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Coolest Bird September 2012 Volume 43, Issue 6 Colorado's “Coolest Bird” Presented by: Jason Beason, Special Monitoring Projects Coordinator for Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Thursday, September 13, 2012 Social Time: 7 p.m.; Presentation 7:30 p.m Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive Regarded as Colorado’s coolest bird, the Black on a wide variety of research projects involving Swift is one of the most mysterious bird species birds in eight western states. He has conducted in the western United States. Despite its large bird surveys in locations as remote as the Frank distribution, it is also Church Wilderness Area one of the least studied in Idaho and as urban as bird species in North "the strip" in Las Vegas, America. Until 2012, Nevada. He and his there was virtually no wife, Kerry, own and information about where operate Rain Crow Farm these birds went during near Paonia, Colorado, the winter months. where they have tallied There are still informa- 173 species of birds. tion gaps about the life You won't want to miss history of the species. this presentation on We don’t have a thor- Sept. 13 at the Fort ough understanding of Collins Senior Center. its distribution and we The program is free and have no idea of the total the public is welcomed. Black Swift by Lee Farrell. population size through- out its range. Most research on the species has Update Your Email Address taken place in Colorado, thanks to a small group Hey FCAS Members—are you missing your of dedicated citizen scientists. electronic copy of the Ptarmigan? It could be a Jason Beason, Special Monitoring Projects Co- problem with your email address. Help us keep ordinator, Science Division of the Rocky Moun- your information current by sending your email tain Bird Observatory, moved west after receiv- address to fortcollinsaudubonmember- ing a bachelor's degree from Ohio State Univer- [email protected]. Please include your name and sity in 1990, where he majored in natural re- mailing address in the email so that we can find sources. He began birding and has since worked you in the members list. President’s Corner by Bill Miller “Democracy is not a spectator sport. Democracy is about the participation of citizens. It is a jour- ney where diversity is celebrated, the public good is negotiated, and intense deliberation and dia- logue are conducted. It is about being involved.” --Miriam Wyman, Learning to Engage "...democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies. The more people there are, the less one individual matters." -- Isaac Asimov Bylaws Revisions Periodically an organization must revisit its have paid an annual newsletter subscription fee bylaws, made necessary because an organiza- to the chapter, or (c) both. tion evolves. Section 5 of Article I, which deals with removal At its August meeting the FCAS board ap- from the Society’s rolls, was expanded to in- proved numerous bylaws changes, most of clude removal of those who have failed to renew which were relatively minor wording changes, their NAS dues and/or those who have failed to such as replacing “Chairperson” with “Chair.” renew their newsletter subscription fee. However there were significant changes to Arti- A new Section 6 was added to more accurately cle I on membership. It was clarified that mem- describe the services that those who have paid bers of the “Society” (FCAS chapter) would in- NAS-only dues will receive. clude those who (a) have paid dues to the Na- A complete marked-up version of the bylaws tional Audubon Society (NAS), (b) those who revisions is found at http://www.fortnet.org/ Audubon/. Click on “About Fort Collins Audu- bon” and then on “Constitution and Bylaws FCAS CONTACTS (html).” These changes will be voted upon at the [email protected] October program meeting. President & Conservation Chair Bill Miller 970-493-7693 [email protected] Membership Chair Liz Pruessner 970-484-4371 [email protected] Vice President & Education Chair Joann Thomas Upcoming Elections 970-482-7125 We are approaching the time when we will [email protected] elect board officers and directors for 2013. We Field Trip Coordinator hope to identify three or more people to serve on Rich Roberts a nominating committee and announce their 970-407-8523 names and contact information in the October [email protected] issue of the Ptarmigan. Program Chair The problem we face every year is that for Jessie Meschievitz [email protected] various reasons some current members of the 970-686-1424 board no longer wish to serve. Finding replace- Newsletter Editor ments for those individuals is never easy—it Carol Jones takes these volunteers, as well as money, to 970-482-6295 keep the organization operating. [email protected] Next month we will post brief job descriptions For other FCAS contacts visit www.fortnet.org/ on the Web site so that you can determine if one audubon/leadership.htm of the available positions might be a good fit. Page 2 www.fortnet.org/audubon PTARMIGAN Conservation Corner by Bill Miller “The suburb is a place where a developer cuts down all the trees to build houses, and then names the streets after the trees.” -- Bill Vaughn "The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in do- ing so, denies the rightfulness of creation. We have said - to the point of repletion, perhaps - that man is not to take his patterns from nature; but neither is he to waste himself in seeking to change her face." -- Richard Weaver (1910 - 1963), from “Ideas Have Consequences” (1948), page 171 Why Conservation is Conservativetm ConservAmerica (formerly known as, Republi- embrace environmental protection. The re- cans for Environmental Protection (REP)) is a sult has been a polarizing battle that is not national organization of United States Republi- at all about the advance of conservative prin- can Party voters formed in 1995. REP’s stated ciples, but rather the advance of special in- purpose was to strengthen terest political agendas. the Republican Party’s stance “Republicans for Environ- on environmental issues and mental Protection and its support efforts to conserve sister organization Conser- natural resources and protect vAmerica have been argu- human and environmental ing that “Conservation is health. Incorporated in Illi- Conservativetm” since their nois, its headquarters are in inception. The argument is Sturgis, Michigan. based on essential ele- On March 30, 2012, REP ments of conservative President Rob Sisson and thought that have been Chairwoman Tina Beattie articulated by conserva- announced that the organiza- tives throughout history, tion would be changing its name to Conserv- including the very founders of modern con- America. ConservAmerica had been the name of servatism.” REP's sister 501(c)3 organization; that nonprofit Following the above information, quotations are is now called the ConservAmerica Education provided and attributed to the following Fund. “conservative” thinkers: Edmund The following is quoted directly from the Web Burke, Theodore Roosevelt, Irving Bab- site, http://conservamerica.org/ bit, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, T.S. conservativequotes/. Eliot, Richard Weaver, Russell Kirk, Dwight D. “The persistent myth that conservation and Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, John Saylor, Barry environmental protection are liberal causes Goldwater, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan, Pope continues to be perpetuated by the media, Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Margaret liberals, and many self-professed Thatcher, John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Jeffrey "conservatives." The truth is that conserva- Hart, William Harbour, Wendell Berry, Gordon tion and environmental stewardship are core Durnil, Rod Dreher, and Paul Weyrich. conservative values. “The misperception stems from the fact that FCAS welcomes new National Audubon Society the GOP establishment has lost sight of members by sending a complementary copy of these values (largely due to the influence of our newsletter for one month. National dues do corporate lobbies and political leaders be- not cover the cost of printing and mailing the holden to them for campaign support) and newsletter, so to keep receiving the Ptarmigan from the willingness of populist Democrats to after the complementary issue, please join FCAS. PTARMIGAN www.fortnet.org/audubon Page 3 Education Corner by Joann Thomas Summer Snapshots Ahh—summer vacation! Remember when the identify it before it flew, only to realize years days seemed endless? As I age, my summer days later what it was. I'd created a larger bird in my seem to fly by. Travel, field trips, Mom's 90th mind because of the information I had about the birthday celebration, granddaughter's surgery, bird being quite vicious. packing, and painting—where did endless days Continuing my break, I drove the entire wildlife go? refuge on Merritt Island. With the Kennedy But, as the days flew by, I was always conscious Space Center in the background, the cloudy, of the birds. Last year's failure to spot a Swallow rainy day was perfect for viewing the myriads of -tailed Kite on my Florida immature birds—eagles, os- visit haunted me and I was preys, herons, ibises, and many determined to find one this more. And, the best part of the year. On a needed break from afternoon: there is no cell phone the hectic preparations for reception. Three hours of unin- Mom's 90th birthday celebra- terrupted intensive bird watch- tion, I took the road less trav- ing and identifying—a birder's elled and spotted a large bird dream! flying toward me. What in the In between travel, I joined the world is that big, dark bird Audubon field trips.
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