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OUR MISSION Alaska to Arizona, Photos of the West The mission of the Eastside Thursday, October 26 - 7:00pm Audubon Society is to protect, preserve and enhance natural Award winning photographer, Mick Birdnote, the NRDC, and many ecosystems and our communities Thompson, will take us on a tour other conservation organizations. for the benefit of , other through his most popular photos and His Gambel’s Quail photo placed wildlife and people. videos from Barrow, Alaska to the second this year in the National American southwest desert. His bird Audubon’s Top 100 photo contest CORVID CRIER CONTENTS photos are regularly used by the and his Anna’s Hummingbird photo National Audubon Society as well won the grand prize in Tucson Program Night pg 1 as numerous other Audubon chapters Audubon’s 2017 Hummingbird Oxbow Farm pg 1 throughout the country. Mick’s Photo Contest! Please join us for What Do We Call A pg 2 photos have also been used by BBC an amazing night with an amazing, Young Bird? Earth, the National Park Service, award-winning photographer! ■ Bird of the Month pg 3 the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Community Events pg 3 Oxbow Farm and Conservation Center Field Trips & Training pg 4 By Cate Forsyth raising a cougar versus a house cat. Remembrance, Dr. Diller pg 5 Native plants are important to the The varied degrees of dormancy Birdathon Round Up pg 5 health of our landscapes and provide found in native seeds creates chal- Remember the Numbers pg 6 more food and shelter for our local lenges in coaxing them to germinate. While seed dormancy allows for EOTY Nominations pg 6 birds. I recently had the pleasure of visiting Oxbow Farm & Conservation staggered germination and therefore PSE Rate Hearing pg 6 Center in Carnation and speaking better long-term survival in the Holiday Gift Wrap Fundraiser pg 7 to Bridget McNassar, the Native natural landscape, it can make Plant Nursery Manager, to learn a germination rates in the nursery little bit more about their work. quite low. There is a significant Oxbow’s nursery, established in 2013, lack of research and published CONTACT US grows approximately 130 native information regarding the propagation The Eastside Audubon Society plant species. They supply plants of native plants, but Oxbow has office is located downstairs in for local restoration and landscaping made it their mission to share what Northlake Unitarian projects, as well as to nurseries and they learn about growing native plants with other growers and Universalist Church. plant sale events. The majority of their plants are grown from seed, nursery professionals. 308 4th Avenue South often collected from plants within Oxbow Farm & Conservation Center Kirkland, WA 98083 the Snoqualmie Valley. is a nonprofit organization that is 425-576-8805 Bridget discussed one of the major also active in environmental education, [email protected] challenges in native plant production: restoration, volunteer and P.O. Box 3115 discovering the germination process citizen science programs, and the Kirkland, WA 98083 for each different species. She likened practice of sustainable farming on their 240 acre property. Please visit Office Hours: trying to germinate native species versus more cultivated species to oxbow.org to learn more.■ Mon, Tues, Fri. 9:00am - 1:00pm PAGE 1 CHAPTER MEETINGS What Do We Call A Young Bird? Unless otherwise noted, meetings take place at Northlake By Andy McCormick The fledgling is maturing but still Unitarian Universalist Church. Young birds often take center stage dependent on an adult. The flight Use the downstairs entrance on when we are out birding in summer. feathers are the result of the bird’s State Street. It’s fun to watch their begging for first prebasic molt when downy feathers are replaced by contour Conservation Committee food and feeding by their parents. Young birds can present an identi- and flight feathers. These first true Oct 11, 7:00 to 9:00pm feathers may be juvenile plumage Meets the second Wednesday of fication challenge as their plumage is different from the adult plumage (also called juvenal plumage by every month except July and some authors) in many songbirds, August. This is an effective group they will eventually develop at some time in their life. or first adult plumage such as in engaged in activism and hands-on shorebirds. This distinction is from conservation projects. Email Peter This summer I had several conver- Steve Howell’s book on Molt in Marshall at [email protected] sations about what we call birds North American Birds. for more info. that are not adults. It all started with the question, “What is the Juvenile: “A young individual Photo Group difference between a juvenile and resembling an adult of its kind Oct 12, 7:00 to 9:00pm immature bird?” This question except in size and reproductive Meets the second Thursday of appears on the internet with some activity, as, a fledged bird not yet every month in the church frequency. My search prompted a in adult plumage” (Merriam-Web- sanctuary. All levels welcome. wider discussion about the terms ster Collegiate Dictionary). The If you like, bring photos on a flash nestling, fledgling, hatch-year bird, juvenile may be either a nestling drive to share. Email Larry Engles and sub-adult bird. So, I investigated or a fledgling, or older immature [email protected] for more info. this a bit and have come up with birds that may take several years to this glossary of descriptions of mature to adulthood, such as gulls Youth Education Committee and raptors. Oct 3, 7:00 to 8:30pm birds that are not adults. There are Meets the first Tuesday of every many definitions for some of these Hatch-year bird: “bird in first month except December and words, but these are the ones I like calendar year in first basic plumage” August. Open to anyone who likes the best. (Pyle, et al, 1980). Hatch-year to share nature with youth. Email Nestling: “A young bird that is birds are out of downy feathers and [email protected] not yet old enough to leave the out of the nest and independent. I for more info. nest” (Dictionary.com). One gathered that this term is used by definition added that the bird could bird banders, who spend a lot of EAS Book Club not fly away from the nest, but we time learning to age birds. Oct 17, 6:30 to 8:00pm know that in some species young Sub-adult bird: “A bird after its Meets the third Tuesday of every birds walk out of the nest, e.g. juvenile year that has not reached month at the EAS office. RSVP shorebirds and owls. Other defini- adulthood” (Center for Conserva- required; email Becky Serabrini tions simply said a bird that has tion Biology). For example, second [email protected] not left the nest, but I preferred and third cycle gulls and raptors. Board Meeting the definition that referred to the Immature bird: “When in doubt Oct 23, 6:30pm nestling’s lack of ability to leave use ‘Immature’ for any bird that Interested guests may attend the the nest. Nestlings are still depen- is not an adult. ‘Juvenile’ is more monthly board meeting. Email Jan dent on adults, and the plumage in specific, describing a bird still in McGruder [email protected] some species is downy feathers. its juvenile plumage. This plumage for more info. Fledgling: “A young bird that is held only briefly for many has left the nest and has usually songbirds (just a few weeks after acquired flight feathers, but is leaving the nest) or up to a year for MATERIAL SUBMISSION often not yet able to fly” some larger birds like hawks. Once FOR THE CORVID CRIER (thefreedictionary.com). Some a bird has molted out of this plum- Email material to definitions said simply, “a bird age it is no longer a juvenile. If you can’t determine this, but know [email protected] that has just fledged,” but this is that the bird isn’t an adult, just use with “Corvid Crier Quarterly” in too simple for our purpose. I chose the definition that again related to ‘Immature’” (eBird). Sometimes the subject heading. the bird’s ability to care for itself. the simple solution is the best. ■ PAGE 2 Bird of the Month | Gray ( canadensis)

often seen foraging around campsites build a bulky nest fairly close to and picnic tables and will sometimes the ground and near the trunk of a follow hikers. conifer. Typically, 3-4 pale gray to Stores Food For Retrieval in Winter greenish eggs are deposited. Young jays will leave the nest in about Food storage in Gray Jays has been four weeks after hatching and will well-studied and researchers have remain with the parents for another found that these jays are omnivorous month (Kaufman). and will eat and store insects, spiders, berries, seeds, small rodents, birds’ Climate Warming Poses a Risk eggs and carrion. To prepare food Gray Jays may expand their range for storage they roll the item in northward as the climate warms their mouth coating it with their and the boreal forest shifts north- sticky saliva and then stick it in ward. There is some evidence that the crotch of a tree, under bark or some conifer species at the southern lichen, or in coniferous foliage edge of the Gray Jay’s range are (Strickland and Ouellet). retreating to the north and up the One study has shown that the Gray slopes of mountains (Strickland Jay behaves like a scatterhoarder and Ouellet). and will cache food close to the The Gray Jay shares the genus food source, and will also distribute Gray Jay. Photo by Mick Thompson. Perisoreus with two other species, food in smaller amounts to caches the (P. infaustus), farther from the source. Recovery which populates northern Eurasia, Length: 11.5 inches of food from the caches has been and the Sichuan Jay (P. internigrans) Wingspan: 18 inches monitored and use of memory confined to the Tibetan Plateau. Weight: 2.5 ounces (70 grams) to recall placement of a cache is The genus name is from the Greek AAU Code: GRAJ implied by the little time the birds perisoreous, to heap up all around, spend on foraging in winter with probable reference to the By Andy McCormick (Strickland and Ouellet). bird’s hoarding behavior. The Gray Jay’s species name canadensis The Gray Jay is a tough resident of Adaptive Late Winter Breeding refers to its range across northern spruce and fir forests in high moun- Breeding begins in February across North American including Alaska tains where it remains throughout most of this jay’s range. Researchers and Canada (Holloway). the year. have hypothesized that the schedule You can see a video of a Gray Jay This fluffy gray and white jay with of early breeding is adaptive for keeping an eye on an American a round head is often quiet and may Gray Jays because it provides Bison while making short flights startle an observer as it appears more time in summer and fall for typical of the species at The suddenly on a nearby branch. It moves juveniles to learn how to cache Macaulay Library by following through the forest in short flights food, and for adults to cache their this link http://macaulaylibrary.org/ marked by silent gliding and steep own food in preparation for winter video/416196. descents when food is present. The (Strickland and Ouellet). Gray Jay is “well known for taking Mated pairs remain together References available upon food from humans” (Strickland and through the year, and while the request from amccormick@east- Ouellet). These “camp robbers” are ground is still snow covered, they sideaudubon.org. ■

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Molbak's Harvest Festival, Woodinville • Sat, Oct 7 - 10:00am to 2:00pm Salmon Days, Issaquah • Sat & Sun, Oct 7 & 8 - 10:00am to 6:00pm Viva Volunteer Fair, Kirkland • Sat, Oct 14 - 10:00am to 2:00pm PAGE 3 FIELD TRIP DETAILS Children 8 years and older are Upcoming Field Trips & Events welcome on all trips; 17 years and younger must have an adult companion. Please be sure to visit eastsideaudubon.org for complete information on these FRS Radio owners, please consider field trips and any recent additions. The website will have more detailed bringing your radio on trips. descriptions of each trip, the meet-up location, and cost. Find reports of the last month’s Juanita Bay Park Interpretive Tour • Sun, Oct 1 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm field trips at www.eastsideaudu- Eastside Park Rangers lead this easy, one-hour walk on the first Sunday bon.org/birding/field-trips. of every month. Free. Children aged 6 and above, accompanied by an Some trips may require a Discover adult, are welcome. No registration required. EAS office 425-576-8805. Pass, which is $10 daily or $30 Whidbey Island • Tues, Oct 10 - 7:00am to 5:00pm annually. It can be purchased Whidbey Island is an excellent birding spot any time of the year. We will online at discoverpass.wa.gov or work our way up the island looking for waterbirds, raptors, and . at a sporting goods store. Registration required. Brian Bell 425-485-8058. Email general questions to [email protected]. Snoqualmie Valley • Sat, Oct 14 - 7:00am to 2:00pm We’ll spend the morning on a drive through the farmlands of the FIELD TRIP Snoqualmie Valley in Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall. We’ll look for MEETING PLACES raptors, waterfowl including ducks, gesse and possible swans, and a Kingsgate Park & Ride variety of resident and wintering land birds. No registration required. 13001 116th Way NE, Kingsgate Led by Andy McCormick 425-518-0892. Meet in the southeast corner. Juanita Bay Park Bird Walk • Tues, Oct 17 - 8:00am to 12:00pm Wilburton Park & Ride A relaxed walk in the park, seeing what birds are in the area. Meets the 720 114th Ave. SE, Bellevue third Tuesday of each month. This can be an enjoyable walk for teens as I-405, Exit 12 well as adults. No registration required. Mary Frances Mathis 425-803-3026. Newport Hills Park & Ride Lake Sammamish State Park • Wed, Oct 18 - 8:00am to 12:00pm 5115 113th Place SE, Bellevue This urban park offers a wide assortment of birds and due to I-405, Exit 9 its varied ecosystems. The trip will involve walking approximately 2-3 South Kirkland Park & Ride miles. Meet just inside the main entrance; take the first left into the large 10610 NE 38th Place, Kirkland parking lot and meet at the northeast end. A Discover Pass is required Tibbetts Lot to park. No registration required. Co-led by Sharon Aagaard and Stan 1675 Newport Way NW, Issaquah Wood. Call Sharon with questions 425-891-3460. Meet across the street from Birding Hot Spots of King County • Mon, Oct 23 - 9:00am to 12:00pm the large parking garage at the Monthly field trip on the fourth Monday of the month to wherever the west end. birds are. Meet before 9:00am at the north end of the Newport Hills P&R (I-405, exit 9) and plan to be back by noon. Carpool cost per passenger $2-$4 depending on destination. No registration required. Led by Rusty Hazzard 425-652-1006. MONTHLY WORK PARTY Juanita Bay Park Interpretive Tour • Sun, Nov 5 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm AT MARYMOOR PARK Eastside Park Rangers lead this easy, one-hour walk on the first Sunday The habitat restoration work of every month. Free. Children aged 6 and above, accompanied by an party meets the first Saturday adult, are welcome. No registration required. EAS office 425-576-8805. of every month from 9:00am to noon. Meet at the kiosk of Field Trip Leader Training • TBD the Audubon BirdLoop at Are you passionate about sharing your love of birds? Do you find yourself Marymoor Park, Lot G. Parking pointing out birds to hiking buddies and family members? You could be pass provided. Bring water, a field trip leader! We’ll be offering a training this winter for aspiring snack, gloves, a shovel and/or field leaders. You’ll ineract with seasoned leaders and learn how to plan a rake. Call the EAS office and lead your own field trip. See eastsideaudubon.org for upcoming class 425-576-8805 for more info. dates.

PAGE 4 Loss of a Remarkable Wildlife Biologist, Professor, and Person By Laura Weisel findings on spotted owl habitat use A permanent scholarship endowment This year we mourn the loss of Dr. and distributions, leading to over fund was created in Lowell’s honor Lowell Diller, former Sr. Biologist 35 peer-reviewed publications this year to support and inspire for Green Diamond Resource during his career. He received future generations of Humboldt Company and Professor at Humboldt substantial recognition for his State University scholars. The State University in northern contributions in the wildlife field, Eastside Audubon Society recently California. Last April (2016), including numerous local, state, gave a generous donation of $100 Dr. Diller delivered a presentation and national certificates and awards. to the scholarship, and if you would for the Eastside Audubon Society Dr. Diller made a tremendous like to provide additional monetary on the controversial topic of managing contribution to wildlife science support to the Lowell Diller barred owls to save the federally and inspired countless students and Scholarship Endowment, you can threatened northern spotted owl, a biologists with his love of science, do so by visiting the website listed species that Lowell worked with his upbeat and approachable attitude, below or calling 707-826-5200. for over 25 years. Lowell’s work in and strong ethical views. https://alumni.humboldt.edu/giv- northern California revealed new ing/lowell-diller-endowment. ■ Birdathon 2017 Round-up By Andy McCormick We had some winners in our friendly Marlene Meyer and Jim Rettig Birdathon 2017 was an amazing contests. Andy McCormick’s team developed their own teams and success! We exceeded our goal of the Karismatic Kestrels raised the obtained pledges for donations. $35,000 by collecting $36,602.90! most money and saw the most birds A number of office volunteers This includes donations for field at 109 species. Jim Rettig, the helped to prepare materials and trips, pledges for Birdathon teams, perennial leader in donations came send out the mailing including and other donations from members in a close second and clearly won Helen LaBouy, Jim Roberts, Nancy and their friends and family of the race for most money raised by Roberts, Karen Wear, Terry Wear, $21,602.90, plus the matching an individual. and Jill Keeney. Each of these grant of $15,000 from The Melody It takes many people to make volunteers received an appreciation S. Robidoux Foundation Donor Birdathon a success. We had nine gift of a Zeiss Lens Cleaning Kit. Advised Fund at the Community field trips with a total of 67 people If you volunteered for Birdathon Foundation of Southern Arizona. who attended the trips. We want to and are not on this list please let us know so that we can thank you too. We saw a lot of birds. In fact, the thank all our field trip leaders: total number of bird species seen Hugh Jennings, MaryFrances Thank you to all who donated to or heard for the Big Days and field Mathis, Sharon Aagaard, Stan Wood, support the chapter and the birds trips was 158. Some special birds Antonio Montanana, Lori Danielson, and their habitat. The EAS board were sighted during the Birdathon Etta Cosey, Brian Bell, Nancy Hubly, members thank you all for your month in May. Among them were Tim and Jan McGruder, Marlene continued support of the work of Greater White-fronted Goose at Meyer, and Andy McCormick. Eastside Audubon. ■ Nisqually NWR, Bullock’s Oriole Others volunteered to join a at Lake Sammamish State Park, Big Day team. Carol Ray, Mick Pygmy Nuthatch and a Veery at Thompson, Maureen Sunn, and the Cle Elum Railroad Ponds, Nancy Hubly joined the Karismatic Loggerhead Shrike along Old Kestrels led by Andy McCormick, Vantage Road, a Whimbrel on and Sharon Aagaard, Stan Wood, Whidbey Island, Great Horned and Margaret Snell joined the Owls at three different places, seven Whidbey Wingdings led by Hugh different flycatchers, all seven Jennings. Tim and Jan McGruder swallows, eight different warblers, led their family team the Raven and ten different sparrows. Maniacs.

PAGE 5 Remember the Numbers By Jim Rettig Baker, two members of the old that an increase of far less than 16 On August 6 fifteen EAS members Republican establishment, both of degrees would lead to “cataclysmic met at a local theater and viewed whom have little clout in today’s and irreversible consequences” and Al Gore’s most recent documentary far-right Republican leadership, so would render our planet unrecog- on climate change: “An Inconve- I have little faith that this plan will nizable. nient Sequel.” It documents the go very far. So the basic story is 6 versus 16. increased climatic chaos that has We have a fight on our hands, folks. Will fossil fuel companies willingly taken place around the world since Republican leadership in Congress give up the opportunity to turn his first documentary ten years ago has denied the reality of climate fossil fuel resources into profits? and explains the role fossil fuels change for at least the last 20 years. Will we let these companies have played in that chaos. We need And those who make money off continue to treat our atmosphere to take action now, says Gore, for fossil fuels will not very willingly like their own private sewer? Or we are running out of time. give that all up. Consider these two will we the people tell them they One action that could be taken to numbers: 6 and 16. And remember can’t? For the latter to happen, reduce our use of carbon is to tax them. “The first number, 6, is the citizens will need to elect a smart, the use of fossil fuels, with the estimated value in trillions of strong, effective federal govern- ultimate goal of keeping as much dollars of fossil fuel reserves that ment with the political authority to of it in the ground as possible. As would be ‘unburnable’ if the world say “No longer.” our group gathered for dinner after committed itself to preventing *From Jacob S. Hacker & Paul the documentary, I handed out global temperatures from rising Pierson, American Amnesia: How an article from The Washington more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. the War on Government Led Us Spectator (Vol. 43, No. 8, August The second number, 16, is the to Forget What Made America 1, 2017) entitled “A Carbon Tax estimated number of degrees Great, Simon & Schuster, 2016, p. with Legs.” The author noted that Fahrenheit that the earth’s tem- 288. Numbers from Connor and last June Exxon formally endorsed perature could be expected to rise McCarthy, “World On Course for what is called a Republican carbon if all these resources were actually Catastrophic 6 degree Rise, Reveal tax plan. The authors of this plan consumed.”* Scientists,” Independent (UK), are George Shultz and James Recent scientific reports suggest October 22, 2011. ■ Environmentalist of the Year Nominations The Conservation Committee will advocacy, education in the commu- 2) Historical involvement with be reviewing nominations for this nity, or other efforts benefitting the environmental issues through a annual chapter award, traditionally environment. It can be presented to conservation project, an educational presented at the annual dinner in an individual or a group. program, a scientific investigation, January. Here is a chance to honor Submit nominations to Pete Marshall writing, or other work of sufficient someone who is going beyond the of the Conservation Committee, durability to have had an impact in call of duty in protect and improve [email protected]. Your the community. habitat for , birds and people. written statement should explain 3) The impact of that work on It gives the chapter a chance to how your nominee meets one or protecting birds, other wildlife or call attention to their efforts and more of the following criteria: habitat. possibly encourage others to come 4) The impact of the work on the forward. The award recognizes 1) Shows a keen interest in the knowledge or involvement of contributions made through environment and nature; community members. ■ Chapter Testimony at Puget Sound Energy Rate Hearing By Pete Marshall should specifically preclude revenue over the past several years to state The chapter submitted a statement being spent to extend the utility’s and local officials and agencies to to the Washington Utilities and use of Colstrip, Montana coal beyond eliminate coal as a source of power, Transportation Committee at a field a termination date of 2025. Holding and prevent the development of hearing in Bellevue July 31st. Our fast to that deadline is essential to export terminals to send American statement, delivered at the hearing pressuring PSE to convert 100% coal to be burned in other nations. and also in writing, urged the UTC to renewable energy sources by One of these was the Gateway to assure that any rate adjustment that year. This is one of a series of Pacific Coal Terminal in Whatcom granted to Puget Sound Energy statements the chapter has made County, (continued on pg 7) PAGE 6 (continued from pg 6) for which wraps, our bows are pre-made and Volunteers, Please the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers easy to use. Report Your Hours finally denied a permit in 2016. To volunteer for a wrapping shift The chapter also urged state denial or to help make the cloth gift bags, Volunteeers, please report your of permits for a huge coal terminal please contact Roberta (roberta@ hours one of two ways: development in Longview, a proposal • Send an email with your hours still in litigation. The July 31 field lewandowski.com) or Jill Keeney ([email protected]). We look to [email protected] hearing in Bellevue drew testimony audubon.org. forward to a great event. ■ from well over 100 citizens, the • Call the office 425-576-8805 vast majority of whom were also and ask the receptionist to report protesting the utility’s proposed your hours. electric rate increase. It was benefi- cial to present our chapter’s testi- mony before that crowd of mostly EAS Officers, Committee Chairs, Staff Eastside residents, and entered into the UTC record. It provided an opportunity to mention Audubon’s Executive Officers 2014 Birds and Climate Change President Jan McGruder [email protected] report as a reason for our opposition Vice President Jim Rettig [email protected] to coal as a continuing source of Secretary Lori Danielson [email protected] Washington’s electric power. ■ Treasurer Nancy Hubly [email protected] Board Members and Committee Chairs Our Holiday Gift Wrap Birding Tricia Kishel [email protected] Fundraiser Communication Hannah communications By Jill Keeney and Thompson-Garner @eastsideaudubon.org Comm. Outreach OPEN Roberta Lewandowski Conservation Pete Marshall [email protected] Volunteers are needed to help with Education OPEN our gift wrap program – a fun and Financial Devel. OPEN easy event that is one of the best Membership Antonio Montañana [email protected] fundraisers for Eastside Audubon! Volunteer Coor. Margaret Lie [email protected] At Lrg Board Mbr Marlene Meyer [email protected] There are two ways you can help: At Lrg Board Mbr OPEN (2 positions) First, we need help before the gift wrap day with sewing the cloth gift Other Committee Chairs bags. This gathering is happening Adult Education Becky Serabrini [email protected] in October with colorful holiday Birdathon Andy McCormick [email protected] fabrics already purchased by EAS. Bird Questions Mary Francis Mathis [email protected] Sewing tasks include: cutting, sew- Citizen Science OPEN ing, and ironing. We are thinking of Christmas Bird Count Sharon Cormier- [email protected] having a sewing bee, maybe at the Aagaard office, to share the tasks and each Field Trips Dawn Huss [email protected] other’s company. Holiday Gift Wrap Roberta Lewandowski [email protected] Hospitality Melinda Bronsdon [email protected] Second, wrap gifts at the Issaquah Juanita Bay Rangers Wendy Fawcett [email protected] REI in December. Add your name Lights Out For Birds Marla Koberstein [email protected] to the list of volunteers who wrap Nature Walks Marla Koberstein [email protected] gifts and have fun meeting people Newsletter (online) Sarah Creech [email protected] at the popular gift wrap table at Newsletter (print) Cate Forsyth [email protected] REI. If you don’t like to wrap, you Photo Group Larry Engles [email protected] can talk to customers who are wait- Photographer Mick Thompson [email protected] ing for their gift to be wrapped by Program Night Coor. Laura Weisel [email protected] answering questions about local Publicity OPEN birds, and tell them what we do for Webmaster Tyler Hartje [email protected] birds and their habitat. Wrapping Youth Education Diane Crestanello [email protected] gifts for this event is simple, with Staff increasing demand for our pre-made General Manager OPEN [email protected] cloth gift bags. And for traditional Program Coor. 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