Big Bluestem Flyer

Newsletter of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society

Volume 42, Number 3 January/February 2007

Programs
January 18, 2007 Thursday, 7:30 pm,
Extension & 4-H Building, I S U, Ames
“The New Colonization:
Non-native Plants in Iowa”
Mark Widrlechner
Humans have been bringing new plant species to
Iowa for centuries. The process greatly accelerated
with European settlement and it continues today.
Many of these new plants survive here only through
human intervention, but some escape from cultiva-
tion or are weeds that arrived through human care-
lessness. Mark Widrlechner will introduce some of
the non-native plants that have invaded Iowa and
describe the serious consequences of their escape
and spread that are now unfolding in our managed
and natural habitats.
Dinner* at Le's Vietnamese Restaurant
113 Colorado Avenue, Ames, 5:45 pm
February 15, 2007 Thursday, 7:30 pm,
Extension & 4-H Building, I S U, Ames
“Trumpeter Swan Restoration in Iowa”
Ron Andrews
Trumpeter Swans are Iowa's only nesting native
swan and are the largest North American waterfowl.
Ron Andrews will talk about the biology of
trumpeter swans, their history in Iowa, and the
recent efforts to restore them through the Iowa
Trumpeter Swan Restoration Program. The Iowa
program has been a partnership effort, including
the efforts and contributions of individuals,
businesses, corporations, and organizations
including Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, and
several local Audubon Society chapters.
Dinner* at the Mandarin
415 Lincoln Way, Ames, 5:45 pm

*For dinner information, contact Lynne Brookes at 515-434-2028 or at rppsolar@yahoo.com

Field Trips
January 20, 2007 February 10, 2007
George Wyth State Park (Blackhawk Rathbun Lake
Explorations in Lake (Lucas, Monroe, Wayne and
County)
Appanoose counties).
We’ll view the active feeders in the park and
Meet at 7:30 am to arrange carpooling for this all-
search for wintering owls, raptors, and waterfowl.
day trip.

Unless otherwise indicated, field trips leave promptly at 8:00 a.m. from the public parking lot west of
(behind) the Ames Wild Birds Unlimited, located south of the railroad tracks at 213 Duff Ave. Trip
destinations are subject to change based on recent bird sightings and the desires of the participants.
Contact Jeff Nichols (515-795-4176, (ozarksbirder@hotmail.com) for more information.

Page 2 Page 6
Officers and Committees Christmas Bird Count Reports
President’s Corner Page 7
Page 3 New Members
Meet a BBAS Member Membership Form
Teachers’ Treasures Coupons
Page 4 Page 8
Great Backyard Bird Count 2007 Nongame Support Certificate
Page 5
BBAS Board Funding Approval
Field Trip Report
 Presidents Corner
As you’ll read in the following pages, the busy holiday season was an even busier and more enjoyable
one for many members of the BBAS community. The “BBAS Holiday for the Birds and Member Picture
Show” held at McFarland Park was closely followed by three days of Christmas Bird Count activities
and the traditional bird count dinner. Each of these events involved dozens of people who efficiently or-
ganized, carefully cooked, selected slides, determinedly hiked, and meticulously recorded bird species
and numbers. The sense of camaraderie was palpable and collecting bird count data to contribute to the
national composite database is very important. Joy and giving. How appropriate!
And… speaking of giving… there are a number of nursing homes in our area where your beautiful
but now “stored” nature magazines would be much appreciated. Rummage around and bring any such
you wish to “recycle” to our monthly meetings and I will deliver them to homes that have requested
them. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Have You Read…?
There are many good books, videos, websites, etc. about birds and other wildlife. Share favorites by
sending a brief description to our newsletter editor, Dave Edwards, at dcejce@dandje.org.
Becoming a Tiger — Susan McCarthy, 2004 ISBN: 0-06-620924-2
(Ames Public Library: 1 copy: 591.514 MCC 2004 & Firehouse Books-order used: 232-6609)
This is a fascinating study of how young animals learn the skills needed to develop into capable
adults. Brilliantly written and based on extensive research, this book will amaze you as you read
through chapters with such titles as “Learning Your Species,” “How to Make a Living,” and, “How Not to
be Eaten.” The reader will wonder at the astonishing discoveries, burst out laughing at various critters’
growing up antics, and do a lot of reflection glimpsing neighbors’ children on the other side of our civili-
zation’s fence. Susan McCarthy is also co-author of the New York Times bestseller When Elephants
Weep which is about the emotional lives of animals.
An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning — Al Gore, 2006, 96 min. film/DVD
(Ames Public Library: 4 copies; Most book/video stores)
The award winning “thumbs up” film you’ve probably heard about but perhaps not yet seen is well
worth viewing. Al Gore takes the audience on an engaging journey into the well-documented and beauti-
fully illustrated reality of global climate change. As Roger Ebert says, “You owe it to yourself to see this
film.” I would add that we owe it to our families and the natural world we so love. Those involved in edu-
cation and in community and environmental organizations will find this excellent film good program
material for audiences interested in our planet’s future and how that future can yet be improved.
Lynne Brookes

Big Bluestem Audubon Society

Officers and Committees
Officers
President: Lynne Brookes 434-2028 rppsolar@yahoo.com
Vice-President: Royce Bitzer 233-6741 mariposa@iastate.edu
Secretary: Bruce Ehresman 296-2995
Bruce.Ehresman@dnr.state.ia.us
Treasurer: Ed Carbrey 292-2404
Board Members
Shane Patterson 232-4682 shane7896@yahoo.com
Jeff: Nichols 795-4176 ozarksbirder@hotmail.com
Mary Doud 515-795-4176, BorealBirders@hotmail.com
Kelly Weichers 319-231-6999, goinfishin@hotmail.com
Rose Danaher 641-919-3783, rdanaher@iastate.edu
The mission of the Big Bluestem Audubon Society is to enjoy the
observation and study of birds and natural ecosystems, contribute
to their conservation and restoration, engage in educational
activities to benefit humanity, and gain a broader understanding
and deeper appreciation of the world we live in.
Committee Chairs
Archivist: Hank Zaletel 382-427 madowl@midiowa.net
Bird-a-thon Co-chairs: Karl and Carmen Jungbluth, 432-5057
weatherbird.opencominc.com
Conservation Chair: Bruce Ehresman (See Officers)
Education Chair: Amy Yoakum, 232-2516
ayoakum@storycounty.com
Field Trip Chair: Jeff Nichols (See Board Members)
Membership Chair: Jon Bahrenfus 275-3263 jbahren@netins.net
Program Chair: Royce Bitzer (See Officers)
Publicity Chair: Mary Doud (See Board Members)
Publications & Electronic Media Co-Chairs:
David Edwards 292-3790 dcejce@dandje.org
Joyce Bahrenfus 275-3263 jbahren@netins.net
BBAS Web Site: http://BigBluestemAudubon.org

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 Meet a BBAS Member — David C. Edwards
I agreed to Lynne Brookes’ request that I tell something about myself. So this is the second in a series
introducing BBAS members. Here goes.
At the end of my 21 growing up years in Wisconsin I had a new BS degree, a marriage to Jeanne, and
an offer for graduate school in Iowa City. After three years there, I earned a Ph.D. in experimental
psychology and Jeanne earned a Masters degree in child development. One year was spent in Missouri
doing research and then the offer came in 1963 to join the psychology faculty at Iowa State. Jeanne took
a position in child development, though arrival of our children soon interrupted her career.
I had a long interest in birds – I remember being fascinated with a snowy egret picture when very
young – but city life in Racine, WI was not bent in that direction. When in Iowa City, we lived in a
mobile home surrounded by pear trees where we established our first bird feeder. In Ames, too, our new
house on Tucson Court had a feeder, but we had little time for interest beyond those feeder birds.
During this period most of our realtives moved to Florida, making trips there somewhat routine. The
Gulf Coast exotic bird life sharpened our interest. After one of those “forgettable” airline “adventures”, I
decided to take up flying, an interest (obsession?) that I avidly followed for over 15 years and through
several airplanes. Seeing land from the bird’s perspective gave me an abiding interest in terrain and
habitat. With sadness, I stopped flying when costs became excessive.
My academic career was a normal progression through the ranks, including almost ten years as
department chair, 1975 to 1984. My interests were in the unlikely collection of aviation/engineering
psychology, motivation, psychology history, and evolutionary psychology. I retired at the end of 1999.
Sometime in late 1982 Jeanne suggested (it may have been stronger) that we go to a local Audubon
meeting. At that time the group met in a classroom in Bessey Hall. The group was in the throes of trying
to get national affiliation, spending meeting time on deciding on a name and a newsletter logo. Field
trips were decided at each meeting by responses to the question “where should we go this time?” In a few
years I became more active, serving on the board and as president from 1986 to 1988. I compiled the
newsletter also from 1986 to 1994, and then again from 2002 to the present.
When Steve Dinsmore left Ames to begin graduate school, I took over coordination of the Ames
Christmas Bird Count. That lasted for 13 years. In 2002 I adopted and worked into its present form the
fledgling web site that Rebecca Shivvers had begun for Big Bluestem. For the past few years I have been
doing (almost) monthly “Bird Lessons” for BBAS meetings, resurrecting a “Bird-of-the-Month” feature
that Mike Meetz pioneered years earlier. These presentations reflect not any great birding expertise as
much as an interest in organizing published content in what I hope is a useful manner.
In other bird-related activities, I was the Registrar of the Iowa Ornithologists’ Union for several years,
and I manage the web sites for Iowa Audubon and the Friends of Worle Creek in Ames. My oldest web
site development is that of Friends of Wyalusing State Park in southwestern Wisconsin. I began their
web site shortly after that group was formed 10 years ago, and it has proved to be successful. Jeanne
and I have camped at Wyalusing with family and friends for more than 40 years, usually in late
September. Canoeing became a major focus of that trip in recent decades.
My greatly reduced upper-frequency hearing has limited my field birding to the moving, big, or loud
species, but Jeanne and I are fortunate to have a rich habitat and viewing access to a great variety of
bird life. Our home list includes about 20 year-round species each week and a long-term total of 181
species.
Then there is my garden and orchard, but Jeanne says this is too long already.

Teacher “Treasure’ Collections

An ongoing Audubon “project” is collecting recyclable items to contribute to the Ames Public School
teachers, who use these items as supplies in their classrooms. Teachers need this supplementation
because they find it necessary to spend their own money to cover their classroom supply needs, and they
have been very grateful for our collections. Especially, lower elementary and art teachers are using our
“treasures.” We will continue this project until further notice. A list of items that have been useful has
been published in past newsletters. Jeanne Edwards

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 Great Backyard Bird Count
What mid-winter activity is fun, easy, free, and helps bird conservation? What can parents and
teachers do with children that connects them to a whole new world of natural wonders? This February,
the tenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), sponsored by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology* and
National Audubon Society*, will give everyone a chance to discover the birds in their neighborhood and
“Count for the Record.”
“Before the count, I never bothered to tell one sparrow from the next,” said Lori Bailey, a GBBC
participant from La Crosse, Wisconsin. “But I took a picture of something taking shelter in a tree,
enlarged it in Photoshop, and was actually able to tell what kind of sparrow it was. It was kind of fun
playing detective. In short, the bird count had adventure, mystery, and the unexpected.”
During February 16–19, 2007 people of all ages, from beginners to experts, are invited to join this
event which spans all of the United States and Canada. Participants can take part wherever they are –
at home, in schoolyards, at local parks or wildlife refuges. Observers simply count the highest number of
each species they see during an outing or a sitting, and enter their tally on the Great Backyard Bird
Count web site at www.birdsource.org/gbbc.
Visitors to the web site can also compare their sightings with results from other participants, as
checklists pour in from throughout the U.S. and Canada. Together, these counts offer a real-time
snapshot of the numbers and kinds of birds that people are finding, from Boreal Chickadees in Alaska to
Anhingas in Florida.
“The Great Backyard Bird Count is a community celebration of birds, birding, and nature,” said Janis
Dickinson, director of Citizen Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “We often fail to notice how rich
our surroundings are, but counting birds, even for just 15 minutes, is not only educational—it can
provide a lasting source of enjoyment, turning a daily walk into a treasure hunt.”
“We are encouraging people to go outside and count birds for the first time this year,” said Paul Green,
Audubon’s director of Citizen Science. “By submitting their counts online, birdwatchers can quickly
see how the dots they put on the map form new patterns that tell new stories about the birds that share
the world in which we live, including our own backyards and parks.”
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the GBBC, and Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
are challenging people everywhere to “Count for the Record,” by participating in greater numbers than
ever before. Greater participation, with more checklists submitted, provides more information about bird
population trends – and helps to better inform conservation efforts.
Last year, participants submitted more than 60,000 checklists – and reported 7.5 million birds overall
and 623 different species. The count helped chronicle the early spring migratory routes of Sandhill
Cranes, documented lingering migrants such as Orange-crowned Warblers and Tree Swallows, revealed
the ongoing range expansion of introduced Eurasian Collared-Doves, and recorded declining numbers of
American Crows.
Participants who want to hone their bird watching skills can learn more from the Great Backyard
Bird Count web site, which offers identification tips and access to photos, sounds, maps, and natural
history information on more than 500 bird species. People can also submit photos to an online gallery
showcasing the dazzling array of winter birds found during the GBBC. Competitions add another
element of fun, including a photo contest, rankings for most numerous birds, and the coveted “checklist
champ” title for towns, states, and provinces with the highest participation.
The Great Backyard Bird Count is a free event, sponsored in part by Wild Birds Unlimited. Find out
how you can promote the GBBC in your town and download a free 2007 poster.
*The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a nonprofit membership institution interpreting and conserving the
earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds.
*Audubon is dedicated to protecting birds and other wildlife and the habitat that supports them. Our
national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs,
and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engage millions of people of all
ages and backgrounds in conservation.
From the Great Backyard Bird Count web site at www.birdsource.org/gbbc

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 BBAS Board Approves Funding Toward Local Land Purchase
At the Dec. 6 BBAS Board meeting, a funding proposal request was presented from Marlene
Ehresman and Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) for $3,000 to go toward the purchase of 77
acres of land that adjoins Ledges State Park and the McCoy Wildlife Area. A motion was made for BBAS
to donate $3,000 toward the acquisition of this important area. The motion was seconded and then
approved by the Board.
Acquisition of this 77-acre property (currently owned by the Harold Adams Estate, and heirs son Don
Adams and daughter Nancy Adams Ross) would protect and restore grassland and woodland habitats
adjacent to the IDNR’s 374-acre McCoy Wildlife Area and immediately across the Dragoon Trail road
from Ledges State Park. The property has been a priority for the IDNR for decades and now the owners
are ready to sell. INHF is committed to helping IDNR seek additional funding and help permanently
protect the property through acquisition and believes that the nature of this project suits the Audubon
Big Bluestem project funding priorities:
a) directly benefit birds, other wildlife and their habitats or education about those topics;
b) have direct, personal, hands-on involvement by members of BBAS;
c) occur in Iowa, especially those within our service area.
Once transferred to the IDNR, the entire area will eventually be available to the public to hike, hunt,
and watch wildlife. The property holds a variety of habitats, including a 40-acre pasture, with the
balance in upland timber, and deep ravines and flowing creek. For nearly 50 years, the land has been
part of the Adams family farm. Currently, the property is a certified biodynamic and organic farm, Full
Circle Farm, and is being grazed by cattle. Visits to the site found the woodland to be ready for rest and
restoration, with several large oak trees that are indicative of upland savanna or open woodland.
Hickory and other common woodland tree and shrub species were present, as well.
So far, a list has been compiled of 29 breeding bird species of Greatest Conservation Need (GCN), as
identified by the Iowa Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan, that would benefit by the protection
and restoration of this property. In the pasture are the songs of nesting bluebird and several grassland/
shrubland GCN birds, including Loggerhead Shrike, Bobolink, Henslow’s Sparrow, Grasshopper
Sparrow, and Eastern Meadowlark. Long-eared Owl and Short-eared Owl, two GCN species and both on
Iowa’s Threatened and Endangered Species (T&E) list, have been known to winter here, as well.
A few birds of GCN that may be found in the woodlands include American Woodcock, Wood Thrush,
and Eastern Towhee; as well as a host of migrants including Blue- and Golden-winged Warblers.
This area has long contributed to bolstering local Birder’s lists, so protecting these 70 acres from
development will be a good investment for the future of birds and birders alike.
Bruce Ehresman

Field Trip Report, Lake Red Rock, 18 November 2006

Seven participants visited Lake Red Rock on a cold, overcast, and windy Saturday. Bird numbers and
diversity were low. Most interesting were a single Black Scoter viewed from the Roberts Creek dam, all
three merganser species, and many Common Loons. Unusual was a Wild Turkey seen flying low over the
lake. Evidently the turkey had been flushed by deer hunters. After a quick lunch and pastry shopping in
Pella, we returned to Roberts Creek dam hoping to get better views of the Black Scoter seen earlier. We
were unable to relocate the scoter, and so, after having seen 44 species, we headed for home.
Jeff Nichols

Newsletter Material Deadlines

Because we would like to have the newsletter to each member before the first day of its coverage, the
editor needs to have material at least two weeks before that. Hence the deadline for the next issues
will be the fifteenth of February and of April.

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 Ames and Saylorville Christmas Bird Counts — Preliminary Results

Ames
Greater White-fronted Goose - 2; one previous record
Cackling Goose - 495
Canada Goose - 3,981; record-highest count
Wood Duck - 1; only two previous occurrences
Mallard - 188
Ring-necked Duck - count week
Lesser Scaup - 3
Bufflehead - 1; first ever on Ames CBC
Common Goldeneye - 7
Gray Partridge - 7; about average for the CBC
Ring-necked Pheasant - 40
Great Blue Heron - 2
Bald Eagle - 14
Northern Harrier - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 8
Red-tailed Hawk - 83; record-highest count
American Kestrel - 22; ties record-highest count
Merlin - 1; adult female Taiga subsp.; 2nd ever
American Coot - 8; only one previous CBC occurrence
Killdeer - 1
Rock Pigeon - 788; record-highest count (by far)
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 5; to be expected now
Mourning Dove - 74
Eastern Screech-Owl - 2
Great Horned Owl - 8; ties second-highest count
Barred Owl - 8; record-highest count
Belted Kingfisher - 6; right around the average
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 111; third-highest count
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 174; 2nd-highest count
Hairy Woodpecker - 56; record-highest count (by far)
Northern Flicker - 15
Northern Shrike - 1; at Ada Hayden Park
Blue Jay - 199; well above average
American Crow - 13,100
Horned Lark - 2; lack of snow
Black-capped Chickadee - 380
Tufted Titmouse - 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 185
Brown Creeper - 18; fewer than expected
Carolina Wren - 9; all-time high
Winter Wren - 3; now an expected species,
annually
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 3
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 41
Gray Catbird - 1; two previous records ('96,'02)
European Starling - 2,026; about average
Cedar Waxwing - 22; a rather low count
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1; first since 2001
American Tree Sparrow - 470; well above
average
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 9
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1; no records from 1991-2005
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 7; below average
Harris's Sparrow - 2; far below average
Dark-eyed Junco - 926; far above average
Lapland Longspur - 1; a flock of one
Northern Cardinal - 278; typical for recent years
Red-winged Blackbird - 204; Spring-ish flocks
Meadowlark sp. - 3
Rusty Blackbird - 9
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
Purple Finch - 3; difficult to find this winter
House Finch - 79; far below average
Pine Siskin - 1; also scarce this winter
American Goldfinch - 160; about average
House Sparrow - 755; way below average
71 species, a new high total for the Ames count
Shane Patterson

Saylorville
The Saylorville CBC was held Dec. 17 under almost ideal conditions and tallied 97 species (a new
count and Iowa all-time CBC record). Amazingly, that total included no mega-rarities and still leaves
open the possibility of an Iowa CBC reaching 100 species someday.
Highlights:
20 species of waterfowl (inc. all 5 species of geese, Trumpeter Swan, and Greater Scaup), N.
Bobwhite, Golden Eagle, Merlin, Killdeer, Thayer's and Glaucous gulls, Eurasian Collared-Dove (new
to count), Snowy and N. Saw-whet owls, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-
rumped Warbler, Spotted and Eastern towhees, Savannah Sparrow, Snow Bunting, and Brewer's
Blackbird.
Stephen J. Dinsmore

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 Welcome New members
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 2007 Nongame Support Certificate Now Available
The critically endangered Whooping Crane featured in the 2007
Nongame Support Certificate was photographed by DNR Wildlife
Biologist Greg Hanson. This bird was one of five that spent most of
May, 2006, in north central Iowa before moving on to Wisconsin.
Three of those five birds returned to northern Iowa again in the fall
of 2006. Each bird carries multiple identifying leg bands and a ra-
dio transmitter, as seen in the photo. They are part of an effort to
re-establish wild nesting Whooping Cranes in Wisconsin, with win-
tering grounds in Florida. DNR biologists are excited by the possi-
bility these extremely rare creatures (fewer than 300 in the world)
might be establishing a migratory pattern through Iowa. It's even
possible that we might someday see them take up nesting again in
northern Iowa, which more than a century ago was at the heart of North America's crane habitat. If you
happen to see a Whooping Crane in Iowa, please take caution to stay at least one-quarter mile away, to
help protect this rare species.
This 2007 Nongame Support Certificate - a limited edition photo print, is available from DNR for $5.
You may order it from our Wildlife Diversity staff at the Boone Wildlife Research Station, through DNR
headquarters in Des Moines, or purchase it from the DNR booth at various wildlife watching events
around the state. Through March we can still also offer the 2006 certificate, featuring an important
dweller of Iowa marshes, the Blanding's Turtle.
Doug Harr

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