Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Spring 2012 Festival Agenda

Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary Barn Photo
The Spring Festival was held at the Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary on May 4-6, 2012. Everyone had a great time!

Mary Gray Bird Sanctuary
3499 S Bird Sanctuary Rd.
Connersville, IN 47331


Audubon members tallied over 110 species for the weekend on the property! This is up from 103 the year before. Warblers were in very high numbers and everyone enjoyed hearing the Baltimore Orioles sing from the tree tops. 

We had a great time and are already planning for next year!
 

 

 

Remember Birding Ethics in 2012

In today's age of instantaneous bird reporting, new birders being converted from many sources of media, and the increase in digital photography, it's important to step back and remember why so many of us discovered the passion for birds and birding.  These amazing feathered animals of flight deserve our respect and admiration.  Please remember to make 2012 a year to be awed by birds and respect the practices of birding set forth by the ABA Code of Ethics.  The Indiana Audubon Society encourages everyone to re-familiarize yourself with the code and make a pledge to follow the code in the coming year.

To read the ABA Code of Ethics, please visit the link here.
 

IAS joins the American Kestrel Partnership

Indiana Audubon is beginning a partnership with The Peregrine Fund, headquartered in Boise, ID, to  initiate a new citizen science program, the "American Kestrel Partnership," to address widespread declines in American Kestrel populations across North America. The declines are poorly understood, so they are asking amateur researchers (both adults and students) around the continent to install and monitor kestrel nest boxes to produce a large dataset that can be used to better understand kestrel demographics and management.

American KestrelHere's how you can get involved. First, visit the website http://www.peregrinefund.org/american-kestrel to learn more about the project. Note that they provide downloadable Kestrel Nest Box Instructions in the right column. Second, contact Jeff Canada at jeffcanada11508@comcast.net.  Jeff will be the point of contact, as IAS Conservation Chair.
 

Bird of the Month

American KestrelDo you have a "Spark Bird"?   Do you remember the bird that "sparked or ignited" your interest in birdwatching?  I do.  I remember the bird and the occasion quite well.  Even to this day, when I see this bird, it reminds me of that "spark".

My "spark bird" is the American Kestrel.

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Update - newport chemical depot

Phil Cox and the Wabash Valley Audubon Society have been working for years to preserve the tall grass prairie as the Newport Chemical Depot is turned over to the county reuse authority. They are now poised to let it become farmland instead. He gives the latest report about this dispiriting move on our conservation page.
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