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General Meeting, February
11, 2010:
Join
us at our same great location, the Cache Valley Learning Center (75
S. 400 West). We will watch a video about the issues of managing wolves
in the west, and then discuss the recent proposal in the Utah Legislature
to require the shooting of all wolves that enter the state. The meeting
will start at 7 p.m. Enter through the building’s west doors.
All are welcome to attend and refreshments will be provided by Crumb
Brothers and Caffe Ibis. We hope to see you there!
St. George Winter Bird
Festival, January 28-31, 2010:
This year’s Festival theme is Roadrunners & Red Rocks and
St. George has them both! Come and enjoy Southwest Utah’s beautiful
red rock landscape. You’ll have the opportunity to take part
in 4 days of birding activities. The Festival is centered around the
Tonaquint Park & Nature Center where you will find most of the
presentations and workshops. The Festival is designed for all levels
of birders -beginning to advanced. The leaders and attendees are eager
to share their experiences and enthusiasm for birding. Find a roadrunner
for your life list!.
Logan Sewage Lagoons, January
16, 2010:
The Logan Sewage Lagoons and Polishing Ponds are real hot spots for
over-wintering waterfowl. Join us for a trip with local expert birder
Ryan O’Donnell. We will look for all the common wintering ducks
and try to find a few rarities like a Long-tailed Duck or a scoter
as well. Meet at 9 a.m. at the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and
the Logan Fire Station. Bring binoculars and dress for the season;
a cold wind often blows across the lagoons. Beginning birders are
welcome. Carpooling will be available. We will finish up around noon.
NOTE: THE DATE IN THE STILT IS INCORRECT, THIS TRIP IS ON SATURDAY
THE 16TH.
General Meeting, January
14, 2010:
Join
us at our same great location, the Cache Valley Learning Center (75
S. 400 West), as Val Grant will present a slide show of South Africa's
diverse and colorful bird life, based on a trip to Cape Town and Krueger
National Park. The photography was done mostly by Kendrick Moholt
of Lostine, OR. The speaker has a few of his photos in the mix and
they will be readily discernible. If Kendrick's photos haven't won
awards for excellence, they will. The meeting will start at 7 p.m.
Enter through the building’s west doors. All are welcome to
attend and refreshments will be provided by Crumb Brothers and Caffe
Ibis. We hope to see you there!
Two-hundred Club:
It it possible to seee 200 species of birds in Cache County in the
calendar year? It is not only possible, but several local birders
do it every year. This trip was led by local birding expert Reinhard
Jockel, who is not only good with visual birding, but also a gifted
birding-by-ear expert. Anyone was welcome to attend the field trip,
expecially those who wanted to set a New Year resolution to get out
of the house and see 200 of the great, natural beauties of Cache Valley.
We met at 9:00 a.m. at the parking lot between Caffe Ibis and the
Logan Fire Station (50 East 150 North).
Christmas Bird Count,Saturday, December 19, 2009:
This year marks the 110th Christmas Bird Count and the 50th for Bridgerland Audubon Society.
Bridgerland Audubon conducted its Christmas Bird Count on Saturday December 19 as we counted every bird in a 15 mile circle. This is the same circle we've been counting since the mid-1950s.
To consolidate the count, an evening potluck was held at the Cache Valley Unitarian Universalists' building at 596 N 600 E in Logan, beginning at 6 p.m.
It was a hoot (quite literally for those of us who went owling...). Watch for details in a future issue of the Stilt. Please join us next year! Visit the CBC Page for more...
Take Your Birding to the Next Level with “Inside Birding”
It’s May, perhaps bird watching’s biggest month, as millions of birds return from the tropics, filling the Northern Hemisphere with summer’s full array of birds. It’s a great time to go bird watching, and Chris Wood and Jessie Barry from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology are inviting you to go out with them—in a new free series of web videos, “Inside Birding.”
Conservation easement signed for valuable Bear River wetland area
LOGAN, Utah, April 16, 2009 — Bridgerland Audubon Society and Rocky Mountain Power have reached agreement on a Conservation Easement for approximately 500 acres of Bear River bottomlands near Trenton, Utah. The easement was signed at Bridgerland Audubon Society’s annual banquet April 22, 2009, at the Coppermill Restaurant in downtown Logan. more...
In Memory of - Alice Harper Stokes 1915-2009
Alice Harper Stokes passed away on March 19, 2009.
A memorial service for Alice Stokes was held at the Sunburst Lounge of the Taggart Student Center, Utah State University, on Saturday, May 9, at 3 p.m. A reception followed at the College of Natural Resources, USU. more...
North American Bird Phenology Program
The North American Bird Phenology Program is asking for volunteers to help transcribe over 90 years worth of paper records of bird migration patterns.
The goal is to have a broadly accessible database that can support research activities.
For details on how you can help, click here.
Audubon Newswire
News, Announcements & Events from the Audubon Network this week. more...
Leave No Child Inside - Cache Valley
A new Cache Valley group was formed last June titled “Leave No Child Inside- Cache Valley.”
Its purpose is to confront “Nature Deficit Disorder,” a phrase coined by Richard Louv,
author of the transformative book “Last Child in the Woods.” The group consists of a
cross section of our community. Our main purpose is more...
Protect The Bear River Learn about the importance of this threatened Utah river that runs through the heart of Cache Valley, and see what you can do to preserve it.more...
Cats Indoors! Campaign Millions of birds are killed each year in the United States by domestic cats. The American Bird Conservancy initiated the Cats Indoors program to help end the unnatural deaths and injuries of birds and to educate cat owners on the risks, not only for birds, but for the cats, on allowing them to roam free. more...
