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field Walks — September - October - Dan furbish, Coordinator

CCBC- WALKS land. Over I50 species of birds utilize Virginiarails, several species of sparrows, All are welcome to join outfield the land and the surrounding waterways. a possible dickcissel and maybe a blue walks which are free. New birders We’ll join Certified Master Bander, grosbeak, warblers, indigo buntings,rap as she checks the nets tors. Raincancels. Leader: Dan Furbish, are always welcome! A call or e Sue Finnegan, mall to the leader is appreciated. and maybe get a demonstration of bird [email protected] to an In case of inclement weather, banding. Here’s your chance get and personal look at those check with leader! Please check up close Oct 19- THURS -4PM — Marstons www.massbird.org/CCBC often “Confusing FallWarblers!” Limited Mills - Meet at the Marstons MillsAir for added trips or changes! participation. Contact leader for more port parkingarea. (Take Exit5 off Rte 6, details. Rain date will be Sunday, and head south on Rte 149to the Race Sept. 17. For more information check Lane roundabout, take a right on Race SEPTEMBER 2006 out website www.wingisland.org. Lane. Airport is 1/2 mile on right.) We’ll This trip is being co-sponsored by the be lookingat West Barnstable Conserva Sept 9 - SAT - 8AM - East Sandwich Brookline Bird Club. Eddie Giles, tion ArealCrooked Cartway. Let’sbe Game Farm. We’ll look for shore East Bridgewater, 508-378-3370, adventuresome and try a new area! birds in the salt marsh and check the emgilesverizon.net. We hope to see RuffedGrouse, North thickets and grasslandsfor fallmigrants. ern Bobwhites and other birds of the Meet in the Game Farm parking lot off Sept 19 - TUES - 8AM Bournedale field,and hear Great Horned Owls, Scar Route 6A in Sandwich.Raincancels. - Beal Conservation Area. We’ll try let Tanagers and other birds of the early Leader: PhilKyle,508-495-0196 our hand at remaining FallWarblers, evening.Who knows what we may see lingeringBlackCrowned Night Herons or hear. Rain cancels. Leader: Dick Sept I I - MON — 8AM - Fort Hill, and Wild Turkeys. Alwaysa fun and Jurkowski, 508-428-8494 Eastham. Lookingfor early fallspecial productive place to bird. Meet in the ties on marsh, shore and the grasslands parking lot by the Herring Run. Go over Oct 28 - SAT - 7AM - Mashpee of one of the most beautifulsites on the the Sagamore Bridge,circle around the River Woodlands. Meet in the parking Cape. Park in lower parkinglot. Leader: rotary and follow signs for RT 6 West, area on Quinaquisset Ave. (From the Ginie Page, 508-349-6810 or vgpage@ along the Cape Cod Canal. Turn right at Mashpee Rotary head east towards juno.com the traffic lightat the bottom of the hill. Hyannis.Take first right. Parkingarea is Take the next left, then bear left againon around the corner on the right.) We’ll Sept 12 - TUES - 8AM - Sandwich. Bournedale Rd. Look for the parking lot carpool to River Road and walk back to We’ll check the SpringHillBeach area, on the right. Raincancels. Leader: Dick the main parking area. Be prepared to includingStauffer’sPuddle,for shore Jurkowski, 508-428- 8494 walk approximately 2 miles. Leader: Mary birds, terns, and gulls. Meet at the Keleher, 508-477-1473 or maryeak© Christy’s on Route 6A across from Sept 30 - SAT - ANNUAL PICNIC yahoo.com Ploughed Neck Road. Raincancels. IOAM - Wellfleet BayWildlife Sanctu Leader: EllieWinslow, 508-888-1760 ary. Meet at the Nature Center for a 2 or [email protected] hour walk through the sanctuary. We’ll return to the nature center for lunch. Sept IS - FRI - 8AM - Eastham. Please bring a brown bag lunch. At Meet at the far end of the Coast Guard 1:00PM, Bob Prescott will give a Station parking lot in Eastham. We’ll talk on “Birds of Wellfleet Bay” walk the marsh area west of the dunes focusing on the coastal birds found at in search of shorebirds, terns, ducks and the sanctuary in the late summer includ whatever else may be present. Generally, ing shorebirds, herons, and egrets. Simon Perkins (Cont dfrom page 1) we get a pretty good list there with per Leaders: Mary Keleher, 508-477-1473 haps a surprise or two. Mark Tuttle, or [email protected] and Ginie Page, In addition to lecturing throughout 508-362-3015 508-349-6810 or vgpage©juno.com New England,he has led US and inter national tours to over 30 countries for Sept 16 - SAT - 8AM - Wing OCTOBER 2006 many years, Simon Perkins is a founding Island Banding Station, Cape Cod member of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee and a current Museum of Natural History, 869 Rte. 6A, Oct $ - Sunday - 7:30AM - Noon - Brewster. Sponsored by the CCMNH, Cumberland Farm Fields - Middle member of the Nuttall Ornithological Wing Island Bird BandingStation, has boro-Halifax. Meet at the Dunkin’ Club. been in operation since Sept. 2000 and is Donuts at the Rte 44 rotary in Middle join us at 7:30 PMto hear more on 80 acres abutting a sprawling situated on boro, MAat 7:30AM.We’ll look for this timely topic! salt marsh and 300 acres of conservation KINGFISHER PAGE 3 VOLUME 35 — ISSUE I THE

President’s Message (Conr’dfrompage 1) The last event I will mention is Massachusetts Audubon Society’s(MAS) trails. The walk willlast approximately Bird-a-thon. During the month of May, two hours. We’ll return to the nature sponsors pledge money toward the num center for lunch. (Please bring a brown ber of bird species seen by a team during bag lunch.) Bob Prescott willgive a talk this 24-hour birdingevent. On the day on “Birds of Welifleet Bay”at 1:00 PM! of the event, Bird-a-thon teams assemble and have fun trying to find as many birds During the first week of December, by sight or sound as possible. Go birding club members are welcome to partici as a MASsanctuary Bird-a-thon team pate in the 24th AnnualCape Cod member or as an independent birder. Waterfowl Census. The dates for this Either way you will be helpingto raise event are December 2nd and 3rd. money for MAS.For more information Ifyou would like more information on contact Wellfleet BayWildlifeSanctuary this event, please contact BlairNikula at 508-349-2615. at 508-432-6348 or MichaelDettrey at 508-398-9484. I hope all of you choose to participate in one of these great birding events. The club’sMembers’Night is held during our December meeting. Thanks Mary Kaea4or to Peter Bono, last year’s Members’ At the CCBC Board Transition Night went digitalfor the first time. meeting in June, Diane Silver- Peter has againvolunteered to assist in the slide portion of our Members’ Night. s. stein was presented with this Check page 7 for instructions on how to Roger Everett ccBluebird in appre submit your slides. ciation of Diane’s hard work and outstanding efforts as our Club In addition to the slide show, there will be door prizes, a bake sale, and a President and her passion for Blue silent auction. Items for the club’s silent birds. Thank you, Diane, for a job auctions come from donations made by Scholarship Recipient well done! club members. Ifyou have any items to donate (books or other bird-related For the third year, the Cape Cod items), please contact Cynthia Franklin Bird Club has presented a $500 scholar at 508-349-1633 or [email protected]. ship to an outstanding environmental science student at the Cape Cod Com Cape Cod Bird Club Also in December, members are Programs - 2006-2007 06th munity College. encouraged to participate in the I Christmas Bird Count. From December We are proud to announce that Nov. 13 - Don Scott - Birds of Cen 14,2006, through january 5, 2007, tens this year’s award was presented to tral & South America of thousands of observers all over North DIANE CALIRI of East Orleans. America and beyond willparticipate in Dec. 11 - MEMBERS’ NIGHT Diane is a busy mother of two every bird of every an effort to count who has been studying Environmental species in a count circle. The Cape Cod Jan. 8 - Blair Nikula - Penguins, Technology since the fallof 2005. several Christmas Bird Petrels and Prions: An Antarctic area hosts She holds a 4.0 GPA and willgraduate Counts includingone to Stellwagen Adventure with an Associates Degree in the Spring will be Bank.The dates for these counts of 2007. Diane can also be found in November/December Feb. 12 - Peter Bono - Birds of available our working as a Volunteer Naturalist at the Thailand newsletter. Wellfleet BayWildlifeSanctuary. In May2007, the club will be hosting Diane’sinterests lie in the manage Mar. 12 - Al Hinde - Wintering 2nI the Annual BirdingCape Cod Week ment of coastal zone habitats and wet Raptors of the Great Basin end Event. Members of the club will lead lands. Her main focus is preserving and walks to top birdingareas throughout improving these habitats on Cape Cod Apr. 9 - John Van de Graff- Birds Cape Cod. These areas are based on the for the benefit of the native flora and of Point Pelee Ontario areas mentioned in the newly revised fauna that depend on them. book, BirdingCape Cod.There will be May 14 - Christopher Dalton - The one walk in each town on both Saturday We’ll met Diane at an upcoming Natural History and Energetics of and Sunday. The dates for this event will CCBC meeting soon! Cormorants be announced early next year. PAGE4 THEKINGFISHER VOLUME35 — ISSUEI BIRDING CAPE COD WEEKEND EVENT - A BIG SUCCESS! Mary Keleher

Spring, May and 2 1st, the A VESPERSPARROW was reported This 20th Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7 Bird from Marconi in Wellfleet on Sunday. Cape Cod Club hosted what some Yellow-belliedSapsucker- 2 ing are now callingthe “First Annual Bird The total number of species seen was Downy Woodpecker - 39 Cape Cod Weekend Event.” 132 for the weekend, 114 on Saturday Hairy Woodpecker - 16 There were 33 walks lined up for the and 109 on Sunday. Northern Flicker - 18 weekend and 32 of them went off as Eastern Wood-Peewee - scheduled. The walks were based on Eastern Phoebe - 6 Canada Goose - 66 areas mentioned in the newly revised Great-crested Flycatcher - 59 Brant- 12 book BirdingCape Cod. Eastern Kingbird - 26 Mute Swan - 8 Blue-headed Vireo - we have an exact Wood Duck-5 Though do not Red-eyed Vireo - 16 because many of American BlackDuck - 23 number of participants Blue Jay - 360+ Mallard- 28 them attended more then one walk dur American Crow - 205+ event, total number of Common Eider - I ing the the par Fish Crow - 10 Scoter - 40 ticipants for all the walks was 367 — White-winged Horned Lark-9 Red-breasted Merganser - I I 200 on Saturday and 167 on Sunday. Purple Martin - 7 Pilgrim Northern Bobwhite - 6 There were 40 participants at the Tree Swallow - 104 on Saturday and Common Loon - 51 Heights Hawk Watch Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 6 2 Northern Gannet - 33 over 50 on Sunday. Every walk had or Bank Swallow - 2 Double-crested Cormorant - 186+ more participants. Barn Swallow- 56 Amer. Bittern 2 (Samebird possiblyseen twice) The weather for the weekend was Black-cappedChickadee- 233 Great BlueHeron - 12 almost perfect, with temperatures rang Tufted Titmouse - 89 Great Egret - 10 from the upper 40’s in the early Red-breasted Nuthatch - 9 ing Snowy Egret - 4 morning to low to mid 60’s in the after White-breasted Nuthatch - 23 Green Heron - 7 Winds gusty on both after Carolina Wren - 4 noon. were Black-crowned Night Heron - 23 blowing west/southwest. There House Wren -21 noons, Turkey Vulture- 14 were showers overnight Saturday in Marsh Wren - 6 Osprey - 79 some areas of the Cape and threatening Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Northern Harrier - 7 clouds did produce rain and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4 storm Bald Eagle - 2 (Samcbird possiblyseen twice) strong winds in areas late on Sunday. Eastern Bluebird - Sharp-shinned Hawk - 13 winds as well as the rain were Wood Thrush - These Cooper’s Hawk - 6 likelythe cause of the low numbers American Robin - 130+ most Red-shouldered Hawk - American Woodcocks seen (only 2) Gray Catbird - 184+ of Broad-winged Hawk - 40 Whip-poor-wills being reported Northern Mockingbird - 18 and no Red-tailedHawk - IS the scheduled dusk walks. Other European Starling ::: during American Kestrel - 10 both Cuckoos and Hermit Cedar Waxwing- 313 misses were Virginia Rail - numbers were Northern Parula- 10 Thrushes and Warbler Black-belliedPlover - 62 YellowWarbler - 76 very low. Plover - Semipalmated MagnoliaWarbler - 2 Highlights include: a report of a basic Piping Plover - 10 Yellow-rumpedWarbler - I Oystercatcher - 5 plumage first year female LAPLAND American Black-throatedGreen Warbler - 2 on Saturday at Hardings Greater Yellowlegs - 10 LONGSPUR Blackburnian Warbler - I - Beach in Chatham; a WORM-EATING SolitarySandpiper Pine Warbler - 85 - 58 WARBLERseen by two observers at the Willet Prairie Warbler - 20 Sandpiper - 6 Punkhorn Conservation Area in Brew Spotted Bay-breastedWarbler - Whimbrel - 3 ster on Saturday; a late DARK-EYED Blackpoll Warbler - 3 RuddyTurnstone - 9 ]UNCO reported from the East Sand Black-and-white Warbler - 10 - 12 wich Game Farm on Saturday, an imma Sanderling American Redstart - 9 Semipalmated Sandpiper - 18 ture BALDEAGLEflushed from a tree at Worm-eating Warbler - LeastSandpiper - 4 Crowes Pasture in Dennis and possibly Ovenbird - 36 Dunlin - I the same bird seen from the Punkhorn Common Yellowthroat - 113 Woodcock - 2 Conservation Area in Brewster on Sat American Scarlet Tanager - 10 An AMERICAN BITTERN was LaughingGull - 91 urday. Eastern Towhee - I 19+ Gull - I observed from both the Pilgrim Heights Bonapartes Chipping Sparrow - 80 Ring-billedGull - 28 walk and hawk watch and 210 Blue Jays Field Sparrow - 8 Gull— 153+ and 93 Cedar Waxwings were also re Herring Vesper Sparrow - Black-backed Gull — 148+ ported from the hawk watch. A BOBO Great Grasshopper Sparrow - 4 Tern - 82 LINKwas seen at MAS Long Pasture Common Savannah Sparrow - 5 - 64 Sanctuary in Barnstable on Saturday and LeastTern Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow - 7 PURPLEMARTINSwere reported, 2 MourningDove - 62 Song Sparrow - 86+ Swift- 39 at the West Harwich Conservation Area Chimney SwampSparrow - Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 9 Saturday and 5 from the Hawk Watch. White-throated Sparrow - 13 Belted Kingfisher - 9 (Cont’d on page 5) VOLUME 35 — ISSUE ThE KINGFISHER PAGE 5 fCarl Bergfors, Jr. Memorial Diane Silverstein Club History — Looking Back

In 200k, Cape Cod Bird Club member The first meeting of what we now Carl Bergfors, Jr. passedawayand hisfamily know as The Cape Cod Bird Club was generously requested that any donations in his called on November 20, 1971 by Mrs. memory from friends and familybe made to Lucien Rowell and Mrs. Herbert the Cape Cod Bird Club. A man who loved Whitlock for the purpose of forming a bu-dingand regularly took part in census bird club. Twenty-two people assembled activity, Carl was obviouslywell-loved and at 10 a.m. at the Cape Cod Bank&Trust respected. Nearly $1,000 was received. in Orleans. Mrs. Rowell presided, assistedby Mrs. Whitlock; Mrs. H. This summer, installationof a granite bench Whitman Newell acted as Secretary- in Carl’smemory began at Wing Island, on the Treasurer. Those present agreed that grounds of the Cape Cod Museumof Natural monthly meetings (on the first Monday History. Peter Johnson, a CCMNH Trustee and a strong supporter of this endeavor, of each month if a meeting place could met with me over the winter as we selected a lovely location on Wing Island. A short be found) and two field trips a month distance down the main trail, there is a beautiful area featuring a sundialcreated with would be an excellent way to begin. granite pillars of varying sizes. Carl’s bench is the perfect complement for this very Mr. Richard Cunningham agreed to lead peaceful spot. On behalf of the Club and the Museum, Peter worked for approval of the first field trip on Saturdaymorning, this project from the Town of Brewster (since this is their land) and approvalwas Dec. 11th. received in July. The following were appointed to The Club’s thanks alsogoes to Michael Dettrey who coordinated the installation assisthim as a field Trip Committee: process. On July 26, under Michael’sdirection, a small group worked to get this very Mr. & Mrs. Randy Bartlett, Mr. Robert heavy bench onto a dolly and down the boardwalk out to Wing Island.Joining Michael F. Pease, Mr. & Mrs. Wallace Bailey,and were Carl’swife, PatriciaBergforsand Mr. Lester Walsh. It was agreed to name

Christmas Count - cont’dfromPage1 their sons, Peter and Carl, alongwith the new organization the Cape Cod Bird Greg Hirth and Dick Jurkowsld. This hardy Club. group spent severalhours transporting and birds in specific areas in the Holiday Annualdues were set: $3 for individual season — and also keeping track of how installing the bench. With the installation memberships, $5 for a family and 50 much time and effort they expend to of the plaque and a few more details, cents for students. Everyone was pleased tally those birds. The CBC is the great it should be complete as you read this. with this first meeting and it was decided granddaddy of what has come to be The bench and the location are a end months, there called Citizen Science, where volunteer that, at the of three citizens partake in an activityand con beautiful tribute to one of our Cape Cod would be a formal election of officersand tribute data to a larger program. Scoffed Bird Club members, Carl Bergfors,Jr. by-laws would be considered. at by many scientists for decades, in recent times the CBC and other large volunteer-generated data sets have be ‘dfrom * * come the wave of future investigation Birding Weekend Stats t’ont page 4) * * * * * * for conservation biologists. * Nature’s Power * * * Dark-eyed]unco- I * k * k Population declines and increases, k k LaplandLongspur- k * * wintering ranges creeping northward * * Northern Cardinal- 104+ * * Time stops. Wepause, * with time, and the patterns of irruptive * * Rose-breastedGrosbeak- * * * Breathe in the beauty of thefall, * species over the years can all be studied * * Bobolink-I * * * ‘s to create * by investigations using Christmas Bird * Of Mother Nature power * Red-wingedBlackbird- 238+ * * * * And change and love us alL * Count data. CommonGrackle- 244+ * * * * Cowbird- 47 * She who, no matter how we live, * Brown-headed * * This program will look at the CBC in * * Orchard Oriole - 4 * Or what we do, and thisfor sure, * * * past, present, and future tenses, includ * * BaltimoreOriole - 93 * Willleave usfree, forgive, * using * * ing stories — as investigated the * * PurpleFinch- 2 * Repair, endure. * online CBC tool set — about how some * * House Finch- 28 * * species of birds are doing on local, AmericanGoldfinch- 203+ RobertF. Pease regional, and continental scales. HouseSparrow :1: THE PAGE 6 KINGFISHER VOLUME 33 — 55UE I

Ludlow Griscom Award In case any of you are wondering We miss our Hairy Woodpeckers, where Stauffer and Ellie Miller went but occasionally we see or hear a The coveted LudlowGriscom Award and how they’re doing, here’s a brief Pileated. A house wren began nest for 2006 was presented earlyand it was update from Ellie. ing in mid-july in one of our houses givento not just one person but to two (presumably a second family), and a members who have proved themselves We left the Cape on December to be a special‘team’withinthe Cape bluebird inspected the same house in 1st, our two cats riding for the first Cod BirdClub. the spring. We hear and see both time in a car, and took two days to American and Fish Crows together Staufferand ElinoreMillerwere told get to Charlottesville, VA. We they were beingawarded the Ludlow all around the county, which sur stayed until March 1st in a 3-room Griscom Award, muchto their surprise, prised us as we are many hours away furnished rental, one of many at at the November meeting— prior to from the coast. We frequently see their leavingfor a new home in Virginia. tached units. both Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned (The beautifullycarved Kingfisherwas Hawks circling and calling over our sent to them inApril.) We had emphasized to the realtor we worked with online that we house. Our yard list is now some The impactthat Staufferand Ellie wanted to live in a new house in the where in the low 40s. The squirrels made within the Cape Cod BirdClub and the Cape communitywas substantial. country, preferably where it was here have no idea how to reach Soon after comingto the Cape, wanting wooded. However, in a very short suet or seeds, so they are nor a to share their intense interest and love time, we realized we didn’t want to problem. of birding,the Millersjumped into the live in the country. We dismissed CCBC and both becamevery active im We’re both involved in many ac Plan A for two reasons: One, black mediately. tivities in Charlottesville and have bears make bird feeding next to im been able to attend quite a number Ellieserved as the Program Director possible; two, the traffic to get from 2001-2003 and also was the editor of the of concerts, lectures and bus tours. any rural area into town is far more newsletter, I999-200I. Writing also for Stauffet has seen a lot of his family daunting than we wanted to handle. the Cape Cod Times, Ellie’sarticles on now that we are so much closer to nature and the fun of birdingprovided Therefore, we ended up in a brick them and can keep up with activity education to readers and pointed them two-story 1950 house close to to the varied activitiesof our CCBC. at the 40-plus-acre marsh he owns downtown and all the other necessi •Today, manynewer members are a re in WV (Stauffer’sMarsh). suit of Ellie’scolumns.“Clubauctioneer” ties of life. We do have a smallish but was another title she enjoyed as she thick woods behind us. We miss you all and the Cape, coaxed us allto ‘bidhigher’to benefit but it’s been a good move for us. We went to our first bird club Birders’Exchange. We’d love to hear from you at meeting one week after our arrival. Staufferserved on the CCBC Board either Stauffer’semail or our home It’s much smaller than the Cape’s 1998-2001as Walks Coordinator. He address: 1698 Rugby Avenue, club and most members belong consistentlywas involvedin coordinating Charlottesville, VA 22903. and leadingthe annualcounts for Water mostly for the programs. Only a few fowl, Christmas, and BreedingBirds. lead field trips. Stauffer saw a chal Eeeieand Sta4frc

Staufferhelped us allbecome better lenge and said he’d like to lead a field birders in his quiet and unassumingway. trip on a Thursday. A Thursday? On a ‘StaufferWalk,’you knew he’dtake We NEVERdo week-day field trips! CCBC MERCHANDISE the time needed to haveyou really‘see’ AVAILABLE AT MEETINGS Well, he persisted and, to the sur the bird. Constantly seekingout new and interesting placesto bird, Stauffer prise of those in the know, he had Birding Cape Cod $ 15.95 added many new sites to the list,e.g. a nice turnout. He’s continued to CCBC Caps 15.00 Stauffer’sPuddleand his Rhode Island lead weekday trips and has built up CCBC Decals 1.00 CCBC Checklist .75 trek. a nice following, just as he did on CCBC Patches 3.00 We wish the Millerswell in their the Cape. CCBC Pins 5.00 new location. HappyBirding!Congratu BinoclCamera Straps 12.50 Our yard birds are nothing spe lationsto you both! Organizer Packs 17.00 cial, just the usual expected species. PAGE 7 THE KINGFISHER VOLUME 35 — ISSUE

Audubon of Florida’s Bald Eagle tions to collectors and manufacturers of Sinceits inception, Birders’Exchange Stamp Program stamp kits. With the proceeds, the Cen has served more than 500 groups in 30 ter is able to purchase extra supplies and countries and territories. In 2003 alone, c AudubonCenter for Birds of Prey, treats for the birds in its care. Birders’ Exchangesupplied equipment to Maitland,Floridais an urban environ dozens of programs in:Antigua,Argen mental nature center that specializes in The followingitems are the most use tina, Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile, Colom the rescue, medicalcare, rehabilitation ful to the program. (Both canceled and bia, Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominica,Do and release of sick,injured and orphaned uncanceleditems are accepted.) Unused minican Republic,Ecuador, ElSalvador, raptors. More than 40 percent of over postcards of any type, any foreign Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, 700 annual patients are returned to the stamps, any size commemoratives, air Jamaica,Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, wild. Some 20 different species of rap mailor special handlingstamps, stamps Paraguay,Peru, Puerto Rico,St. Lucia, tors, which cannot be returned to the affixedto envelopes but not canceled, Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago, United wild due to injuries,are used in our con S&Hgreen stamps or other trading States, Uruguay,Venezuela. servation education programs. Audubon stamps, any small-sizestamps except the Center for Birdsof Prey is a non-profit current single-letterrate. Only undam Should you wish to help, please consider organization and relies on visitor admis aged stamps can be sold. No metered donating some of the followingitems: sions, donations and adoptions to sup stamps or stamps with heavilysmeared port its work. cancels. Binoculars — we especiallyare in need of rubber armored and/or waterproof Over twenty years ago, the arrival of BIRDERS’EXCHANGE binoculars an injured Red-tailed Hawk at the Audu Digitalcameras bon Societystate headquarters, then in Birders’Exchangewas founded in GPS Units Maitland,marked the beginning of an 1990 by the Manomet Center for Con Spotting scopes ambitious effort to preserve birds of servation Science (MCCS). Tripods prey that has changed Florida’sskies Fieldguides to Neotropical birds forever! In 1996,MCCS(in Manomet, MA) Fieldguides to North American birds partnered with American BirdingAsso Ornithology texts The dream beganwith Doris Mager, ciation (ABA)to run the program and a Laptop computers the ‘EagleLady’who sought funding for a productive partnership blossomed, Backpacks place where injured hawks, eagles, owls buildingon the extensive birder network and others could receive prompt profes of ABAand the conservation linkswith The equipment must be in good working sional careapd children could also learn Latin Americaat MCCS.Sincelate Feb order. For example, the binoculars must about them and ways to protect their ruary 2002, the ABAhas run the pro be in proper alignment,the focus wheel environment. Funds were received in gram in its entirety and has made clear in operation, and the glasswithout flaws. memory of MadalynBaldwin,who loved that it willcontinue to develop and ex raptors, and the dream became a reality. pand the program, based on the vision For more info, set forth by the MCCS. www..americanbirding.org/bex Over the years, CCBC member, BessieTirrell, has faithfullycollected I. Send up to I5 digitalimagesin our stamps and postcards which are Digital Slide Show Rules for jpg format in a zip file attachment to Peter mailedto Maitland,FLand sold at auc Members Night Bono at [email protected]. Club member Peter Bono has again 2. Crop (if necessary) and resize the Welcome New Members! volunteered to assist in the digitalslide originalcamera imageto 1024x 768 portion of this year’s Members’ Night, resolution. Edward & Beverly Brink, Barnstable Monday,December II, 2006. 3. Name each file as follows: Vincent DeWitt, Harwich For members interested in showing “XXX_YYYYYY’(Y.jpg”where XXX Denise Hall, Harwich images,a list of instructions on how to are your initialsand YYYYYYYYis the James Jordan, Jr., W. Dennis participate follows. species name. Use the underscore Kevin Keleher, Plymouth Contact Peter Bono ASAPifyou character for spaces in the bird’s Ann MacDonald, W. Yarmouth (] intend to participate, even ifyou are name. For example, PRB_Black Kathleen McDowell, Harwich not yet prepared to email the zip file fronted Piping-guan.jpg. Margery Milkus, S. Chatham containing your images.This willgive 4. Send your images by November 30 Alan Nagel, Iowa City, IA Peter an idea of how many presenters to allow Peter enough time to put the Bradley Rode’, Buzzards Bay we willhave. Generallywe ask that whole slide show together. Ifyou have Gale Ross, Andover members submit 10-15images. questions, call Peter at 508-375-9421. Peter & Barbara Schaible, Brewster UijSJOAjTs — 11V113ddJflUIlUO3 &IZJVZIIZUON

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