[wisb] Fwd: The Birding Wire for Wednesday, January 16
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A SERVICE OF THE OUTDOOR WIRE DIGITAL NETWORK
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013
TOP STORY
Nestings Prompt Pond Closure At Everglades NP
A seasonal closure has been instituted for Paurotis Pond in Florida's
Everglades National Park to give pairs of endangered Wood Storks and
other bird species some peace and quiet during nesting season.
BREAKING NEWS
World's Largest Natural Sound Archive Goes Digital
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology announces the completion of a
monumental task a dozen years in the making: The digitization of its
complete analog recordings of birds and other wildlife dating back to
1929. The collection contains nearly 150,000 digital audio recordings
equaling more than 10 terabytes of data with a total run time of 7,513
hours.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Swarovski's Clay Taylor to Appear at the 2013 Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival
Organizers of the 2013 Grays Harbor Shorebird Festival, April 26-28,
2013 in Hoquiam, Wash. have announced that this year's featured guest
speaker will be Clay Taylor of Swarovski Optics.
Kevin Schafer to be Keynote Speaker at Olympic BirdFest 2013
The Olympic BirdFest, to be held April 5-7 in Sequim, Wash, is pleased
to announce this year's banquet speaker will be award-winning
international wildlife photographer and author, Kevin Schafer.
'Birding & Blues 2013' Dates Announced
Plan now to attend the 10th Annual Birding & Blues Festival in Pacific
City, Ore., presented by the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of
Commerce in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, April
12-14.
CLOSURES
Bald Eagle Exclusion Zone at Nebraska's Lake Wanahoo SRA
Ice anglers and other visitors to Lake Wanahoo State Recreation Area
(SRA) are asked to comply with an exclusion zone implemented to
protect the lake's nesting bald eagles. The exclusion zone is an area
closed to all access from until July 15.
CONSERVATION
BCA Proposed for Iowa's Sedan Bottoms WMA
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is hosting a public meeting
on Jan. 24 to discuss a proposed designation of a region including
Sedan Bottoms Wildlife Management Area as a state Bird Conservation
Area (BCA).
Sale of New HERON Sticker Will Fuel Maine's Aerial Survey
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Heron Observation
Network (HERON) has partnered with Burly Bird (a Maine-based
conservation sticker company) to help raise funds for an important
statewide aerial survey for nesting great blue herons scheduled for
2015.
New Recovery Plan Raises Concern for the Mexican Spotted Owl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has released a controversial
new final Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Plan that American Bird
Conservancy is concerned supports forest management techniques that
may be harmful to the Spotted Owl and its prey, which are adapted to
forest fires.
DESTINATIONS
16th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Begins Jan. 23
The 16th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival kicks off
Wednesday, January 23 and runs through Monday, January 28. The
Festival is presented by Brevard Nature Alliance and headquartered at
Brevard Community College in Titusville, Fla.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FWS Expands Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has substantially expanded
the critical habitat for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, adding
490 stream miles and 88,149 acres of land to the designation.
EVENTS
Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Events Announced
Brevard Nature Alliance is partnering with Brevard County Parks and
Recreation Department and the Brevard County Environmentally
Endangered Lands Program to offer special programs and activities
during the 16th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival.
Ohio 'Owls of North America Symposium' to Feature Author & Owl Expert
The Ohio Ornithological Society and Greater Mohican Audubon Society
are proud to present this event the weekend of February 15-17, 2013 at
the Mohican State Park Lodge, featuring world-renowned wildlife
researcher Denver Holt.
Missouri Eagle Days Set for Locations Near Puxico
To celebrate the arrival of Bald Eagles in Missouri, Mingo National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and the Missouri Department of Conservation's
(MDC) Duck Creek Conservation Area (CA) will host the popular "Eagle
Days" event for the public on Saturday, Feb. 2, near Puxico.
January is the Month to View Eagles in Kansas
Across Kansas in January, birders can simply drive to the nearest
river or reservoir to view bald eagles, or they may choose to attend
one of the organized eagle-viewing events that include educational
programs and often live raptors on display.
Missouri DOC 'Eagle Days'
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages eagle-lovers
of all ages to discover nature and get outdoors to view our nation's
symbol at the annual Eagle Days Events across the Show-Me State.
Upper Wabash Interpretive Services to Host Eagle Watch
View the largest documented winter eagle roost in Indiana with the
staff and volunteers of Upper Wabash Interpretive Services during the
sixth annual Eagle Watch, Feb. 2 and 3.
Pueblo Colo. Hosts 17th Annual 'Eagle Days'
Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2013 "Eagle Days" festival features
eagle-viewing opportunities, hands-on activities for youngsters, live
bird programs and educational presentations by raptor experts.
MEETINGS
Fifth International Partners-in-Flight Meeting Set
Partners in Flight (PIF), known as the premier bird conservation
meeting for the Americas and held only four times since 1990, is
scheduled for August 25 - 28, 2013 in Snowbird, Utah.
OPTICS
Flip-Open Binocular Eyepiece Covers Protect Vulnerable Lenses
Meopta USA, a global leader in precision sports optics, introduces the
new MeoCapTM flip-open binocular eyepiece covers to protect vulnerable
ocular lenses while in the field and, when flipped open for use,
shield eyes from peripheral light entering between the user's eyes and
the binocular.
PHOTOGRAPHY
New MeoPix® iScoping Adapter™ for the iPhone 5
MeoPix, which set a new standard in the digiscoping market with its
simple and affordable patent-pending solution for taking long-range
photos and videos through binoculars and spotting scopes with the
iPhone 4/4s is announcing the introduction of the new MeoPix 5 for the
iPhone 5.
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
Bosque del Apache Photo Workshop With Jerry Goffe
Photographer and naturalist Jerry Goffe will provide an overview on
wildlife and nature photography followed by a hands-on experience at
the Bosque del Apache NWR located near San Antonio, NM, Jan. 26.
SIGHTINGS
National Wildlife Refuge Assn. 2012 Rarity Roundup
As part of its first report of 2013, the National Wildlfie Refuge
Association has highlighted some leftovers from its "Rarity Sightings"
of 2012.
Rare Common Pochard Identified at Vermont State Park
The Vermont State Parks offical blog reports the sighting of a rare
Common Pochard at D.A.R. State Park, which is located on the shores of
Lake Champlain, in Addison, Vt.
Rare Duck Makes a Repeat Appearance
Exactly a year ago, a stunning Falcated Duck appeared at central
California's Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Last month, Colusa NWR
manager Mike Peters once again observed the Asian waterfowl in front
of the observation deck at the same exact wetland.
SURVEYS
Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey Jan. 17-20
If you're among the three-quarters of a million Kansans who consider
themselves birdwatchers, you can enjoy the birds at your feeder and
provide valuable population data by participating in the 2013 Kansas
Winter Bird Feeder Survey, Jan. 17-20.
TOURS
'Wings Over Willcox' Tour Offered in Spanish
For the first time in its 20-year history, this year's Annual Wings
Over Willcox Birding and Nature Festival in Southeastern Arizona will
feature a special Beginning Birdwatching field trip in Spanish on
Saturday, Jan. 19.
YOUTH BIRDING
ABA Announces 2013 Young Birder Summer Camps
The American Birding Association (ABA) is pleased to announce its 2013
Young Birder Summer Camps - Camp Colorado and Camp Avocet.
Birding Wire Photo Gallery
On open water across most of the country's mid-section, the month of
January is prime-time for viewing Bald Eagles. Now through early
February, novices and seasoned birders alike take part in special
Eagle Day events from Kansas to Ohio, where they can view large
numbers of one America's most magnificent-and inspiring-species.
Photo by Noppadol Paothong, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation.
To submit an image for consideration for The Birding Wire Photo
Gallery, send your photo, along with an identification, description of
the location and date, technical photo data and other pertinent
information to birdingwire@xxxxxxxxx.
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Taking Aim-at Outdoor Cats
Assemble a group of bird lovers and cat lovers in a room, and it's a
sure bet feathers will likely fly (pun intended).
There are few nature-related subjects that elicit more response and
prompt more passionate emotion than the debate about free-roaming and
feral cats and their impact on U.S. songbird-and game
bird-populations.
These days, when a writer accurately reports that millions of birds
are killed annually by outdoor cats, more often than not cat
supporters by the hundreds immediately rally to the defense of pet
cats allowed to run freely, in addition to those abandoned or homeless
(feral) cats that live outdoors year 'round.
Until recently, few organizations or individuals dared to condemn the
well-meaning but misdirected Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR) programs
implemented by some cities and municipalities that capture feral cats,
then turn them loose again after inoculation and sterilization.
American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is one of the few conservation groups
that fully grasps the irrationality of TNR programs and hasn't been
afraid to say it. The organization produces videos, fact sheets and
launched a Keep Your Cat Indoors campaign back in 1997.
In December 2009, a superior court judge ruled in favor of a coalition
of conservation groups, including ABC, to halt the practice of TNR of
feral cats in the City of Los Angeles, pending environmental review.
A 2010 peer-reviewed University of Nebraska-Lincoln report, Feral Cats
and Their Management, put the annual economic loss from feral cat
predation on birds in the U.S. at $17 billion.
In a column last spring, Worcester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette outdoors
columnist Mark Blazis didn't pull any punches. While noting cats are
not native to America, Blazis called for a national educational effort
to significantly change long-ingrained habits of pet owners who assume
their right of ownership to let their cats roam free.
"They need to know they are killing with their permissive kindness,"
Blazis wrote.
According to Blazis, the ABC and others, an estimated 80 million feral
cats currently roam the U.S. outdoors. Studies show that Wisconsin
alone annually loses somewhere between 17 million to 30 million
songbirds to outdoors felines. Nationally, feral and domestic cats
annually kill between 100 million to 300 million songbirds in America,
with some estimates placing that number closer to 1 billion.
In 2005, 57 percent of the 12,000-member Wisconsin Conservation
Congress voted to support a proposal to allow hunters to kill feral
cats in an effort to protect game birds and songbirds from predatory
stray felines. Then-Gov. Jim Doyle's office was inundated with letters
and e-mails from angry cat lovers, and he subsequently caved to
pressure, announcing he'd never sign a bill allowing open season on
free-roaming cats.
The proposal was subsequently dropped.
You see, there's no such thing as middle ground in the debate about
cats in the outdoors.
- J.R. Absher
Editor, The Birding Wire
The Birding Wire welcomes your comments and actively solicits guest
editorials from readers as well as experts in the field. Please send
your comments and suggestions to birdingwire@xxxxxxxxx.
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Jan. 17
Wings Over Willcox 20th Anniversary Celebration
Cochise Lake Viewing Area, Willcox, AZ
Jan. 19 - Jan. 20
Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival
Hiwassee NWR, Meigs County, Tenn
Jan. 23 - Jan. 28
16th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival
The Brevard Nature Alliance, Titusville, FL
Jan. 26
MDOC Clarksville (Mo.) Eagle Day Event
Lock and Dam No. 24, Clarksville, Mo.
Jan. 26
MDOC Stella (Mo.) Eagle Day Event
Veteran's Memorial Park, Stella, Mo.
Jan. 26
Great River Eagle Days
America's Best Value Inn, Quincy, Ill.
Jan. 26 - Jan. 27
Missouri Dept. of Conservation Eagle Days
Springfield (Mo.) Conservation Nature Center
Jan. 27
SE Arizona Bird Observatory (SABO) Sandhill Crane Watch
Whitewater Draw Wildlife Area
Feb. 1 - Feb. 3
Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2013 "Eagle Days"
Pueblo, Colo.
Feb. 2
Fifth Biennial Wild Things Conference
University of Illinois at Chicago (registration closes Jan. 20)
Feb. 2
Heartlands Conservancy Eagle Trek
Kaskaskia Lock and Dam, Modoc, Ill.
Feb. 2 - Feb. 3
Upper Wabash Interpretive Services 6th annual Eagle Watch
Salamonie Interpretive Center, Huntington County, Ind.
Feb. 15 - Feb. 17
6th Annual Sax-Zim Bog Birding Festival
Duluth, Minn.
Feb. 16
13th Annual Orlando Wetlands Festival
Fort Christmas Historical Park, Orlando, FL
Feb. 23
Southwest Florida 11th Annual Burrowing Owl Festival
Rotary Park Environmental Center, Cape Coral, FL
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