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January I992 Vol. 30, N0. 4

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January 24, 1992 Farrand Hall ‘jjff ii’ V

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8:00 p.m. Museum ofNatural History .. . (x . ..lLI. -"1

“Anis to Z0ster0ps”Fauna and Flora of Venezuela and Australia ' , Field Report .

i by Jeff Chemnick Co55}>onsbred Programs ..

Slide show presentation by Jeff Chernnick, who eamed a .1993 Gwimds Bird cwmB.S. in zoology and botany at San Diego State University. V‘ r V V .. ~

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He has traveled to many H-0pi¢a1 regions of me world in Conservation Upddl&..t~.~.t..-.:..;.l. . .

pursuit of natural history. including two IWO-momh trips President‘:Message...;..... .. .. . ..to Australia, and a month-long trip to Venezuela. His A ’ l ‘ " ~

special interests are primitive and derived life forms, fromCycds I0 ¢8$$0Wal"i@$- Christmas Bircl Count

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Come join us for an fascinating evening in Venezuelaand Australia searching for unusual plants and animals. Q1, a pamy sunny, partly rainy Saturday, sandwiched

Jehas Ph°t°81'3Phed mall)’ exotic $999135 ill these between two days of torrential rains, 94 observers found°°"l1"'i@5 —i11¢1l1di"8 me hoallm 201 species in the Santa Barbara and Goleta area. The area

covered included a circle encompassing Gibraltar Reser-voir, Devereux, Montecito, foothillsr, residential neighbor-hoods and the near-shore ocean.

shrubbymes bordering its 10th winter at Rocky Nook Park!

about two ieet long, brownishand s°mewhatpheasam|ika_ The were past Stearn's Wharf. Extra effort was put in on

. 1“-_‘ 1 eyes are brighl red andih@1a¢ia| shoreline promontories to try and nd pelagic birds.

Hoard” Super rare birds found this year included our rst everruddy ground dove, a pine warbler, an olive-sided y-catcher, our rst CBC black skimmers (39 of them near

bizarre bird that inhabits Stearn’s Wharf), and the intrepid hepatic tanager, back for

the tropical rivers oi Few pelagic birds were found because our boat broke"°""1°as‘°"" 5°"lh Am°'i°a- down! To the horror of the boat crew, a warning lightLarge and u"‘idy"°°ki“9' H is came on and smoke poured out of the engine before they

.' Skin is intense blue. Hoatzin The after-count dinner at the Bird Hall of Santa Barbara‘ °"i°k$ha"° ‘”i"9 °'a‘"s_h°'Pf"' Museum of Natural History was well attended and the pot-

L)e';,r2¥t’g?%?:aErdt':f;); luck food offerings have never been better. Joy Parkinson_, weeks, having no vesg, in the was congratulated on this, her 30th consecutive CBC!

3;,» adult bird. We'll see you again next year.” ' — Ron Hirst

Acfivllles Calendar Field Trip Reporf

Jan. 18 Cachuma Lake eagle tour led by Everett King. A Nov. 23, 1991: Happy Canyon and Figueroa Mountain

58:1): :n0:a:sgs0(ffC:§:;?):v{ja.:§;%g::::‘Z1s$ at Our group of 10 people left Santa Barbara at 7 :40 a.m.,1000 from cachuma Lake harbor fssmt and left the valley to retum at 3:15 p.m. Ron Hirst and a

Audubon has reserved 15 this boat yat companion saw a mountain lion on this trip. The day was' l , l . B‘ I 4 .

ijecnlzsjgiscisdhger 0%a;l;_"f’0§t$::g;i::‘ ._s V Road. Our rst stop was just before the end' ' ' , ’ of the pavement at a bridge over a dry creek

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Feb. 2 A Sunday trip to Santa Barbara Harbor and W dered hawk’ l:slsac];§h‘:b§’ wlHte'cl;:lvn;dAndree Clark Bird Refuge, co-led by Everett if“ SP*“'“?W' Wes ,m ,ue It ’ ye_ ow' 1 6

r We W "W *1 = 1» " 'rrr* wmgdWe;'lmKing (962-0883) and Elan Sutton. Meet Oldnch lain mmouse wmwbreastedat the Breakwater Resturant at 7:30 a.m. 5”," g sh h ’Sp ’

. . . 3 , ’ nu atc , ay’s phoebe, savannah sparrow,for a mommg of bu-dmg‘ house wren, northern icker, double-crestedsd cormorant, American crow, house nch.

' . (6874990) ”"' Drove onto Cruz Phillips’ Las CrusitasQ )§ Q): Q E E él g 2 E : '1’ anch. At the ranch house: lark sparrow, red-breasted

apsucker, Cooper’s hawk, red-winged blackbird, Brewer'sAddmonal Activities Ca-Sponsored by bhsohhhd, smhhg, mockihghho

55"" 5¢|'b°T° AW-|"b°" 5°‘i°'Y Drove up to Johnson Canyon, Bone Canyon branch:and northern harrier, California thrasher. Johnson Canyon,

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History water trough: red-tailed hawk, ruby-crowned kinglet,California towhee, golden eagle, American keslrel, dark-

January 30 to April 26, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: eY¢d .l""C°~ b1"e'8"iY glmcatchf»Gallery, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Am?‘ I-as Crusiias Ranch, "P lo Figueroa ML P191116"

Photo Exhibit: “California ’s Treasured Wildlife” gmund for lunch and 3 SW11 round 31¢ nature ‘mil? hail?’A series of photogtaphs of endangered species taken W°°dPeCk°f’ Whm‘='b1'¢a$1°d mlmalchi F°d"bf°3-“edby local wildlife photographer B. “Moose” Peterson. nu‘-hatch’ bmw “6°PeT> mbY'°l'°w"ed kmgleh S°"1bjaY»The exhibit Wm comprise photographs of animals and mountain chickadee, golden-crowned kinglet, Stel1er’s jay.

some plants from these habitats: grasslands, marsh Down the hill to Midland School land at Mile 7 marker:(salt and fresh), dose;-roak savm-mah ~- ——— -—- -~ — ~ — -purple nch, goldeneagle,l\Iual1’.&woodpecker,_. W

phainopepla, westem meadowlark, California quail.

January 30, 7:30 p.m.: Fleischmann Auditorium, and [Members W110 “lam to 8° bkdmg 0“ Us Crusila-9 RanchFebruary 5’ 10:90 a_m_; Biro Habitat Han should rst obtain permission from Cmz Phillips (688-8233).]

Slide Program: “Calif0rnia’s Treasured Wildlife” — J5]? Ch¢'""i¢kwith wildlife photographer B. “Moose” Peterson.“Moose” will look at the endangered species of - | -California and some of the causes for their declining Board of Dlredors Meehngsnumbers. What steps are being taken to prevent their DECEMBER_ A not in attendance issues

exlmcuom Hl.S muméte r.elauO'-{Ship wnh thes were discussed but no votes were taken. Board meetingsammals Combined with ms passlonate concern for ma switch to the third Thursda of the month Sectionsmem Wm make his talk worm hearing‘ fror)n the Goleta Community Plait Draft EIR were distrib

uted. Twenty-two properties in Goleta are under consider-December Mystery Bird ation for development and are shown on the map section.

N0, it W8SIl’t 8 Ch11StmS goose! Development impacts are described in the parcel-specicIt was 3 Canada 8°05‘? analysis section. A new format for the month] Treasurer's

(2 were sighted on Bird Count Day) Report was dissusssd‘ y

'l99'l Christmas Bird Cou nl'

LOONS PLOVERS WOODPECKERS VIREOS14 Red-throated Loon 289 Black-bellied Plover 555 AcornW ker 36 Huttorrs Vlreo12 Pacic Loon4 Common Loon

GREBES57

133 Snowy Plover —- Rw mker'21 SemipalmatedPlover

228 Killdeer

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Red-breasted Sapsucker WOOD WARBLERS, TANAGERS &Nuttall's Wooqoecker SPARROWSDown Wooqoecker 1 Tennessee Warbler ‘

Piedbilled Grebe STILTS l AVOCETS 11 Hai zV00dpecker 153 Orange-crowned Warbler3 Horned Grebe 11 Black-necked Stilt 210 Normem Flicker ‘Red-shaft; 3 Nashville Warbler "

35 Eared Grebe 8 American Avocet (1) Northern Flicker Yel.-shaft. ' — Yellow Warbler '133 Westem Grebe 2097 Yellow-rumped Warbler EAudubon‘s)

1 Clark's Grebe SANDPIPERS TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 110 Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle)25 Greater Yellowlegs 141 Black Phoebe 2 Black-throated Gray Warbler

SHEARWATERS — Lesser Yellowlegs‘ 27 Say's Phoebe 139 Townsend's Warbler— Northern Fulmar 159 Vlllet — Tropical Kingbird3 Black-vented Shearwater 2 Wandering Tattler 8 Cassin's Kinsird ‘

PELICANS186 Brown Pelican

212 Double-crestedCormorant 32 BlackTurnstone — V|oletgreenSnallow 2 Rose-breas Grosbeak’_37 Brandt'sCorrnorant V 350 SanderI' —- Black-headedGrosbeak'

22 ?~t€l,‘2.‘?.§"“""""’°’ am1 billed Curlew — Horned Larka a

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Hennlt WarblerPalm Warbler 'Black-and-white Warbler 'Common YellowthroetVllson's Warbler ’

Godwit — Summer Tanager 'CORMORANTS 14 Ruddy Turnstone SWALLOWS 9 Westem Tar '

3 Pelagc Cormorant 16 Westemmgandpiper JAYS It CROWS

HERONS1 American Bittern

Great Blue Heron

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79 Least Saneblper 667 Scrub Jay17 Dunlin 938 American Crow

124 Long-billed Dowitcher — Common Raven3 Common Snipe

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Rulous-sided TowheeCalltornla Towhee8:lou_s~crgwned Sparrow

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Great E et — Red Phalarope ' CHICKADEES It TITMICE — Sage $P;'arrow 'Snowy gret 1 Mountain Chickadee 136 Savannah SparrowCattte Egret’ JAEGERS, GULLS & TERNS 203 Plain Tltmouse 11 Fox SparrowGreen-backed Heron — Pomarine Jaeger ‘ 178 Song SparrowBlack-crovmed Night-Heron 2 Parasitic Jaeger " BUSHTITS 111 Lincoln s Sparrow

133 Bonapar1e‘s Gull 1309 Bushtit 6 Swamp Sparrow 'SWANS, GEESE It DUCKS 383 Heermann's Gull 7 White-throated Sparrow ’

2 Canada Goose 455 Mew Gull NUTHATCHES 430 Golden-crowned Sparrow11 Wood Duck 241 Ring-billed Gull 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1817 White-crowned Sparrow

140 Green-winged Teal 526 Calitornia Gull 54 White-breasted Nuthatch — Harris‘ Sparrow '298 Mallard 11 Herrin Gull 697 Dark-eyed Junco Oregon)102 Northern Pintail 4 Thayegs Gull’ CREEPERS — Dark-eyed Junco Slate-colored

9 Blue-wingedTeal' 753 Westem Gull 5 Brown Creeper — Dark-eyedJunco Gray-headedCinnamon Teal Glaucous Wl6 ' 18 - Gull

215 Nonhem Shoveler — Black-legged ttiwake " WRENS BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES38 Gadwall 1 Caspian ern " 3 Rock Wren 331 Red-winged Blackbird

236 American Vlgeon 14 Royal Tern 4 Canyon Wren 4 Trloolored Blackbird17 Canvasback 94 Fors1er's Tern 56 Bewick's Wren 197 Western Meadowlark80 Rechead 37 House Wren 699 Brewer's Blackbird

434 Ring-necked Duck AUKS & MURRES 3 Vlnter Wren 24 Brown-headed Cowbird3 Greater Scaup “ 5 Common Murre 11 Marsh Wren — Orchard Oriole ’

216 Lesser Scaup — Cassin's Auklet ' — Hooded Oriole "77 Surf Scoter 1 Rhinoceros Auklet ' DIPPERS 5 Northern Oriole Bullock's) '

2 White-winged Scoter -—- American Dipper — Northern Oriole Baltimore) '8 Common oldeneye PIGEONS 1 Scott's Oriole '

76 Bufehead 1118 Rock Dove OLD WORLD WARBLERS &24 Hooded Merganser 414 Band-tailed Pigeon THRUSHES FINCHES32 Common Mergagser 2 fretted Dove 13 Golden-crowned lnglet 37 Purple nch37 Red-breas ganser » 928 ourning Dove 609 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2840 House Finch

288 Ruddy Duck — Common Ground-Dove 13; Blue-gray Gnatoatcher 19: Pine SiskinWestem Bluebird Lesser Goldnch

NEW WORLD VULTURES CUCKOOS 1 Townsend's Solitaire 5 Lawrence's Goldnch94 Turkey Vulture 4 Greater Roadrunner gig Hermit Thrush 139 American Goldnch

HAWKS1 Osprey '

— Black-shouldered lte5 Northern Harrier

16 Sharp-shinned Hawk

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Westem Screech Owl

American RobinVaried Thrush OLD WORLD SPARROWS2

Bam Owl 119 Wrentit 364 House Sparrow

Great Horned Owl THRASHERS

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Northern Pygmy-Owl 233 Northem Mockingbird ADDITIONAL SPECIES14 Cooper's Hawk — Burrowing Owl 48 California Thrasher 1 Tundra Swan55 Red-shouldered Hawk — Short-eared Owl ' 1 Ross's Goose54 Red-tailed Hawk WAGTAILS & PIPITS 24 Brant— Golden Eagle SWIFTS 196 American Pipit 2 Oldsquaw

2 White-throated Swift 39 Black SkimmerFALCONS WAXWINGS 1 Ruddy Ground Dove

56 American Kestrel6 Merlin

— Prairie Falcon ‘OUAIL280 Calilornia Quail

— Mountain Quail

RAILS 81 GALLINULES

HUMMINGBIRDS 462 Cedar Waxwing1017 Anna's Hummingbird

— Costa's Hummin bird ' _SlLKY FLYCATCHERS1 Allen's Humminggird ’ 5 Phainopepla1 Selasphorus sp.

SHRIKESKINGFISHERS 16 Loggerhead Shrike

14 Belted lngsherSTARLINGS

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Steller’s JayPine WarblerAmerican RedstartWarbling VireoEastern PhoebeOlive-sided FlycatcherMountain BluebirdHepatic TanagerVesper Sparrow

lo ed S1 V1rginiaRail 1639 EuropeanStarlihg Clay-cor parrow2 Sora3 Common Moorhen

661 American Coot ' Requires written description. GRAND TOTAL: 201 Species

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Conservation Update the proposed new Goleta Valley Land Use Element updatefor the Comprehensive Plan. Public comment period staysI Wetlands: All members are urgently requested to 09¢" lhfohgh "lid"-hllufyi feel ffe I0 rst read. 111611

contact our area's federal representatives to inform them 00II1II1<-ml. 011 the E-I-Rthat you strongly oppose any governmental effort to — lee Mvldllvefweaken policy on “Coastal Wetlands Protection" —- a

campaign pledge by President Bush in 1988. Heavy P|'95id9|'\|'5 P4955399nationwide pressure from business-and-developer lobbiesthreaten to expose over 60 percent ofcurrently protected Mehy hmhks to those °f You who have taheh the hme ‘O

wetlands acreage! This would be catastrophic to our tri- “he °T C311 1116- I highly value your input and it does make

counties coastal habitats, and to our nation’s coastal h diehehee ih what the Phohhes areecology in general. Contact: Bob Lagomarsino (R), Con- Dhe ‘° the Poe‘ eehhomyr mY Wohe Bhdatheh navelgrass; John Seymour (R) and Alan Cmnston (D), Senam plans zzled. In any event, I did manage to visit Mexico,

Germany, and a few areas of the United States. I saw a totalI Open Space Development: This is your chance to of about 450 species. A more detailed write-up will follow.

protect your favorite County birding area or hiking open- T VT A ““"~' W ' ' ’ P _‘Ro'*Hm’space from development in the 1990s. Two separate

County workshops are soliciting public and group input SANTAVBAQRBARA AUDUBON V

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Audubon is participating in both processes, but you can ‘Pr?-ridm ~ » 1 . Rr>nHitsrli~V~;;-;~»‘~:~.~L-~-1~n.;e..967-<ii$B

also be heard as private citizens. First note the exact r ~ Nmq_Km~a V,m_'_687_2o79~location of that special site you would recommend for "treasure-_ " " Ben aerkowie 4N:;:4'M:JM_e4V4¢1N0~RQ*QQ¢<‘~Q¢¢<§6s7"6V‘V22

Protection on the General Plan maps. Then send a note ‘ " (“W3 ~-'~-~--'---»~»~-'-“53‘e‘eh*

with this information, and your name and address, to both Prograrns . »SalVIy' Walker .........,;.........,.....r...~.......,$69-sass

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this December in the renewal for SB County of our state- VR'“'B'“* KW“ amen“wemandated Air Quality Attainment Plan. We also are new T*P*¢V3*'*“_ Barby County.»a,.asa.a..an...~.,(%95)V95§*57’5°

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