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Amendment 4: The Conservation Land Amendment
Continues on bottom o page 3.
by Eric Draper
uring the height o Florida’s now diminished boom,nearly a square mile a day o open space was
converted to development. Our state continues togrow at a pace where we ace the imminent loss
o many o the places that make Florida a special place to live. With this loss we are seeing wildlie
habitat ragmented into ever-smaller pieces. Our water resources
are also at risk as we lose recharge areas and wetlands todevelopment.
Conservation groups including Audubon have long
considered public land acquisition a key tool or maintaining
wildlie habitats and water resources. Under Florida Forever wehad hoped to buy and protect as much as a million acres o land. However, growth, competition or land, and a weak dollar
have undermined our conservation goals.
So, recently state conservation groups started looking atnew strategies or land conservation. “How,” we asked, “could
we persuade private landowners to protect wildlie and waterresources without buying their land?”
Other states have answered this question by providing
incentives or private land conservation. A primary incentiveis to exempt property taxes on land that is managed or
environmental benets such wildlie and water resources.
Private landowners protect and manage some o Florida’sbest wildlie habitat. Some have placed large parcels o landin permanent protected status with conservation easements.
Others use their land primarily or the benet o wildlie, waterresources and outdoor recreation but retain all rights including
the right to develop the land.
To encourage private stewardship o wildlie habitat andwater resources, Florida’s leading conservation groups including
The Nature Conservancy, the Florida Wildlie Federation, and
Audubon have worked to crat and support Amendment 4 onthe November 2008 ballot.
Amendment 4, known as the Conservation LandAmendment encourages conservation without spendingta dollars.
n Amendment 4, i approved by 60% o the voters, will
do two things:
Exempt land that is permanently set aside or•
conservation rom all property taxes.
Allow land that is being used or conservation•
purposes but which hasn’t been permanently set aside
to be taxed according to its conservation use.
n Amendment 4 will benet the Florida Panther, the
Florida Black Bear, many bird species and special places
such as the Florida Everglades and will help protect our
water resources.
n Amendment 4 holds great promise to supplement
public land acquisition programs such as Florida Forever
by providing incentives to private landowners to conserve
their land and manage the land or conservation purposes.
Conservation easements have recently become a
popular way o protecting land. Sometimes conservationeasements are placed on land as a way to keep it rom being
developed. In some cases this is done by amilies wishingto preserve their land or uture generations without acingthe pressure o dividing or selling their land. In some cases
government buys conservation easements as a way topreserve environmental land without having to undertake
the expensive chore o managing the land or public use.
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Oct. – Nov. 2008
Vol. XXXV No. 3
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Saturday, October 11, Ft. Morgan Birding. Merilu
Rose will lead us to look or migrants at one o thebest places along the upper Gul Coast. We will spendsome time at the Sargents’ bird banding station.
Expect some moderate walking in sand. There will be a
small admission ee at Ft. Morgan. Bring a picnic lunchand drinks or the day. Insect protection (repellant,long sleeves or layering, etc.) is always a good idea.
Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the Big Lots parking lot locatedon the east side o Navy Blvd. south o Highway 98 inWarrington. We will return by mid-aternoon.
Saturday, October 25, Ed Ball Nature Trail NativePlants. James Burkhalter will lead us on an autumnwalk to observe the many native plants along the EdBall Nature Trail at the University o West Florida. The
trip will also include a visit to the Michael I. CousinsHerbarium, which has over 20,000 plant specimens.
Expect easy walking. Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the parkinglot in ront o the Target Store located near the
intersection o University Parkway and Nine Mile Road.We will nish by noon.
Saturday, November 8, Ft. Walton Beach SprayFields Birding. Bob Duncan will lead us around andthrough the spray elds, adjacent ponds, and orested
areas in search o the many species o birds thatwinter in this area. Expect moderate walking with
possibly some wet conditions. Plan to eat lunch in arestaurant. Meet at 7:30 a.m. in the shopping center
parking lot across the highway rom the Gul BreezeHospital entrance. We plan to return by mid-aternoon. Saturday, December 13, Solutia Wildlie ReugeBirding. Dana Timmons and Sharhonda Owens will lead
us through the Solutia Wildlie Reuge in search o wintering birds. Expect some moderate walking. Longpants and closed toe shoes are recommended. Since
all transportation within the reuge will be in vehiclesprovided by Solutia, we need to know the number o
participants. So, please preregister by calling Danaat 850-934-4521 (home) or 256-505-1143 (cell) by
Wednesday, December 3. Leave your name, phonenumber and number o participants in your party.Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot o Solutia’s
Neighborhood Park located let o the entrance roadbeore reaching the main gate. We will nish by noon.
There is a nice picnic area available or those who wishto bring a lunch.
March 22-27, 2009, Nebraska’s Platte River Birding. Morris Clark will lead us on a birding trip to
witness early spring on the Great Plains. We expectto experience tens o thousands o Sandhill Cranes
and view both Greater Prairie-Chickens and Sharp-tailed Grouse displaying at close range. I you are
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Chapter Meetings
Pensacola Junior College, Main Campus, 7 p.m.Baroco Science Center, Room 2142. Guests welcome!
Thursday, October 23. Sharon and JVO Weaver willshare their love or dragonies. They will show how
benecial dragonfies are and display stunning naturephoto studies o them. Sharon is going to help usunderstand how easy it is to build a simple pond to
attract these beautiul creatures into our backyards.
Thursday, December 4. Dr. William Denny willpresent “Determining Relationships amongHummingbird (Trochilidae) Species in theUnited States.” Dr. Denny’s project entails thecollection, isolation, and sequencing o DNA rom
U.S. hummingbird species to determine geneticrelationships. His research is unded by the Hummer
Bird Study Group and the University o South Alabam
Don’t orget this will be our annual holiday event.
Please bring your avorite dessert to share with thegroup. Maybe someone will make banana ice cream.
Board of Directors’ Meetings(open to all members)
Thursdays, 7 p.m. Nov. 6, Dec. 11, and Jan 8 at theBaskerville-Donovan Building, 449 West Main Street,
Pensacola.
Other Eventsn October 4 – 17. Fall Banding Session. Fort
Morgan, Alabama. Daily banding sessions open to thepublic and ree. There is a ee or entering the State
Park where the banding station is located.n October 9, 14, & 23. Classes in the PanhandleHabitat Series. See News & Views or details.n October 11 – 12. Munson Community HeritageFestival. See Aug-Sep Skimmer.
n October 16 – 19. Annual Alabama CoastalBirdest Bird and Conservation Epo. See News &
Views or inormation.n October 18. Open House at the Roy HyattEnvironmental Center. See mwaudubon.org orinormation.
Field Trips interested in participating, please send Morris Clark
an email at [email protected] or call 968-5498 assoon as possible and leave your name, email address,
and phone number. There will be space limitations anreservations will be held in the order they are received
The trip itinerary will be available in November andees will need to be paid in December.
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Amendment 4, continued from front page
In other cases, land has been placed under conservationeasement as mitigation or unrelated impacts on wetlands
and other habitat. Conservation easements are almost alwayspermanent, and enorceable restrictions on the use o theproperty are written into the deed.
Some landowners manage their land or water and wildlie
benets but don’t want to sacrice their property rights byplacing a permanent conservation easement on the land.
In these cases the land may be taxed or its developmentpurpose, which is a signicant disincentive to private wildliemanagement. Even heavily used agricultural land gets more
avorable tax treatment than rural land that is not armed.
Amendment 4 would remedy this by allowing landownerswho enter into a ten-year wildlie habitat management program
on a parcel o signicant size to be taxed as though the landwere used or growing pine trees or some other low intensity
agricultural use.
These tools combined could lead to the preservation and
management o wildlie habitat in the millions o acres. WithFlorida growing so ast, we need tools in addition to Florida
Forever. That is why more than 70 conservation groups,
including many Audubon chapters, have endorsed Amendment4, the Conservation Land Amendment.
I approved by 60 % o the voters in November, Florida’s
birds and other wildlie will have gained one more tool to keepour land and water special places or the uture.
Visit the Amendment 4 Web Site at: amendment4forida.comVisit the Florida Forever Web Site at: dep.state.f.us/lands/
acquisition/FloridaForever/aq.htm
Eric Draper, Policy Director, Audubon o Florida [email protected] Draper was recently recognized by
National Audubon or his 13 years o
service and successul advocacy to protect
birds and the environment. The Callison
Award recognizes exceptional creativity,
cooperation, persuasion, patience and
perseverance in promoting the Audubon
mission on all levels. National Audubon President John Flicker said
that ‘Eric is the most infuential environmental advocate in any state
capital in the country.’
Fo the Cente b y J i m b r A d y
It is my pleasure to introduce our Audubon naturalists
who are working at the Roy Hyatt Environmental
Center this year. Jennier Hale-Butera continues as
our senior naturalist, having changed her name late
last spring ater her marriage to Frank Butera. Welcome
back, Jennier.Our new sta member, Andrew Harley, joined us in
September. He has submitted his biography to help us get
to know him. Welcome Andrew.
“I grew up in the mountains o western North Carolina
and attended school at Appalachian State University. Ater
graduation and a tour as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Toms
River, NJ, I worked as an environmental educator at several
outdoor schools in the Midwest and North Carolina. With
the education stipend rom AmeriCorps, I enrolled again in
school, briey in a fsh and wildlie management program
at a community college beore beginning a MS degree in
biology at Western Carolina University. In December o last
year and with education on hold, I moved to Minnesota
to reunite with an old ame, Candice Lavelle. It was the
smartest thing I ever did up until the day I married her.
When the EPA hired Candice, we packed up and moved to
Gul Breeze where we enjoy the beautiul weather and try
hard to spend as much time near the water as possible.”
birds of prey aswildlife amassadors.As we resume our
National Fish and
Wildlie Foundation
grant-supportedprogram o outreach
to the students at low-
perorming schools
in Escambia County,
we enter a new area
o responsibility...the use o birds o prey as wildlie
ambassadors. FMWAS jumped into this project with both
eet. First, we took custody o two Eastern Screech Owls
that will be used in our bird programs. Second, Jennier
Hale-Butera presented a workshop on Raptors in Education
that was attended by 14 participants interested in
volunteering or some aspect o the care o the birds and
their use in school programs. By this action, we are able to
have live birds at the Roy Hyatt Environmental Center or
the frst time in over 5 years. We plan ollow up workshops
later this all to provide our volunteers with in-depth
inormation on Screech Owl biology, husbandry issues, and
handling techniques.
Jennifer Hale-Butera and Andrew Harley at the Hyatt Center.
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Photo by Peggy Baker
Brown Noddy
n Fall migration began in August with a trickle o migrants that
turned into a torrent by mid-September. But the outstanding weather
eatures o the season were a series o tropical storms beginning
with Fay in late August, Gustav in early September, and Ike in mid-
September. These storms brought abulous birding along the beaches
or those o us who ventured orth, as the ollowing accounts reveal.
n A Tropical/Couch’s Kingbird* started the season o or me with a
sighting near my home in Gul Breeze on 2 August, a 9th area record.
Then Vicky Parker had three White Pelicans migrating south on 9
August, and Miriam Jennings sighted an early Yellow-breasted Chat
on 12 August. Carol Lanthrip saw a very rare area Wood Stork in Pace
on 22 August.
n Certainly the fnd o the season was Dan Forster’s White-
winged Black Tern* photographed at his home on Bayou Grande on
14 August. It will be a rst state record i accepted by the Florida
Ornithological Society’s Records Committee.
n Tropical Storm Fay’s winds brought pelagic birds close to shore
24 – 25 August. Lucy and I observed 8 Audubon’s* and 6 Greater
Shearwaters* and 2 Masked Boobies* rom the beach at the Ft.
Pickens entrance on 24 August. Then Peggy Baker spotted 6 more
Shearwaters rom Pensacola Beach on 25 August. These are birds
that rarely come close to land. We were in the right place at the
right time! Patrick James photographed another at Ft. Pickens on 22September.
n Hurricane Gustav
ollowed closely on
Fay’s heels bringing
more eciting
pelagics! With a sti
and stormy SE wind
giving us a lee shore in
Gul Breeze, Lucy and
I counted 17 Sooty
Terns* near the oot
o the Pensacola BayBridge on 1 September.
Earlier, 3 Bridled Terns* few past our house over the bay and Ann
Forster had another near her home. But the rarest birds o Gustav
were three Brown Noddies* ound by Dana and Sue Timmons 1
September and later seen by Peggy Baker and Carol Aschereld at the
parking lot entrance to Ft. Pickens. Peggy got great photographs o
this third area record.
n Magnifcent Frigatebirds were widely reported throughout the
area during and ater Gustav’s approach. On 1 September Ann and
Dan Forster had our, Heidi Moore had sixteen, and Carol Aschereld
bo duncan
had sixteen. On 2 September Barbara Hagenbucher had eight to ten
birds, and on 6 Sept., Lucy Michel saw two.
n Rare in all, I ound a Lark Sparrow* near my home on 27
August. A Marbled Godwit* 2 September observed by Peggy Baker at
Pensacola Beach was a good nd.
n An American Flamingo was ound at
Destin Pointe on 5 September. Several
observers were ortunate enough to
see this spectacular bird, a remarkable
record or the Panhandle. The bird made
a media splash rom the Ft. WaltonBeach Daily News to the Weather
Channel web site! The big question
was whether it was an escapee rom a
zoo or a wind-driven wai rom Gustav.
A ew days beore, two famingos had
appeared on the Mississippi Gul Coast.
One disappeared and then “ours”
showed up. The same bird? No, plumage
was dierent. So it appears that there were three. Considering
Gustav’s track, I am o the opinion that they were wind-drited birds
rom the tropics. Their provenance could have been the colonies on
Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the northern coast o Yucatan,
or the fock o 80,000 in Cuba. The Destin bird was last seen 12September by J. J. Chambers.
I that wasn’t exciting enough, Kirsten Dahlen, marine biologist
or Gul Islands National Seashore, ound an American Flamingo
on her surveys at Opal Beach 17 September. The Destin bird had
disappeared. Is this the same one? Photographs suggest that it is.
Although hurricanes had recently covered the road with sand, several
hardy birders made the long trek out to see this outstanding tropical
wai. It was last seen at Ft. Pickens 22 September by Patrick James
and Sam & Scotty Tagatz who watched it fy eastward back toward
Opal Beach where Laura Catterton ound it twenty minutes later!
n More unusual sightings. On 14 September, Debra Coble brought
an injured bird to Wildlie Sanctuary o Northwest Florida. Dorothy
Kaumann identied this rare storm-driven bird as a tropical stray,
another Brown Booby! That same day, Julia Babb noticed an unusual
bird down Ft. Pickens Road and returning to the area on 20 Sept.
ound it dead. Lucy and I identied it as the area’s ourth Brown
Noddy.
The Skimmer welcomes reports o noteworthy birds. I you have
something to report, please call Bob or Lucy Duncan at 932-4792.
Species with asterisks require documentation so that they may be
processed to become part o the ornithological record.
F i e l d m N o t e s
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TRIPPING
We all enjoy feld trips…the camaraderie o
people who share our interests, the prospect o
learning new things about birds and plants, and
the possibility o seeing something new and
dierent. We all like to be prepared and carry
feld guides, binoculars, scopes, and cameras.
Most o us protect ourselves rom the ravages o nature with
sunscreen and insect repellent, and it is a good thing because
there are bad things out there.
Ticks—The most common tick-borne disease in our area is Lyme
Disease, but our neighbor came down with Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever rom a tick just over in Alabama. Both these
ailments are hard to diagnose and can have lingering eects.
The best deense is to not let them attack. Wearing light colored
clothes makes them easier to see. Tucking your pants’ legs into
your socks and wearing long-sleeved shirts help too. Taking agood hot shower ater the feld trip and checking yoursel are
critical. Favorite places are the back o a knee, the hairline, or
behind an ear. Remove them with tweezers with a steady pressure.
Mosquitoes—Although they carry a laundry list o bad ailments,
the most likely one locally would be West Nile Virus. The same
clothes suggestions or ticks apply here too. Applying an insect
repellent with DEET, in use or over 60 years, is recommended. Five
percent DEET lasts an hour; 25% lasts about fve hours. People
with sensitive skin may get a little rash. Using insect repellents
containing DEET should not be harmul i label directions are
ollowed and the product is used saely. The CDC website has
more inormation about DEET.
Plants—Leaves o three,
let ‘em be. People who go
on any outdoor activities
should amiliarize themselves
with the plants that have
poisonous sap containing
urushiol. They are Poison Ivy,
Poison Oak, and Poison Sumac.
Again, long pants and sleeves are helpul. I you suspect you
have contacted one o these plants, cleanse the exposed area
with rubbing alcohol or one o the anti-poison ivy towelettesavailable. This is only eective within ten or so minutes.
Another plant that occurs over a huge part o the world
is Smilax sp. While it isn’t poisonous, it can be dangerous.
Walking through a tangle o Smilax is a guarantee that you
will shed blood due to its hateul thorns. It is such an insidious
grabber o ankles that I would swear that on several occasions,
it has thrown a loop and tripped me on purpose.
I t ’ s a Jung l e Out t h e r e
M onarch butteries, unlike most
other insects in temperate climates, cannot survive a long cold
winter. Instead, they spend the winter in roosting locations. Monarchs east
o the Rocky Mountains fy south to the orests in the mountains o Mexico.
The monarch’s migration is driven by day length and temperature changes
that infuence its movement. The Florida Panhandle’s Gul Coast peak migra-
tion is in mid-October.
No other butterfies migrate as ar as the Monarchs o North America.
They travel up to three thousand miles. They are the only butterfies to make
such a long, two-way migration every year. Amazingly, they fy in masses to
the same wintering roosts, oten to the exact same trees.
Vegetated locations on or near the coast are prime sites to nd them in
large numbers.
Poison ivy.
By Ann Forster
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Now and then I like to hike alone. Field trips give me extra eyes
and ears, a knowledgeable leader, and camaraderie, but solitude
gives me a keener awareness o purpose and surroundings. With
others I’m obliged to make small talk, keep up with the group
when I’d rather linger over something, and as a result I sometimes
miss the transient aura o a place.
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Skimming by Jere French
O n The Beach in November
Such a moment comes to mind, a memory o a long
ago hike along an isolated stretch o Caliornia beach
one gray November aternoon. A strong breeze blew rom
the Pacifc, bringing waist high waves and a chilling mist
across the coast. The beach on a leaden autumn day is a
splendid solitude or the taking. A place or dritwood, the
occasional Willet, and private thoughts.
Then something up ahead caught my eye, a large fsh
in the swash, rolling with each wave and I quickened my
step across the sand—to come ace to ace with a fve-oot
shark. I didn’t know what kind it was, just a uniorm gray,
but rom its eeble tail movement I knew that it was alive.
What to do? Leave it and keep walking? I looked around
but there was no one to oer advice. And then, without
much orethought, I made a decision. My shoes were o
and I was in the water, tugging the creature by the
tail, back through the oncoming wave, back into the
cold sea.
I struggled through another wave, stumbled, ell, and
let go o the tail. The shark made a pitiul eort to gain
control, but moments later as I watched it was once again
washed onto the beach. I decided to make one more try at
saving the creature. Grabbing it again by the tail, I hauled
the big fsh down rom the shallows, through three more
waves, out to a depth reaching my shoulders. With my let
hand on the tail and my right hand holding the dorsal fn
frmly, I turned the shark and guided it seaward. As I swam
with it I was intensely aware o its eel—the texture o its
thick rubbery skin and the density o its body. What an
awesome creature indeed. And then with one last hard shove
toward the open Pacifc, I let go and swam back to shore.
I wrapped mysel in a towel, shivering and waiting. Ater
maybe twenty minutes I started back up the beach toward my
car, carrying my shoes, wishing or dry clothes, looking back
now and then along the beach. But the shark never again
appeared. Had I saved its lie? Should I have interered with
nature? Was this the creature that someday would take a
human lie? Was I, on two or more counts, an idiot?
Years later Peter Benchley wrote in Smithsonian
magazine that he was sorry or having written Jaws, and that
a million sharks had died at the hands o humans or every
human attacked by a shark, or which he took partial blame.
Later that fgure was more accurately placed at ten million to
one. Shark fn soup, an Asian delicacy, accounts or most o the annual slaughter o sharks, but they are all hunted and
killed—more or sport than or ood.
I still struggle with the spontaneous decision I made
that day, so many years ago. I guess I will always wonder
what caused me to take such precipitous action, even at my
own risk. I’ve never wanted to be part o the equation that
decides what should live and what shouldn’t. But maybe, on
that occasion, just walking away wasn’t an option.
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n THE AUDUBON ADVENTURES FUND FOR THE 2008-09
SCHOOL YEAR IS STARTING TO GROW. Our thanks to every-
one who has contributed so ar! In addition to classroom
sponsorships, this year our goal is to send home an Audubon
Adventures newsletter with each o the 5000 children who
will visit the Roy Hyatt Environmental Center. To accomplish
this, we need your help. Please consider sending a donation
to our mailing address to secure these materials. A classroom
subscription is $45, and every amount is grateully received!
Many generous donors to the Audubon Adventures Program
have received thank yous on beautiul cards illustrated with
birds. Many o these were donated by Jan Lloyd. Thanks, Jan,
or making these acknowledgements a true bright spot.
n AN OLYMPIC FLIER.
Will he return? On
November 16, 2001,Dawn and Joe John
watched Fred Bassett
band an immature male
Ruous Hummingbird in
their Pensacola yard.
Fred wrote, “Little did I
realize how many more
times I would deal with that very special bird. On 10 January
2008, I held him in my hand or the
seventh consecutive year, a personal record
or my hummingbird banding. I can nd no
records o any winter Ruous caught morethan seven years.” During the years 2002-
2005, the bird moved over to nearby Donna
Moates’ home, then returned to Dawn’s
garden or the last two winters. Will this
hummer season be the lucky eighth winter
this fying jewel graces the John’s yard,
and i so, will Fred be able to catch it yet
again? Stay tuned….
n SPEAKING OF HUMMINGBIRDS, IT’S
TIME TO PREPARE YOUR FEEDER FOR
WINTER. Remember that red ood color is
not necessary and can be harmul to the birds. Use our parts
water to one part sugar. In winter, we have a signicant infux
o western hummers. I you have one at your eeder ater
November 1, please call and report it to Bob or Lucy Duncan or
to Fred Bassett, Bander Extrordinaire.
n THE 5TH ANNUAL ALABAMA COASTAL BIRDFEST AND
CONSERVATION ExPO will be held at the Fairhope Campus
o Faulkner State Community College Saturday, October 18
rom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be hands-on activities or all
ages, birdhouse building, bird eeder and seed distribution,
Audubon shade-grown coee sale, birding and nature lms,
live snake exhibitions, exhibits, speakers, vendors, artists,
raptor demonstrations, marine resources displays, and a
number o trails and eld trips. There’s just too much to write
about this abulous event, so check it out online at www.
alabamacoastalbirdest.com.
n THE PANHANDLE HABITAT SERIES FEATURES CLASSES
ABOUT ESTUARIES AND BARRIER ISLANDS. These one-day
proessional level classes include continental breakast,
morning classroom presentations and aternoon wading and
snorkeling eld trips to St. Joseph Peninsula State Park. They
are intended or coastal decision makers such as ecologists,
permitting sta, park rangers, planners, consultants, ecotouroperators, elected ocials, developers, realtors, volunteers or
organizations, concerned citizens and others. Class dates are
Oct. 9, 14, and 23.
Registration is $10 per person per class. You must register
no later than ve days beore the class. To register or or more
inormation, contact Alan Knothe at (850) 653-8063 or Alan.
n SOME ORGANIzATIONS ARE
NATURAL ALLIES
AND MUTUALLY
SUPPORTIVE. The Friends
o the
Pensacola
Public
Library and
Audubon
are just
such clubs.
Several o us are active in both, and
our chapter derives benets rom the
Friends’ generosity to nonprots. Vickie
Parker has been especially vigilant
in nding eld guides and reerence books or the Hyatt
Center program. Since birders are known to be relentless book
collectors, we nd that our members support the library’s book
sales. While the categories most visited are Nature and Travel,
I see our members browsing every table. Both clubs deserve
a pat on the back or positive community contributions. The
next book sale will be Oct. 3-5 at The Wright Place, First United
Methodist Church.
WILDLIFE ALERT REWARD PROGRAM.
I you suspect a wildlie law violation,
report it to the FWC Wildlie Alert
Reward Program. Call 1-888-404-
FWCC (3922) or #FWC/*FWC on your
cell phone or violations that are in
progress or need immediate attention.
Or you may report wildlie violations
online at http://mywc.com/law/Alert/
MailMap.asp?region=CTY.
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N E W S a n d V I E W S
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C H A P T E R C O N T A C T S
Presidents’ Council Peggy Baker .................934-3242
Jim Brady ....................456-5083
Morris Clark ..................968-5498
Annelise Reunert ..........492-4389
Dana Timmons ..............934-4521
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