november 2006 wingbars newsletter atlanta audubon society

8/9/2019 November 2006 Wingbars Newsletter Atlanta Audubon Society

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ATLANTA

AUDUBON SOCIEBox 29189

Atlanta, GA 3035

www.atlantaaudubon

AAS OFFICEand Information L

770.913.051

GOS RARE BIRD AL

770.493.886

November 2006

Volume XXXII, Issue 11 ATLANTA AUDUBON SOCIETY

Many of our members have already metRaul Arias de Para at the Canopy Tower inPanama or other locations. Some of you mayhave dreamed of traveling to Panama to add to

that life list and see some of the fabulous birds

youve heard so much about; others may becurious just to see pictures and hear about thisbirding hotspot.

Please join Atlanta Audubon at our Novembermeeting as we host Raul Arias de Para. Raul

will present beautiful pictures of birds andscenery along with informative maps about the

best birding spots of Central Panama,including the world-famous Pipeline Road and

Canopy Tower, as well as Achiote Road on theCaribbean side and the cloud forests of ElValle de Anton.

Raul Arias de Para is owner and operator ofthe Canopy Tower and the Canopy Lodge,

Panama. He obtained a BS at St Joseph'sUniversity in Philadelphia and has a master'sdegree in economics from the University of

Virginia. He is also active in conservation. Heis vice president of ANCON, the largest

conservation organization in Panama;president of Fundacion Avifauna dedicated to

the conservation of bird habitat; and boardmember of Fundacion Amador in charge of themuseum of biodiversity, designed by Master

Architect Frank Gehry.

For more information about Raul and theCanopy Tower, visit this Web site:

http://www.canopytower.com/Raul.htm

I N S I D

Presidents Perch.......

From the Exec Dir ......

Field Notes .................

Field Trips...................

Volunteer Ops..............Wildlife Sanctuary Tour

New Finch Species!.....

Ivory-bill Sightings? ..

Hemlock Woolly Adelgi

Classifieds.................

By The Way.................

Membership ..............

The Best Birding Spots of Central PanamaPresented by Raul Arias de Para

Owner/Operator of the Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge, Panama

November 12, 2006

2 PM Brook Run Park Theater

4770 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody 30338

Friday, December 15, 2006

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

of Atlanta Social Hall

6-7 PM -- Reception and silent auction

7-9 PM -- Buffet Dinner

Celebrate the Holidays with Atlanta Audubon!

contd. on next page


2/9

After the Wildlife Sanctuary Tour, my folks

decided to thin out a portion of their backyard.

They were really motivated by seeing the

different yards and bought several species of

ferns at Georgia Perimeter College. All the

family members have received invitations to see

the grotto by the lake. They have done a lot of

work on it. Mom is determined to have the

backyard certified as a Wildlife Sanctuary.

Based on their enthusiasm, I decided to spend

the weekend reclaiming my backyard. The birds

were aggravated that I kept disturbing their

eating and bathing patterns. I was aggravated by

the number of acorns that had grown into smalltrees. The weather was perfect but still warm

enough to keep the mosquitoes active and in m

face. I was able to practice my bird

vocalizationsthey were all basically telling m

to go back inside and to leave them alone. By

Sunday afternoon, I had filled four containers

with weeds, first-year saplings and thin, long

strips of blue tarp from my neighbor's roof. I

think Mom and Dad will beat me in certifying

their backyard, but I am now motivated to mak

a run at it myself.

Dont let another year go by without doing

something really special for the birds. Have you

yard certified by Atlanta Audubon as a Wildlife

Sanctuary. Who knows, maybe well be touringyour sanctuary some September to come.

Board of Directors2006

Executive Director Catharine Kuchar770.993.9579

[email protected]

President Kelly Hopkins404.622.1888

[email protected]

President-elect Ellen Miller404.355.8892

[email protected]

Treasurer David Yon404.513.9806

[email protected]

Recording Secy Mark [email protected]

Corresponding Secy Barbara Tarpley404.687.0079

[email protected]

DirectorsConservation Clark Rushing

[email protected]

Education Marcia Klenbort404.874.9826

[email protected]

Field Trips Dave Butler404.580.3917

[email protected]

Membership Art Hurt770.934.7660

[email protected]

Communications and Past PresidentGeorgann Schmalz706.216.5012

[email protected]

Publicity Dave Decker770.938.3467

[email protected]

Special Events Nancy Hamilton404.874.2338

[email protected]

Volunteers Carl Tyler404.634.3892

[email protected]

At LargeJay Davis

[email protected]

Denese Van Dyne404.406.9324

[email protected]

Lisa Hurt770.934.7660

[email protected]

Victor WilliamsEarthshare Representative

[email protected]

---IBA Program Consultant

Jim Wilson [email protected]

WebsiteJim Flynn

[email protected]

Wingbars Editor

Grace Trimble [email protected]

Design & LayoutCopy Preparation 770.939.2002

[email protected]

ProofreadingMim Eisenberg

[email protected]

Newsletter deadline is the first ofthe month for material to be

published the following month.Please submit articles as MS-Word to

gmtrimble @mindspring.com.Email attachments, if possible.

Wingbars is the monthly newsletter ofAtlantaAudubon Society.We feature news, upcomingevents, meetings, field trips and projects.Wehope you will join us.Opinions expressed arethose of the authors and do not necessarily

reflect policies of the Atlanta Audubon Society.

Mission Statement:

To promote the enjoyment and understanding of birds and to

conserve and restore the ecosystems that support them.

Presidents Perchby Kelly Hopkins

2 Atlanta Audubon Soci

Whats in Your Backyard?

Reservations required: $22 per person, payable to Atlanta Audubon Society. Mail you

check to Nancy Hamilton, 1126 Los Angeles Avenue, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30306, or cont

her by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 404.874.2338.This years holiday banquet promises to be a wonderful, fun and festive time to celebratthe close of the year with door prizes and a great silent auction. During the reception, wwill have appetizers and a cash bar for beer and wine, along with sparkling cider.We encourage you to donate something special for the silent auctionperhaps a skill yhave or a service. Field trip leaders and Master Birders, here is your chance to provide one-on-one experience to the highest biddera private bird walk in your favorite habitaor a consultation in the bidders garden. We already have a weekend away in a cabin inwestern North Carolina up for bid, and a pet sitter is putting a weekend away up for bidPlease contact Nancy Hamilton with auction items. Many thanks.

Celebrate the Holidayscontd from page 1


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olunteerOpportunitiGET INVOLVEIN ATLANTAAUDUBON

We invite you to volunteerwith these Atlanta Audubonprograms.

Monthly ProgramsWe need your hospitalityassistance to bring refreshto the monthly meetings.Contact: Ellen Miller at404.355.8892

PublicityHelp us get the word outthrough local media about field trips and workshops.Contact: Dave Decker

770.938.3467

MembershipHelp with mailings tomembership.Contact: Art Hurt770.934.7660

EventsRepresent Audubon at specfunctions and displays.Contact: Nancy Hamilton404.874.2338

EducationVolunteer for a variety ofeducational programs. Weprovide training workshopsContact: Marcia Klenbort404.874.9826

Wildlife SanctuarySupport the preservation ogreenspace in Atlanta.Contact: Jacqueline McRa

jacqueline.mcrae@comcas

ConservationBecome an Armchair Activiand keep updated on legislaction both locally and natiContact: Clark Rushing404.373.8585

Office and PhoneAnswer the AAS hotline anassist visitors to our officethe Dunwoody Nature CentContact: Ellen Miller404.355.8892

Important Bird Areas ProgHelp distribute informationmonitor input, networkthroughout the state withIBA participants.Contact: Jim Wilson770.602.1679

In the past month or so on the job, Ive been

busy learning a great deal about Atlanta

Audubon. A big part of this work has been

taking a "big picture" view of the

organizationthinking about who we are and

who we want to become. It got me

wondering, of course, about the more

fundamental question, what do we think

about the birds? After all, arent they the

reason that Atlanta Audubon exists?

Aristotle once said, "Plants exist to give food

to animals, and animals to give food to

mendomestic animals for their use and

food; wild ones, in most cases, if not in all,furnish food and other conveniences, such as

clothing and various tools. Since nature

makes nothing purposeless or in vain, all

animals must have been made by nature for

the sake of men." Most of usif not all of

uscringe at the thought of Aristotles view

of the natural world. It was by no means

unique. Yet central to his thinking is a

profoundly important question for us to ask,

"What is it about birds that we value?"

Ive always liked what Holmes Rolston, aprofessor of philosophy, states are the many

ways that nature is valuable to humans. He

lists these, of course, as a way to begin a

discussion of our own duties to the natural

world. Some of these include:

Life-support value. Humans depend on

the natural world to survive (airflow,

water cycles, sunshine, etc.)

Recreational value. We can sit quietly

and bird watch or spend the day rock

climbing, but either way, "people like to

recreate in the great outdoors because

they are surrounded by something

greater than anything they find indoors."

Aesthetic value. Beyond utility and life

support, we admire nature and seek to

have none of it destroyed.

Historical value. Wild lands tell a story

of our history and we want to preserve it

for generations. Its something everyone

should be able to experience.

Cultural-symbolization value. Think of

the bald eagle in America, for example,

and you know the value put on this

special bird.

Character-building value. Wild lands

provide a place to gain humility and a

place to "sweat and push oneself."

Rolston explores several additional values,

all of which push us to think about our own

view of nature. Undoubtedly, there is value inthese values. The problem arises when values

come into conflict with one another. This is

very much an ethics issue. Dilemmas dont

appear in "right" versus "wrong" situations;

they appear in "right" versus "right"

situations. It is a good versus a good, a value

versus a value.

Unfortunately, as we all know too well, the

values that we ascribe to nature often come

out on the losing end and another human

value is crowned the "winner." The values

that Rolston lists are a big reason why we

have our national parks and protected areas.

Yet even the protection of these special

places becomes fragile when it is couched in

humanistic terms. Therefore, we must ask

ourselves if there is something beyond

human value that makes our featured friends

so special. Is it for the very fact that each

individual creature exists? Is there intrinsic

and inherent value in all living things? There

are many ways that we can begin to think

about this. I know that we cant possibly

scratch the surface here. What we can do,

however, is continue to ponder the question,

"What is it about birds that we value?"

November 2006

From the Executive Directorby Catharine Kuchar

Something to Caw About


4/9


5/9November 2006

Dawson Forest (Dawson County)Saturday, November 4,Georgann SchmalzSunday, November 5,Georgann SchmalzMeet at gate at 8 AMBirding focus: Migrants, residentsDirections: From Atlanta, go north onGA 400 for 30 miles beyond I-285. Thefirst stop light is GA 369. Continue 6.6miles to Dawson Forest Rd. and turnleft. Drive 3.9 miles to GA 9, andcontinue another 1.5 miles to the gate ofDawson Forest.

E.L. Huie and Newman WetlandsCenter (Clayton County)Saturday, November 4,Carolina LaneMeet in the parking lot at 8 AMBirding focus: Shorebirds

Directions: Take I-75 south beyond

I-285 to US 19/41 (Tara Blvd., exit 235);drive south for 8.2 miles to Freeman Rd.and turn left. The offices are on theright. This trip is sponsored by theClayton County Water Authority. Call theWetlands Center for information aboutbirding at both sites: 770.603.5606. Visitwww.ccwa1.com for more information.

Piedmont Park (Fulton County)Saturday, November 11,Jay DavisMeet at the Piedmont Park ConservancyCommunity Room at 8 AMOur ongoing Piedmont Park bird walkswill be held through the winter on thesecond Saturday of the month. They areco-sponsored by the Atlanta AudubonSociety and the Piedmont ParkConservancy. Walks are free. Come withfamilies or without. Come as an

experienced birder or a rank newcomer

or somewhere in between.Directions: Directions: The PiedmontPark Conservancy Community Room ilocated at the corner of PiedmontAvenue and 12th Street. From south ofthe city, take the I-75/85 connector norto the Pine St. Exit (Exit 249B). Gostraight on Pine, crossing Peachtree StTurn left on Piedmont Ave. Travel abouone mile to 12th St. From northwest ofdowntown, take I-75 south to the 16thSt. Exit (Exit 250). Go straight, crossin14th Street. Follow the signs to 10th StTurn left on 10th. Travel about a halfmile to Piedmont. Turn left on Piedmoto 12th St. From northeast of downtowtake I-85 south to the 17th St Exit (Exi84). Continue straight, crossing 14th StFollow directions above.

Field TripsCompiled by by Dave Butler

The work of Atlanta Audubon Society is runalmost exclusively by volunteers. Please take a

ook at the listing below and let us know if youare interested in volunteering for these very

mportant programs! We need you!

Event Chairperson and Event Co-

Chairperson Needed

nternational Migratory Bird Day (May 2007). A

big celebration of migratory birds: their amazingfeats and what we can do to ensure their futures.

A festival for allkids and families, adultswithactivities for all age levels, at a location to be

decided. Georgia Department of NaturalResources, Watchable Wildlife division, willpartially fund our 2007 IMBD. For more

nformation, please contact Marcia Klenbort [email protected]

Photography Show Assistants

We will hold our first ever AAS PhotographyShow for the entire month of January 2007 at theUUCA. On Thursday, January 4, the show will be

hung. Ruth Gogel, an AAS member and chair ofhe church art committee, needs three or four

folks to help her hang the show. Folks interestedn this volunteer activity need to be available on

January 4 from 1:30 PM until 5 or 6 PM. For morenformation, please contact Nancy Hamilton at

404.874.2338 or [email protected]

Echols and Barnsley Scholarship Committee

Members

AAS is committed to sponsoring opportunitiesfor adults and children to increase their birding

skills and knowledge. The Echols Scholarship isawarded annually to an adult who has

opportunities to share the knowledge gainedwith others in the Atlanta area. The BarnsleyScholarship aims to deepen birding skills of a

young birder. Each winner is able to attend aweek-long Audubon camp, with a stipend to help

with airfare. We need volunteers to serve on thescholarship committee to help us coordinate our

2007 selection process. For more information,please contact Nita Wynn at [email protected] orMarcia Klenbort at [email protected]

Many of our bird programs for kids are livelyactivities. We provide all the materials for

teachers and leaders to use. Spend an eveningwith others assembling the learning kits. No

experience or knowledge is necessary. For moreinformation, please contact Marcia Klenbort [email protected]

Freedom Park Garden Volunteers

We need help tending Freedom Park Garden. Inaddition to garden maintenance, we could also

use someone who'd be willing to help us getsome name plates for the plants, and someone tohelp establish a Web page. For more information,

please contact Carl Tyler [email protected]

Check Out Some of Our Current Volunteer Opportunities


6/96 Atlanta Audubon Soci

What a glorious day we had for the WildlifeSanctuary Garden Tour Saturday, September 16!

We honored three homeowners and one publicproperty on the tour. All the

owners have created gardensthat are truly sanctuaries forwildlife and birds as well as

restful, pleasurable spaces forpeople. The variety in size and

dimension of the gardens waswonderful and, for many, quite

inspiring. Thanks to each ofour garden owners: Debbie andClaus Sinex, Carol and Aubry

Bush, Mary Jane Kettler andGeorge Sanko, representing the

Native Plant Botanical Gardenat the Georgia Perimeter

College Decatur Campus.

Nearly 150 visitors toured thefour sanctuary sites, 10 of

whom became members ofAtlanta Audubon Society that

day while others took home membershipinformation. This years tour raised some $2,500for Atlanta Audubons conservation efforts and

education programs.

Special thanks go to Jacqueline McRae, chair of

the Wildlife Sanctuary Certification program, forselecting the sites and working with the ownersto open their gardens for the tour. This year she

also coordinated the volunteers who so

graciously greeted visitors and were the face ofAAS at the sites. Thanks go to our volunteers:

Tom and Jane Blaisdell, Sharon Brekke, AnitChilcutt, Nannette Dooley, Virginia Dunbar,

Marilyn Harris, Sally Hodges, Kelly Hopkins,Mary Kelly, Marcia Klenbort, Catharine

Brockman Kuchar, Mary Lou McCloskey, AnMcCallum, Page and Graham McDonald, SanMiller, Suzanne Norman, Janice Page, Tom

Painter, Georgann Schmalz, Carol VanderschGary Wehner and Jim Wilson. A very special

thanks to Victor Williams for making availabto each site volunteer a wonderful Melnor w

wand. What an unexpected treat!

Tickets for the tour this year were available advance from AAS board members and at tw

garden centers. Several other garden centersoffered to make our tour brochure available

customers. Special thanks to Hastings GardeCenter and Ashe-Simpson Garden Center forselling tickets in advance and to Habersham

Gardens in northeast Atlanta, Smith Hardwain Decatur and The Urban Gardener in

southeast Atlanta for having brochuresavailable. Many thanks to AAS board membe

for selling tickets in advance of the tour tofamily and friends.

And last, but not least, thanks to Ellen Miller

and the Peel and Stick Crew for inserting theWildlife Sanctuary flyer into every Wingbars

newsletter for September. What a great job yall did!

This years tour was a great success and it co

not have happened without everyonesparticipation as a visitor or volunteer.

Better than EVER6th Annual Wildlife Sanctuary Garden TouBy Nancy Hamilton

Conservationists have found acolorful new bird in a previouslyunexplored region in the Andes.The Yariguies Brush-Finch getsit name for the indigenous tribethat once lived in the area. Itfeatures a bright red head, blackback and yellow breast.Fortunately for the little bird,the Colombian government hasdecided to create a 500-acre

national park in the cloud forest where thebird lives. The small bird is a close relativeof the Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch butlacks the white markings on the wings.

According to Thomas Donegan, a member

of the Anglo-Colombian research team,"There are about two to three new birdsfound in the world every year. It's a veryrare event."

The new finch is about the size of a fist a

is native to Colombia's eastern Andeanrange. It is considered by its discoverersbe near threatened and in need of closemonitoring to prevent it from becomingendangered.

With as many as 1,865 different species,Colombia has long been considered a biwatchers' paradise, albeit a risky onebecause of the country's four-decade-oldcivil war.

New Finch Species Discovered in Colombia


7/9November 2006

This time the news is from the FloridaPanhandle. A team of researchersreports sighting the Ivory-billedWoodpecker in the Choctawhatcheebasin. Their evidence includes acollection of recordings of the birdsvocalization as well as recordings of"double raps," a sound the birds arethought to make when their bills hit atree. The team also reports sighting thebirds more than a dozen times betweenmid-2005 and April 2006.

The last known recording of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker was in Louisiana in aswampy area known as the Singer Track

in 1935. Only occasional sightings of thebirds were reported after that, so fewthat many scientists concluded thespecies was extinct.

The birding world sat up and tooknotice last year when an Ivory-billwas supposedly spotted in the Cache

River National Wildlife Refuge inArkansas. That research includedblurry video footage and recordingsof kent calls. However many expertsremain skeptical about this sighting.

The Florida reports have yet to beconfirmed. Stay tuned.

More Ivory-Bill Sightings?

Many of you know that Jim and I movedto Dawsonville to be closer to the northGeorgia Mountains, our favorite habitat inthe state. Two of our most loved placesup here are the cove hardwood and thewhite pine-hemlock forest communities.Many of you have been on birding trips toSosebee Cove, Ivy Log, Brasstown Baldand Burrells Ford.

These forests are composed of EasternHemlock, which is a vital part of the

ecosystem that supports many of oursongbirds, including neotropical warblers,vireos, tanagers and thrushes.

Eighty percent of these hemlocks may diein the next six to ten years. Why? Aninvasive foreign insect called the hemlockwoolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) has beenspreading rapidly through forests in theeastern United States. Adelgids attachthemselves to the base of hemlockneedles and suck the sap, eventuallykilling the tree. Individual trees can be

treated with insecticides.

Chuck Gregory, resource manager forGeorgia State Parks, said the bug hasinfested Unicoi, Black Rock Mountain,Moccasin Creek, Vogel, Tallulah Gorgeand Smithgall Woods. I have seen theinfestation at Lake Winfield Scott just lastweek. What would the loss of theEastern Hemlock do to our birds? Itwould be a total disaster, as the moisture,

temperature, soil and vegetation changeswould destroy their habitat. In addition tobirds, trout and many invertebrates alldepend on the hemlock.

Insecticides are not a viable control inthis problem. The only way to combatadelgids on a large scale is to introduce apredator that will eat them.

The University of Georgia is establishinga lab for breeding three species of ladybeetles that prey on adelgids. While thestate and federal governments are doingtheir part to fight the adelgid, renovationof a building at the University of Georgiais being paid for with nongovernmentalmoney, including $56,000 raised byprivate organizations such as GeorgiaForestWatch and the Lumpkin Coalition.

The Lumpkin Coalition is sponsoringHemlockFest 2006 November 3 and 4 justa few miles from Dahlonega. Theweekend will feature music and fun, and

all funds raised will go toward saving thehemlocks. The Coalition is working tosecure matching funds for a TurnerFoundation grant and is currently $35,000short of first-year funding of the lab. Allcontributions are tax-deductible to theextent allowed by law.

Plan to attend if you can. Go to theLumpkin Coalition Web site for moreinformation: www.lumpkincoalition.org.

Help Fight the Hemlock Woolly AdelgidBy Georgann Schmalz

Dont let

our

forests

die.

Our

favorite

birds

thank

you.


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9/9November 2006

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By The Way highlights information, announcements, short updates and miscellaneous items. If you have brief items of interest toFriends of Atlanta Audubon members, please send them to the editor.The holidays are coming, and what makes a better,

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Stamp, available from Bass Pro Shops or yourlocal Post Office for a mere $15? For every dollar

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Buy one for yourself and another one or two for

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