[wisb] Re: 60 years of banding at Cedar Grove Research Station
- From: "Korducki" <korducki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <goosep@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 05:28:03 -0600
Thanks for posting the link Mark. It is a great article. Note they mention
a Swallow-tailed Kite from this fall. Not sure if it was banded or just
seen. Great find either way!
Mark Korducki, New Berlin
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From: "Mark and Sue Martin" <goosep@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Wisconsin Birding Network" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Martin, Mark A - DNR" <Mark.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 7:36 PM
Subject: [wisb] 60 years of banding at Cedar Grove Research Station
> http://www.jsonline.com/sports/outdoors/78613547.html
> http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/photos/78598237.html
> Hi
>
> Today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel carried a story on the front page on 60
> years of raptor banding at Cedar Grove Hawk Research Station State Natural
> Area. The above links contain the story and photos. In a sided bar not
> part of the 3 page article was:
>
> The hawks at Cedar Grove: Since 1950, Milwaukee natives Dan Berger and
> Helmut Mueller have trapped and banded migrating birds on a parcel of
> state-owned land along Lake Michigan in Sheboygan County. The land was
> designated a State Natural Area in 1952; the site is leased to the
> researchers for their work on behalf of Cedar Grove Ornithology Research
> Station Inc.
>
> In the last 60 years, more than 38,000 birds of prey of 24 species have
> been banded and released at the facility. To avoid conflict with research
> activities, visits to the site must be coordinated with the state State
> Natural Areas Program. For more information on the Cedar Grove Hawk
> Research Station State Natural Area, visit dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna or
> call 608-266-8916" http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/index.asp?SNA=8
>
> "Donations: Though it long existed on the generosity of its founders, Dan
> Berger and Helmut Mueller, a fund has been established to support research
> at Cedar Grove Ornithological Research Station. The endowment is
> maintained by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, a private
> nonprofit that supports wildlife and other projects in the state. To
> donate or obtain more information, visit www.wisconservation.org or call
> 608-261-4384 or mail to Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, c/o
> Cedar Grove Ornithological Station, P.O. Box 2317, Madison, WI 53701-2317.
>
> Thanks to WSO who donated $500 and to Noel Cutright who donated $1,000
> from his breeding bird survey project to the Endowment Fund. We hope
> others will make a contribution. We are donating $60, a dollar for each
> year that Berger and Mueller have banded raptors at Cedar Grove.
>
> Mark and Sue Foote-Martin
> Goose Pond Sanctuary
> W7503 Kampen Road
> Arlington, WI 53911
> 608-635-4160
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