Jan 2001 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society

8/9/2019 Jan 2001 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society

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Tough Tim es f or Tur t les!

Nam e three ways that a turtle is

like a bird. Wha t do all turtles have

in common ? What Wisconsin tur tle

spend s no time in water, and bur-

rows up to five feet undergroun d to

survive our w inters? Learn the

answers to these and other turtle

questions at our January m eeting.

Rebecca Chr istoffel, Wild life

Ou treach Specialist at the Un iversity

of Wisconsin, Dep artm ent of Wildlife

Ecology w ill discuss tu rtles from a

global perspective, highlighting con-

servation issues. She will then focus

in on Wisconsins turtle sp ecies. The

program will highlight the natural

histories of Wisconsin t urtles, as w ell

as conservation and managem ent of

its turtle pop ulations.Rebecca will discuss th e research

she has been cond ucting in conjun c-

tion with Bob H ay of the Wisconsin

Department of Natural Resources to

evaluate th e effectiveness of head -

starting as a tool to conserve

Wisconsins endangered ornate box

tur tle. She w ill also discuss aspects of

a comm unity-based program that

has been established to conserve the

last known viable popu lation of

Free Pub lic ProgramWhat: Rebecca Christoffel on tur-tles in Wisconsin an d

around the world.

When: Tuesday, January 16, 2001

7:00 p.m. - Refreshments

7:30 p.m. - Program

Where: Bolz Aud itorium, Meriter

Hosp ital, 124 Brooks St.

Madison

Parking: Meriter Hospital paid

parking ramp across the

street, on the street, or

Lot 51 north of Regentand Mills St.

ornate box tu rtles in Wisconsin.

Ms. Chr istoffel has a B.S. and M.S.

in Wildlife Ecology from UW-

Mad ison. Her thesis focused on soci-

ological and ecological imp acts of

wh ite-tailed deer brow sing in the

Baraboo Hills. She is cur rently a

Wildlife Ou treach Specialist at the

University of Wisconsin,

Depa rtmen t of Wildlife Ecology,

focusing on the conservation of, andpublic education about, the reptiles

and amphibians of Wisconsin

This program is co-sponsored by

THE AUDUBON

NEWSLETTER

OF THE

MADISON

AUDUBONSOCIETY

222 S. Hamilton St. / Madison, WI 53703 / 255-BIRD / http://madisonaudubon.org JANUARY 2001

the Un iversity of Wisconsin-

Madison Department of Wildlife

Ecology.

You are invited to m eet with

Madison Aud ubon board m embers

and friends at the pre-program d in-

ner at Paisans Restauran t beginning

at 5:15 p.m . Please call the office at

608/ 255-BIRD (255-2473) if you have

questions.

February meeting: David Lentz on

the Karner Blue Butterfly

MAS seeks new Editorfor t he CAWS new sletterPat Ready, CAWS Editor

After 15 years of designing th e

CAWS and the p ast 3 years being the

editor Ive d ecided its time for a

change. It has been a very reward ing

experience and Ive worked with

some of MASs ded icated volunteer

core. The MAS Board and several

active mem bers are the w orkhorse ofthe newsletter. My job is mainly to

make sure it all fits and looks good.

The advent of email simp lified th e

pr ocess immen sely these past few

years. Thanks to everyone for their

help and support.

Anyone interested in this volun-

teer position should contact the

MAS office at 255-2473, email:

[email protected] or call me

for d etails at 873-1703, eves.


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MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETYPresid ent: Joanne H erfel, 241-8009Vice-presid ent: Am y McDaniel, 238-0450

Goose Pond Resident Natu ralists:

Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160

Editor s: Pat & Deb Read y, 873-1703

pr eady@ku .com

Graph ic design: Pat Ready

Printed by Roemer Printing

The mission of the Madison Aud ubon

Society is to educate our m embers and the

pu blic about the natural world and the

threats that n atural systems are facing, to

engage in advocacy to preserve and p rotect

these systems, and to develop and maintain

sanctuaries to save and restore natural

habitat.

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POPULATION & HABITATHuman PopulationControl : The MissingAgenda(Editorial excerpt from Conservation

Biology, Vol. 7, No . 1, March 1993 by

Gary K Meffe; University of Georg ias

Savannah River Ecology,

Ann e H. Ehrlich; Departm ent ofBiological Sciences Stanford University,

David Ehrenfeld; Population & Habitat)

Since the first issue ofConservation

Biology was published in May 1987,

the global human p opu lation has

increased by about 500 million peo-

ple. Some 1.5 x 10ll tons of top soil

have eroded from forests, farms, and

pastures, thousand s of species have

disapp eared, and th e genetic diver-

sity of man y remaining sp ecies has

declined dram atically. Fewer n atural

areas now exist, large expan ses oftropical and temperate forests have

disap peared , billions of tons of

greenhouse gases have been emit-

ted, aquifers have been lowered,

mor e toxins hav e entered a ll ecosys-

tems, cities have becom e more

crowded and dan gerous, and infra-

structures have d eteriorated in m ost

nations. During that time,

Conservation Biology published 177

contributed pap ers, 22 essays, 27

notes, and n um erous comments,

diversity column s, editorials, and

other articles. Yet not one of th ese

contributions directly addressed

hum an pop ulation growth, a root

cause of our collective ecological

and social disasters. This omission is

not because of editorial policy; no

papers on hum an popu lation

growth have been received.

Have conservation biologistsmad e real contributions toward

maintenance of biodiversity and

evolutionar y p rocesses? We believe

they hav e; the situation could on ly

be wor se withou t the scientific

knowledge and leadership that con-

servation biology provid es. But any

gains we make ar e quickly offset by

continued human population expan-

sion and its associated p romise of

future d estruction. We put ou t local

brush fires while an inferno sweeps

toward us. Can conservation biolo-gists redirect some of ou r efforts to

contain the inferno, to contribute

toward a future stability of the p lan-

ets biological integrity? We think

there is no alternative.

Conservationists agree that most

environmental problems are attrib-

utable to the effects of an exp loding

hum an popu lation, which now

increases by 95 million each year, or

abou t 260,000 per d ay, plus im pacts

of technological developm ents, and

Western-style consumption of

resources. Short of nuclear holo-

caust, exponen tial proliferation of

our species in the context of our

technological culture is the m ost

severe problem faced in h um an his-

tory, and th e one most likely to

result in breakdow n of both normalecosystem function and social struc-

tur e. Conservation biologists know

that, yet m ost other citizens of the

planet seem not to know about or to

deny the problem, and hu man popu -

lation control is a taboo su bject in

man y circles. This p rofound crisis is

being trivialized or ignored by the

bulk of society. It is the m issing

agenda.

We as conservation biologists are

at an h istorical crossroad : we pos-

sess the p rofessional resp onsibilityto teach hu mankind about the perils

of the course we are on and to help

develop solutions. We must p romote

the missing agend a.

The hum an species ignores or

denies this seemingly most obvious

of calamities for a num ber of rea-

sons. First, historically, large fami-

lies have been important, especially

wh ere labor w as needed for family

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Madison Audubon Society,

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Mad ison, WI 53703,

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survival, and w here mortality rates

usually were h igh. Second, a num ber

of institutions place real or imp lied

prohibitions on slowing an d revers-

ing pop ulation grow th. Third, the

abortion d ebate in the United States

and elsewhere has synonymized

popu lation control and abortion,

which are separate, albeit linked,

matter s. Four th, the economic sys-tems that ru n m ost societies depend

upon and p romote continuous

growth of human pop ulations and

ph ysical capital, inevitably d estroy-

ing ecological capital in the p rocess.

Fifth, political systems are a prod uct

of these econom ic systems, and

politicians are loath to broach the

topic of pop ulation control. Thu s,

business continues as usual, abetted

by pu blic ignorance and ap athy,

wh ile the problem grows.

The popu lation p roblem is stun-ningly clear and ought to be beyond

denial. The equation describing

change in pop ulation size over time

is simp le: birth rate plu s immigra-

tion, minus d eath rate plus emigra-

tion. If death rates decline, wh ich

they have virtually throughou t the

world, birth rates and migration

dom inate the equation and pop ula-

tions increase.

What ar e the results of this contin-

ued pop ulation increase? In add ition

to an astound ing loss of biodiversity,basic ecosystem services, such as

water an d air pu rification, capture of

solar energy via photosynthesis,

hyd rologic cycling, climate control,

food prod uction, and soil building,

are approaching or past critical

points of collapse. Circum stances

will inevitably enforce a pop ulation

control that is far crueler than the

voluntary method s now available to

us. That involuntary control will

cause much hu man su ffering and

will arrive too late for many species

and ecological processes.

Conserva tion biologists have an

obligation to provide leadership in

addressing the human population

problem and developing solutions.

We mu st overcome ignoran ce, reli-

gious fervor, economic and political

momentu m, and bullying. The chal-

lenges are great but the stakes could

not be higher. If the agend a is not

advan ced, the biodiversity we w ork

so hard to maintain w ill continue to

be degraded at the hand s of profi-

teers, short-term thinkers, the unin-

formed, and those blameless unfor-

tunates w ho are simply struggling to

stay alive in an overcrowd ed w orld.

We encourage two avenu es of pu r-

suit for conserv ation biologists. First,

we should seek m ore interactions

with our colleagues in d emograph y,sociology, epidemiology, and other

relevant fields.

Second , and vastly most imp ortant

than continued stud y of the prob-

lem, is strong and unm istakable

advocacy of hum an p opu lation con-

trol by conserv ation scientists. The

greatest need is for general educa-

tion of the populace in all countries.

Most people simply do not und er-

stand even the ru diments of the

prob lem or its implications, and cer-

tainly not its magn itude.Education on pop ulation growth

and control is d esperately need ed

throughout the world.

Conservation biologists can also

help p romote p olicies to curb rap id

pop ulation growth. Besides encour-

aging expansion and supp ort of fam-

ily planning program s in poor

nations through foreign assistance,

conservation scientists can be sensi-

tive to th e critical importance, in

reducing birthrates, of educating

and em pow ering women. Even invery p oor societies, experience has

shown that the principal factors

leading to fewer birth s are low

infant m ortality, longer life

expectancies, and ed ucation of

wom en. With even a few years of

edu cation and a little decision-mak-

ing power, wom en can imp rove the

health and nutr ition of their families,

thereby reducing infant mortalities,

increasing life expectancies, and cre-

ating deman d for birth control.The biosphere and hum anity itself

cannot withstand the onslaught of

the hum an p opu lation explosion

mu ch longer. Action is needed from

everyone, at every turn, and is per-

haps the m ost imp ortant use that can

be made of any of our crowded

schedu les. It is our resp onsibility

and obligation as informed conser-

vation scientists to lead the w ay in

hu man pop ulation control. Life itself

is at stake.

Are You Eating an

Endangered Species?Caroline Beckett, Co-Chair,Population & Habitat

Ah, those All You Can Eat

Friday night fish fries. Theyre a

long-standing Wisconsin tradition:

heaps of perch, or cod, or shrimp,

fried, steam ed, or broiled. Makes

your mouth water, doesnt it? But

did you know that you m ay be eat-

ing an anima l to extinction? You a re

if you eat:

haddock Atlantic cod shrimp

salmon, farmed and Atlantic orange roughy Chilean seabass

snapper swordfish wild scallops

Atlantic halibut grouper

monkfish redfish shark.

The Endangered Species Act isnt

pro tecting these fish. Theyre over -

fished , caugh t illegally, farm ed

poorly at a loss to wild fisheries.

Millions of tons of other fish

bycatchare caught accidenta lly

and die. Birds, tu rtles, sealions,

seals, otters, dolphins and whales

are entangled in nets and d rown .

What abou t farm-raised fish? Catfish

and rainbow trout are good choices

if raised in well-monitored p onds or

tanks. American shrimp ers use tur-

tle-exclud ers, but N AFTA agree-

men ts require the US to allow

imports of shrimp caught w ithout

them. Farmed shrimp pollute wild

nu rseries and severely damage the

environment.

The good new s is that theres some

seafood thatsplentiful and thriving:striped bass, mahimahi, tilapia,

mackerel, Alaskan pollock, Albacore

tuna, farmed scallops, squid, du nge-

ness crab. Seafood such as lobster,

clams, oysters, mu ssels, and ahi (yel-

lowfin tu na) are doing okay for now,

but m ay become rare as fishermen

turn to the next exploitable catch.

Find out abou t Aud ubons Living

Oceans Program at

www .audubon.org/ campaign/ lo

or call (toll free) 1-888-387-6649.


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Building Partnerships for theNew Century

The Wisconsin Stewardship Networks 6th annual con-

ference will be held Friday and Satur day, Janu ary 26-27,

2001at the Best Western Royale, Steven s Point . All are

welcome to attend . Features include a forum on grou nd -

water p rotection issues and a keynote add ress by DNR

Secretary George Meyer .

Friday nights pan el will help us sort th rough the chal-

lenges well face in revising ou r grou nd wa ter laws to

meet growing dem ands from agriculture, industry,

municipalities, recreation, and wouldbe exporters.

The ground water forum will be led by several wellknow

experts on groundwater issues, including: George Kraft,

Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center, UWStevens

Point; Jim Krohelski, Chief Hydrologist, U.S. Geological

Service; Roger Bannerman, DNR groundwater researcher;

and Melissa Scanlan, Midwest Environmental Advocates

and authority on Wisconsins public trust doctrine.

Saturd ay w ill be packed w ith workshop s of interest to

Wisconsins hunting, fishing, and environmental commu-

nities, with a keynote addr ess at noon by Secretary

George Meyer on "Wisconsin's greatest conservation and

environmental challenges of the new century."

Madison Aud ubon is a foun ding m ember of WSN, a bi-

partisan group of more than 100 from around the state,

representing hunting, fishing, environmental, labor, trib-

al, religious, and p ublic interest grou ps. Core focus areas

of the Network are restoring the independ ence of the

DN R secretary and r eturn ing the office of the public inter-

venor, enforcing an d strenghthening mining laws, pro-

tecting natural shorelands and fisheries, and preventtingwater pollution from livestock factory farms. Last year

WSN adop ted tw o annu al issues of emph asis: cleanup of

PCB-contam inated sed iments in the Fox River, and mer-

cury emission reduction.

Registration is $30/ day or $45 for both d ays ($20/ day

or $30 for both d ays for stud ents). Make checks out to

WSN and send to WSN, 122 State St., Suite 509, Madison,

WI 53703. Raffle tickets a re also available. The g ran d

prize is the hottest camera on the mar ket a Canon Rebel

2000 camera kit. The camera includes an up grad ed lens.

Tickets are $5 each, 3 for $10, or 8 for $25. Contact th e

WSN for m ore information or for tickets at (608) 266-1218

or or visit their website: www .wsn.org.

Field Trips that cure Cabin FeverSat., Jan . 23: Wisconsin River Rap tors

Come w atch eagles soar over the Wisconsin River!

Jon Sutton will lead this trip to th e Wisconsin River to

search for soaring rap tors. Likely find s includ e bald

eagles, rough-legged hawks, red-tailed hawks, kestrels

and maybe an ow l. This trip will last into the after-

noon , so bring a lunch. If you h ave a scope, please

bring it to scan the river for w aterfowl and perched

eagles. Dress app ropr iately for the weather. There will

be some hiking as w ell as car birding.Meet at 7:30 AM at Kohls parking lot in Midd leton

at the intersection of Allen Blvd. and Centu ry Avenue

to carpool to the river. Rider s are expected to share

expenses with d rivers.

If you have questions, call John Sutton at 238-7676.

Sat. Jan. 27: Winter Birds in Arboretum

The UW Arboretu m is noted for its diversity of birds

in Winter. Along w ith winter bird s, such as chickadees,

cardinals, finches, and sparrows, there may be robins,

hawks, owls or unexpected birds. We will explore the

edge of Curtis Prairie and w ander throu gh some

woods looking an d listening for bird activity. Tripleader Levi Wood has p articipated in the Mad ison

Aud ubon bird count in the Arboretum for a number of

years.

Meet at 8:00 at the McKay center pa rking lot on the

side toward Cur tis Prairie. If you d rive in from Mills

Street, when you park near the McKay Center con-

struction site walk through to th e south p art of the

parking lot. We will be out for tw o to three hou rs

depending up on the weather and w hat birds w e find.

It can be cold the last weekend in January and might be

snowy or icy, so dress warmly and w ear approp riate

footgear. Any questions call Levi at 277-7959.


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Madison Audubon Society s 2001 Field TripsBy Levi Wood, Field Trip Coordinator and Field Trip Committee memb ers Ken Barmore, Dawn Hineb augh, Tony

Kalenic, Karl Legler, and Steve Richter

Her e are the MAS field trips schedu led for 2001. Mark them on you r calend ar and join us on these outings.

We will try to stick to this schedu le, but u nforeseen circum stances may cause chan ges, so be sure to check for details and

any an nou ncements of sched ule changes in the mon thly MAS new sletter (CAWS). When carpooling, riders are expected

to share expenses with d rivers.

DATE TRIP LEADER

January 1 Faville Grove Sunrise Tour Dave Musolf and Roger Packard

January 20 Wisconsin River Raptors Jim MarrariJanuary 27 Winter Birds of the Arboretum Levi WoodFebruary 24 Late Winter Birds Aaron Stu tzMarch 9 Night Owls Al SheaMarch 10 Early Spring Migrants Steve ThiessenMarch 18 Ecology of Lower Mud Lake Libby ZimmermanMarch 31 Spring Birds of Columbia Co. Tony Kalenic, Carol AndersonAp ril 1,8,15,22,29 Scop e Days at Goose Pond ! Dorothy H aines and And rew William sApril 1 Bird ing Fish Lake and Lodi Levi WoodApril 7 & 20 Beginning Bird ing Al HolzhueterApril 8 Ice Age Geology Tour Gary Werner

April 12 Frogs Night Out Bob HayApril 13 Evening at Mud Lake Wild life Area Mark and Sue MartinApril 21 Wildflowers at Walking Iron Todd MillerApril 22 Tour of Faville Grove Sanctuary Dave Musolf and Roger PackardApril 27 Evening at Cherokee Marsh Ken Barmore and Levi WoodApril 28 Abrahams Woods Wildflowers & Birds And rew HippApril 29 Bird ing Wyalusing Al SheaMay 1 Owen Park Natural Area Jon SuttonMay 3 Picnic Point Warbler Walk William HutchesonMay 5 Bird ing Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonMay 8 Arboretum Warbler Walk Ken Barmore

May 9 Birding at Token Creek Ed SaurMay 10 Arboretum Warbler Walk Levi WoodMay 11 Evening at Nine Springs Dave FallowMay 12 Big Bird ing Day Ken BarmoreMay 15 Arboretum Warbler Walk Aaron StutzMay 17 Arboretum Warbler Walk Todd HighsmithMay 19 Spring Green Bird ing Greg Geller and Becky AbelMay 20 Wildflowers and Birds David KopitzkeMay 26 Natural History of Quincy Bluff Lynn Hanson and Roy WittwerJune 1-3 Crex Meadows, Northwestern Wis. Levi Wood and Ken BarmoreJune 2 Canoe Red Cedar Lake Libby Zimmerman

June 3 Bird ing Governor Dodge State Park John RomanoJune 9 Bird ing Honey Creek Aaron StutzJune 9 Sauk Co. Bike Tour of TNC Lands Steve RichterJune 10 Bird ing Indian Lake County Park Kay BurcarJune 13 Beginning Bird ing (Picnic Point) Al HolzhueterJune 14 Evening at Black Earth Prairie Kath and Tom Brock June 16 Geology of the Baraboo Hills Robert and Nancy DottJune 17 Tour of Leopold Family Farm Jed MeunierJune 24 Bird ing at Devils Lake Chuck Heikkinen & Delia UnsonJune 28 Badger Prairie Park,

Ice Age Junction Tour Wayne Pauley continued on next pag


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is to ann ually fledge 100 kestrels

from our boxes. We are exploring

new nest box designs, checking lum-

ber prices and deciding where to

place the boxes. We plan to u se

mater ials that w ill last 15 years.

Boxes will be placed on ou r old

Kestrel Trail and maybe on

Interstate signs as has been done by

the DN R and Stevens Point

Audubon Society in central

Wisconsin.

We are looking for volunteers to

assist with:

Construction of boxes

Erection of the boxes

Summ er monitoring (on ground ) Late winter clean out

Funding of materials for nest box

building

If you w ould like to assist us in any

of these areas contact Mark or Sue at

608-635-4160 or ma ilto:goosep@mid-

plains.net

If you would like a kestrel box for

yourself one will be prov ided for the

cost of materials. These boxes can

also be erected in wood ed areas for

screech owls.

Kestrel Box ProgramBy Mark and Sue Martin

In the mid 1980s Greg Geller

assisted us w ith erection of 40 kestrel

(sparrow haw k) boxes on roadsides

from Goose Pond to O tsego Marsh.

Telephone poles that w ere to be

removed w ere purchased from the

utility company and left standing. In

our area, road sides and grassy fields

provide an am ple prey supp ly (small

mam mals, insects) with the limiting

factor being lack of nesting cavities.

We estimate that 50% of the boxes

are used each year and 5 young

fledge from each used box.

Overtime boxes were removed or

destroyed (one box and pole was

struck by lighting), while many of

the remaining boxes need replace-

ment.

This winter w e are gearing u p to

construct additional boxes. Our goal

Madison Audubon Societys 2001 Field Trips (cont inued)DATE TRIP LEADER

July 1 Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh Ann SwengelJu ly 7 Madison Butterfly Count Karl LeglerJuly 8 Badger Ordinance Tour Mike MossmanJuly 14 Dragonflies and Butterflies Karl Legler, Dave Fallow, Dave WestoverJu ly 21 Barn eveld Prairie Bu tterflies & Plan ts Kristin Westad & Megan FossJuly 22 Faville Grove Prairie Tour Sue PechJuly 28 Tour of Goose Pond Prairie Mark & Sue MartinAugust 11 Bird ing Nine Springs Jim MarrariAugust 12 Landscaping for Birds Amy McDaniels & Laura BrownAugust 25 Fall Shorebirds Steve ThiessenAugust 26 Savanna Ecology Restoration Bryn ScriverSeptember 8 Fall Bird ing at Picnic Point Roma Lenehan and William HutchesonSeptember 9 Kickapoo Valley Tour Brad Hutnik September 15 Blue River Sand Barrens Andrew HippSep tember 15 Madison Natu ral Areas Fall Bird ing Aaron Stu tzSeptember 16 Tour of the Ice Age Trail Gary WernerSeptember 22 Fern Ecology and Diversity Jonathan CoopSeptember 23 Eagle Valley Tour and Hawkwatch Jon Peacock, Mike AndersonSep tem ber 30 Su rface Water Ru noff Problem s Carroll TerrellOct. 7,14,21,28 Scop e Days at Goose Pond ! Dorothy H aines and And rew William sOctober 14 Mushroom Meander Diane Derouen and Tom Volk October 20 Fall Bird ing Tour of Jefferson County Karen Etter Ha leOctober 27 Bird in g th e Lake Mich igan Sh orelin e Joh n Rom an oNovember 10 Bird ing Hot Spots Tony Kalenic and Carol AndersonDecember 1 Madison Lakes Al SheaDecember 7-9 Northern Wisconsin Bird Trip Aaron Stu tzDecem ber 15 Mad ison Christm as Bird Cou nt Tony Kalenic and Carol And ersonJan uary 1, 2002 Su nrise Tou r of Faville Grove Dave Mu solf an d Roger Packard

Kestrel box near the railroad tracks

and Prairie Lane that fledged about 50

young in the past 15 years.


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you recycle.

Record Tundra Sw ansNumbersBy Mark and Sue Martin

The tundra sw an migration

seemed a little late this year but this

changed in mid-November w hen

birds were head ing east to the

Chesap eake Bay. At Goose Pond

abundant food supply (arrowhead

tubers), refuge protection and idealwa ter levels for feeding contribu ted

to attracting the record nu mbers.

Karen Etter Hale wrote to the

Wisconsin Society for Orn ithology

bird chat line on Saturd ay,

Nov ember 18, 2000 saying, Jim an d

I heard a large num ber of swans call-

ing out on Rock Lake (Lake Mills) for

a couple hou rs last nightSo we

went u p to Goose Pond to see what

swans m ight be there. What a scene!

I counted 1017, wh ich w as likely a b it

short as some w ere restless and fly-

ing about and some w ere clump ed

up , hard to count. Many were sleep-

ing on th e ice, which covered abou t23 of the pond , others were feeding,

and some were in group s of 3 or 4

facing one another and flapp ing their

wings in some d isplay I wasnt famil-

iar with. There was a constant calling

of many different swan voices. I also

estimated about 50 immature, which

seemed like a very low n um ber.

According to ou r records the p revi-ous h igh count of swans w as 900.

The pond froze comp letely on Tue.

November 21. All that d ay, flocks of

swans circled the pond and then

headed east. At sunset only a few

swans rem ained. All of the remain-

ing swans left on Wed .

Pheasant feeder in on edge of wetland

restoration in willows.

Donation w armthe w inter heartACRE MAKER

In Memory of Chester J. Lapinski

Elsie M. Lapinski

HALF-ACRE MAKER

ADOPT AN ACRE

John & Barbara Mitchell

NEST EGG

Renata Lucht

MY OWN VISIO N

In Memory of Roger Brown

Ellen & Wayne Brown

Vera Dulaney

Clare Hutson

Ruth E. McGettingan

In Memory of Philip J. Felland

Doris N . Felland

In Memory of David Holm

Chicago Legal Search, Ltd., Chicago,

IL

Eagle Point/ Leeds Elementary

Schoo l, DeForest

KMM Prod uction, Techn ical &

Maintenan ce Depts., Willamette

Indu stries, Inc., Haw kesville, KY

John L. Han son

Harland & Ramona Hesselberg

Joan Koriath

Julie Lichtman

Elizabeth Midd leton

Lenna Scott

Karen CutlerMindy Lucas

Rebecca Goldberg

Stacie Shanks

Chris Percival

In Honor of J. Orlando Kjosa

Ellen W. Conn olly

In Honor of Donna & Max Kruse

Nora Cu sack

In Appreciation of the Madison

Audubon Hot Line

Anonymous

In Honor of David Musolf

David & Frances TillotsonIn Honor of Roger Packard

David & Frances Tillotson


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Madison Audubon Society, Inc.Joanne Herfel, President222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1Madison, WI 53703

Non-profit organizationU.S. Postage PaidPermit No. 1831

Madison, Wisconsin

1321 E. Mifflin St.Madison, WI 53703

(608) 256-1066

MAS Calendarat a Glance

20 Jan .: WI River Rap tors, p. 4

16 Jan.: MAS Program/ meeting,

p. 1

27 Jan.: Winter birds of the

Arboretum, p. 4

Mounds Customers Donate For Winter Bird FeedingBy Mark and Sue Martin

For the second year in a row, each of the four Mou nd s Pet Food stores in

Madison offered their customers the opp ortunity to p urchase birdseed for

Goose Pond Sanctuar y. Last year, more than $800 worth of seed was p rovided

for our birds.

Cur rently, we have six feeding stations in the Mary Walker Wildflower

Garden located on the north side of the house and one feeding station on

Prairie Lane. The bounty is much appreciated by the birds, rabbits and small

mam mals that are rapidly eating the seed.On ou r December 10th feeder count w e counted 1 Cooper s haw k, 125

mou rning d oves, 1 down y wood pecker, 2 blue jays, 1 cardinal, 25 tree spar-

row s, 10 jun cos, 20 goldfinches, and 30 hou se sparr ows. Early in December w e

sometimes saw over 200 mourn ing doves. Large numbers of doves can go

through 10 pound s of seed per day.

We are grateful for the generosity of Mound s Pet Food Warehouse and their

many customers who p rovide seed for Goose Pond Sanctuary.

New Ecology Curriculum Publication f or TeachersMAS has an office copy of the recently pu blished The Bear Connection: A

Curriculum Guide for Middle School and Upper Elementary School Students. Written by

a former Madison middle school teacher, Maryann Stephenson, this guide is

intended to assist teachers in edu cating stud ents, through a study of bears, aboutecosystems, what constitute healthy ecosystems and their value. The guide has

chapters on basic bear biology, kind s of bear, bear behavior and bear and wilder-

ness issues. The curriculum was designed for teachers with or without biology

background. It includes lessons and homew ork. Lessons are varied and may

involve lab w ork, research teams, comp uter u sage, reading, report w rite up and

presentation and commun ity involvement.

Interested teachers are encouraged to stop by th e MAS office to look over The

Bear Connection. For m ore information, or to find out h ow to pu rchase a copy of

the cur riculum (for $20.00), contact Maryann Steph enson at

[email protected] , call her at (608) 271-1787 or visit her w ebsite at ht tp :/ /

ww w.madison.k12.wi.us/ springharbor/ bear.

Documents

Jan 2001 CAWS Newsletter Madison Audubon Society