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P.O. Box 2304 • Reno, Nevada 89505 • www.nevadaaudubon.org • 775-324-BIRD

Mission 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 MEETINGS
Date: Fourth Tuesday of the month
JANUARY/FEBRUARY Time: Social at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7 p.m.
2007 Location: South Valleys Library
15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno
Exterior door, west side of building
vol. 44, no. 3
Directions to South Valleys Library: Take Hwy 395 to the Mt. Rose Hwy. Head west
Inside This Issue on the Mt. Rose Hwy and take the first right turn onto Wedge Parkway, just past Raleyʼs
shopping center. Go about one mile on Wedge Parkway and look for the boldly
designed, mustard yellow library on the right.
1 Monthly Meetings
January 23 — Jacque Lowery — Feeding Your Neighborhood Birds
2 Field Trips Get your backyard ready for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count in February! Jacque
Lowery, owner of Wild Birds Unlimited, will be preaching to the choir with a presen-
tation on winter bird feeding. Learn the four elements needed to provide a backyard
3 Backyard Bird Count
refuge for birds and other wildlife. Do you have nuisance birds monopolizing your
feeders? Jacque will showcase feeders and suggestions to deter pigeons and squirrels.
4 From the Presidentʼs Sure, we don’t have cardinals, titmice or other common eastern backyard birds, but by
Perch offering a variety of food and feeding stations, you can attract the widest variety of birds
for our area. See how different feeding options can increase your enjoyment of the wild
birds in your yard.
5 Conservation Corner
In place of a “Learn-a-Bird” session prior to our featured program at the January 23
General Meeting, Kenn Rohrs (849-9530, karohrs@charter.net) will moderate a discus-
6 Birds In Town sion about the variety of periodicals available for birders. Please bring sample copies of
any publications, e.g. Birder’s World, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Living Bird, Birding, etc.
7 LAS Sales/ and your thoughts to share that evening.
Membership
February 27 — Mike Yates — Three Decades of Arctic Peregrine Studies
Raptor biologist and LAS member Mike Yates will talk about his research with arctic
Submissions for the March/April peregrines in Greenland, Russia, Alaska, and on the East and Gulf coasts. The work has
issue are due February 1, 2007 included population monitoring and banding, estimation of nest site fidelity and mortal-
ity, development and application of satellite-received telemetry, and sampling for col-
laborative studies on genetics, determination of natal origin, contaminant loading, and
detection of exposure to emerging infectious diseases.”

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FIELD TRIPS
Christiane Omer 775-354-2634
happycpo@aol.com

Field trips are free to Audubon members and
non-members. Birders of all skills levels are
encouraged to participate. Trips are subject
to change or cancellation, so we strongly
encourage all interested participants to pre-
register with field trip leaders. Pre-registration
provides leaders with an idea of the number of
participants to expect and contact information
so the leaders can reach you in the event of
trip changes or cancellations. Remember to
dress for the weather and bring something to
eat and drink.
For information on field trips added after
this publication please view the Lahontan
Audubon Society web site at www.
nevadaaudubong.org.
Saturday, January 13, 2007
(Alternate bad weather day: Saturday,
January 27)
Annual Dipper Day: Reno, Truckee River,
Donner Lake
Time: 8 a.m.
Place: Rancho San Rafael in front of May
Arboretum
Contact: Christiane Omer, happycpo@aol.
com, 775-354-2634
This trip offers a unique opportunity to hear
and observe the elusive but vocal American
Dipper. You will be introduced to a bird
species specialized in living a semi-aquatic
life in swift mountain streams and rivers.
From its nictitating membrane (third eyelid),
large oil glands, dense plumage and unique
underwater foraging techniques, this bird
species is truly a “water ouzel.” The trip will
also offer the opportunity to observe other
bird species residing along the Truckee River
corridor.
Please be prepared for snow (boots, jackets,
gloves, etc.) and bring a bag lunch, or money
to buy lunch as we will wind up at Donner if
time permits.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Taylor Creek and Cove East, South Lake
Tahoe
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: Parking lot of the Beacon
Restaurant at Camp Richardson
Trip Leaders: Sue Stevenson,
sssfromslt@sbcglobal.net, 530-577-5394
and Sheryl Ferguson,
s-sferguson@sbcglobal.net, 530-541-8462
Join us for an “unpredictable” winter
adventure of snowshoeing or cross-country
skiing. Meet at the at 10:30 a.m. The plan
is to bird along the Lake and along Taylor
Creek in the morning and see if we can find
the local winter flocks and woodpeckers, plus
a few “big bonus birds” if they’re around. We
break for lunch at the Beacon (soups, salads,
appetizers available) and then head out to
Cove East in the Tahoe Keys if anyone wants
to continue birding after lunch. Bring your
warm clothes; it can get very cold and windy!
Directions: From Carson City, take Route
50 West over Spooner Summit to South Lake
Tahoe. Travel past the casinos and the lake
until you reach the “Y” (Intersection of SR
50) and Emerald Bay Rd. (SR 89 North). Turn
right onto Emerald Bay Rd. and drive about
2.5 miles to Camp Richardson. Turn right at
the lodge and proceed down to the lake to the
Beacon Restaurant. Call if you need to know
about rental equipment in Tahoe.
Please call or email Sue to confirm, so she
can reach you if the trip is cancelled due to
inclement weather.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
The Great Reno Caper
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: North end of Virginia Lake
Trip Leader: Dennis Serdehely, 775-575-
0319 or birders@gbis.com
Back by popular demand...The Great Reno
Caper! This trip is confined to the Reno city
limits and includes such birding hot spots
as Rancho San Rafael Park, Oxbow Nature
Study Area, Virginia Lake, Rosewood Estates
and others.
Meet at the north end of Virginia Lake at
9 a.m. This is a full day trip so please dress
warmly and bring a bag lunch, binoculars, and
a scope if you have one.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Riverview Park, Carson City
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Riverview Park parking lot at the
east end of East Fifth St., adjacent to the
Carson River
Trip Leader: Nancy Santos 775-884-1570
or nancylas@att.net
This is the seventh annual Riverview Park
winter bird trip. We will explore wetland,
sagebrush and riparian habitats on an
approximately 1-mile easy loop trail. The
total number of species observed during
the past five years is 35. Some of our more
memorable species included a large flock
(200+) of Pinyon Jays, Belted Kingfisher,
Black-crowned Night-Heron, Cedar Waxwing
and a close-up view of a Bald Eagle. I hope
you can join us this year.
Please contact Nancy if you plan to attend,
so she can plan for additional trip leaders
accordingly.
(See Field Trip Report on page 4. Thanks to all
who submit reports. Our apologies for sometimes
not publishing them due to space constraints.)

SUBSCRIPTIONS WHERE TO WRITE:

Keep conservation to the forefront. Write your elected officials and
The Pelican is the official newsletter of the Lahontan Audubon tell them how you feel:
Society and is published six times annually. Subscriptions are
Senator Harry Reid Senator John Ensign
paid for as part of the dues of LAS or the National Audubon 400 S. Virginia St. #902 400 S. Virginia St. #738
Society. LAS welcomes gifts, donations, and bequests in Reno, NV 89501 Reno, NV 89501
general, or gifts in honor or memory of relatives and friends. Toll-free: 1-866-736-7343 Reno phone: 686-5770
Such donations will be used as specified or, if unspecified, will
be used to support LAS education and conservation projects. Representative Dean Heller Governor Jim Gibbons
All donations are tax deductible. 400 S. Virginia St. #502 Executive Chambers
Reno, NV 89501 Capitol Complex
Reno phone: 686-5760 Carson City, NV 89710

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2007 GREAT BACKYARD BIRDCOUNT
Good Fun, Good Science
What mid-winter activity is fun, easy,
free, and helps bird conservation? What
can parents and teachers do with children
that connects them to a whole new world
of natural wonders? This February, the
tenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count
(GBBC), sponsored by the Cornell Lab
of Ornithology and National Audubon
Society, will give everyone a chance to
discover the birds in their neighborhood
and “Count for the Record.”
“Before the count, I never bothered
to tell one sparrow from the next,” said
Lori Bailey, a GBBC participant from
La Crosse, Wisconsin. “But I took a
picture of something taking shelter in
a tree, enlarged it in Photoshop, and
was actually able to tell what kind of
sparrow it was. It was kind of fun playing
detective. In short, the bird count had
adventure, mystery, and the unexpected.”
During February 16–19, 2007, people
of all ages, from beginners to experts,
are invited to join this event which spans
all of the United States and Canada.
Participants can take part wherever they
are – at home, in schoolyards, at local
parks or wildlife refuges. Observers
simply count the highest number of each
species they see during an outing or a
sitting, and enter their tally on the Great
Backyard Bird Count web site at www.
birdsource.org/gbbc.
Visitors to the web site can also
compare their sightings with results from
other participants, as checklists pour in
from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Together, these counts offer a real-time
snapshot of the numbers and kinds of
birds that people are finding, from Boreal
Chickadees in Alaska to American
Dippers in Nevada.
“The Great Backyard Bird Count is a
community celebration of birds, birding,
and nature,” said Janis Dickinson,
director of Citizen Science at the Cornell
Lab of Ornithology. “We often fail to
notice how rich our surroundings are, but
counting birds, even for just 15 minutes,
is not only educational—it can provide
a lasting source of enjoyment, turning a
daily walk into a treasure hunt.”
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“We are encouraging people to revealed the ongoing range expansion of
go outside and count birds for the introduced Eurasian Collared-Doves, and
first time this year,” said Paul Green, recorded declining numbers of American
Audubon’s director of Citizen Science. Crows.
“By submitting their counts online, Participants who want to hone their
birdwatchers can quickly see how the bird watching skills can learn more
dots they put on the map form new from the Great Backyard Bird Count
patterns that tell new stories about the web site, which offers identification tips
birds that share the world in which we and access to photos, sounds, maps, and
live, including our own backyards and natural history information on more than
parks.” 500 bird species. People can also submit
This year marks the tenth anniversary photos to an online gallery showcasing
of the GBBC, and Audubon and the dazzling array of winter birds found
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are during the GBBC. Competitions add
challenging people everywhere to “Count another element of fun, including a photo
for the Record,” by participating in contest, rankings for most numerous
greater numbers than ever before. Greater birds, and the coveted “checklist champ”
participation, with more checklists title for towns, states, and provinces with
submitted, provides more information the highest participation.
about bird population trends – and helps The Great Backyard Bird Count is
to better inform conservation efforts. a free event, sponsored in part by Wild
Last year, participants submitted Birds Unlimited.
more than 60,000 checklists – and
reported 7.5 million birds overall and Contributed by The Cornell Lab of
623 different species. The count helped Ornithology and the National Audubon
chronicle the early spring migratory Society.
routes of Sandhill Cranes, documented
lingering migrants such as Orange-
crowned Warblers and Tree Swallows,
American Dipper photo by Steve Ting. For more of Steveʼs images, including
a color version of this photo, visit www.steveting.photography.com. To enjoy
real dippers, join other LAS members on the Dipper Day field trip (for more
information on Field Trips, see page 2 of the Pelican).
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FROM THE PRESIDENTʼS PERCH
Busy, Busy, Busy
Happy 2007 to all. I don’t know about
you, but I feel as if we’ve been awfully
busy. In a way, the “new year” for the
LAS Board of Trustees and various
committees begins with our July 1 fiscal
year and really kicks in once September
arrives. Let me share with you a bit of the
blur of activity.
First, many of you are aware that very
active LAS members Jim and Marsha
Lytle have just moved out of the area
to a place called Oregon. Marsha was
involved in the Education Committee
and various outreach activities including
developing the LAS display board and
“Positive Presence” scrapbook. Jim was
involved in so many LAS and birding
activities, including LAS Board Trustee
and Spring Wings President, that I
cannot yield the entire column to the list
of his contributions. Marsha and Jim
will be missed. A heartening aspect of
organizational change is the way other
folks step up to help. In the wake of Jim’s
departure, several new appointments have
ensued.
Ali Chaney has resumed the
Conservation Chair and has represented
LAS’s position in conservation matters
including Kiley Ranch wetlands, land
management of Porter Springs, oversight
of our pending effort to protect key area
in the Carson River Delta IBA, and
contributing to re-seeding efforts in the
Mary’s River IBA. Steve Ting is our
new Web Master. Many of you know
Steve from his recent presentation at our
October General Meeting and from his
postings with photo links to the Nevada
Birds List Server. Steve is remodeling
our web site to a cleaner and more
professional format also designed to
facilitate improved navigation. Jacque
Lowery has taken over management
of the LAS Info Line, a task quite
compatible with her passion for backyard
birding.
In addition to these changes, Christiane
Omer has become our new Field Trip
Chair. Many of you have met Christiane
at General Meetings or on field trips. She,
along with member Nancy Hoffman, has
been conducting regular bird surveys at
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the Kiley Ranch wetlands. Alan Wallace
is now the moderator for the Nevada
Birds List Server, a nice fit with his
coordination of Birds in Town. Jacque
Lowery and Jane Burnham conducted
the annual internal audit of our financial
records.
Roaming birders Carol and Ron
Conkey light in Nevada periodically.
Most recently, Ron dove into overseeing
revision and republication of the Nevada
Birding Map. Ron also continued his
work on posting additional species
photos to the Birding Guide section of
the web site. Alan Gubanich and I have
worked through a detailed revision of the
Birding Guide to Reno and Beyond with
field assistance from a number of people.
The IBA Director search committee,
Alan Gubanich, Don McIvor, Larry
Neel, Kenn Rohrs, and Bonnie Wagner,
are well along in this important project.
Nancy Santos (formerly Bish), who is
President of Friends of Silver Saddle
Ranch, has been addressing issues
involving the future ownership, use, and
management of 860-acre Silver Saddle
Ranch.
There is not sufficient space to mention
many others who advance the mission
of this organization. Yes, LAS has been
busy. We have also been having a good
deal of fun while enjoying a sense of
making a contribution.
– Karen L. Kish
Birds and Books
Reading Group
The LAS Birds & Books reading group
meets Thursday, Jan. 11, and Thursday,
Feb. 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at Sundance
Bookstore, 1155 W. 4th St., in the
Keystone Square Shopping center.
For more information, check the LAS
web site at www. nevadaaudobo.org or
contact Ken Rohrs at 775-849-9530. or
karohrs@charter.net.
Field Trip Report
Sierra Valley, November 11
Co-leaders: Alan Gubanich and Ali Chaney
Who would have thought? At 6:30 a.m. the
wind was howling and the sky was threaten-
ing, yet 15 hardy souls showed up to look for
raptors in Sierra Valley. Much to our surprise,
while the stay-at-homes (at least 12 people
canceled) continued to endure howling
winds, rain and eventually snow in Reno, we
intrepid adventurers enjoyed a marvelous day
with no wind, mild temperatures and no rain
in a valley that is usually famous for all three.
The birding was superb, especially for
raptors. Before we had traveled a mile out
of Vinton on Hwy 49, we found a field with
at least 12 Ferruginous Hawks, with one
adult so close to the road that Doug Canham
was able to get wonderful photos. As we
continued on, Ferruginous Hawks seemed to
be the most common raptor of the day. We
counted at least 18 before the day was over.
Other hawks were also present -- 10 Rough-
leggeds, 15 Red-tails, 4 American Kestrels,
2 adult Bald Eagles, 1 Prairie Falcon, and
8 Northern Harriers. Along Heriot Lane we
found 10 Tundra Swans and fair numbers of
Northern Pintail, American Coot, Ameri-
can Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard, and Pied-billed
Grebe.
A small flock of goose-like birds flew south
in front of the distant mountains, but were
too far away to identify, although several of
us felt strongly that they were Snow Geese.
Other species seen included Western Mead-
owlark, Killdeer, Willet, Greater Yellow-
legs, Great Blue Heron, Loggerhead Shrike,
Ring-necked Duck, and of course the usual
assortment of Common Ravens, Brewer’s
Blackbirds, California Quail, Black-billed
Magpies and European Starlings. In all, a
total of 28 species, not bad for a day that
started out with incredibly ominous weather
in Reno but incredibly favorable weather 30-
miles to the northwest.
LAS Board Meetings
LAS Board meetings are open to LAS
members. The group meets the first
Tuesday of the month, September
through June from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,
with social and refreshments at 6 p.m.
If you would like to attend, please
contact any of the officers and trustees
listed on page 8 for details.
CONSERVATION CORNER
The Stamp of Conservation
Schmidt: “Our buying power has gone years—to be repaid by duck-stamp
Dave Mehlman has been buying duck down. We’re buying less and less and revenue.
stamps for 20 years. He keeps the preserving less and less.” Part of the strategy is to get
collection in a box and keeps the current The Conservancy and others, including nonhunters to buy the stamps. Says
year’s stamp handy for when he goes to Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever, Scott Sutherland of Ducks Unlimited,
the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife are supporting legislation to turn “Anyone who cares about wild places
Refuge, 90 minutes south of his home that situation around. The legislation and spaces should care about this
near Albuquerque, New Mexico. His essentially replicates an earlier law under program.”
stamp gains him free admission. which Congress gave Fish and Wildlife
But Mehlman, who directs the a $200 million loan to protect wetlands, Written by Courtney Leatherman and
with the understanding that the loan first published in the August 2006 issue
Conservancy’s migratory-bird program,
Nature Conservancy. Permission to reprint
isn’t a duck hunter. When he goes to the would be repaid with future sales of duck
courtesy of The Nature Conservancy.
refuge, he’s carrying binoculars, not a stamps. (Congress ultimately forgave the Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.
shotgun. loan.) Under the proposed law, Congress
So why the duck stamp? “Because would advance $400 million over 10
the funds go directly to acquiring new
National Wildlife Refuges or adding
to existing ones, and some of those are
the top birding places in the country,”
he says. (Only some charge admission.)
In fact, money from the duck-stamp
program helped pay for the creation of
Bosque del Apache, an internationally
famous birding destination. According to
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which
oversees the National Wildlife Refuge
system, many of the country’s most
popular birding spots are refuges, such as
Blackwater in Maryland and Cat Island
in Louisiana, funded in part by federal
duck-stamp dollars. Fish and Wildlife
estimates that refuges annually receive
more than 40 million visitors, almost 80
percent of them birders.
“If you’re a birder, you need birds,
and you need access, and this program
provides both,” says Paul Schmidt, an
assistant director for migratory birds at
Fish and Wildlife.
Duck stamps, now officially known 2006-07 NEVADA STATE DUCK STAMP
as Federal Migratory Bird Hunting by KEN MICHAELSEN
and Conservation Stamps, were
created in 1934 in an effort to boost Ken Michaelsen won the 2006-07 Nevada state duck stamp contest
waterfowl populations, which had been with this strikingly realistic painting of a pair of Wood Ducks. To see
decimated by overharvesting and habitat a color version of the painting, and to learn about successful Wood
destruction. The stamps have paid off, Duck conservation efforts in Nevada, visit the Nevada Department of
with growth in the refuge system and Wildlifeʼs web site at www.ndow.org.
in waterfowl populations. But over the
years, duck-stamp sales have slumped,
and the price of bird habitat has
skyrocketed. Meanwhile, the cost of duck
stamps has remained steady at $15. Says

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 BIRDS IN TOWN
by Alan Wallace

As winter stretched its tentacles into northern Nevada, food sources became the hubs of avian activity in and near
towns. Feeders, as usual, saw a rise in numbers and species, with the common California Quail, Mourning Doves, American
and Lesser Goldfinches (lots of both), Dark-eyed Juncos, and White-crowned Sparrows joined by Downy Woodpeckers,
Mountain Chickadees, Western Scrub-Jays, Steller’s Jays, and American Robins. Yard location dictated the species:
White-headed Woodpeckers, Clark’s Nutcrackers, and Red-breasted Nuthatches frequented yards at the base of the
Carson Range, Golden-crowned Sparrows scratched around John Anderson’s yard in Mogul, Prairie Falcons zoomed
through Frank Whitman’s turf in Austin (although Frank noted a dearth of the usual Cassin’s Finches this fall), and Chukars
wandered the streets near the mining museum and McDonald’s in Tonopah. An Osprey and Varied Thrush even gave wing
above long-deceased residents at the Tonopah cemetery in early October. Most of the rest of us muddled through with the
aforementioned regulars, although Hermit Thrushes, Red-breasted Sapsuckers, and Golden-crowned Kinglets added
variety to some yards. As of late November, Lew Oring in Reno still had a Costa’s Hummingbird that arrived during the
summer and never left.
Raptors of all types descended into the well-stocked lowland pantries in October and November. Nine species of
hawks (Cooper’s, Sharp-shinned, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, and Rough-legged Hawks, Merlin, American Kestrel,
Northern Harrier, and Northern Goshawk), two of eagles (Bald and Golden), and five of owls (Great Horned, Long-
eared, and Northern Saw-whet Owls and Northern Pygmy-Owl) were seen in October and November. In one small
woodland in west Reno, fresh Mourning Dove feathers littered the ground every day for weeks on end, so hunting apparently
was good. The competition reared its head on occasion, with a Cooper’s Hawk chasing a Great Horned Owl, a Sharp-shinned
pestering a feeding Cooper’s, and Barn Owls trying to coexist with their Great Horned arch enemies in Larry Williams’
Palomino Valley yard north of Reno. The lone saw-whet owl was a dead one in Fred Peterson’s yard, possibly the fatal result
of the competition.
For the waterfowl, lakes, ponds, and streams provided the much-needed food sources. Thanks to the residue of last
spring’s rain, water bodies were full in the fall, and the waterfowl took full advantage. At the aptly named Swan Lake north
of Reno, a couple of Tundra Swans appeared in late October, and, by late November, hundreds of swans formed a white,
noisy blanket across the shallow lake, even as it slowly froze over in late November. Duck numbers surged as well, ranging
from the subtly plumaged Gadwalls to the striking white-crested Buffleheads and Hooded Mergansers. Canada Geese
numbers swelled as usual, joined by a Ross’s Goose at Swan Lake and a few Snow Geese at Idlewild Park and Rancho San
Rafael in Reno. Most birds migrate from north to south in the fall, but Dippers migrate altitudinally, drifting (almost literally)
downstream for the winter. By early November, their bobbing and diving feeding behavior was on display along the lower
parts of many area rivers and streams. Joining them on the waterways were the usual Mallards and Common Mergansers
and a few Common and Barrow’s Goldeneyes, with Belted Kingfishers hunting from overhanging snags. Chris Nicolai
gave a great talk on Wood Ducks at the October Lahontan Audubon meeting, and, soon thereafter, several of these gorgeous
birds took up residence and gave everyone good views at Idlewild Park in Reno. Wood Ducks also paid an unusual visit to the
sewage ponds in West Wendover early during the fall migration, undoubtedly heading somewhere else.
Townsend’s Solitaires were more abundant in towns this fall than in years past, with single birds common in many
areas and up to three calling to each other in some places. Like Dippers, solitaires commonly migrate altitudinally, based on
some good studies up near Eagle Lake north of Susanville, and many of the birds along the eastern Sierra front likely spent the
summer up the hill. But some of the solitaires migrate latitudinally from northern areas to the central parts of the Great Basin.
So, birds seen in, say, Elko, may have summered in southwestern Canada before heading south for the winter. The fall weather
in the two breeding areas was markedly different (nice here, early snows up there), so no single reason led to the increase in
numbers across northern Nevada, except perhaps that the multi-directional migration of human birders to the region induced
more sightings.
One hundred and ten species were reported from northern Nevada towns in October and November. Sources of
information for this column included Elisabeth Ammon, Richard Brune, Ali Chaney, Tom Dozet, Jim Eidel, Pete Fairley,
Dennis Ghiglieri, Bob Goodman, Marshall Iliff, Ed Kurtz, Jacque Lowery, Mike Margerum, Sue Anne Marshall,
Martin Meyers, Chris Nicolai, Lew Oring, Fred Peterson, Harold Peterson, Kris Pizarro, Lynn Purcell, Georgia and
Kenn Rohrs, Greg Scyphers, Dennis Serdehely, Jean Sherman, Heather Sprague, Rose Strickland, Steve Ting, Frank
Whitman, Karen Wiig, Larry Williams, Diane Wong, and me. Contributions are welcome, so send a postcard/note to
1050 Sumac St., Reno, NV 89509 or an email to wallacealan@sbcglobal.net, or continue to post items on the Nevada
Bird List Server. The deadline for the next column is January 25. Happy New Year, and good birding!

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LAHONTAN AUDUBON SOCIETY

OFFICERS President Karen Kish klkish@pyramid.net 841-1180

Vice President Alan Gubanich aag@unr.nevada.edu 857-0191
Treasurer Dave Straley dstraley@nvbell.net 832-9222
Recording Secretary Bonnie Wagner bwagner@hyattclassic.com 829-6311
TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2008 Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
Seat #2 to 2008 Judy Kretzer judykretzer@yahoo.com 826-6891
Seat #3 to 2009 Ali Chaney achaney@heritage.nv.gov 813-3494
Seat #4 to 2008 Vacant aag@unr.nevada.edu
Seat #5 to 2009 Jacque Lowery wbureno@sbcglobal.net 853-1302
Seat #6 to 2007 Nancy Santos nancyLAS@att.net 884-1570
Seat #7 to 2007 Kenn Rohrs karohrs@charter.net 849-9530

IBA Director Don McIvor dmcivor@audubon.org

COMMITTEE Activity/Program Alan Gubanich 857-0191

CHAIRS Birding Classes Bob Goodman pandion36@aol..com 972-7848
Birds & Books Reading Group Kenn Rohrs karhors@charter.net 849-9530
Communications Karen Kish klkish@pyramid.net 841-1180
Conservation Ali Chaney achaney@heritage.nv.gov 813-3494
Education Alan Gubanich aag@unr.nevada.edu 857-0191
Field Trips Christiane Omer happycpo@aol.com 354-2634
Fundraising Dave Straley dstraley@nvbell.net 832-9222
Hospitality Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
LAS Sales Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
Membership Judy Kretzer judykretzer@yahoo.com 826-6891

PUBLICATION AND The Pelican Editor Mike Greenan mike@basicallywild.com 322-0707

INFORMATION The Pelican Distribution Connie Douglas nevadaconnie@sbcglobal.net 425-1305
“Birds in Town” Alan Wallace wallacealan@sbcglobal.net 786-5755
LAS Info Line Jacque Lowery 324-BIRD
Web Master Steve Ting scting@charter.net 849-3725
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