April 2007 Shorelines Newsletter Choctawhatchee Audubon Society

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APRIL 2007
VOLUME XXXVI ,NUMBER 3

The Newsletter of the Choctawhatchee Audubon Society
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

New Migration Record

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REMEMBER TO CELEBRATE EARTH DAY!
Happy Spring everyone. Its time to get ready for one of the busiest months in the environmentalist calendar! April is absolutely full of ways to celebrate and conserve our Earth and the creatures that we share it with. Here are some events in our local area that I would encourage you to get out and enjoy. Earth Day/ Arbor Day Celebration Friday, April 20 from 11am until 8pm. This Environmental awareness event is full of displays from several businesses and organizations (including CAS), plus hands-on activities, tree planting, activities for kids and more. Located at the Fort Walton Beach Landing on Brooks Street in Downtown Fort Walton Beach. Coastal Clean-Up Saturday, April 21rst from 8am until 11am at various beaches. More than just a clean-up, join us for educational games for the whole family . This event is sponsored by Okaloosa Environmental Council, TDC, OWC Americorps, and Choctawhatchee Audubon Society. For schedule and location information, call Nancy Hussong at (850) 651-7131 x 223.

Bird Banding Earth Day cont…. From The Nest

Volunteers!

Classifieds
Thank you to our Sponsors

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
CAS monthly meetings are held the First Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM at OWC Niceville Learning Resources Center (LRC), Room 131. Non members are welcome.

April Program: Florida Whales! Frank Gromling will present information on Right Whales that migrate up the east coast of Florida.

Fieldtrips & More:

Chris Larson 598-0392

March 31-April 13: Bird Banding at Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island Alabama, dawn to mid-afternoon. April 6: Eventures with Nonie’s Ark meet at Topsail Hill State Park 6:45pm April 7: Bird Walk at Shoal Sanctuary, Mossy Head. Meet at Niceville's Badcock parking lot at 7:30 AM. Robert &

Step It Up Gulf Coast!
Three events have been put together in the Pensacola area that we’d like you to know about; 1 "Global Warming, Local Solutions", a forum with four presenters about the latest findings and local effects. The forum occurs on Tuesday, April 10th at Pensacola Junior College's Hadler Auditorium, from 6 PM to 8 PM. Contact: [email protected] or 850-4570459. 2 Step It Up Gulf Coast, a campaign to raise public awareness about global warming and address climate change issues in the Gulf Coast area. Saturday, April 14th at the Pavil-

April 20: Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration downtown FWB, 11am-8pm. To volunteer email Nonie or Theresa April 21: International Coastal Clean-up. To volunteer call, Nancy

Hussong 651-7131

lion on Pensacola Beach from Noon to 2 PM. Finally, we will end up with Earth Day Pensacola in Bayview Park on Saturday 21st, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Continued page 2...

CAS is dedicated to the protection of bird and wildlife habitat, environmental education, and a greater appreciation of Northwest Florida’s natural beauty.

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VOLUME XXXVI, NUMBER 3

New Migration Record by: Lenny
Scientists and birders have always considered the Arctic Tern to be the record holder for having the longest migration of any bird--approximately 22,000 miles roundtrip. Well, move over Arctic Tern because there is a new champion in town. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, recently crowned (use your imagination) the Sooty Shearwater the new champ. Researchers tracked Sooty Shearwaters migrating about 44,000 miles in one year. The shearwaters were captured at their breeding burrows on some of New Zealand's islands and had a geolocating tag affixed to their leg. The tags recorded data such as migration route and the depth birds dived when foraging; some diving as deep as 200 feet. The researchers tagged 33 shearwaters and recovered 19 tags the following year when the birds returned to their breeding colony. The migratory path showed a pair of birds migrating from New Zealand to different wintering locations along South America, North America and Asia before returning to their breeding colony.

Bird Banding Anyone?
If you are interested in watching a group of dedicated bird researchers capture and band Neo-tropical migrant birds annually representing dozens of species you will not want to miss this. This site is the first landfall and the last departure point for thousands of migrating birds and as such has given the team from the Hummer Bird Study group the opportunity to capture and band large numbers of ruby-throated hummingbirds as well as countless other species of birds. Bob Penhollow will be leading this field trip to Fort Morgan State Historical park in Fort Morgan, Al on March 31rst. Plan to meet at Turkey Creek in Niceville at 7:30 am to carpool. Contact Bob at [email protected] for more info. The website for the event is :
http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/FortMorganBanding.html

Earth Day cont.. All our local groups will have tables and information at this independently sponsored and produced event. We need to raise issue awareness and identify new recruits in the battle for our environment. We are a development-rich zone with delicate habitat and we need help in the Florida Panhandle, a BioGem Project, to protect what we have and limit insane growth to more reasonable, responsible growth, if there is such a thing. Our 4/10 forum, "Global Warming, Local Solutions" features University of West Florida professors and others dealing with the new international reports on global warming and drawing local consequences and potential solutions. This event is presented by Sustainable West Florida, Gulf Coast Environmental Defense and is co-sponsored by many other groups including the League of Women Voters, the Sierra Club, the Panhandle Progressives and many others. Please remember that its great fun to just go to these events, but when you volunteer you get that fun and the reward of knowing that you made a difference. Contact myself or Nonie to find out how you can help. —Theresa Dennis

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From the Nest: A Note from a CAS Kid:__
Tupelo Swamp Clean-Up! March 10th we went on a swamp clean-up with Nonie and Mr. Danny’s Boy Scout troop. It was very fun! We picked up a plant called hyacinth from our kayaks . We helped Erica, a wildlife biologist brake a beaver dam. We did this because we found hyacinth in the dam and it was keeping the water from flowing. We found trash in the swamp and we cleaned that up too. We pulled lots of hyacinth out of the water because it is invasive. I am looking forward to the beach clean-up in April and I hope you can join us! Skylar Dennis Age 8
Danny Dean and his son Tyler

If you know a CAS Kid that would like to write an article for the Shorelines please make sure that it involves conservation of the environment and or the animals that we share it with and email it to the editor for consideration. We want our children to know that they can make a difference. They are our future and we can ’ t afford to make them wait!

Calling all volunteers!
Nonie is gearing up for the upcoming Tern chasing season and will need at least six volunteers to help monitor parking lots in Ft Walton and Destin for fallen chicks. You can volunteer for as much or as little as you’d like, but we definitely need people on a schedule to drive around the buildings twice a day. Please call or email Nonie for more info.
Picture: Sara Fraser releasing a rehabilitated least tern.

Classifieds:
Wanted: *Recording Secretary to keep notes at
board meetings, no experience necessary! *Membership Chairperson to manage local database and be present at events to welcome visitors and encourage membership. Do you have any birding equipment that you don’t use anymore? List it in the Shorelines along with camping, hiking, or paddling gear. Anything that someone could use to enjoy our natural blessings. Remember, one person’s trash is another’s treasure! Email Theresa the editor at [email protected] with item description and price along with your contact info.

Choctawhatchee Audubon Society Membership
Name:_____________________________________ Address:_________________________________________ City:____________________________________________________ State:______ Zip:____________________ Phone: ___________________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________________

□Introductory New Member- $20.00 □Individual Member Renewal- $35.00 □Introductory Student/Senior- $15.00 □Renewal Student/Senior-$15.00
When you join you will be part of national, state, and local Audubon groups and will receive... • Audubon magazine

Chapter Representatives
President: Vice President: Treasurer: Recording Secretary: POSITION PENDING Corresponding Secretary: Sharon Weaver ….………………………..897.5464 [email protected] Bird Count Coordinator: Donald M. Ware………….…....862.6582 [email protected] Conservation: Education: Field trips Coordinator: Bob Penhollow………….….…..729.2602 POSITION OPEN Nonie Maines Nonie Maines Thelma Phillips Karen Newhouse

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Florida Naturalist Magazine Our local Shorelines newsletter Inclusion in Audubon of Florida's advocacy network Discounts at Audubon Sanctuaries and Nature Centers Opportunities for Audubon Ecology Camps and specially priced travel adventures

[email protected]……....862.9588 [email protected]…………651.0508 [email protected]…..897.3745



To join, mail this form and a check, payable to National Audubon Society, to;
NAS Membership Data Center, P.O. Box 51005, Boulder, CO 80323-1005.

CAS ONLY memberships are available and include SHORELINES NEWSLETTER ONLY.
To join CAS ONLY mail this form and a check payable to CAS to; P.O. Box 1014 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549.

□New Member Newsletter Only- $10.00 □Renewal Member Newsletter Only- $10.00
FL Dept of Agriculture REG # CH4619 A copy of the Official registration and financial information may be obtained from the division of consumer services by calling toll-free (800-4357352) within the state. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state. Chapter Code: E-11 7XCH

[email protected]……….862.9588

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Hospitality: Sharon Weaver [email protected]……………….897.5464 Membership: POSITION OPEN Publicity: Programs: Shorelines Editor: Historian: Linda Daugherty Thelma Phillips Theresa Dennis Pat Baker [email protected]…..269.0665 [email protected]…..….…651.0508 [email protected]…………….. [email protected] .…………….678.2953

A great big THANK YOU to all CAS sponsors !
Donations are welcome, and all contributions are tax-deductible. Feel free to specify a particular fund/event that you’d wish to sponsor.

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