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2017 Snipe–Sep17-Nov17-V51-I4 The Newsletter of the THE SNIPE Au dubon Society of Central Arkansas What’s Inside President’s Column Page 2 Upcoming Programs Page 5 Hispaniola's Endemics Page 3 Upcoming Field Trips Page 6 Birding Tidbits Page 4 Field Trip Reports Page 7 ________________________________________________________________________________Charles Mills __________________ Volume 51 Issue 4 www.ascabird.org September – November 2017 Birders Flock to Celestial Event Dottie Boyles Monday, August 21, 2017, found many Arkansans noticed a flock of European Starlings circle and land into looking skyward to see one of nature's most awe-inspiring nearby trees as sunlight dimmed. She also stated birds were sights - a total solar eclipse, a celestial event in which the forgotten during totality as she was too busy taking photos. moon passes between the sun and Earth blocking all or part In St. Clair, MO, Bill Shepherd noted a single Common of the sun as viewed from a given location. This eclipse Nighthawk came out to hunt a few minutes before heading was the first with a path of totality crossing from the back to its roost when the sun returned. Carol Jackson was Pacific to the Atlantic coasts of the United States since June in Farmington, MO. A fellow eclipse observer told her the 1918. The last total eclipse visible from anywhere in the birds stopped singing during totality, but started back up as contiguous U.S. was February 1979. the sun emerged. Jodi Morris noticed the cicadas and With the area of totality passing through portions of 14 crickets became loud during totality, in Hartsburg, MO. states, from Oregon to South Carolina, many Arkansas From Oregon, Clark Reames, reported while all bird birders headed northward to experience the event for behaviors appeared normal, his son had a great time themselves. All stated it was well worth it. monitoring the moon's progress and a temperature drop of Distracted by the awe of 11 degrees. totality, which lasted around two Shortly before totality in Kentucky, David Luneau heard and a half minutes at most a cardinal sing a few times, a Brown Thrasher call, and locations, only a few bird some crickets start to chirp. Before the eclipse started, there observations were noted. were a few bird calls, but nothing was singing. Located just north of Mark your calendars, the next total solar eclipse will be Manhattan, KS, Jacque Brown April 8, 2024, with Little Rock in the path of totality! Photo: Jacque Brown ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Kids and the Great Outdoors Jim Allen Wild Birds Unlimited Children have a natural curiosity that compels them to Think about when you first got into birding. How old discover and learn, particularly in their early stages. Bugs, were you? How did you catch ‘birding fever’? There are slugs, birds, squirrels, flowers, water…are all fascinating to some very important things we can do to help kids become kids. But as kids get older, school, girls/boys, and social more interested in birds, and the out of doors, thus activities dominate their landscape and kids often lose providing a firm foundation to a lifetime hobby. Let me interest in the world at large. offer a few suggestions. Today’s youth spend less time outside than any previous Start them young. There are numerous children’s books generation, depriving themselves of the emotional and that have a bird focus, from counting, color and alphabet physical benefits that come from having a bond with the ‘board books’ for toddlers, to Dr. Seuss classics, sticker natural world. Rather than “going green,” children are books and coloring books to get them as far as elementary “going screen,” spending an average of 44 hours per week school. There are a number of great memory and card interacting with electronic media. games that are bird themed for kids of varying ages, and there are craft projects like birdhouse and bird feeder kits continued on page 6 ASCA Officers President President’s Column Cindy Franklin [email protected] Vice-president Dan Scheiman It's been an unusual summer for so many know and likely will never meet. Think how 501-280-9024 reasons. From government to climate, politics much easier it is to contact our elected [email protected] to vultures, it seems like we are living inside a representatives as often as needed to express Recording Secretary high speed churn. It's hard to keep up when our views on issues we consider important Barry Haas everything is changing by the day, if not the even though we know they will not agree with 501-821-4097 [email protected] hour and you are not sure if you are on firm us. It's a good time to be an advocate for those footing or teetering on the edge of a sinkhole. causes we care about. It is a good time to Treasurer Jim Dixon Yeah, it's been that kind of summer. speak out for birds and pollinators, for 501-258-1914 I am reminded of another time many years amphibians and turtles, and for all the other [email protected] ago when it seemed the world was out of creatures that have no voice except what we Newsletter Editor control and everything was changing way too say in their behalf. Dottie Boyles fast. A new government had come to town It's a good time to turn off the TV and the 501-224-0302 [email protected] promising more than it could possibly deliver. radio, lay down our mobile devices, and step We survived that change and we will survive outside to appreciate an eclipse, to enjoy Board Members this one as well. We may not like some of the puffy clouds and rain showers, cool Robert Bays changes in place, but I am encouraged there temperatures and birds in molt. It's a good [email protected] are millions of people we don't know whose time to fill hummingbird feeders and watch Joan Ellison concerns run similar to ours, who will these tiny birds duel over one feeder or one [email protected] advocate in their own way to keep their air spot on a feeder. It is a good time to visit Bald Jane Gulley and their rivers clean, their food supply Knob National Wildlife Refuge and Frog 501-225-2072 [email protected] healthy, and their favorite patch of nature Bayou Wildlife Management Area and intact. witness this year's crop of birds driven by the D. DeLynn Hearn 501-472-8769 Think how much faster, cheaper, and imperative in their genes to make their ages [email protected] easier it is today to research an issue, find old journeys back to their other homes in the Darrel Meyerdirk data, and prepare a message pro or con. Think south. It is a good time to make cause with [email protected] how much easier it is to reach out using social them so they will have a home here when they John Webb media to contact and rally people we don't return. 501-707-7742 Cindy Franklin, ASCA President [email protected] _________________________________________________________________________________ Christmas Bird Count Compiler ASCA Meetings to Return to Fletcher Library Dan Scheiman 501-280-9024 Barry Haas wears many hats for ASCA. Beginning September 14, ASCA will once [email protected] Besides his duties of Recording Secretary and again resume its monthly meetings at the John Conservation Conservation Chair, Barry also keeps up with Gould Fletcher Library, 823 Buchanan Street, Barry Haas where ASCAs monthly meetings will be held. Little Rock. Library policy states meeting 501-821-4097 Several months ago the John Gould rooms can only be reserved for six months at [email protected] Fletcher Library, where the group normally a time and Barry has reserved meeting space Field Trip Coordinator meets, decided to undergo some renovations. through February 8, except for December Karen Holliday With nowhere to go, Audubon Arkansas once when ASCA holds its annual potluck at 501-920-3246 again graciously opened their doors and has Audubon Arkansas. [email protected] allowed ASCA to meet for the past several Many thanks to Audubon Arkansas for Hospitality months there. allowing ASCA to use your facility and a Doris Boyles Barry continued to monitor progress at the big thank you to Barry Haas for keeping up [email protected] library and recently announced construction with all the changes. Karen Holliday had been completed. [email protected] _________________________________________________________________________________ Rare Bird Alert D. DeLynn Hearn Welcome New Members 501-472-8769 [email protected] ASCA would like to welcome the following new members: Webmaster Jim Dixon Cheryl Johnson, Melvin Clifford, Pat Bradley, and Fred Hendricks [email protected] 2 Chasing Hispaniola's Endemics Karen Holliday The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is home to the Gallinules, and Fulvous Whistling-Ducks, with Hispaniolan countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR). In Woodpeckers, Antillean Grackles, and White-winged early May 2017, Shane Woolbright and I flew into Santo Doves in the nearby trees. Our guide keep asking if I was Domingo, the capitol of DR and the oldest European city in seeing the Reddish Egret and I kept saying no. Finally, a the New World. Our goal was to find the island’s 32 big white bird started doing the Reddish Egret dance and I endemics in one week. The Grey-crowned Palm Tanager is realized he was talking about a white morph Reddish Egret. found only in Haiti. Since we weren’t going there, that left Turns out DR only gets the white morph version. 31 endemics to find in 4 ½ days. We spent our next two nights at an oceanfront hotel We organized our trip through Kate Wallace, owner of where the Antillean Palm-Swifts constantly swooped in to Tody Tours.
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