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What's New--May 2012

. Lecture this Friday, May 11!-- see below.

. Spring is in full swing, and with the flurry of bird migrations, events around our region are popping up, too! Check out the May Wild Phlox, our Events page, and our Facebook page for info and updates.

. Reminder that we're setting up an email list. If you'd like to be notified of upcoming events, bird walks, or volunteer opportunities via email, please sign-up at the link on our Facebook page, or email Marie Garrett.

Birding lecture:

Ghost Bustards:
The Disappearance of Mongolia's Heaviest Flying Bird

Mimi Kessler
Friday May 11, 2012
6:30 - 7:30 PM
CDLT Office, Wenatchee
Free

Join us on Friday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Wenatchee for an amazing talk by Mimi Kessler, a PhD candidate at Arizona State University. Mimi has researched the ecology and conservation of Great Bustards in Central Asia for seven years. Males of this species reach 45 lbs, making them the heaviest birds capable of flight. Females, however, weigh only 11-15 lbs. Key to this dramatic difference - the most extreme sexual size difference seen in birds - is the unusual mating system of the Great Bustard.

Mimi has found that threatened Mongolian populations of the Great Bustard carry out long-distance migrations and face considerable threat from poaching along their migration routes. Her research program works within the rural communities that are home to the bustard. This connection with the local community has promoted the research process while building local scientific and conservation capacity. Ultimately, education and local stewardship are essential to ensure the long-term success of the bustard.

Where: Chelan-Douglas Land Trust Office
18 N. Wenatchee Ave., Wenatchee

For more information, email or call Bridget: 509-433-7306

May 17-20, 2012:

The 10th annual
Leavenworth Spring Bird Fest!

See the May Wild Phlox, or click on the image for more info

North Central Washington Audubon Society, a local chapter of the National Audubon Society, is dedicated to furthering the knowledge and the conservation of the environment of North Central Washington, our Nation, and the World.

E mail: info@ncwaudubon.org

Goals, Hopes, Aspirations, and Plans of the North Central Washington Audubon Society, from chapter president Mark Oswood:

We promote resource decisions based on the best available data. Many times, differences dissolve and solutions coagulate when people have good information.

We try to be honest brokers in environmental conflicts. Our aim is to serve the same function as mucous in the human body; lubricate and trap foreign particles.

Sustainable economies are the only road into the future. Ecology and economy derive from the same root word.

We do birds – watch them, count them, protect them. Birds are one of the grandest expressions of life.

We believe in citizen science and life-long learning. We can all be scholars.
We are “outside consultants” – leading field trips, holding outdoor classes, and doing “dirt work.” A meadow of spring flowers, ravens doing acrobatics, and a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis are best experienced viscerally, not virtually.

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What's New--May 2012

Goals, Hopes, Aspirations, and Plans of the North Central Washington Audubon Society, from chapter president Mark Oswood:

We promote resource decisions based on the best available data. Many times, differences dissolve and solutions coagulate when people have good information.

We try to be honest brokers in environmental conflicts. Our aim is to serve the same function as mucous in the human body; lubricate and trap foreign particles.

Sustainable economies are the only road into the future. Ecology and economy derive from the same root word.

We do birds – watch them, count them, protect them. Birds are one of the grandest expressions of life.

We believe in citizen science and life-long learning. We can all be scholars.

We are “outside consultants” – leading field trips, holding outdoor classes, and doing “dirt work.” A meadow of spring flowers, ravens doing acrobatics, and a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis are best experienced viscerally, not virtually.