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Winter NV 2013.Pmd Nature Views - a forum for environmental discussion - published by Nature Saskatchewan Issue 176 Winter 2013 Table of Contents Neudorf Group Promoting Wildlife, Nature 2 From Your President Reprinted with Permission from Melville Advance, September 18, 2013, Page A6 “Crowdsourcing Bird Science” A Neudorf group has been working for three 3 From Your Editors years to create an oasis of bird, animal Letter to the Editors and plant life it hopes will bring people closer Birds and Windows Project to the natural world. New Members On Sunday, those efforts were recognized 4 New OBO Coordinator vis a vie a ribbon cutting that officially New RPR Coordinator opened the Bird Information Centre, a Ellen Bouvier Returns project of Neudorf Nature Trails and Wild Volunteers Bird Sanctuary Society. 2013 Nature Sask Award Recipients Ten-year-old Gage Bell Devine, a North 5 Nature Sask Director Receives a Valley Elementary student, cut the ribbon. Conservation Award Past president of Nature Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Birds Calendar board of directors Donna Bruce of LMBO Saskatoon and Society President Keith Gerstner of Neudorf also participated. 6 2013 Christmas Bird and Mammal Counts Gerstner says the nature trails-bird Gage Bell Devine, a student from North Valley Elementary Fall Meet sanctuary includes about 15 kilometres of School, assisted by Donna Bruce, Past President of the walking trails and is an outdoor jewel that’ll Nature Saskatchewan board of directors, and Keith Gerstner, 7 IBA increase the appreciation of young and old, President of Neudorf Trails and Wild Bird Sanctuary Society PlantWatch local people and those from beyond, for the opens the Bird Information Centre. Photo courtesy of Melville outdoors. Advance. 8 OBO Update Bird Mortality “lt’ll be a park for all the school children and other SFS children (and adults) where they can go and enjoy MyAvibase and read about the birds and grass and animals of the area,” Gerstner told The Advance. 9 RPR New Stewards of Sask Banner Program “The project was to educate the children in the area (and beyond), a place where they could be 10 Turtle Lake Nature Sanctuary one with nature.” Project FeederWatch Meadow Lake Junior Forest Wardens The actual Bird Information Centre sees 24 Camp plaques — mounted on pedestals arranged in a Songbirds Killed at Gas Plant semi-circle beside the picnic area — bearing pictures of various birds found in the area. The 11 Madge Lake Loon Count Survey plaque also provides information on the birds’ Monarchs in Saskatchewan Neudorf Trails and Wild Bird Sanctuary entrance signs. characteristics, physical appearances and so on. Eskimo Curlew Photo courtesy of Melville Advance. The Society was granted permission by a 12 Jame L. Baillie Memorial Fund Grants publishing company from the United Kingdom, Quatro Publishing, to use the pictures from its Garden Bird Domesticated Bees Facts books as face plates on the plaques. 13 Volunteering with NCC The project had its origins in July 2010 when the Society was established, and to create interest, organizers Ten Ways to Help Migrating Birds held a ‘Name the Trails’ contest during which the trails were named with the winning entries announced in 2011. 14 Redberry Lake Biosphere Two Species of Crossbills Since then, Gerstner says, a large sign announcing “Neudorf Nature Trails and Wild Bird Sanctuary” has been built and erected, and over the winter the 24 plaques were built and then installed this season. Funding 15 Co-existing with Burrowing Owls for the material for the plaques was provided by Nature Saskatchewan and Neudorf Parks and Recreation. Donors Volunteer labor took care of the rest, Gerstner says. Yellow Rail Research Canadian Lakes Loon Survey Gerstner believes the trail sanctuary information has the potential to put Neudorf on the map to the point that it could become a major attraction in this part of the province for nature enthusiasts. 16 Upcoming Events Winter Birding Contest The area and parkland region is blessed with a large variety of birds and wildlife and as people become more Manitoba Atlas interested in nature and the environment as a whole, Neudorf’s project could turn into a signicant tourist draw, he suggests, “...this will be a legacy that we will pass on to our children and future generations. As this project develops, Neudorf will be recognized as a world class bird sanctuary,” according to Gerstner. Nature Saskatchewan Publication Mail Agreement # 40063014 Room 206 Postage Paid in Regina 1860 Lorne Street Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses To: Regina, SK S4P 2L7 Administration Centre Printing Services 111-2001 Cornwall St Regina, SK S4P 3X9 [email protected] Humanity in Harmony with Nature Page 2 Winter 2013 Nature Views From Your President NATURE VIEWS (Note: For this issue’s column, Karen McIver has invited the membership committee Nature Views provides a forum for discussion, a means for the dissemination of to highlight some of the initiatives they’re pursuing.) information about environmental issues to the people of Saskatchewan and promotes the aims and objectives of Nature Saskatchewan. Nature Saskatchewan is also known as the Saskatchewan Natural History Society. For some time now Nature Saskatchewan (NS) has been grappling with the question of how to diversify and grow our membership base. Changing Nature Views is published four times a year by Nature Saskatchewan. Receiving the demographics, a more urban society and an aging membership all present newsletter is a benefit from membership in Nature Saskatchewan. Views expressed in challenges. As well, the technology of how we communicate with one another Nature Views are not necessarily those of Nature Saskatchewan. continues to change at a breath-taking pace. In an attempt to address some of Submissions and comments are invited. Send materials to this Nature Views these challenges, the membership committee has been working on the following editor: Rob Warnock, 3603 White Bay. Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 7C9. Phone: (306) priorities: 586-2492. Materials can be sent by email to: [email protected] Layout: Angela Dohms We want to do more to communicate our mandate to the public. People need to Proof reading: Angela Dohms and Rob Warnock know what we do and why we do it. We believe that it is our mandate and the Final proof approval: Rob Warnock effectiveness of our programs that will attract new members. Through a new part- time staff position dedicated to communications, we will be strengthening our Submission deadlines: Spring issue: January 15 Summer issue: April 1 online presence and developing a new brochure that can be used by staff, Board Fall issue: July 15 Winter issue: October 15 members and volunteers who represent NS at community events. We’re also hoping to setup an email exchange for locals, include links to local newsletters Advertising Rates: and post local events on our website. Full page (14.5" X 10") .................... $400.00 1/2 p. (7" X 10") .............................. $200.00 1/4 p. (7" X 5") .................................$115.00 We’re strengthening our relationship with local societies and affiliates. Our 1/8 p. (3.5 X 5") ...............................$ 65.00 executive director, Jordan Ignatiuk, recently attended meetings of the Moose Jaw 1/16 p. (3.5" X 2.25") ....................... $ 40.00 local society and the Southwest Naturalists local society. Past President Donna Classified ads ................................. 50 cents/word Non-governmental organizations will receive a 10 percent discount on their ads in Bruce attended the opening of the information center at the Neudorf Bird Sanctuary, Nature Views. These rates DO NOT include GST or PST. run by our new local society, the Neudorf Nature Trails and Wild Bird Sanctuary Society. The NS office also arranged to have Dr. Geoff Holroyd share his excellent The editors reserve the right to edit articles for clarity and space limitations. presentation on Burrowing Owls with several local societies in the fall. Materials preferably submitted in RTF format or as a text file with images submitted separately in .jpg or .tif format. More detailed submission guidelines are available on the Nature Saskatchewan website (www.naturesask.ca). All material printed in Nature We were excited to host a meeting of local society representatives at last year’s Views may only be reprinted with permission from the author. spring meet, and we plan to make that kind of meeting an annual event. We partner with local societies to offer province-wide natural history events at the This issue of Nature Views has been printed by the Weyburn Review, Weyburn. Circulation: 2200 ISSN: 1207-5450 spring and fall meets. This year’s fall meet illustrates the synergy that happens when we work together. The Meadow Lake Woodlanders, a Junior Forest Warden OFFICE AND PROGRAM CONTACTS group affiliated with NS, worked with NS Board member Vinessa Currie-Foster, Executive Director Jordan Ignatiuk NS staff and forestry managers from Mistik Management to provide a weekend Species at Risk Manager Melissa Ranalli Conservation & Education Manager Lacey Weekes full of fun and informative activities. We salute Meadow Lake for their efforts and Communications Manager Ellen Bouvier are impressed by how they provided opportunities for youth to lead activities at Office Coordinator Jen Gibson the meet (see the Fall Meet article in this issue). Habitat Stewardship Coordinator (Rare Plant Rescue) Kristen Martin Habitat Stewardship Coordinator (Oper. Burrowing Owl) Kaytlyn Burrows Habitat Stewardship Coordinator (Shrubs for Shrikes) Rebecca Magnus We’re looking to foster existing partnerships and to form new partnerships to Habitat Stewardship Coordinator (Plovers on Shore) Rebecca Magnus assist us with our mandate. NS is partnering with the Yellowhead Flyway Birding Saskatchewan PlantWatch Coordinator Lacey Weekes Trail Association, the Madge Lake Cottage Owners’ Association and Duck Mountain NatureQuest Coordinator John Murray Provincial Park to monitor, record and report on the nesting activities of Common Inner Nature Jeanne Corrigal Last Mountain Bird Observatory Alan Smith Loons at Madge Lake.
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