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Cabeza Calling! Cabeza Calling! Volume 1, Number 3, February 2009. Editing, design and layout: Katarina and Peter Altshul Editorial Board: Lance Bell, Lynn Cooper, Helen Matthews Cabeza Calling is published by the Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association 1611 North Second Avenue, Ajo, Arizona 85321 [email protected] [email protected] Letter from the President Connecting to the World Beyond Ajo The Cabeza Prieta Natural Our organization is well known in Ajo as the group that leads Tours up Childs Mountain, History Association is a arranges the Lecture Series and leads Hikes to further our mission to promote knowledge private, non-governmental, and conservation of the Sonoran Desert. All these are very successful in terms of non-profit entity dedicated to participants and are generally growing more popular. A recent lecture had over ninety the promotion of the attendees and last spring one of the Childs Mountain tours had 100. When you factor in educational and interpretive how many of these we offer it becomes an impressive number of people who learn a little activities of the U.S. Fish & and enjoy the Natural History of our area. We co-sponsor the Sonoran Shindig in March Wildlife Service, in concert and have a presence along with the Refuge at the fall street fair, too. with the preservation of natural resources at the It may come as a surprise to learn that these things do not constitute our most public Cabeza Prieta National presence. In fact those numbers are dwarfed by the participation by people from around the Wildlife Refuge, as well as world who use the Internet to seek information about the flora and fauna of the Sonoran promoting interest in and Desert. Their browser returns our website, cabezaprieta.org. They click on our site and see knowledge of the Sonoran our offerings of factual information about Plants, Animals, Climate and the Ajo area. These Desert in southwestern “hits” come in at more than one per minute averaged around the clock, a total of almost Arizona. The Association was 650,000 last year. Our site is hosted as a contribution to us by Hurricane Electric started in Ajo, Arizona in 1995 (http://he.net/), a web hosting company in Fremont, CA. when it sponsored the first of the tours to the top of Childs Cabezaprieta.org is the work of Tom Powell, our webmaster, and Hank Jorgensen, who Mountain during National contributed to it for years and who has until recently been the naturalist for the Association. Wildlife Week. In addition to They were helped by others including Gayle Weyers. It is a phenomenal credit to their Childs Mountain tours, the efforts and the response to it has validated its importance. I see the website as our most Association also sponsors the important tool. It should be a living thing, adapting to our needs and the needs of people winter Natural History Lecture worldwide who wish to learn from an authoritative source. Making that happen is a tough Series, public field trips, runs assignment and one for which our efforts should be ongoing. the visitor center bookstore, This year we have added a Climate page and a link to Tom’s weather data so you can check participates in the Audubon Society Christmas Bird Counts, the heat even when you are in the cool summer of the northern US. Several of the Hikes the Great Backyard Bird and Tours have been added so you can preview them, or find an interesting place to hike Count, the Sonoran Shindig and get some background on the Natural History. For members there are meeting minutes and the Ajo Street Fair, and and the most recent issue of our newsletter to read or download. If there is an issue that collaborates with other local interests you we now have a links page to get to the internet sites of our congressmen, organizations and institutions national organizations who represent refuges and monuments, or their supporters. Birder in various fields. In addition, sites and other natural history sources are included as well. We have also added a link to volunteer opportunities with the outfitters REI. If you click through to their site and buy over the Internet, within a the Refuge are offered to members. month we get a small percentage to use for our programs. We believe this is a good way to support programs without raising dues or seeking more in donations. I hope it is well President: Ralph Hudson received and that it works for you and us. Some of you have contributed to the website and I thank you for that, others have given Vice-President: John Cooper suggestions which have been completed or are in the works. I see the spring and summer months as a great time to reflect on Ajo, the CPNHA and our site. We can build on the Treasurer: Regina Browne work of Hank, Tom and all the others who have contributed pictures, text, links and ideas. Secretary: Hope Noyes Please be a part of this by sending your work or your pictures (try to identify the subject first) to [email protected]. Executive Board Members: The foundation of this is so good and so well received that we are well on our way. Bruce Davis, Jim Hedrick, Mimi However, it is not like a hike, as there is no destination, only other steps to take and new Phillips vistas to reach. – Yr fthfl srvnt Ralph Hudson, President Website: http://cabezaprieta.org C Letter from the Editors declined significantly. We had also observed marked declines in wintering birds as well. This was quite disconcerting. One An Evolving Organization and Refuge of the purposes of conducting the annual Christmas Bird As the CPNHA continues to grow and develop along with the Counts is to assess the condition of bird populations refuge, there are exciting possibilities for improvement on throughout North America. After the last two counts, I had almost every front, and they are being acted upon. The become quite concerned about both wintering and breeding newsletter is a tool for informing members and visitors about birds in the lower portions of the Sonoran Desert. current events and developments in the Association and on the Fortunately, we were able to find many more birds than we refuge, and keeping people connected to issues concerning the had in the last two years. The numbers were still well below Sonoran Desert and conservation in general. In this issue of our average counts, but we did find birds. Gambel’s Quail Cabeza Calling, we present in more detail several activities continue to be rare out in the desert washes, but are abundant which have occurred or are ongoing within the Association in town. Many of the wintering sparrows have returned, and it and on the refuge, such as the Christmas Bird Count, the was great to see Sage Sparrows and Chipping Sparrows once Pronghorn Recovery Program and the Sonoran Desert again. Eurasian Collared Doves continue to increase within the Education Program. We also feature articles by local greater Ajo metropolis, but still are rare out in the desert. biologists on biological soil crusts and the Desert Tortoise One other noteworthy occurrence is the addition of several (currently under consideration for inclusion on the Endangered new participants in the Christmas Bird Counts. When I first Species List), which touch on sensitive issues regarding arrived here, we had a large group of folks who would border-related damage, natural resource management and participate in the counts. However, over time the numbers policymaking. have dwindled significantly. I believe there is a need to Our next issue will be the last one of our first season. We develop some birding programs on the refuge to generate an welcome all contributions; the deadline is April 1. Finally, as interest in birding. This is a goal that can be accomplished the temperatures start to increase, the Association’s last couple through a partnership between the Cabeza Prieta Natural of field trips and desert walks in March offer a great History Association and the refuge. Projects such as the one opportunity to get out and enjoy the desert! we are currently developing to create photography blinds and improve bird habitat in and around the pupfish pond behind the refuge visitor center should improve the area as bird News from the Refuge habitat. Hopefully, we will be able to hold birding workshops around the area and introduce school groups and visitors News interested in learning more about birds and hopefully sparking a lifelong interest in birds and the environment. As many of you know, the refuge is currently working with many of our neighboring land management agencies and partners in developing a second Sonoran pronghorn population in southern Arizona. This is one of the projects I am the most proud of; I can remember conducting the Sonoran pronghorn survey in the winter of 2002. We estimated the entire U.S. population of pronghorn to be between 19 and 21 animals. We were in dire times and most of the refuge staff’s energy was directed toward ensuring pronghorn continued to exist on the refuge. Over the last eight years we have had some demonstrable successes (and some failures). Five years after the construction of the captive rearing pen, we have more than twice as many pronghorn in the pen than we had in the entire U.S. population. Furthermore, we have been releasing males K. Altshul Photo: into the wild population for three years, and this year marks the first time we have released females into the population. Christmas Bird Count ’07, Cameron Tank The release of females is a major step forward.
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