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WANDERING TATTLER Newsletter Wandering September 2010 Tattler Volume 60, Number 1 The Voice of SEA AND SAGE AUDUBON, an Orange County Chapter of the National Audubon Society Changes at the Marsh General Meeting by Jay Miller, President Friday evening, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. We are incredibly fortunate to call the San Joaquin Wildlife “Adventures in Bird Conservation - Sanctuary our home. I would like to let you know about Audubon in the 21st Century” some changes that the Irvine Ranch Water District is planning for the Marsh and water treatment plant. presented by Glenn Olson First, the plastic wrapped temporary flood wall that has Please join us to welcome Pat & Dick Cabe as they begin been placed around much of the Marsh will be replaced by their adventure as Programs Chairs and to greet the a permanent 2 1/2 to 3 foot floodwall. By building this wall dynamic and personable Glenn Olson in his new role for it means that the San Diego Creek that runs by the Marsh Audubon. will not have to be widened. That widening would have meant the permanent removal of much of the plant life in Our first program of the new season will feature Glenn as and along the sides of the creek to increase the flow of Chairman of Bird Conservation and Public Policy for the water. The floodwall will also give the Chapter buildings National Audubon Society. Glenn is a conservation and campus greater protection from the flooding that could dynamo who has served Audubon for 33 years. Previously, occur during heavy rains. The construction for this project he directed Audubons field operations and most recently, will start soon and is scheduled to be finished by he served as Executive Director of Audubon California. November 15, 2010. In his new role, Olson leads Audubons efforts to conserve Secondly, a multi-year, multi-million dollar upgrade of the birds and their habitats throughout their flyways, catalyzing water treatment plant is about to begin. During this work across Audubons national network of state programs construction, Riparian View, from Michelson Drive to the and Important Bird Areas, and spearheading critical Marsh will be closed to the public. However, Riparian conservation initiatives necessary to conserve our more than 800 species of native birds and their habitats. View, from the Marsh to Campus Drive will then be open. This new route may be permanent. Access to the Marsh In addition to updating us on California conservation on Riparian View will be from Campus Drive, not from issues, Glenn will describe some of Audubons big vision Michelson. To reach the Marsh, we will need to be on bird conservation initiatives including: Hemispheric Bird Campus in the right lane, heading NW towards Jamboree, Conservation - identification and conservation of the 2,400 and make a right turn onto Riparian View. When leaving Globally Significant Important Bird Areas in the Western the Marsh, we will make a right turn from Riparian View Hemisphere, North American Wetlands Conservation Act onto Campus Drive. (Left turns from Campus to Riparian Council - catalyzing over $4 billion in investments in or from Riparian to Campus are not permitted.) I realize wetland restoration and protection focused on migratory that for many of us this means it will take a few minutes birds, and Audubons work to reauthorize the Neotropical more to get to and from the Marsh, but remember, it will Migratory Bird Conservation Act at higher funding levels still be the same great place once we get there! and to ratify the treaty on Albatross and Petrels to reduce the mortality of long-line fishing methods which endanger As soon as we know when this change will take place, we the Albatross worldwide. will post it at Audubon House and on our chapter website. For up to date information on the Marsh access, call We hope you will join us for this interesting program at the Audubon House at 949-261-7963. Duck Club in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. The doors open at 7:00 and the meeting begins at 7:30 pm. Full directions can be found on page 11. Conservation News - Coyote Hills by Diane Bonanno Our Conservation Committee Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday evening of each month at 6:30 pm in the Blue House. Check our webpage for the meeting’s agenda the week before the meeting: http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Conservation/conservation.htm Coyote Hills Development Proposal One hundred sixty bird species have been cataloged at Voted Down Coyote Hills, including a White-tailed Kite that was observed foraging during nesting season. It is an In a victory for Friends of Coyote Hills and for Sea and important wintering ground for raptors. Among the Sage Audubon, the Fullerton City Council voted to deny California Species of Special Concern noted at the site are Pacific Coast Homes proposal to build 760 homes plus Horned Lark, Tri-colored Blackbird, Loggerhead Shrike, a commercial strip at West Coyote Hills by a 3 to 2 vote. Bells Sage Sparrow, Burrowing Owl and Southern Speakers against the Chevron subsidiarys development California Rufous-crowned Sparrow. proposal outnumbered supporters two to one. Preserving Important Birding Areas such as West Coyote Representatives from an array of conservation Hills are among the best ways to save species like the organizations also spoke at the May 25 hearing or sent California Gnatcatcher from the effects of Global Warming, letters to the council in support of saving the hills. Friends according to Audubon experts. of Coyote Hills have been working for nine years to preserve the 510-acre site as a park and reserve. Although plant surveys have been perfunctory, currently 86 native species have been identified with the likelihood Sea and Sage Audubon has played an active role in the that many more will be added to the list when effort to preserve this Important Birding Area. During his comprehensive surveys are completed. In fact two new term as Conservation Chair, Scott Thomas submitted species were noted at a recent hike. If you wish to see the comments to all three environmental impact reports as site, free naturalist-led monthly hikes are offered (schedule well as to the Final EIR. He also spoke at several below). meetings, presenting valuable information on the importance of retaining Coyote Hills as a natural area. A Park and Reserve Endangered Ecosystem/Endangered Species Friends of Coyote Hills remains committed to its vision of a major nature reserve for the million plus people who Coyote Hills, near Rosecrans and Euclid in Fullerton, is reside in Californias second most densely populated alive with an unusually intact Coastal Sage ecosystem that region. The group has located monies to purchase and boasts 15 rare and endangered species. It is connected maintain the property at fair market value and is poised to to the Puente-Chino Hills via Brea Creek. The site is home continue the effort to realize a Park and Reserve at to 55 pairs of Federally Threatened California Coyote Hills. Gnatcatchers, whose population has remained healthy on its own without conservation monitoring. Coastal Cactus Free naturalist-led hikes Summer sunset hikes: July & Aug., 2nd Sundays, 6-8 pm Wrens number 69 family groups according to the most nd recent survey. The health of this population was Regular morning hikes: Sept. - June, 2 Sat, 8-10 am Meet at the riding ring, Laguna Lake Park, Lakeview at confirmed in the 2009 Cactus Wren survey sponsored by Euclid, Fullerton The Nature Conservancy, Sea and Sage Audubon, Audubon California, and the Nature Reserve of Orange County. Coastal Cleanup - Sat, Sept. 25th Coyote Hills is a resting and refueling stop for migrating birds on the Pacific Flyway. Partners in Flight recognizes where: Muth Center, 2301 University Dr, NB when: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm that protecting these critical stopover sites is essential to bring: Reusable water bottle, (Water will be provided sustaining bird populations as they move between their at each station but there will be no cups available.) summer and winter habitats. This extremely healthy Coastal Sage Scrub is only one of the few mid-elevation communities of its kind that remain between south Orange FREE FREE and Ventura Counties. It is the last remaining natural area REFRESHMENTS ELECTRONIC of its size between the Puente Chino Hills and the ocean. and WASTE EDUCATIONAL RECYCLING Once this ecosystem covered much of Southern EXHIBITS California, but because of over development, only about five percent remains in the world today. For more information call 949-640-6712 page 2 Sea & Sage Audubon, September 2010 Sea & Sage Audubon Society Birds of Southern California An Introductory Birding Skills Workshop presented by Sylvia Gallagher Sea & Sage Audubon Society is again offering weekly workshops in bird identification for beginning birders. If you have been birding casually for a while, you should also consider enrolling. Professional biologists whose expertise is not in ornithology find these workshops helpful, too. Each session will feature about 15 common birds of a particular local habitat on the coastal side of the mountains. With the use of printed worksheets and slides from the Sea & Sage Library, Sylvia Gallagher will help you learn to identify those birds. In the process, youll also be introduced to a variety of other topics, such as bird families, plumages and molts, bird topography, distribution and habitat preferences, behavior, vocalizations, the birding literature, birding ethics and etiquette, etc. The topics to be covered in the series are: Birds of neighborhoods Birds of playing fields and parking lots Birds of mudflats and shallow water Birds of the ocean shore Birds of the open country Birds of prey Birds of the streamside woodland Birds of lakes, ponds and marshes Each section will have ten weekly meetings at the Gallagher home in Huntington Beach.
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