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SWNM AUDUBON ANNUAL MEETING
Everyone is invited to join us with for a potluck get-together for Southwestern New Mexico Audubon’s Annual Meeting. The event will take the place of our monthly program meeting and will be held at the Little Walnut Picnic area. Members and friends are asked to bring a dish to share and your own plates and utensils. We will meet at Little Walnut at 5:30 pm and start to eat at 6 pm. After enjoying our food there will be an opportunity to walk around and see what birds are on the grounds. |
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Friday, September 5, 2008
7:00pm
Harlan Hall at WNMU
(upstairs room)
12th Street at Alabama |
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4th ANNUAL GILA RIVER FESTIVAL
Mark your calendars for the next upcoming Gila River Festival slated for Thursday through Sunday, September 18-21. The theme for the festival is Celebrating the Gila River as a Source of Inspiration. Featured events will include hikes, field trips, workshops, natural history, museum tours, children's activities and evening speakers and entertainment. |
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September 18 - 21, 2008
Gila River Festival Website |
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GILA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY & SWNMA MEETING
WILLIAM GAMBEL
Tom Jervis from Santa Fe will speak about William Gambel. At least 11 species of plants described from NM are based on specimens collected by Gambel, including Gambel’s Oak and many species of reptiles and birds, such as Gambel’s Quail. Tom Jervis is documenting the life of William Gambel, a naturalist who passed through Santa Fe in 1841, describing the Mountain Chickadee from the hills southeast of Santa Fe. He made a number of scientific collections of plants and animals that even today represent the first examples of their species described by western science. |
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Friday, October 17
7:00pm
Harlan Hall at WNMU
(upstairs room)
12th Street at Alabama |
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Field Trips |
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September field trips are those being held in association with the Gila River Festival
Gila River Festival Website
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IRON BRIDGE / GILA RIVER VALLEY
Participants will meet at 7:30 am at the south parking lot of the Fine Arts Theater at WNMU to car pool to the Cliff–Gila valley and trails that follow part of the Gila River and nearby riparian habitat. This is a recent acquisition by The Nature Conservancy and already shows an impressive bird list. |
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Saturday, OCTOBER 18
7:30am
WNMU Fine Arts south parking lot |
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Annual Bird Counts |
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RAPTOR COUNT
Roland Shook compliled 11 years of data. EMAIL |
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Click to Open
Raptors - 11 years - Excel file
Raptors - 11 years - Web page |
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Grant County Hawk Count
Professor Roland Shook conducts the count with participants on pre-selected routes. Mostly observed from vehicles, participants identify and count perched and flying hawks and owls. This information is contributed to an ongoing data base used for research and conservation purposes. Beginning and experienced birders are welcome. Call Roland Shook if you would like to join the effort this year. 505-388-3441 |
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Date TBA, DECEMBER 2008 |
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Christmas Bird Count - Silver City
Post-count gathering will include vegetarian stew and lots to eat and drink at Gene and Eulalia Lewis residence beginning anytime after 5 pm for good bird talk and preliminary compilations of all the species. Address - 2011 North Yucca Street, up a few blocks from the Silver City Woman's Club on Highway 180. Call Gene or Eulalia at 388-5880. Trish can use a few more participants, (especially if you have good hearing). Or, count bird species at your back yard feeders - you don’t have to be an expert. Call Tricia Hurley at 575-538-4345, email: tylan01@earthlink.net |
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Date TBA, DECEMBER 2008
2005 Count Results |
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Christmas Bird Count - Gila River
The count is centered in the village of Riverside within a radius of 7.5 miles. It is mostly, but not exclusively up and down the Gila River. To participate contact Roland Shook - tyranidae@hotmail.com or 505-388-3441 |
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Date TBA, DECEMBER 2008
2005 Count Results |
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Migration Bird Count
Both the Christmas Bird Count and the Migration Count take place over a single day and are annual events. The main difference between the two (besides time of year) is that the migration count covers the entire county, not just the 7.5 mile radius circle counting area of the CBC. Because of this we need more birders to cover more area. All birders are welcome to take part. Contact Jerry Bird 575-534-4940 or email silvercitypearl@yahoo.com. |
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MAY 10, 2008
2008 Results - Excel File
2008 Results - Web page |
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11th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
This Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology led count is free and participants are encouraged to count birds anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. All birders can report the common birds they see in their yards or neighborhoods, while more experienced birders can report birds seen at birding hotspots or field trips. Count birds from wherever you are and enter your tallies online at www.birdcount.org. Observers count the highest number of each species they see during at least 15 minutes on one or more of the count days. The website provides helpful hints for identifying birds. Participants can compare results from their town or region with others as checklists pour in from throughout the U.S. and Canada. They can also view bird photos taken by participants during the count and send in their own digital images for the online photo gallery and contest. Each tally helps us learn more about how our North American birds are doing and the future of our environment. |
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FEBRUARY 13-16, 2009
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