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‘ of ’ ‘The Science and Compassion of Wildlife Medicine’ with Carrol Henderson Supervisor of the Minnesota DNR Nongame with Philip Jenni, Executive Director, Wildlife Program, and well-known author Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Thursday, December 11, 2014 Thursday, January 8, 2015 This month we feature a presentation based on the US Phil Jenni will talk about the work of the Wildlife Treasury Department-licensed study and bird Rehabilitation Center, one of the nation’s leading survey trips that Carrol and Ethelle Henderson have led veterinary clinics for injured and orphaned wildlife. The to Cuba in the past two years. WRC has treated more Cuba does not allow “Birdwatching” and than 9,000 wild “tourism” by US citizens, but it is legal to participate from among 184 in People-to-People bird study trips, and in each of the last two humanitarian projects that include bird surveys for years. the environment. In addition, the WRC Mr. Henderson will share his experiences and provides professional photos from Cuba, including birds found nowhere education to veterinary else in the world, like the tiny Bee Hummingbird— students from around the smallest bird in the world—and the beautiful the world, and to many Cuban . There are more endemic species in others interested in Cuba than in the Galapagos Islands. There are also careers involving many migrant birds from the United States and Canada wildlife. The WRC is also involved in activities that have All photos courtesy of the WRC; see more on p. 4. that winter in Cuba. national and even international significance with regard to protecting both wildlife and human health. Carrol Henderson has been supervisor of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Nongame Wildlife medicine is a new phenomenon. Phil Jenni Wildlife Program since 1977, when he was hired to create will outline some of the larger cultural trends that and develop the state’s Program. In March of 2012 he provide historical context for this rapidly growing field, received the Gary Myers Bird Conservation Award from including how this emerging discipline is connected to the national Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as other socio-economic patterns. the top bird conservationist in North America. During the Finally he will address the issue of “non-native” past 41 years the statewide program for the conservation species and talk about why WRC’s overall mission is not of nongame wildlife that has received both national and only important but socially significant in today’s world. international recognition. He has helped plan and carry To find out more about the Wildlife Rehabilitation out restoration of peregrine falcons, bald eagles, eastern Center, please visit www.wrcmn.org bluebirds, river otters and trumpeter swans. Mr. Henderson has recently been I-35W Rosedale Mall Arrive at 6:45 for social time

Cleveland or 7:00 PM for the program; held at the Fairview involved in pioneering research with Hwy 36 Snelling Minnesota’s loons and pelicans to Fairview Community Center document damage to those species N 1910 W. Cty Rd B, Roseville. by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Free and open to the public. Comm. W County Rd B in Louisiana in 2010. Center Free parking available. Bring a friend! ST PAUL AUDUBON • WWW.SAINTPAULAUDUBON.ORG 2 THE CARDINAL • OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2014

BOARD MEETINGS SAINT PAUL AUDUBON SOCIETY ABOUT OUR CHAPTER President 651–489–0318 Founded in 1945 as the ‘St. Paul Bird Club’ Saint Paul Audubon’s Board Barb Lindeke [email protected] with twelve members, the Saint Paul Audubon Meetings are held at the Ramsey- Vice President 651–429–7597 Society now serves the entire East Metro Washington Metro Watershed Jim Lindner [email protected] region of the Twin Cities, and has around 2,700 members. Our Member Meetings are Office at 2665 Noel Drive, Little Treasurer 651–340 –3487 held from Sept. to May. For more info please Canada. Exit 35-E at Little Canada Richard Newmark [email protected] Rd, go east to Noel. Meetings are contact leaders at left, or visit our website at Secretary, Mary 651–702–4019 www.saintpaulaudubon.org held from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Beth Smith Peterson [email protected] A B O U T THE CARDINAL Published 6 Upcoming dates: December 1, Programs Co-Chr 651–206–2270 (c) times a year; articles are due on the 5TH of January 5. Mark Bearss/S. Corn [email protected] January, March, May, July, Sept, and Nov. Conservat’n Chr Submissions may be edited. Send to Open [email protected] Look for the Loon on Field Trips Chair 651–633–1663 Members may also receive the newsletter by your Minnesota form this Chase Davies [email protected] downloading a PDF from the website. Education Chair 651–776–0414 L O C A L S U P P O R T Audubon members tax season; give gener- Steve Johnson [email protected] who don’t live in the Metro Area who wish to ously for wildlife! Newsletter Editor 651–464–6743 receive The Cardinal may send $15 for a 1 year’s subscription to Saint Paul Audubon Holly Peirson [email protected] Society, PO Box 7275, St. Paul MN 55107 Newsletter Mailing 651–483–8597 Susan Fuller [email protected] CHAPTER PHONE: MESSAGE ONLY For more info or questions about bird ID, Speakers’ Bureau 651–631–0949 please call 651-291-2596. Leave a message Clay Christensen [email protected] and we will return your call. Website 651–493–9406 Ben Wilson [email protected] A D D R E S S C H A N G E S Call 1-800-274- Audubon MN 651–291–2596 4201 or NAS website at www.audubon.org www.mn.audubon.org to notify the National Audubon Society of a change of address, to continue to receive Chapter President’s Message Audubon Magazine and The Cardinal.

Dear Friends, persisted until the region in the records collected persistently by The first snow of the season has mountains of East Central Mexico Minnesotan Wells W. Cooke, arrived and we, humans and was discovered in the 1970’s. beginning in 1880. wildlife, are adapting to the next Keeping going when things seem This month’s Minnesota stage of our journey around the futile is a valuable trait. Conservation Volunteer from the sun. There will be challenges for us The current Audubon magazine DNR tells the stories of Duluthians all, but we will persist. has stories about 3 amazing Jan and John Green who continue I’ve been appreciating employees of the Patuxent Wildlife their love of and study of nature persistence recently. My step-son Research Center: 96-year-old Chan into their 80’s. They were and two granddaughters and I Robbins (Author of the Golden instrumental in the work of gaining enjoyed seeing the film “The Flight Guide to Birds and father of the protection for the Boundary Waters of the Butterflies” at the Science Breeding Bird Survey), Sam Droege Canoe Area Wilderness, and have Museum in St. Paul, about the (expert on birds and other pollintor been experts and educators and incredible life story of the Monarch species and inexhaustable wildlife authors for birds (Jan) and geology Butterfly, and the persistence of Dr. biologist (current project: survey of (John) in the Lake Superior region Fred Urquhart and his wife, Norah, species of US bees), and of recent for almost 60 years. who spent 38 years tracking the graduate Jessica Zelt, who has, in 6 Members of Minneapolis migratory path of the butterflies to years has become the newest expert Audubon are persisting in learn where they wintered. From for a comprehensive data-driven their efforts to convince the devising tiny adhesive stickers that (think about transcribing 6 million Minnesota Vikings and the would stay on the butterflies, to 3x5 cards) citizen science program Metropolitan Stadium establishing groups of citizen on climate change. One collection Commission to use bird-safe glass scientists all over North America to she is reviewing: the in the new stadium. Success is not join in their quest, the Urquharts comprehensive bird sighting assured, but already they have ST PAUL AUDUBON • WWW.SAINTPAULAUDUBON.ORG 3 THE CARDINAL • OCTOBER NOVEMBER 2014 raised awareness of the issue to a higher level; other developers and SPAS ANNUAL FUND DRIVE builders have been educated, and Greetings! TIME FOR OUR ANNUAL FUND DRIVE! the public will certainly be more This is the only time of year that we seek your support for the great aware of the problem. work done by the Saint Paul Audubon Society. You will not receive a We are surrounded by heroes phone call or a postal mail solicitation. You will NOT receive another who have persisted through their request for a donation tucked in with our Thank You note. All you need lifetimes. We can all take heart to do is submit a check for your contribution. The returnable envelope from their efforts. Even though was sent with the October/November Cardinal; you may use the box on you and your allies may lose a this page.) If you prefer, you may also donate on-line at battle, with persistence, you may www.saintpaulaudubon.org. win the war. With this year’s SPAS is a volunteer driven organization. None of the board members, election behind us, we need to field trip leaders or committee members are paid, but there are still persist in our efforts to make this a expenses that must be covered and this Annual Fund Drive is our largest better, safer world for the birds, source of income. Our expenses include producing and mailing The and the butterflies and the bees, as Cardinal newsletter, speaker honoraria, and meeting space rental fees. well as ourselves. We maintain a website and a dedicated phone line to help answer your Keep on keeping on!! questions. There are expenses related to an array of educational programs for people of all ages from presentations at schools to a birding class for Barbara Lindeke adults offered through the Maplewood Nature Center. SPAS has also provided grants to organizations which support our mission, such as purchasing binoculars for field trips at nature centers, wood for Project FeederWatch and birdhouses, education programs for youth, and restoration of natural other Citizen Science areas including buckthorn removal. Our Conservation committee is active in restoration activities at Como park, educational presentations, opportunities environmental initiatives, and the installation of kestrel nesting boxes. You can still sign up to St. Paul Audubon sponsors numerous birding trips in the metro area. particiapate in this season’s Project Our mission is to keep FeederWatch through the Cornell common birds common, and Lab of Ornithology. The season goes to protect species that are in Saint Paul Audubon Society from November to April, with decline. That mission is Annual Fund Drive Donation weekly sightings counted and especially important in an era logged on the website at Enclosed is my tax-deductible contribution for the when development regularly Saint Paul Audubon Society to be used for: www.birds.cornell.edu/feederwatch destroys bird habitat and $_____ Annual Operating Fund The lab’s website is also the climate change threatens $_____ Endowment Fund location to enter your last field trip’s unknowable consequences. $_____ Habitat Protection $_____ Wherever Needed sightings into eBird, look for When you consider what This gift is given: answers to your persistent bird Saint Paul Audubon has done __ in memory of ______questions on the All About Birds this year to promote our __ in honor of ______page, sign on to do research on the mission, I am confident you Thank You Very Much for Your Support Birds of North America page, or to will pledge support for our Donor Name participate in the Great Backyard continuing effort in the year ______Bird Count that is coming up in to come. Address February, or, to hear recordings of ______Donors (unless they wish ______bird song and other wildlife species to remain anonymous) are Phone/Email ______at the Macaulay Sound Library. recognized in the April issue If your contribution is given in memory of or in of The Cardinal at the Egret honor of someone, we will gladly send an acknowledgement card to be sent to: (under $50), Bluebird ($50 - Name______$99), or Cardinal ($100 and Address ______above) levels. On behalf of the ______Board of Directors I sincerely thank you for your support. PLEASE SEND YOUR CHECK TO: Dean Doering, 1901 North Victoria Street, Roseville, MN ANNUAL FUND DRIVE CHAIR DEAN DOERING 55113, or, you may go to the SPAS Website at http://saintpaulaudubon.org > “Support Us” CALENDAR SAINT PAUL AUDUBON SOCIETY Non-profit Organization PO Box 7275, St Paul, MN 55107-7275 December U.S. Postage Board Meeting ...... 1 WWW . SAINTPAULAUDUBON . 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December 20, 2014 The Christmas Bird Count will be held on Saturday, December 20. Area Leaders, get on board early! Solicit your previous years’ Team Members, and plan for walking, driving, and feederwatching!! No matter the weather, this is one of the most fun days on our annual calendar!! Contact CBC Coordinator Bill Stjern at [email protected] or 651-470-3112 to sign up today for early a.m. owling and day-long adventure, followed by our traditional Pot Luck Tally Party.