Associate Director of KansasBiological Survey to Speak onReservoir Management atFebruary JAS Program
Volume 29, Issue 6 February 2005
On Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 7:30 p.m.,Dr. Jerry deNoyelles, Associate Director of the KansasBiological Survey and Professor of Aquatic Ecology inthe Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,will present “Reservoir Management and Renovation:Addressing Problems in Multipurpose Reservoir Sys-tems".This Jayhawk Audubon– sponsored programwill be held at the Lawrence Senior Center, 8th andVermont Streets, in Lawrence, Kansas. Prior to the pro-gram, a Dutch-treat dinner with Dr. deNoyelles and hiswife, Sharon Dewey, will be held. Please also join usfor this event at 6 p.m. at the Free State Brewery, 636Massachusetts, Lawrence.
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Beth Schultz, Dayna Carleton and Susan Iversenwent to the Commission meeting in Topeka to presentthe JAS position that Sandhill Crane hunting should be banned in Kansas to protect Whooping Cranes. Beth presented origami cranes to commissioners to reinforcethe point that cranes are revered in the rest of the worldand should be protected here. Ron Klataske, ExecutiveDirector of Audubon of Kansas, Mark Robbins, Collec-tion Manager KU Natural History Museum, a represen-tative of KS Ornithological Society, and Joe Barkowski,Curator of Birds, Sedgwick City Zoo were also present.The KDWP position was presented by Dept. biologist Helen Hands. A strong bias was quickly appar-ent when Ms. Hands remarked that Sandhills are one of the best tasting game birds and big enough to feed afamily of four. The full paper by Hands and MarvinKraft can be accessed on the KDWP webpage: go to“About KDWP” and click on the briefing book for Jan‘05. The crane hunting appraisal is on pages 34-42. Anumber of hunters, farmers and business owners alsospoke in favor of maintaining the current season.In the Appraisal and the presentation on the20th, which included some different information,KDWP recommended that the Sandhill Crane huntingseason continue unchanged. Some of their main pointsare summarized below with the answering commentsmade by crane advocates at the meeting in italics.1. 11,000 Sandhills have been “harvested” by Kansashunters since 1993 when a crane hunting season wasestablished here and only 2 Whoopers have been killed by crane hunters. (5 more have been shot
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Report from KDWP Meetingon Whooping Crane Situation
In This Issue
Christmas bird count results 2Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count2Environmental Biology Speaker series5
Thirty two (plus six at feeders) participants, in 13 parties, found 94 species on 18 December 2004 on the oc-casion of the 105th National Audubon Christmas Bird Count and the 61st Lawrence Christmas Bird Count. Thisyear's species total broke the 90 species threshold, which we have only done six times before on the Lawrence CBC!It was a very good effort by all involved. We recorded 23 species (plus one more during count week) of waterfowland other water birds. Although the total number of water birds was on the low side, the number of species recordedwas very good for this year’s count. Sparrow, blackbird, and finch numbers were rather low (with the exception of White-throated Sparrow!) this year and in some cases down right hard to find. We did, however, record 3 LeConte’sSparrows and 2 Marsh Wrens at Baker Wetlands and a Golden-crowned Sparrow at the town of Clinton.The complete list (in the latest AOU order!) that follows (see page 3) has the unusual species and/or unusu-ally high individual numbers noted. There was one new species recorded this year (Cackling Goose) to add to our cumulative all-time species total of 157 + 1 = 158. This small form of Canada Goose has always been present in theLawrence area in the winter, but has only recently been split from the other Canada forms and elevated to the statusof a full species by the AOU. We tied or set all-time record high counts for nine species: Ring-billed Gull (6210),Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (23), Pileated Woodpecker (6), Marsh Wren (2), Hermit Thrush (8), American Robin(31,200), Northern Mockingbird (24), Yellow-rumped Warbler (76), and White-throated Sparrow (47). Other un-usual species were American Black Duck (2), Red-breasted Merganser (2), American White Pelican (2), Eared Grebe(1), Prairie Falcon (1), Merlin (count week), Long-eared Owl (2), and Great-tailed Grackle (80). Notable misses thisyear include American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Redhead, Rough-legged Hawked, and Lapland Longspur. Thanksto all of this year's participants, Jayhawk Audubon for covering the participation fee, and to the Prairie Park NatureCenter for providing us with a place to hold the compilation dinner. Hope to see you all again next year for the 106th National Audubon Christmas Bird Count! — Galen Pittman, Lawrence CBC compiler
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Results of the 2004 Lawrence CBC
The Great Backyard Bird Count, sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Soci-ety, takes place February 18-21, 2005. We need every bird enthusiast in North America to count for the birds!All you need is basic knowledge of bird identification and access to the Internet at home, a friend's house, local li- brary, school, or anywhere you can get access to the Web. See our web site for more information on how to partici- pate: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/Here's what you do:• Count the birds in your backyard, local park, or other natural area on one or all four count days. You cancount in as many different locations as you wish, just make sure to keep separate records and fill out a checklist for each area.• Watch the birds for at least 15 minutes on each day that you participate. We recommend watching for a half-hour or more, so that you'll have a good sense of what birds are in your area.• How to count: Your data will be used by scientists to analyze bird populations, so it is very important thateveryone count their birds in exactly the same way. On the day(s) that you count, watch your bird feeders or take ashort walk (less than 1 mile) in your neighborhood or park.For each kind (species) of bird that you see, keep track of the highest number of individuals that you observe at anyone time. Use a "tally sheet" to help keep track of your counts. Your tally sheet should look something like the fol-lowing:House Finch - 3, 5, 3, 1High Count = 5Blue Jay - 1, 3, 6, 2High Count = 6Be careful not to count the same bird over and over! Don't add another Blue Jay to your tally every time you see aBlue Jay at the feeder. You could be seeing the same individual again and again. If you record only the highest num- ber of individual birds that you see in view at one time,
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It’s Not Too Late to Participate in a Bird Count!
Eastern Bluebird – 218Hermit thrush –
8 (High)
American Robin –
31,200 (High)
Northern Mockingbird –
24 (tied High)
European Starling - 8100Cedar Waxwing - 409Yellow rumped Warbler –
76 (High)
Spotted Towhee - 1American Tree Sparrow – 325LeConte’s Sparrow – 3Fox Sparrow 10Song Sparrow – 170Lincoln’s Sparrow - 6Swamp Sparrow - 47White throated Sparrow –
47 (High)
Harris's Sparrow - 39White crowned Sparrow – 12Golden-crowned Sparrow - 1Dark eyed Junco - 894 Northern Cardinal 308Red winged Blackbird - 4345Eastern Meadowlark - 1Western Meadowlark - 2Sturnella, spp.- 66Rusty Blackbird - 27Common Grackle – 147Great-tailed Grackle – 80Brown headed Cowbird – 14Purple Finch – 33House Finch 139Pine Siskin – 3American Goldfinch - 244House Sparrow - 600
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Killdeer - 9Bonaparte’s Gull - 15Ring billed Gull –
6210 (High)
Herring Gull - 25Rock Pigeon – 1020Eurasian Collared-Dove - 1Mourning Dove – 188Eastern Screech Owl - 10Great Horned Owl - 7Barred Owl - 12Long-eared Owl - 2Belted Kingfisher - 7Red headed Woodpecker – 1Red bellied Woodpecker - 137Yellow-bellied Sapsucker –
23(High)
Downy Woodpecker - 107Hairy Woodpecker - 18 Northern Flicker - 192Pileated Woodpecker –
6 (High)
Loggerhead Shrike - 1Blue Jay - 87American Crow - 310Horned Lark - 128Black- capped Chickadee - 289Tufted Titmouse - 95Red breasted Nuthatch - 11White breasted Nuthatch - 40Brown Creeper - 16Carolina Wren – 58Winter Wren - 1Marsh Wren –
2 (High)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 16Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10
Species List for the 2004 Lawrence
CBC
Snow Goose – 6Cackling Goose – 56 (new tocount)Canada Goose 3370Gadwall – 95American Black Duck 1Mallard – 637 Northern Shoveler – 2Green winged Teal – 30Ring necked Duck – 11Lesser Scaup – 3Bufflehead – 20Common Goldeneye – 40Hooded Merganser – 94Common Merganser – 11Red-breasted Merganser – 2Wild Turkey – 92 Northern Bobwhite – 1Pied-billed Grebe (count week)Eared Grebe - 1American White Pelican – 1Double crested Cormorant - 26Great Blue Heron – 13Bald Eagle - 23Adult (19)Immature (4) Northern Harrier – 14
Sharp shinned Hawk 11Cooper's Hawk - 5Red tailed Hawk 149American Kestrel – 43Merlin – (count week)Prairie Falcon – 1American Coot – 2
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you're sure to never count the same bird more than once!
• At the end of the day go to "Submit your bird checklist" on the GBBC web site at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/. Fill out the questions about your location, local habitat, and count duration. Then enter your high counts for each species sighted on that day and location. You can submit one bird checklist for each day that you count or for each new area that you count in. For example:If you count on four days at one location, you'd submit four different checklists.If you count on four days at two different locations each day, submit eight checklists. And so on.• Problems getting access to the Internet? Many libraries, schools, bird clubs, and other community-basedgroups will be helping, too. If organizations in your area are not already planning to help those without Internet ac-cess, you can help get something started!Finally, after you've submitted your data, explore the GBBC web site. Check the results section to see other reports from your community, and watch as data come in from other areas. Have a look through the other pages, andfind out other ways you can help birds.
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