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Upcoming Field Trips
Spring on the Prairie
Saturday, May 10
Birder Hike 8:00 a.m.
Prairie Tour 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Burn
off a little of that spring fever with a trip to the prairie!
Join Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center Director Marian
Langan and Education Coordinator
Deb Hauswald for a beautiful
morning stroll at Spring Creek Prairie on Saturday,
May 10, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. We'll
take in the sights and sounds of spring on the prairie, listening
for meadowlarks and seeking out the early spring wildflowers.
Meet at the new education building.
While this trip
will be geared more for the general prairie enthusiast,
those interested in birding are welcome to hit the trails
early at 8:00 a.m.,
with staff member Kevin Poague leading
this group. May 10 just happens to be the first day of
Wachiska's
Birdathon, so our sightings will count toward the overall
Birdathon total. The focus for the trip will be finding some
of the more elusive prairie birds, such as Henslow's
and LeConte's sparrows. Participants can
choose to stay with the birders or go back to the building
at 9:00 and take part in the prairie walk.
For directions,
check www.springcreekprairie.org or
call Deb at 797-2301 with
any questions. Hope to see you there!
Birdathon Weekend Birding
Saturday May 10
Jack Sinn Wildlife Management Area, 8:00
a.m.
Our Saturday, May 10, field trip will
be led by Ken Reitan and Tim Knott to the Jack Sinn Wildlife
Management Area south of Ceresco. Because of the rains this
spring, and the recent habitat improvements that have been
completed at Jack Sinn, we hope to be able to see a variety
of shorebirds and other migrating avian species. We will
meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Jack Sinn WMA main parking area
just west of Highway 77 and Agnew Road. We will probably
move to another parking lot to the east depending on bird
locations and road conditions. Jack Sinn can be a good area
for greater and lesser yellowlegs and, depending of the water
levels, some of the larger shorebirds and ducks. This is
a good opportunity to find out how the improvements have
helped the bird habitat at Jack Sinn.
Wilderness Park, 8:00 a.m.
Friends of Wilderness
Park is planning a birding hike in Wilderness
Park this same
morning. The leaders will be Larry
Einemann and John Carlini. The meeting place will be the 14th
Street entrance and will
begin at 8:00 a.m. also.
Sunday May 11
Platte River State Park, 8:00 a.m.
On Sunday, May
11, John Carlini
and Shari Schwartz will lead a field trip to Platte
River State Park, a great spot for finding recently
arrived migrating species such as scarlet tanagers, summer
tanagers, great crested flycatchers, blue-gray gnatcatchers,
and indigo buntings. If you haven't seen
these birds in the wild you are missing a great experience.
Meet John and Shari across from the observation
tower at Platte River State Park at 8:00 a.m. for
an exceptional bird hike. This park is about five miles east
of the Mahoney State Park exit on Interstate 80 about 45
minutes northeast of Lincoln.
If You Can't Go...
If you are unable to participate on a
field trip this year, you can still help Wachiska's
Birdathon 2008. Just keep a record of the birds you
spot in your backyard or in your walk around the neighborhood
and let the chapter know what you saw during the weekend.
You can e-mail
our office or call Tim
Knott at 483-5656 or Ken at 423-3540 with your list. This helps our fundraising effort.
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