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Winter 2016/17 Winter 2016/17 THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF SEATTLE AUDUBON Seattle Audubon leads a local community in appreciating, understanding, and protecting birds and their natural habitats. A warm hello to the Seattle Audubon community What a difference six months can make! As I write this, Our vision for the future is I am reflecting on the significant achievements of our resonating and our community organization since I joined the team. We have completed is lining up to help us realize our new strategic plan, Seattle Audubon 20/20: Sharpen- that vision – the outpouring ing our Focus, and developed the fundraising effort to of support and good faith support it, the Centennial Fund. Moreover, the entire staff have been nothing short of pulled together under the leadership of Development remarkable. In addition to a Director, Claire Catania, and Centennial Coordinator, Leigh recent $25,000 grant from the Hiura, to pull off our biggest party in a century, The Bird Horizons Foundation, the roll Ball, on Saturday, October 22. The event was part fund- out of our strategic plan and raiser, part thank you to our community, and partly an op- Centennial Fund has been met John Brosnan portunity to host a unique celebration for members and with significant individual con- newcomers, older and younger folks, and people of all tributions made before and at the Bird Ball. As of this writing, stripes who just like to have a good time. The consensus we’re now $168,000 along the way to our $400,000 initial was clear; we nailed it. fundraising goal and we’re capitalizing on this momentum to The Gala was the perfect platform to present the keep the support rolling in. Our goal to raise $400,000 in new Seattle Audubon of our next 100 years. My messages revenues over the next four years is additive to our existing focused on how we’re expanding Appreciation of birds budget, meaning we will continue to meet current obliga- by investing in early childhood education, modernizing tions as well as fundraising in support of the strategic plan. our curricula, and bringing a lens of equity and inclusion As always, I encourage you to reach out any time with to all of our efforts. We are advancing the Understanding thoughts, questions, and suggestions. In the meantime, we of birds by improving our data collection methodology, will continue to inform you of our progress and what comes expanding our citizen-powered science efforts, and mobi- next. There’s a genuine feeling that the sky is the limit lizing our data to analyze trends in local bird populations. around here these days and we’re tapping into that belief to We are Protecting birds by rolling out new bird-friendly achieve our most aspirational ambitions. We have you all to community policies and programs, engaging new constitu- thank for that – we are so grateful for all that you do for our ents in on-the-ground habitat conservation, and restoring fine feathered friends and our local community. unbroken habitat corridors across the city with our Neigh- For the birds, borhood Flyways campaign. Ins i d e Audubon News . 2 - 3 2016 Annual Report . 5-13 Field Trips and Bird Walks . 14 The Nature Shop . 4 Classes . 15 Audubon News Seattle Audubon 20/20: © Marshal Hedin Sharpening Our Focus - Highlights After months and countless hours of brain- storming, discussing, editing, and more editing, Seattle Audubon’s strategic plan is complete. The plan, Seattle Audubon 20/20: Sharpening our Focus, will be hosted on some new pages of © Seattle Audubon our website shortly, but here is a sneak peek of Rough-legged some of the plan’s key highlights: Hawk Education. We will modernize our curricula and provide a comprehensive suite of contemporary, rel- evant, and engaging education programs that con- nect with people at every stage of life, or, as many SEATTLE AUDUBON among our community like to say, “from ages 3 to 103.” This will include an expanded focus on early- 8050 35th Avenue N.E., childhood engagement, growing our partnerships Seattle, WA 98115 to maximize our reach and impact, and improving Staff: (206) 523-8243 equity, access, and inclusion. Nature Shop: (206) 523-4483 Science. We’re focusing on mobilizing the data www.seattleaudubon.org and that we’ve been collecting over the past 40 years. Seattle Audubon 20/20 identifies new partners that www.BirdWeb.org © Tim Boyer can help us analyze and synthesize the bird census Executive Director: data we maintain, strengthens our survey methodology and consistency across John Brosnan all datasets, decentralizes our citizen scientist user experience and data entry, and develops a volunteer-powered oil spill response plan. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Conservation. We have designed a bold urban conservation campaign that will engage new partners, share the best practices of the Audubon network, and result Officers in measurable on-the-ground habitat improvements; we're calling this effort Neigh- President: borhood Flyways. This campaign represents an exciting collaboration between our Rod Brown Science and Conservation programs, utilizing our existing Tree Map, the Neighbor- Vice President: hood Bird Project, and the addition of three new Diane de Ryss urban-focused conservation efforts. Neighbor- Secretary: Jill Ericsson hood Flyways is Seattle Audubon’s answer to Treasurer: the challenge of connecting habitat greenways Susan Marks across the City of Seattle. These pathways are especially crucial for birds' foraging and resting Members in major urban areas along the Pacific Flyway. Bryony Angell The complete strategic plan includes in-depth © US Forest Service Ashley Black plans to solidify Seattle Audubon’s Organizational Sustainability: IT-systems upgrades Kathryn Donough and integration, volunteer programs, and fundraising plans. Seattle Audubon is also Stephen Geissler developing an equity and inclusion plan which will guide us toward engaging a wider Mark Greenfield range of audiences in the appreciation, understanding, and protection of birds and Peter Gurney their natural habitats. Our plans make it clear – this is a transformative time for Jen McKeirnan Seattle Audubon in urban bird conservation and community engagement. Bob Sieh Peggy Stromme Earthcare Northwest is the official newsletter of Seattle Audubon. Design and Layout: Sandy Welch Inquiries and submissions: [email protected] Address changes: [email protected] Submissions will be edited and published at Seattle Audubon’s discretion. ©Seattle Audubon, 2016 Seattle Audubon is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. 2 Earthcare Northwest Audubon News The Seattle Christmas Bird Count needs birders! Seattle’s 88th Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is looking for birders of all abilities to take part in the longest running citizen science project in North America. The count this year will take place on Saturday, December 31st. This annual bird census brings together birders of all levels to count as many birds as possible in one full day. The search takes place within an area 15 miles in diameter centered in downtown Seattle, divided up into 14 different sections. Participants are teamed up with expert birding leaders who guide them around their assigned section. As a partici- pant, you’ll be gathering valuable data on wintering bird populations that are sent to the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University and incorporated into important research, such as the State of North American Birds report and National Audubon’s Birds We had a ball! and Climate Change report. If you are short on time, have young children, or After years of anticipation, Seattle Audubon’s cen- don’t want to leave the warmth of your home, why tennial gala is finally behind us – and what a night not sign up for the CBC Feeder Watch instead? Your it was! Over 300 attendees filled the halls of the feeder must be located within the Seattle CBC area. Museum of History and Industry on October 22nd, See our website for detailed map. dressed to the nines. We’ve certainly never seen For more information contact the Science Man- finer looking tuxedoed penguins or blackbirds in ager [email protected] or register at gowns anywhere along the birding trail. my.seattleaudubon.org/cbc2016. Hearty hors d’oeuvres by Herban Feast warmed our bellies, libations courtesy of Fremont Brew- ing lifted our spirits, and toe-tapping tunes by the Centerpiece Jazz Band kept the party atmosphere alive all night long. The debut of Connie Sidles’ anthology of oral histories was the toast of the eve- ning. Leafing through it is like taking a walk through ©Mick Thompson Seattle Audubon’s storied past. Sidles’ book, Caring for Birds and Nature, is now available in the Nature Shop. See page 4. Best of all, after the Bird Ball, we’re $168,000 closer to our $400,000 fundraising goal for the Centennial Fund. We’re so grateful for the enor- mous generosity of our community, your love of birds and your passion for protecting them. We’ll see you next year! Bushtit Winter 2016/17 3 The Nature Shop Members always receive Extended Nature Shop December Hours 20% OFF books! AND Member Pricing on seed! Sock it to Me Socks $11.50 each More funky bird designs available in the Nature Shop! NEW Zeiss Conquest Gavia 30-60x85 Spotting Scope Our Price $2,000 This new scope from Zeiss was designed to meet the needs of wildlife and nature observers. 22nd Annual Caring for Birds and Nature Holiday Open SIGNED Member Price $36.00 An in-depth look at the House first 100 years of Seattle Audubon, with historic Sat, December 3 photos, interviews, and moving stories about 10am to 5pm our history of working to protect birds and nature in Washington. Every copy signed by author Connie Sidles. FREE Gift Wrapping Limited supply.
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