,

nine of the 36 members of the

Board of NAS are nominated

through a regional election

process. The member representing

the Northwest Region, of which

we are a part, is up for election.

At the May Board meeting, our

LAS Board cast the two votes

allotted to a chapter of our size

for the sole nominee, Marina

Skumanich, current President

of Seattle Audubon and a

self-employed environmental

policy consultant. The name of

the regional candidate will be

included on the slate of candidates

for the NAS Board submitted tothe membership at the next NAS

Annual Meeting of Members.

Part of my very serious

considerations in running for

President again was a strong

resolve to shift and reassign

various activities and duties

in both the President and the

Communications Chair positions,

and a number of those are in

process, due to the initiative and

great reliability of colleagues on

the Board and Committees. As

an example, this years SummerPlanning Retreat will be organized

and facilitated by Gene Hansel

and will shift more to overarching

topics, more of an attempt at some

truestrategicplanning as well as

specic plans for our various areas

of responsibilities.

An early review of comments

included in your responses to our

Membership Survey, coordinated

by Kenn Rohrs, has led me to tryto use this space more consistently

as an outreach to you, our nearly

1,000 member households, to

apprise you of our activities and

efforts. Much of the overall efforts

of the Board and Committees on

behalf of the Chapter is captured

in ourAnnual Reports; however,

this forum may provide you with

some more timely LAS news

items.

In any given month or two, many

projects and activities come to the

attention of the LAS President,

and they really engender an

enthusiasm about our organization.

So, I hope to share that better with

you. The format that may result in

something of a high-end gossip

column about some of the things

going on. Well see how it goes.In the words of Dave Straley,

our former Treasurer, new Seat #1

Trustee, and our nancial advisor,

Now, lets get on with another

great year.

Karen L. Kish

(Field Trips continued from page 2)

Lahontan Audubon trip on Saturday

were Pey-Yi Lee, Nlin Chae Kim, John

Ide, Kenn and Georgia Rohrs, Karol

McClellan, Mar Siddall, Norma Eldridge,

and Joya Hamblin. Sundays McCarranRanch open house event included many

fun folks whose names I didnt write

down. The weather was hot both days

(mid-90s), and spirits were great. It was

very birdy, but the birds seemed

as caught by surprise by the heat wave

as we were. Following is the combined

list for both days in alphabetical order:

American Kestrel, American Robin,

Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Bewicks

Wren, Black-billed Magpie, Black-

headed Grosbeak, Brewers Blackbird,

Brown-headed Cowbird, BullocksOriole, California Gull, California Quail,

Canada Goose, Cinnamon Teal, Cliff

Swallow, Common Merganser, Double-

crested Cormorant, Downy Woodpecker,

European Starling, Great Blue Heron,

House Finch, House Sparrow, House

Wren, Killdeer, Lazuli Bunting, Lesser

Goldnch, Mallard, Mourning Dove,

Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker, Northern

Rough-winged Swallow, Red-tailed

Hawk (nest with two chicks), Red-

winged Blackbird, Ring-billed Gull,

Snowy Egret, Song Sparrow, TurkeyVulture, Warbling Vireo, Western

Kingbird, Western Wood-Pewee,

Wilsons Warbler, Yellow Warbler,

Yellow-headed Blackbird.

Black-necked Stiltphoto by Steve Ting. For

more of Steves images visit

www.steveting.photography.com.


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CONSERVATION CORNER

Hawken Fire Tree Planting Day

Approximately 110 people

including six Audubon volunteers

spent a beautiful Saturday

morning on April 26th planting

200 Ponderosa Pine seedlings,

100 Jeffrey Pine seedlings, 25

bitterbrush, 25 currant bushes, and

30 chokecherry along Alum Creek

in the Caughlin Ranch area. This

riparian area was badly burned

in the Hawken Fire last summer

and we wanted to contribute to

the effort of restoring the habitat

for birds and other wildlife.

LAS applied for and received a

grant from National Audubonfor $625 to purchase the trees.

We also donated $1000 from our

Conservation Fund to put toward

additional vegetation efforts. In

just a few hours we got all the

plants in the ground and, as we

were nishing up, drip irrigation

purchased by the Homeowners

Association was being installed.

It is hoped the irrigation and rains

weve had this May will translateinto success over the next few

years. Despite the poor habitat

conditions, we did manage to see

quite a few birds using many of the

trees that survived the re: Downy

Woodpecker, chickadees, and even

a hummingbird, to name just a few.

Thanks go out to LAS members,

Jane Burnham, Linda Badzioch,

Judy Bowen, and Janet and

Bob Butler for participatingin this event.

Mine Claim Marker Update

Many of you may recall biologist

Pete Bradley giving a presentation

a year or so ago on hollow mine

claim markers and the threats to

birds and other wildlife. Back in

1993, LAS, along with the Sierra

Club, worked with the Nevada

Mining Association (NMA) to

address this problem, and together

we were able to get language

changed in the Nevada Revised

Statutes requiring all mine claim

monuments be capped and without

perforations. Unfortunately, over

the years weve come to realize

that, although this seemed to be a

solution at the time, our dry, hot

climate caused most caps to crack

and pop off, once again posing a

threat to birds and other wildlife.

Last November, LAS, along

with Red Rock Audubon Societybased in southern Nevada, crafted

a letter to the NMA requesting

its help in facilitating an effort

to nd a permanent solution to

this issue. We are grateful to the

NMA, which did not hesitate in

responding and quickly reached out

to state agencies and stakeholder

organizations to seek buy-in to

resolve this issue. Collectively, we

feel as though the best permanentsolution is to seek changes to

the NRS to redene a valid

legal monument as being a solid

structure. We are also proposing

language allowing for the removal

of any invalid monument one year

after adoption of the new language.

On June 6th, we were able to

present our proposal for changes

to NRS 517.030 at the Public

Lands Committee meeting inElko. Bob Goodman, former LAS

Conservation Chair, spoke on

behalf of both chapters of Audubon

requesting the committee use its

Bill Draft Request capabilities

to help eliminate this threat to

wildlife. In support of the proposed

changes, Director of Nevada

Department of Wildlife Ken Mayer

and NDOW Wildlife Diversity

Division Chief Laura Richards

accompanied Bob at the hearing.

Bobs presentation and Q & A

session were very well received.

The committees decision on

drafting this legislation will be

rendered after its nal meeting in

August. This, of course, is the rst

in a series of steps well be taking

to address this issue and well

continue to keep you posted

on our progress.

Ali Chaney, Conservation Chair

Donors

Ruby Crowned Kinglet $10-$19

Ralph Hoke

John Pierce

Mountain Bluebird $20-$49

Charles George Grifth

Jacquelyn and Ed Spacek

American Avocet $50-$99

Cathy Zarfer, In honor of Ken

Pulvers 70th Birthday

Sharryn Cohen

Dr. James and Jeannie Black

American White Pelican $100-$499

Carol Coleman

LAS has received an unrestricted

bequest of $10,074 from Robert

Butler, who named LAS as

beneciary to an IRA. As far as we

know, Mr. Butler was not a member

of LAS. He was an avid sportsman.

He frequently visited Wild BirdsUnlimited, owned and operated by

LAS Board member Jacque Lowery.

We can only speculate that Jacques

love of birding may have contributed

to Mr. Butlers thinking of LAS. We

are very grateful for this generous

bequest.


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BIRDS IN TOwNby Alan Wallace

If birds were like the rest of us, they would have looked at the soaring gas prices and decided that they just couldntjustify heading north this year, choosing some local marsh or woodland to go through their spring and summer rituals. But

the costs of air currents and en route bug meals havent gone up from years past, and northern Nevada towns undoubtedly

saw more avian than human visitors from far-ung places. Lakes captured the interests of abundant and varied waterfowl,

ranging from the regular Cinnamon Teal, Eared Grebes, and Bufeheads to the less-common Red-breasted Mergansers and

Blue-winged Teal. Overhead, Franklins and Bonapartes Gulls and Forsters and Caspian Terns, along with a few Ospreys,cut the spring air, joined by swarms of swallows and the occasional swift. The shorelines provided ample room for breeding

White-faced Ibises, American Avocets, formally attired Black-necked Stilts, and Western, Least, and Spotted Sandpipers,

and migrant Semipalmated and Black-bellied Plovers and Dunlins. One marsh bird an American Bittern decided to try

something completely different this year by spending a week in Sue Herreras Winnemucca back yard.

Like humans on vacation, many birds prefer to head for the woods when they leave home, and in-town trees,

shrubs, and woodlands were lled with new arrivals starting in late April. The most obvious of these were the colorful

and vocal Black-headed Grosbeaks, Yellow Warblers, Western Tanagers, and Bullocks Orioles. These were joined by

a bevy of other warblers (Orange-crowned, Wilsons, MacGillivrays, and Common Yellowthroat), ycatchers (Gray,

Western Kingbird, and typically late-arriving Western Wood-Pewee), and melodic Warbling Vireos. Tonopah hosted errant

migrating Black-and-White Warbler and Northern Waterthrush (saying water and Tonopah in the same phrase sounds

like a contradiction). On the harder-to-nd side of the migration, a variety of sparrows darted through the underbrush,

including Chipping, Lincolns, Savananah, Lark, and Fox Sparrows and Green-tailed Towhees. Like humans, a few birds

chose to come into town from the desert, including a small ock of Brewers Sparrows that found a just-like-home habitat

in the sage and pines surrounding the Reno REI store. Buntings made a nice showing this spring, with relatively common

Lazuli Buntings sharing the spotlight with a Painted Bunting in Spring Creek and an Indigo Bunting in Tonopah. The rst

hummingbird was an early-April Costas, followed shortly by Calliope, Annas, and, nally, the breeding Black-chinned

Hummingbirds. In downtown Reno, Cliff Swallows, which nest under the Truckee River bridges, swirled around the

kayakers during the annual River Fest. An Eastern Kingbird and Bobolink briey visited tiny Montello, which is tucked

away in far northeastern Nevada. The most unusual sighting was a long-tailed bird, spotted by Jonathan Heywood in his

south Reno yard, that resembled a Fork-tailed Flycatcher, which is native to South America.

For most birds, May is the time of courtship through egg laying, but some species start a little early. Canada Geese

seemed to produce a prodigious number of goslings this spring (four clutches at once at Manzanita Lake at the University of

Nevada), and fuzzy Great Horned Owls were venturing from their Reno nests in early May. Young Black-crowned Night-

Herons joined adults along shorelines. Fledged but scruffy Stellers Jays were demanding food and attention from adults

in late May, and Bewicks Wrens were carrying food to their nests at about the same time. As usual, House Finches and

Mourning Doves made early practice attempts at nesting in April, gearing up for the real thing in May.

Despite the song-lled air and birth of downy little birds, its not a totally harmonious world out there in Bambi-

land. The Red-tailed Hawks and Great Horned Owls breed early so that they and their edged young can feast on the bounty

provided by more late-hatching birds. Northern Harriers took advantage of the abundant migrant waterfowl at Swan Lake,

essentially catching and drowning their oating prey in the shallow water. Western Scrub-Jays commonly rob passerine

nests of eggs and hatchlings, and Nevada birders reported them killing adult birds, some as large as Mourning Doves. And if

fellow members of the avian world werent a threat, Mother Nature stepped in this spring. In Spanish Springs, avocets that

nested early near marshy shorelines were rudely treated to rising water and ooded nests, although history has it that they

just rebreed and build new nests at sites that hopefully are above the future water line (avocets arent in danger of extinction,

so it must work).Northern Nevada birders reported 178 species during April and May. Sources of information included Brian Adams,

Elisabeth Ammon, John Anderson, Mary Anderson, Judy Bowen, Richard Brune, Wendy Broadhead, Melody Craig, Alan de

Queiroz, Jim Eidel, Mary Jo Elpers, Cynthia Goddard, Bob Goodman, Alan Gubanich, Kirk Hardie, Sue Herrera, Jonathan

Heywood, Linda Hiller, Nancy Hoffman, Martha Jones, Ed Kurtz, Zena Lamp, Jacque Lowery, Sue Anne Marshall, Diane

McAllister, John Mitchell, Don Molde, Chris Nicolai, Christiane Omer, Fred Petersen, Harold Peterson, Debbie & Randy

Pontius, Lois & Mark Ports, Melissa Renfro & John Free, Sarah Russell, Greg Scyphers, Dennis Serdehely, Jean Sherman,

Steve Ting, Pat Wells, Dave Worley, and me. The deadline for the next column is July 25. Send contributions to 1050

Sumac St., Reno, NV 89509 or [email protected], or post sightings on the Nevada bird listserv. Good birding!


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THE PELICANLahontan Audubon Society

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LAHONTAN AUDUBON SOCIETY

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

Treasurer Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178

Recording Secretary Bonnie Wagner [email protected] 829-6311

TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2011 Dave Straley [email protected] 832-9222Seat #2 to 2011 Gene Hansel [email protected] 354-2150

Seat #3 to 2009 Ali Chaney ali_chaney@hotmtail .com 813-3494

Seat #4 to 2011 Kathy Oakes [email protected] 747-5446

Seat #5 to 2009 Jacque Lowery [email protected] 853-1302

Seat #6 to 2010 Linda Badzioch [email protected] 851-8353

Seat #7 to 2010 Kenn Rohrs [email protected] 849-9530

IBA Director Robin Powell [email protected] 247-2798

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

Birds & Books Reading Group Kenn Rohrs [email protected] 849-9530

Communications Karen Kish [email protected] 841-1180Conservation Ali Chaney [email protected] 813-3494

Education Alan Gubanich [email protected] 857-0191

Field Trips Christiane Omer [email protected] 354-2634

Hospitality Linda Badzioch [email protected] 851-8353

LAS Sales Jane Burnham [email protected] 677-4178

Membership Kathy Oakes [email protected] 747-5446

PUBLICATION AND The Pelican Editor Jen Martin [email protected] 742-2582INFORMATION The Pelican Distribution Connie Douglas [email protected] 425-1305

Birds in Town Alan Wallace [email protected] 786-5755

LAS Info Line Jacque Lowery 324-BIRD

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