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Kenya: An African Safari
Free Public Program
What: Bill Volkert on the Wildlife of
Kenya
When:Tuesday, October 15, 2002
7:00 p.m. - Refreshments
7:30 p.m. - Program
Where: Bolz Auditorium, Meriter
Hospital, 124 S. Brooks St. Madison
Parking: Meriter Hospital paid parking
ramp across the street, on the street,
or Lot 51 north of Regent and Mills St.
None of our long-time members will be
surprised to learn that Bill Volkert has
been on a trip. This time Bill, his wife and
several friends organized their own tour
group to visit many of the major preserves
in Kenya in February and March 2000.
Join us to hear about the land, it's people
and its overwhelming abundance of birds
and big game animals.
Their trip started with a camping safari
to the Masai Mara, a northern extension of
the Serengeti Plains. Here they found
many of Africa's big game animals and
met the Masai people. They traveled on to
Nairobi to tour the central and western
portions of the country.
Among the sights were Mount Kenya,
the highest peak in the country; Samburu
Reserve, a place of scrub acacias and arid
grasslands; Lakes Bagoria and Nakuru,
which are soda lakes that commonly host
some one million flamingos; and the
Kakemega Forest, the eastern-most
extension of the Congo rainforest.
Bill will describe the land-
scapes, the 52 species of mam-
mals and 425 different kinds of
birds they encountered in their
three-week trip. You will hear
about driving among ele-
Madison Audubon is a chapter of the National Audubon Society
phants, zebras, wildebeests, and other
antelopes in these wild places and about
their sightings of lions, cheetahs, leopards
and both black and white rhinos.
Bill Volkert is the wildlife educator and
naturalist for Wisconsin DNR at Horicon
Marsh where he has worked since 1984.
His other travel experiences have taken
him across the Canadian Arctic, into
Central America and Ecuador. He has also
make six trips to Siberia where he has been
working with the Russian government
and Academy of Sciences to develop sus-
tainable management programs for the
Lake Baikal watershed.
This program is co-sponsored by the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Wildlife Ecology.
You are invited to meet with our speak-
er, MAS board members and friends at the
pre-program dinner at Paisan's Restaurant
beginning at 5:15 p.m. Please call the office
at 608/255-BIRD (255-2473) if you have
questions.
Next meeting, November 19: Nina
Leopold Bradley will be our speaker
OF THE
MADISON
AUDUBON
SOCIETY
O CTOBER 2002
Fantastic Fall Field Trips
Sundays, October 6 & 20:
CANCELLED -- Scope Days at
Goose Pond with Dorothy Haines.
These scope days are cancelled because
the pond is dry due to the drought this
past summer. Different vegetation is
coming in, bringing with it different
birds, so keep an eye on the pond to see
what happens. Mark and Sue Martin
report many herons and cranes on the
east pond (which is not part of the
Audubon sanctuary).
Saturday, October 12:
International Crane Foundation Tour
With Karl and Dorothy Legler as our
guides, we will drive to Baraboo to enjoy
the fall colors and take a guided tour of
the International Crane Foundation (ICF).
We will learn about techniques used to
preserve some of the rarest birds in the
world. ICF is the only place you can see
all 15 of the world's crane species. Then
we will take a leisurely walk on ICF
nature trails through restored oak savan-
na, tallgrass prairie, and wetland. Finally,
on this day ICF has its annual Fall Into
Nature exhibits and activities provided
by environmental organizations from
around the state (including Madison
Audubon).
ICF has a $7 admission fee (ICF mem-
bers get in free). Seniors pay $6 and chil-
dren ages 5-11 get in for $3.50. Bring a
lunch. Binoculars are optional. Dress for
the outdoors. We will carpool and leave
at 8:45 a.m. from the parking lot of Kohl's
Food Store in Middleton at the intersec-
tion of Allen Blvd., and Century Avenue.
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We will spend about 3 hours at ICF and

arrive back in Madison around 1:30 p.m.
Contact the leaders, Karl and Dorothy
Legler, at (608) 643-4926 only if you have a
question about the trip.

Sunday, October 13:

NEW SCOPE DAY --
Scope Day at Lake Farm Park
Audubon volunteers and Scope Days
chair Dorothy Haines will offer a scope
viewing opportunity at Lake Farm Park
Heritage Center from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Scopes will be set up on the deck at the
new Lussier Heritage Center.
A large number of species have been
recorded at Lake Farm Park, and there is a
board walk and viewing platform down at
water level on the E-Way path. The Directions to Lake Farm Park: Driving into Madison on the Beltline, (Hwys. 12 & 18)
Lussier Center deck, being up on a hill, exit at South Towne Drive and go south. Continue for almost 1 mile and then turn left
offers a higher overview of the entire wet- on Moorland Road, which turns into Lake Farm Road after the road curves. Turn left
land, which adjoins the Yahara River as it into our driveway, at the Lussier Family Heritage Center sign, 3101 Lake Farm Road.
makes its way to Lake Waubesa. This will As you enter the new campground is on the right and our building is on the left.
be our first scoping and listing event at the
Center, so it will be interesting to see what
we can find to enjoy and record. There are Saturday, October 26: from some of the lakeside bluffs. Unusual
Birding the Lake Michigan Shoreline raptors seen from the hawkwatch in past
hiking trails along the lakeshore in Lake
Join Aaron Stutz us as we bird Lake years include: Merlin, Peregrine Falcon,
Farm Park, as well.
Michigan and its shoreline. This trip is Rough-Legged Hawk and Goshawk.
To get to Lake Farm Park, turn south
timed to coincide with the migration of Be sure to dress for the weather and
from the south Beltline (12 & 18) on South
hawks and waterfowl through Milwaukee pack a lunch. Bring a scope if you have
Town Road, left on Moorland, which
and Ozaukee Counties. We will be scop- one. A high ratio of scopes to people will
becomes Lake Farm Road, pass the E-way
ing the lake for specialties like Surf, Black make this trip more enjoyable for every-
parking lot and turn left into the Lussier
and White-Winged Scoters, Long-tailed one. We will meet to carpool in the middle
Heritage Center at the sign.
Duck, Harlequin Duck and Red-Throated of the parking lot of the east side Cub
Loon. If the weather cooperates we will Foods. From Hwy. 30 take 51 (Stoughton
have excellent views of migrant hawks Road) north and then turn right onto

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Nakoosa Trail and proceed east to Cub
Foods. We will carpool and leave at 6:30
a.m. We will return to Cub foods between
4:30 and 6:00 p.m. If you have questions,
call Aaron at 294-9618 or send an email to
agstutz@chorus.net.
Sunday, October 27:
Fall Birding Tour of
Northwest Jefferson County
Join Karen Etter Hale, who lives in Lake
Mills, on a bird tour of northwest Jefferson
County. There should be a good variety of
waterfowl, including loons, on Rock Lake at
this time (bring a scope), and/or we may
hike parts of the Waterloo or Lake Mills
Wildlife Areas to find other interesting
migrants.
Meet at 1:00 p.m. at Commons Park in
downtown Lake Mills across from the
Public Library. From I-94, go about 1/2
mile south on Hwy. 89 (N. Main St.) to the
first 4-way stop sign corner downtown and
turn left. If you take Hwy. BB (B in Jefferson
County), this turns into Madison St. in Lake
Mills and goes right past the library and
park. If you have questions, please call
Karen at the MAS office, 255-BIRD.
Volunteer Opportunities
Madison Audubon Society is looking
for volunteers!
• Volunteer Coordinator - Solicit and
organize volunteers for the numerous
events we conduct. These events include
Prairies Jubilee, Earth Week activities,
Scope Days, Eco Treks, Farmers Market,
and numerous other activities that we
conduct or participate in. This postion is
fun, but it does take time. Organizational
skills and a willingness to work with sev-
eral people are required.
• Art Fair Coordinator - Oversee and
coordinate MAS largest annual fundraiser
held each May.
• Publicity Coordinator - Publicize the
numerous events we offer to the commu-
nity. Events include monthly program
meetings, annual Art Fair, Prairies Jubilee,
and other society activities.
• Education Coordinator - Promote con-
servation, ecology and sustainability
through education.
• Field Trips Coordinator - Lead a group
in organizing and arranging the MAS
field trips for members and the public.
If you are interested in offering your tal -
ents and time in any of these areas, please
contact Joanne Herfel at 266-0472 (days)
or 241-8009 (evenings).
October 2002
Faville Grove Sanctuary
Volunteer Opportunities:
Seed Collectors Needed
Your help is needed collecting prairie
and wetland seed for hand planting 40
acres of land adjacent to Tillotson Prairie.
The land is currently in soybeans and will
be hand planted on November 9. Plans are
to hand collect only local genotype seed.
Much of the seed that will be collected at
Tillotson Prairie was planted with 100
species in the fall of 1999.
No experience is needed for seed collect-
ing. Bring gloves and nippers if you have
them. Seed will be collected every Saturday
from September 15 though November 2,
from 9:30 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m. We will meet at the end of
Prairie Lane. Take Highway 89 north of
Lake Mills for 1.5 miles to Highway G, then
north for 1.5 miles to Prairie Lane, turn east
(right) on Prairie Lane to the end of the
road. Bring a lunch or you can eat at Lake
Mills if you would like to work all day. Call
Sue Pesch at 920-648-4392 if you have ques-
tions.
Generous Donations
MY OWN VISION
Margaret Bogue
Mark Jeffries
Maggie Jones
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF A PERSON
In Memory of Sandra Hermanson Donhowe
Marcella Martin
In Memory of Ruth Wynn
Mark & Sue Martin
Marlys & Joe Sloup
YES! I want to make the
Madison Audubon Society’s
vision a reality. Here is my
contribution to the Wildlife
Sanctuaries Campaign.
[ ] Acre Maker. $1,000 or more to buy
and restore another acre of land.
[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $500-$999 to buy
and restore another half-acre of land.
[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100 a year
for three years ($300 total). Here is
my first installment.
[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a year for
three years ($150 total). Here is my
first installment.
[ ] My Own Vision. $ to help as
much as possible.
Direct my gift to:
[ ] Endowment fund to restore and main-
tain the sanctuaries.
[ ] Land acquisition at Faville Grove.
[ ] Land acquisition at Goose Pond
[ ] Where it will help the most
Name
Address
In Memory of
In Honor of
For Gifts Honoring Another, send
acknowledgement to (name and address)
Contributions will be acknowledged near
the Madison Audubon Information Board
at Goose Pond as follows: $1,000 or
more-name will appear on a permanent
plaque; $250-$999-name will appear on
engraved paving brick.
[ ] Do not acknowledge in Madison
Audubon Society Newsletter, CAWS.
Make checks payable to:
Madison Audubon Society
Mail to:
Madison Audubon Society
222 S. Hamilton Street, Suite #1
Madison, WI 53703
Gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed
by law. Madison Audubon Society’s
financial statement is available upon
request.
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Joanne Herfel, President
222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1
Madison, WI 53703
Support MAS:
Music for the Birds
A concert of early instrumental and vocal
music inspired by the songs of birds will be
held on Sunday, October 27, at 4:00 p.m. at
the Society of Friends Meeting House, 1704
Roberts Court, just north of the Monroe/W.
Lawn/Grant/Spooner intersection.
The pieces that will be performed were
first heard in the years from 1480 to 1750,
and will be played on viola da gamba, cello,
harpsichord, recorder and baroque flute,
along with soprano voice. This will be the
second Music for the Birds concert, the first
having taken place in May 1996, to help cel-
ebrate International Migratory Bird Day.
This time, with the concert at the end of
October, some of the music chosen will help
evoke the feeling of the season's change.
Donations will be taken at the door - all
proceeds will help support ongoing projects
of the Madison Audubon Wildlife
Sanctuaries. Suggested donation - $10. The
concert will be less than two hours, includ-
ing an intermission at which refreshments
will be served. For more information please
contact Jean Huxmann at 251-6068.
Non-profit organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 1831
Madison, Wisconsin
Kenyan Safari
See page 1 10/02
Learn About MAS Calendar
and Support NHLT at a Glance
The Natural Heritage Land Trust (NHLT) Sundays, October 6 & 20:
(formerly the Dane County Natural CANCELLED -- Scope
Heritage Foundation) is your local land Days at Goose Pond
trust. With the help of conservation minded Saturday, October 12:
friends like the Madison Audubon Society, International Crane Foundation Tour
we have protected over 2,500 acres of natur- Sunday, October 13:
al areas and open space in our community. NEW SCOPE DAY -- Scope
We need your help to protect even more of Day at Lake Farm Park
the wonderful land we all know and love. Saturday, October 26:
The Natural Heritage Land Trust is in a Birding the Lake Michigan Shoreline
membership drive, and we would be Sunday, October 27:
thrilled if Audubon folks would also con- Fall Birding Tour of
sider becoming NHLT members. Northwest Jefferson County
Please join us at our annual Stewardship
Award Ceremony, Monday October 14,
5:30 p.m. at the Concourse Hotel, Madison,
and help us honor local conservation heroes
--individuals, governmental agencies and
groups who make our community a better
place to live through their commitment to
our local environment. The Natural
Heritage Land Trust is pleased to announce
WISC-TV Channel 3 Editorial Director Neil
Heinen as our guest speaker. Past winners
include the Madison Audubon Society and
longtime Audubon members and activists.
Admission is $35.
For more information, please see our web
site at www.nhlt.org or contact Laurie at
258-9797.