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The SPRING Issue of Our Newsletter Is Now Online! The Fledgling Newsletter of the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society, Inc. (SAAS) Vol. 38 No. 2, March - May 2021 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SouthernAdirondackAudubonSociety/ Website: http://www.southernadirondackaudubon.org Spring programs: nests, Hudson River, bird murals Space is limited for monthly programs on Zoom. To receive the Zoom links for each program, please make sure to register in advance at the library’s events calendar pages (listed below). On Wednesday March 31, Anne Swaim will offer a multimedia Zoom presentation at 7 p.m. on “Bird Architecture,” on the wide variety of bird nests. Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link at Crandall Public Li- brary’s March events calendar: https://bit.ly/3pUYNL1. Birds are master builders, from the massive nests of eagles to walnut- sized hummingbird nests, from cavity-nesters inside trees to ground- Along the Hudson River, the Bear Mountain area shows stunning autumn nesters to birds that weave intricate- colors in this photo by Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner. They will pre- ly woven baskets that hang from sent a program on Zoom on April 28. Please register in advance. branches. Swaim will also discuss how different bird species develop from eggs to nestlings to fledglings, ern University. She previously The Stoners have spent about two and what to do if you find a nest or worked for Pennsylvania State Parks years researching and photo- young birds in need of help. and the Pennsylvania Chesapeake graphing the river from near its Bay Program. As part of her work beginning to its mouth in New York Anne Swaim is Executive Director of with Saw Mill River Audubon, City. Their digital slide program Saw Mill River Audubon, a local Swaim lives at the 92-acre Pruyn covers its natural and human histo- chapter of National Audubon based Audubon Sanctuary in Chappaqua. ry, including its key role in the foun- in Chappaqua, Westchester County. dation of the environmental move- She began as Staff Naturalist in 1989 On Wednesday April 28, Scott ment. Hudson River changes and became executive director in Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner dramatically as it journeys 315 miles 2004. She works with four staff and will present "Hudson: The Story from the Adirondacks to New York many volunteers to maintain eight of a River” at 7 p.m. To get the Harbor. We'll pass its deepest and wildlife sanctuaries and offer more Zoom link, register in advance at the widest points, view it from boats, than 200 free public programs and Saratoga Springs Public Library’s shorelines and mountains, and ob- field trips annually. Swaim has a B.S. events website: https:// serve the wildlife and habitats as it in Environmental Biology from Clar- sspl.libcal.com/event/7522020. changes alongside the way. ion University and M.Div. from East- Continued on p. 3 Monthly Programs Canal Birding Christmas Bird Count Results Page 1, 3 Page 4 Page 7-8 Page 1 - The Fledgling, March - May 2021 Southern Adirondack Audubon Meet our board members Society P.O. Box 4076 Queensbury, NY 12804 David Covey http:// Dave Covey of Ballston Spa has been elected to a three-year term on the www.southernadirondackaudubon.org SAAS Board of Directors. Email: [email protected] Covey has had a lifelong interest in birds. A fond memory from school days was a field trip in seventh grade to hear Roger Tory Peterson speak at a col- Board and Committees lege in Albany. His interest in birds has continued as a hobby. He enjoys outdoor activities, and keeps an eye out for wildlife, especially birds. Officers: He received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from RIT. After gradua- President: John Loz tion, he went to work for the New York State Department of Correctional (president@southern Services. Covey was a member of the Corrections Emergency Response adirondackaudubon.org) Vice-President: OPEN Team and a certified trainer in a variety of subjects. After 25 years of ser- Treasurer: Sharon Charbonneau vice, he retired as a Lieutenant. Secretary: Margie Amodeo After retiring, he earned his master’s degree in Social Policy from SUNY Board of Directors Empire State and went to work in Human Services, serving in leadership roles for several Capital District not-for-profits. Covey became involved 2019-2021 Joyce Miller with the Audubon Society of the Capital Region (ASCR) and served on their Rob Snell board and as Vice President. Margie Amodeo 2020-2022 Dusty Caldwell He and his wife moved to Ballston Spa four years ago to be closer to their Mark Silo daughter and her family. He OPEN has found some new hiking 2021-2023 Kim Atkins Peyton Atkins trails and is looking for op- Dave Covey portunities for more out- door activities. He enjoys Board meetings are held monthly snowshoeing and hiking. He except July, August and December. was put in touch with SAAS Members are invited to attend. through a friend he met Contact John Loz for details. through ASCR, and joined soon after. His SAAS board Committees: term started in January of this year. Conservation: OPEN Education: OPEN Membership Secretary: Lori Barber Board member Dave (membership@southern Covey poses at the adirondackaudubon.org) entrance to the Malta Newsletter: Joyce Miller Ecological Park near his (editor@southern home in Ballston Spa. adirondackaudubon.org ) This one-mile loop offers an easy, flat wooded trail Programs: John Loz (Interim chair) for year-round recreation. (programs@southern adirondackaudubon.org) Publicity: OPEN Southern Adirondack Audubon Society (SAAS) is a certified local chapter of the National Audubon Society. SAAS has Ecuador trip in October approximately 600 members in Warren, Washington, northern Saratoga and south- SAAS is planning to host a birding trip to the Chocó-Andes Region of ern Hamilton counties in New York State. Ecuador from Oct. 26 to Nov. 4 this year. The trip is organized by Holbrook SAAS’s primary goal is to protect the Tours, which has organized previous SAAS trips to Costa Rica and Belize. environment by preserving natural habitats and promoting environmental education. See this page for details: http://www.southernadirondack Contact a board member to learn about audubon.org/Ecuador2020/DD%20AE%20BT%20EC%2020%20SAAS% SAAS volunteer opportunities. 20%2800000003%29.pdf. Page 2 - The Fledgling, March - May 2021 Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert- Monthly Stoner took this portrait of a Bald programs Eagle along the Hudson River. Continued from page 1 The award-winning nature During the presentation, more photography of Scott Ston- than 40 murals will be shown, er and Denise Hackert- plus Audubon’s grave site, in a Stoner of Naturelogues has 50-minute slide presentation been exhibited in galleries with live commentary. across New York’s Capital Region. Their work has Hallingby is a licensed New York appeared in numerous City tour guide who specializes publications including The in the Audubon Mural Project. Kingbird, Birder’s World, She explores all five bor- National Wildlife, New oughs and beyond on foot, mostly York State Conservation- through organized walking tours. ist, the Albany Times Un- Hallingby is retired from a 36- ion, and several books: year career as a non-profit librari- New York Wildlife Viewing an in New York City. She loves Guide, In Praise of Poison doing research about the neigh- Ivy by Anita Sanchez and borhoods in which she gives tours Birding the Hudson Valley and sharing the information with by Kathryn J. Schneider. attendees. After growing up in Westchester County, and then They provided much of the living in northern New Jersey for photography for the new 35 years, she moved to the Upper visitor center at the Five West Side of Manhattan in 2011. Rivers Environmental Edu- cation Center in Delmar, and serve as longtime judges for the Albany Register in advance at https:// Artist ATM created this mural of a Pine Bush’s annual photo contest. bit.ly/3pVAbSt to get the Zoom link Townsend’s Warbler for the Audubon They have each served as officers, on Crandall Library’s events calen- Mural Project in Harlem. SAAS President field trip leaders, and directors for dar for May 26. John Loz took this photo on the tour in the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club. The Audubon Bird Mural Project, 2019. They offer nature photography sponsored in part by the National workshops, natural history slide pro- Audubon Society, is an effort to cre- grams for adults and children to or- ate murals of more than 300 North ganizations, as well nature photog- American birds. raphy and note cards; see https:// Most of the murals are in the Har- www.naturelogues.com/. Stoner is lem neighborhoods of Hamilton retired after a 31-year career with Heights and Washington Heights, the NYS Department of Environ- where John James Audubon lived mental Conservation, and is a long- the last 10 years of his life. time volunteer at Five Rivers. The project is designed to display Hackert-Stoner is an ordained dea- the birds’ beauty as well as to raise con in the Association of Roman awareness of the challenges that Catholic Women Priests. they face. All of the birds painted are threatened by climate change. On Wednesday, May 26, tour The artworks range from panels guide Leigh Hallingby will talk about that fill in a former window to huge “The Audubon Bird Mural Pro- murals covering the side of a build- ject.” ing. Production of this issue of The Fledgling newsletter is provided by Edward Jones, 34 Congress Street, Suite 102, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Page 3 - The Fledgling, March - May 2021 President ’s Message paved rail trail along- side the present day Spring into canal Mohawk River Barge birding Canal.
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