Welcome to the Huachuca Audubon Society
The Huachuca Audubon Society (HAS) offers monthly meetings in the form of
lectures or slide shows on birding and natural history
subjects. Meetings take place in Sierra Vista, usually on the third
Tuesday of the month, September through May. Frequent birding trips to
a variety of birding hotspots are offered year round.
Whether in the area for a few days or newly relocated here, you are
invited to join us in any activity offered. Check out recent
trip reports of travels in Mexico and locally.
NOTE: If you are not already on our e-mail list and wish to be notified when
a new edition of our newsletter, the Trogon News, is available, please send
your e-mail address to the Huachuca Audubon Society
webmaster.
Breaking News!
The membership is invited to join us for the
HAS Annual Meeting at 3:30pm, Saturday, June 7 at SPH.
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The membership is invited to join us for the
HAS Annual Meeting at 3:30pm, Saturday, June 7 at SPH.
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At the Annual Meeting, we will be electing members of the Board of Directors
of Huachuca Audubon. Here is the slate of candidates:
President, Mike Guest
Vice President, Robert Weissler
Secretary, Anne Graf
Treasurer, Phil Tucker
Director, Ginny Bealer
Director, Phil Tucker
Director, Dave Cunningham/Sherry Cunningham (shared position)
Director, Alan Blixt
Director, Robert Weissler
Director, Tricia Gerrodette
Director, Anne Graf
Make your voice heard and vote!
We are also looking for committee chairs to lead our various programs:
Field Trips, Alan Blixt & Robert Weissler
Programs, {vacant}
Conservation, {vacant}
Education, Ginny Bealer
Membership, Ginny Bealer
Audubon Adventure, Sally Rosen
Webmaster, Robert Weissler
Trogon Editor, Robert Weissler {need full time editor for 12 issues instead
of current 4 issues annually}
If you are interested in heading one of our committees, we welcome
additional volunteers! We especially need a vigorous Conservation Chair and
if you have a special interest in the monthly programs sponsored by
Huachuca Audubon, we have a vacancy for our Program Chair.
Get INVOLVED with your local Audubon chapter!
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Get INVOLVED with your local Audubon chapter!
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WE NEED YOUR HELP!! The Nomination Committee is looking for some
willing volunteers to fill the positions of Conservation Chair,
Programs Chair, Outings Chair and Secretary. Each position is a one
year term. The general election is June 7 so we need your help
now. Please contact Alan Blixt at 515-9458,
alanblixt@hotmail.com or
Dave or Sherry Cunningham at 378-2201,
SLDLcunningham@cox.net.
TAKE ACTION:
Help Stop the Killing of Protected Raptors
Send a letter!.
Wet-Dry maps of the San Pedro River (~13 MB!)
Reuseable shopping bags are available for $2.00 each at San Pedro House.
Find out how you can support local environmental education with
Audubon Adventures.
Summer volunteer opportunity: Hart Prairie Preserve offers on-site hosts a private cabin.
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Schedule of Events for May 2008
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Local Programs and Events
10th, Saturday.
North American Migration Count
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10th, Saturday.
North American Migration Count
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The purpose of the North American Migration Count (NAMC) is to obtain
a "snapshot" of the progress and "shape" of migration across the USA
by noting the abundance and distribution of species by county. Cochise
County ranked second in diversity of birds for Arizona in 2007. See
the report from last year here:
http://www.huachuca-audubon.org/NAMC.php.
If you would like to count the birds in Cochise County, contact:
Erika Wilson (terika88@cox.net).
20th, Tuesday, 7pm. HAS Monthly Program
on the
Burrowing Owl Reintroduction.
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20th, Tuesday, 7pm. HAS Monthly Program
on the
Burrowing Owl Reintroduction.
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HUACHUCA AUDUBON MEETING: 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 20th, 2008.
Gordon Lewis describes the Burrowing Owl Reintroduction.
The meeting takes place at 7 pm in the Horace Steele Conference Room
on the Sierra Vista campus of Cochise College. (The room is inside the
library building at the college, but outside the library itself).
The general public as well as Huachuca Audubon Society members
are welcome to attend.
Field Trips
Saturdays in May on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st,
4-6pm.
SABO Hummingbird Banding at SPH.
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Saturdays in May on the 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st,
4-6pm.
SABO Hummingbird Banding at SPH.
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Hummingbird banding at San Pedro House is conducted by the
Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory (SABO). The public is VERY welcome
to observe! FREE - but DONATIONS are greatly appreciated.
For the most recent updates to the banding schedule, check out the SABO
calendar of events.
Also, to find out more information about their banding project, visit their
Field Trip Photo Album.
12th, Monday, 7am. HAS Field Trip,
St David Bird Walk.
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12th, Monday, 7am. HAS Field Trip,
St David Bird Walk.
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Bird Walk at Holy Trinity Monastery, St. David
Date: May 12th, 2008
Leaders: Alan Blixt (515-9458,
alanblixt@hotmail.com).
Field trip covering the monastery grounds, ponds, and adjacent San
Pedro River. Meet at Sierra Vista City Hall 7am to car-pool. Trip is
free and open to the public.
Explore the trails at Holy Trinity Monastery down to the San Pedro River.
This is the height of Spring migration, so the river will be very
productive for migrant warblers and breeding birds like Gray Hawk,
flycatchers, orioles, and tanagers, among many others.
neotropical migrants, especially flycatchers and warblers, on our 2.5
Bring binoculars, sun hat, and water. If not car-pooling from Sierra Vista,
meet at Holy Trinity Monastery at 7:30am. Beginning birders welcome.
14th, Wednesday, 7 am.
FSPR bird walk. Meet at San Pedro House (SPH).
29th, Thursday, 7am. HAS Field Trip to
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve.
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29th, Thursday, 7am. HAS Field Trip to
Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve.
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Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve
Date: May 29th, 2008
Leaders: Erika Wilson (234-4359,
terika88@cox.net) and
Mike Guest (378-0667,
mwguest@juno.com)
Field trip to the Nature Conservancy’s Patagonia-Sonoita Creek
Preserve plus a visit to the Paton home. Meet at Sierra Vista City Hall
7am to car-pool. Bring
lunch and water for a flat easy 3-mile stroll around the preserve,
looking for Patagonia specialties such as the Gray Hawk, Thick-billed
Kingbird, Black Vulture and Northern Beardless Tyrannulet. We’ll also
stop at the Patagonia Rest Area for lunch and a second chance at the
kingbird, and then at the Paton’s yard for hummingbirds, such as the
Violet Crowned Hummingbird. Trip is free and open to the public, but
standard preserve entrance fees apply: $5/person non-members,
$3/person members, plus a donation at the Paton’s to help maintain the
feeders.
24th, Saturday, 7 am.
FSPR bird walk. Meet at San Pedro House (SPH).
Note: due to the particularly high price of gas, car pool passengers
are expected to provide adequate compensation to their drivers, about
8 cents per mile.
Weekly events
Every Monday at 7am,
Birdwatching Field Trips to the San Pedro River.
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Every Monday at 7am,
Birdwatching Field Trips to the San Pedro River.
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Join the Huachuca Audubon Society for 2-3 hour weekly birdwatching
field trips to the Gordon Lewis property on the San Pedro River.
Starting in April, we will
meet at 7 am, Monday mornings, at the pull-off just west of the
bridge, on the north side of Highway 92 (near Palominas; There is a
rusty quonset hut just before the turn-off, and a gate numbered
10663.) Bring water, sun protection, and adequate clothing; it will
be cold. This is a unique opportunity to visit private property with
incredible riparian habitat, including burrowing owl roosts. There
is no fee, and interested non-members are welcome. For information,
contact Rick Romea, 520-803-1160,
rickorcindy@hotmail.com.
Every Sunday at 7am Apr-Sep (then 8am Oct-Mar),
Bird Walk at Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park.
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Every Sunday at 7am Apr-Sep (then 8am Oct-Mar),
Bird Walk at Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park.
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The Sunday EOP walks sponsored by Huachuca Audubon Society, Friends
of the San Pedro River, and the Southeast Arizona Birding Observatory
at 8 AM all winter have been fantastic. Please come early as tours
are limited to 20 participants with two docents.
Looking Ahead
June 7, Saturday, 3:30pm. HAS Annual Meeting at SPH.
June 7, Saturday, 4-6pm. SABO Hummingbird Banding at SPH.
June 8, Sunday, 7:30am. HAS Field Trip to Carr Canyon/Comfort Spring.
July 14, Monday, 8am. HAS Field Trip, Hummingbirds at Ash Canyon B&B.
Aug. 10, Sunday, 7:30am. HAS Field Trip to Miller Canyon & Beatty's Orchard.
For additional nearby field trips and programs, check out the
Friends of Sonoita Creek.
Interested in butterflies? Check out the
Southeast Arizona Butterfly Association.
International Bird Tours
Tours with Nature Treks
Enjoy a birding trip to such destinations as: Alamos & Southern
Sonora; Kino Bay; Belize & Tikal; Copper Canyon, and more, and have
part of your trip price donated to HAS.
For full details go to Nature Treks.
Birding Festivals
In order to locate upcoming festivals, please consult the
American Birding Association
Birding and Nature Festivals Directory.
Mission Statement
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The goal of Huachuca Audubon Society members is to conserve and
restore eco-systems so that birds and other wildlife can flourish and
enrich the Earth's diversity. Members enjoy observing wildlife and
seek its protection through efforts to advance public understanding of
the relationships of all life forms and the consequences of
interfering with these relationships.
Huachuca Audubon Society members are concerned conservationists who
work to extend the public awareness of the value of conservation. They
also seek to inform and influence lawmakers so that their work may
reflect this value.
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Last updated: 2 May 2008 by REW.
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