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May 8 - International Migratory Bird Day 2010 (IMBD)
Theme: The Power of Partnerships
See www.birdday.org
International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) was created in 1993 by visionaries
at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Now a program of Environment for the Americas (EFTA).
International
Migratory Bird Day 2009
A
project of Environment for the Americas - see www.birdday.org
Theme: Celebrate Birds in Culture
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Union 50 Club by Devils Lake opens at 8am
Directions: Turn East at the D River Wayside traffic signal onto SE 1st St
to blue building
Free and open to the public
Report
by the Chemeketans: DEVILS LAKE "BIRDING
BY BOAT", May 9
This was our popular 16th annual joint Chemeketan and Salem Audubon
Society "BIRDING
BY BOAT" canoe/kayak trip to celebrate INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD
DAY at Devils Lake by Lincoln City. This year’s theme was Birding Cultures.
As twenty-six of us paddled through the lake’s wetlands of yellow water
lilies and iris, we saw several nesting waterfowl and a cute family of just
hatched Canada geese goslings! The resident eagles also greeted us. Lunch
was at the lakeside community center with Devils Lake Water Manager Paul
Robertson
and Audubon wood duck expert Al Rice, who shared his amazing wood duck box
nesting videos. We also watched a DVD of our Chemeketan last year’s
Devils Lake paddle, which was filmed by member Susan Watkins and Salem Capitol
Community
TV (CCTV Channel 21). Thanks to our annual host, the Preservation Association
of Devils Lake. And thanks to our Chemeketan boat
trailer driver,
new member
K.C. Meaders. Trip leaders: Laurelyn Schellin and Stuart Charleston.
Report by PADL: International Migratory Bird Day was made possible by donations
from PADL members Al Rice and Charmian Mass. Thanks to PADL member Smokey
Aschenbrenner for help and the Union 50 Club. Also thanks to PADL member
Chester Noreikis for volunteering with clean-up. Thanks to Judy and Russ
Cleveland. Thanks to Trillium Natural Foods for refreshments.
The
weather was sunny with blue skies, but the wind was something else. Maybe
the rain is not so bad.
Special Program at 1pm: “Oregon’s Wonderful Woodies” by
Al Rice
Wood Duck program in full – showing not only slides of this "most
beautiful Waterfowl in North America" but also live videos taken with
miniature cameras implanted in the nest boxes showing ducklings climbing out
of their nests and jumping headlong to the water or ground at their mother’s
call. This is your chance to learn more than you really might want to know
about these amazing birds, filmed entirely right here on Devils Lake.
10am: Devils Lake Kayak and Canoe trip – East Devils Lake
State Park
Meet PADL member Al Rice and Salem Chemeketans Outdoor Recreation Club
(www.chemeketans.org)
at East Devils Lake State Park for a lake orientation before touring the
lake by boat. Bring a sack lunch to eat at the Union 50 Club before returning
to
East Devils Lake State Park. Need an approved life jacket with whistle
attached, and 15-foot tie-up rope.
11am: PBS “Nature” film “American Eagle” by
Emmy Award winner Neil Rettig
Everything about them is big. They are one of nature’s largest raptors,
with wings that can span eight feet, and nests that can weigh up to a ton.
Unique to North America, the bald eagle is the continent’s most recognizable
aerial predator, with a shocking white head, electric yellow beak and penetrating
eyes. Yet most people know little about it beyond its striking appearance.
You can read about the filmmaker on the PBS website.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/american-eagle/introduction/4201/
Photographed by three-time Emmy Award winning filmmaker Neil Rettig, “American
Eagle” is the first HD hour on bald eagles ever. In this behind-the-scenes
exclusive, Rettig talks about the making of the film while he captures
footage of the spring migration along the Mississippi River. Rettig shares
his favorite
experiences from the filming and explains why he believes wildlife filmmakers
have a special responsibility to move people to think about the natural
world, now more than ever.
2pm: “Devils Lake IMBD 2008” – Chemeketans plan to bring
a DVD copy of last year’s event that was made for and televised on
Salem Community TV. Al Rice and the Devils Lake Water Improvement District
manager
Paul Robertson appear in the film.
Dawn to Dusk: Walk the boardwalk and view the new wetland interpretive
signs at West Devils Lake State Park. An Oregon Coast Birding
Trail site (www.oregoncoastbirding.com).
Park at the D River Park or Open Space – north
of the D River, east of Hwy 101. See a rare sphagnum peat wetland habitat
found in only a few places on the Oregon Coast.
Dawn to Dusk: Walk one or two Year-round Volkssport walks - start
at the Sea Gypsy Motel (www.theseagypsymotel.com) by
the D River. Two
10K (6.2 miles) non-competitive, self-guided walks. Register in the lobby
and
pick
up a map
with self-guided
instructions.
Beach or town walk options. Park at the D River Wayside. Free unless IVV
credit. See www.ava.org or www.walkoregon.org website.
Admission is free, refreshments will be available, and everyone is welcome.
See www.birdday.org for educational
pdf downloads.
Hosted locally by the Preservation Association of Devils Lake
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2008
International
Migratory Bird Day 2008 by the Lake
Date:
Saturday, May 10, 2008, Union 50 Club
Report: Twenty-six Chemeketans (700 member outdoor club based in Salem)
brought kayaks and canoes from
Salem, Keizer, Turner, McMinnville, Sublimity, Stayton, Dallas, and Silverton
to tour Devils Lake. Also, attendees from Tillamook, Lincoln City, Otis,
and Neotsu. Laurelyn Schellin from the Chemeketans advertised the event
in
the Salem Register
Guard as well as the Chemeketans website. The Chemeketans president attended.
PADL members Al Rice and DLWID manager Paul Robertson met the group at
East Devils
Lake
State
Park.
Devils Lake resident Niki and Dave Price wrote an article in their Oregon
Coast Today publication. Jim Fossum from the Newport News Times wrote an
article
before the event and took
pictures
the
day of the
event.
Salem
Community
TV filmed the trip and introduced Al and Paul as naturalists. PADL may
receive a copy of their video. Additional attendees came from Lincoln City,
Neotsu,
Otis, and Tillamook.
The weather turned rainy. Served hot drinks because of the cold - apple
cider, hot chocolate and marshmallows and shade-grown
coffee.
Had
fresh fruit,
cherry tomatoes, cheese and crackers,
chocolate (endangered species and lady bug) and soft drinks. Much of the
food came from Trillium Natural Foods Grocery. The movie "Fly
Away Home" was
shown while serving popcorn. After the film Al Rice gave a short
talk about
his
wood duck
nest box program. Sent
the IMBD program book about habitat to PADL members. Funding provided by
Charmian Mass and Raylene Erickson. PADL members attending were Elvera
McCamman, Charmian
Mass, Al Rice, Paul Robertson, Betty
Wachs, Smokey Aschenbrenner, Chester Noreikis, Barbara and Robert Landhuis.
Special thanks to Charmian Mass for donations and program input. Thanks
to Elvera McCamman for help with serving food. Thanks to Smokey Aschenbrenner
for help setting up the room and making coffee. Thanks to Judy and Russ
Cleveland
for public relations. Ms
Schellin requested that Al Rice present his wood duck nest box video program
next year.
Place: Union 50 Club - 1115 SE First St, east at the "D" River
traffic light
The Union 50 Club will be open from 10am to 5pm
Theme: "Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats, and People" -
see www.birdday.org
Migratory
birds travel long distances between breeding and non-breeding sites throughout
the Western Hemisphere. In 2008, IMBD will explore the birds that make these
fantastic journeys, the habitats on which they depend, and the people who are
important to the conservation of birds and their habitats along the way. The
2008 theme provides a wonderful opportunity to recognize the important habitats
in your locale and the groups and individuals that contribute to their protection.
Explore what each habitat offers migratory birds, whether it is a place to
rest,
a nesting site, or a winter home. See www.birdday.org Spring
North American Migration Count
View
the PowerPoint presentation
by the Bird Day organizers
Kayak and Canoe Devils Lake
10am - East Devils Lake State Park
View wood duck nest boxes
1pm - Film "Fly Away Home"
Shade grown coffee
Free
The Preservation
Association of Devils Lake (PADL) invites the public to celebrate International
Migratory Bird Day
on Saturday, May 10. This year's theme is "Tundra
to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats, and People."
Kayakers and canoers
are invited to meet PADL member Al Rice at East Devils Lake State
Park at 10am for a Devils Lake orientation – including information about viewing
wood duck nest boxes by boat. The Salem Chemeketan outdoor club is offering "Devils
Lake Birding by Boat." The Union 50 Club at 1115 SE 1st, (turn east
at the D River Wayside traffic signal to the blue building south of the D
River), will be open from 10am to 5pm. Bring a sack lunch and enjoy a free
cup of shade-grown coffee as well as other refreshments. The movie "Fly
Away Home" will be shown at 1pm. All activities are free. For
information call 994-6178 or 992-3535. Visit http://www.devilslakeor.us
and http://www.birdday.org.
Migratory birds travel long distances between breeding and non-breeding sites
throughout the Western Hemisphere. In 2008, IMBD will explore the birds that
make these fantastic journeys, the habitats on which they depend, and the people
who are important to the conservation of birds and their habitats along the
way.
History of International Migratory Bird Day - IMBD
IMBD was created in 1993 by visionaries at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
and the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
SALEM
CHEMEKETANS REPORT
DEVILS
LAKE "BIRDING BY BOAT" CANOE-KAYAK
, May 10
Twenty-eight birding boaters celebrated International Migatory Bird Day at
Devil’s Lake, our annual trip with the Salem Audubon Society. Our naturalist
guides were bird photographer and wood duck expert Al Rice and Devils Lake
Manager and water chemist Paul Robertson, who kayaked with us. Salem CCTV
Chn. 22 filmed our trip, so you’ll be able to join us vicariously on
an upcoming broadcast. A reporter from the coastal News Times also interviewed
us. Thanks to the Devils Lake Preservation Assn. for the educational exhibits,
refreshments, and showing of the migratory bird film "Fly Away Home." On
this first 2008 paddle trip, our NEW CHEMEKETAN BOAT TRAILER WAS CHRISTENED
by club president Ken Ash, canoe-kayak chair Laurelyn Schellin, and trailer
designer/builders George Susbauer and Rod Johnson. After years of borrowing
the Salem Boy Scout boat trailer, we finally have our own for carpooling!
Many thanks to George and Rod for this wonderful addition to our paddle program.
Enjoying the day were members K. Ash, R. Johnson, G. Susbauer, M. Murphy,
J. Forest, B. Brockway, S. Watkins, D. Yost, G. Shaw, E. Knox, M. Hague,
A. and C. Hernandez; guests Al Rice, Paul Robertson, Augie Rohan, Louann
and Mitch Rohse, Don Schildmeyer, Candi Charlton, Sheryl Graham, Amy Amolel,
Susan Fischer, Stuart Charleston, Raylene Erickson, Jim Possum; and leaders
Laurelyn Schellin and Ed Graham.
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2007
International
Migratory Bird Day 2007
Dates:
Friday,
May 11, 2007 & Saturday, May 12, 2007
Place: Union 50 Club - 1115 SE First St, east at the "D" River traffic
light
Theme: "Birds in a Changing Climate" - see www.birdday.org
View
the PowerPoint "Birds in a Changing Climate" presentation
by the Bird Day organization
Report:
The event was advertised on the front page of the News Guard Currents
and Oregon Coast Today
Friday night: About 50 people attended the spaghetti dinner and
about 45 stayed for the "Shorebird" talk by Dawn Grafe
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dawn Grafe's PowerPoint
presentation
pictured shorebirds and a map of North America
showing their
migration
in red and
their
breeding
ground in green. Most breed in the arctic, but not all - some go
north and inland. Dawn can imitate bird sounds. She talked about
their feeding
habits
and how
their
beaks
are shaped for eating.
PADL member Chester Noreikis made a purple martin (largest
swallow) nest
box. Dawn Grafe said it was the best box she had ever seen and that he could
make
and sell
them. Need to get a picture of the box to her. She contacted PADL about purple
martins. A researcher in Newport sent nest box plans.
Saturday: Overcast
with a cold wind
Bird walk at 7am to D River Open Space had one person.
Bird walk at 8am at Siletz Bay had about 6 people led by Dick Demerest.
9:30am - Oregon Coast Birding Trail Dedication had about 15 at the Siletz Bay
dock.
10am - Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury talk about global warming "An
Inconvenient Truth" attended
by
about
25
people, some with second homes in the area.
He
uses
a Mac. His
wife Katy is so nice.
11am -
22 Chemeketans
in kayaks and canoes arrived at the Union 50 Club from Salem (they met PADL
member Al
Rice at East Devils Lake State Park around 9:15am)
Noon - served Mo's clam chowder, sandwiches, chocolate, sodas, lemon water,
shade-grown coffee, cheese and crackers, apples, cookies, apple croissants
Noon - 2pm
- Hot Club De Jour (PADL
member Jim Kuoni played music with 3 others) Listeners wanted to know if they
had CDs to sell - not yet but gathering funds was the reply. Others were
interested
in
having
them
travel to their area to play.
2-3pm -
Kathleen
Nickerson gave a Bird Day organization PowerPoint presentation about
birds and climate change to about 15 people including some of the Salem kayakers.
About 5 children attended and colored and made an EPA energy
wheel.
The Book End sold books both days (with a percentage going to
Audubon).
Audubon bought IMBD T-shirts to sell.
Paul Robertson brought the Devils Lake Water Improvement District display.
Birds:
Devils
Lake & D River: red-winged
blackbird, bufflehead, American
crow, bald
eagle, American goldfinch, western
gull, Steller's jay, mallard,
pigeon, American robin, sparrow
(little brown bird), European starling, barn swallow
Siletz Bay: Bonaparte's
Gull, common
loon, red-breasted
merganser, osprey, brown pelican, Caspian
tern
May 12 - Devil's Lake "Birding by Boat" Trip - Laurelyn
Schellin (Chemeketans) & Al Rice, Leaders
Twenty-two birders celebrated International Migratory Bird Day by "Birding
by Boat" on Devil's Lake.
We would like to thank the Lincoln City Audubon Society and the Devil's Lake
Preservation Association for their wonderful hospitality again this year,
and for the delicious Mo's clam chowder, chicken lunch, desserts and many
other
refreshments they provided for us. We had a chance to meet personally with
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury who gave "An Inconvenient Truth" presentation." Audubon
had an informative "Climate Change & the Songbirds of Oregon" slide
program we also participated in. While paddling and birding around the lake,
we saw the 40 wood duck nesting boxes put up by Salem Auduboner Al Rice,
who lives on the lake. The colorful yellow iris and water lilly wetlands
contained
many nesting birds and waterfowl. In our canoes and kayaks, we were able
to glide right up to them for close looks. One flock of wood ducks especially
drew our attention when a sole bufflehead was noticed in its midst. But by
far the most amazing highlight of the afternoon was when a large eagle flew
right over a kayaker's head, landed in the water by our boats, and then proceeded
to meticulously wash itself for a good 10-minutes while we watched. The eagle
then sunned itself with outspread wings in a nearby lakeside conifer tree,
drying its feathers. That close eagle encounter will long be remembered!
(PADL
member Lenny Nelson cooked spaghetti (with and without meat). County health
inspected the Union 50 Club kitchen (Nelson had a food handler permit
and county
permit to serve food). PADL member Charmian Mass donated $50 for food
from Trillium Natural Foods (Chris Christensen) - got an assortment of
cheese, crackers,
apples, apple croissants, cookies and spritzer drinks. Audubon
received the donations from the spaghetti dinner and paid the Union 50 Club
$100, and brought and served cinnamon rolls, shade grown coffee, Mo's clam
chowder, sandwiches, chocolate, sodas for a donation. Audubon paid the musicians.)
Recommendation for next year:
1.
Union 50 Club dock: two ladders
for kayakers and more moorage tie ups for boats (Chester
Noreikis working on)
2. Additional educational booklets for adults (not just school children)
3. 6:00-8:00am bird viewing at Boiler Bay with scopes
4. Schedule children's activities in the afternoon as families are usually
busy Saturday morning although also compete with soccer
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Bird list - Salmon River to Depoe Bay by Range Bayer - www.orednet.org
Highlights
1. New boardwalk at West Devils Lake State
Park
PADL donated $1,000 to the trail
2. Oregon Coast Birding Trail - see www.oregoncoastbirding.com -
download the central coast pdf. Note the feather in the logo. Nice!
Read
the Oregon Coast Visitor Association's press release at www.visittheoregoncoast.com
Speaker: Dawn Grafe, Refuge Operations Specialist, Oregon Coast
National Wildlife
Refuge
Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Newport
Presentation about "Shorebirds" and the
"Oregon
Coast Birding
Trail" which Dawn helped coordinate.
Spring
is the height of migration for hundreds of species of birds and one of
the best times to be out birding. The
Oregon coast is a stopover site for tens of thousands of shorebirds that
migrate north to breeding grounds on the arctic tundra and the coast
is the final destination for tens of thousands of seabirds that nest on its coastal
rocks and islands. Join Dawn Grafe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
as she shares the wonder of this seasonal migration in a colorful slide
presentation that highlights the shorebirds and seabirds that you can see during
spring migration and the best places to see them.
.
PADL
members attended several planning meetings, nominated and evaluated sites.
Several sites on the website and brochure are in the
Devils Lake watershed.
• D River Wayside
•. West Devils Lake State Park
•.
East Devils Lake State Park and Rock Creek Marsh (Seid Creek Open Space)
• Spring Lake Open Space
3. Speaker: Secretary of State Bill Bradbury
Lincoln City Mayor Lori Hollingsworth invited
him to
speak
Friday, May 11 - Union 50 Club, 1115 SE 1st
5:00 - 6:30 pm - Spaghetti Dinner ($5 suggested donation)
6:30 - 7:00 pm - Displays, book sales by The Book End
7:00
- 9:00 pm - "Shorebirds" and
Oregon Coast Birding Trail - this is the third in a series of talks by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dawn
Grafe, Refuge Operations Specialist, Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Saturday,
May 12
7:00 - 9:00 am - Bird walk to D River Wayside, Open Space and
State Park
8:00 - 9:00 am - Birding trip to Siletz Bay (meet at SW 51st, near Mo's)
9:00 - 9:30 am - Dedication of Coastal Birding Trail on the dock near Mo's
9:30 - 11 am - Chemeketan kayakers from Salem meet at East Devils Lake Road
with
PADL member Al Rice, public welcome to join them
10:00
- 3:00 pm - Children's activities - Cool Kids for a Cool Climate
10:00 - noon - An Inconvenient Truth
Oregon's Secretary of State Bill Bradbury will speak about global warming.
Bradbury was in the first class of slide show messengers trained personally
by former
Vice President, Al Gore.
Noon - 2:00 pm - Music by "Hot Club De Jour". Gypsy Jazz music
from the 1930's and 40's, as well as American jazz standards
2:00 - 3:00 pm - Climate change and the songbirds of Oregon
Shade
Grown coffee and other refreshments will be available throughout the day.
Participating partners to date: PADL, Audubon Society of
Lincoln City, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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