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Mission statement: To preserve and improve the remaining habitat of birds and other wildlife, restore historical habitat, and educate
the public, with emphasis on children, providing vision to all about our unique Nevada environments.

MONTHLY MEETINGS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER Date: Fourth Tuesday of the month
2005 Time: Social at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7 p.m.
Location: South Valleys Library
15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno
vol. 43, no. 2 Exterior door, west side of building

Inside This Issue Directions to South Valleys Library: Take Hwy 395 to the Mt. Rose Hwy. Head west
on the Mt. Rose Hwy and take the first right turn onto Wedge Parkway, just past Raleyʼs
shopping center. Go about one mile on Wedge Parkway and look for the boldly de-
1 Monthly Meetings signed, mustard yellow library on the right.

2 Field Trips November 22 -- Donna Withers -- Anaho Island NWR

3 Important Bird Areas Note: Social starts at 7 p.m., meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Anaho Island Refuge Manager Donna Withers will present an introduction to Anaho
Island NWR with a review of the status and history of the American White Pelican
4 From the Presidentʼs Perch breeding colony found on the island. It is one of the largest breeding colonies of
American White Pelicans in the world. She has been the manager of the island since
5 Conservation Corner January of 1999. Previously, she worked in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Reno
office for seven years in the Endangered Species Program.
6 Birds In Town
Help! Needed
7 LAS Sales LAS is losing its current Recording Secretary, and we need to find someone to fill
Membership that position. The main duties of the Recording Secretary, which is a Board position,
are to take and formalize minutes of the monthly Board meetings held first Tuesdays
every month September through June. If you would be interested in learning more or in
Submissions for the January/ attending a Board Meeting to observe, please contact any of the Officers and Trustees
February issue are due December 1, listed on the back page of The Pelican. We need your help, and your involvement will
2005 make a difference. Please let us hear from you.

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FIELD TRIPS AND CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS
Nancy Bish 775-884-1570
n.bish@att.net

For information on field trips added after www.nevadaaudubon.org.

this publication, please view the LAS
web site at (www.nevadaaudubon.org).
December 3 (Saturday) 7 a.m.
Sierra Valley, California
Trip Leaders: Alan Gubanich (775)
857-0191 aag@scs.unr.edu, and Jim
Lytle (775) 577-9641 lytleja@aol.com
Meet at 7 a.m. in the McDonald’s parking
lot, Lemmon Valley Exit, north of Reno on
Hwy 395. A full day of birding is planned
(back around 5 p.m.). Sierra Valley is a good
place to see wintering raptors including
Red-tailed, Rough-legged and Ferruginous
Hawks. Bald Eagles also winter there. If time,
interest and weather permit, a side trip to Yuba
Pass or Hwy 70 along the Feather River to
Plumas-Eureka State Park may be possible.
In the eastern Sierras Mountain Chickadees,
nuthatches, jays, woodpeckers and sapsuckers
can be found.
Please contact Alan or Jim if you plan to join
them, so they can plan accordingly.
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
The CBC is an annual census of wintering
bird populations that began in 1900. The
results are used to estimate the distribution
and abundance of wintering birds in North
America. Each count circle covers an area 15
miles in diameter. Birders of all skill levels
gather in teams and identify and count all
birds observed throughout the day. The results
of the nationwide census are compiled in the
journal “North American Birds.”
Six CBCs are conducted locally–Carson
City, Fallon, Pyramid Lake, South Lake
Tahoe, Truckee Meadows and Walker Lake.
Details are provided below. For updated infor-
mation on area Christmas Bird Counts please
see the Lahontan Audubon Society web site at
To participate, contact the count leader or
show up the morning of the count at the ap-
pointed location. Be sure to dress appropriate-
ly and bring food and drink for the day. Bring
binoculars, field guides and scopes. There is a
$5 fee for each participant to cover compiling
and publishing costs of the “North American
Birds” journal. Ask your count leader for
details on how to receive the journal.
LOCAL CBC’S:
Fallon
Friday, December 16
Meet at 7 a.m. in room 104 (the science lab)
at the community college, located behind the
Holiday Inn Express off of Hwy 50. Areas to
survey include Carson Lakes, Carson River
and adjacent agricultural lands. Contact: Bill
Mewaldt (775) 867-3469.
Truckee Meadows
Saturday, December 17
Meet at the McDonald’s on the corner of
Oddie and Silverado (two blocks east of 395)
in Sparks at 7 a.m. All count areas will be
coordinated and teams dispersed from this
location. A potluck is planned for the evening
compiling session, time and place to be deter-
mined. Call Dave for all the exciting details.
Contact: Dave McNinch (775) 747-7545.
Please do not call after 9 p.m.
Carson City
Sunday, December 18
Details to be announced.
Contact: Greg Scyphers tscy@gbis.com or
(775)747-3156
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Thursday, December 18 (tentative date)
Come and join us for this exciting ski/snow-
shoe count. Numerous chickadees and other
resident mountain birds abound. Since a large
part of the count area is Lake Tahoe, we’ll
sea kayak to look for loons, alcids, scoters,
etc., provided the weather is good. The
date for this count may change due to bad
weather conditions. Contact: Will Richardson,
trichard@unr.nevada.edu.
Pyramid Lake
Saturday, January 1, 2006
Meet at 7 a.m. at the Sutcliffe Marina. Bring
warm clothes, water and lunch. Contact: Tom
Stille, (775) 747-2222 (work), (775) 690-4261
(cell), or tom@pinyondesign.com.
Walker Lake
Date to be announced
Contact: Dennis Serdehely, birders@gbis.com
or (775) 575-0319.
OUT OF AREA CBC’S:
There are several other bird counts in Nevada,
California and Oregon. For information, visit
the LAS web site, www.nevadaaudobon.org.
Oxbow Nature Study Area
Field Trip, September 17, 2005
Eleven people, including at least one new
birder, joined leader Dave Jickling on a
drop-dead-gorgeous morning at Oxbow
Nature Study Area for two and a half hours of
birding along the Truckee River. Tall cattails
surrounding the first viewing platform all
but hid the river but an opening revealed a
Black Phoebe, infrequently seen in this area,
feeding along the rocks on the opposite bank.
We crept quietly up to the pond but failed to
find the Green Heron, only to have it fly over
us on the path back to the river. Dave gave a
good tutorial on the variation and mimicry of
the songs of Bewick’s Wrens taunting us all
along the path.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS WHERE TO WRITE:

Keep conservation to the forefront. Write your elected officials and
The Pelican is the official newsletter of the Lahontan Audubon tell them how you feel:
Society and is published six times annually. Subscriptions are
Senator Harry Reid Senator John Ensign
paid for as part of the dues of LAS or the National Audubon
400 S. Virginia St. #902 400 S. Virginia St. #738
Society. LAS welcomes gifts, donations, and bequests in Reno, NV 89501 Reno, NV 89501
general, or gifts in honor or memory of relatives and friends. Reno phone: 686-5750 Reno phone: 686-5770
Such donations will be used as specified or, if unspecified, will
be used to support LAS education and conservation projects. Representative Jim Gibbons Governor Kenny Guinn
All donations are tax deductible. 400 S. Virginia St. #502 Executive Chambers
Reno, NV 89501 Capitol Complex
Reno phone: 686-5760 Carson City, NV 89710

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IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS PROGRAM
Don McIvor 775-882-2597
dmcivor@audubon.org

Nevada’s Important Bird

Areas Program Exploring
The Joshua trees also make this extension of their range, and
Wee Thump Joshua Tree IBA
site a unique habitat in Nevada Rufous-crowned Sparrows
for birds. As old as the trees have been found in the nearby
As winter settles across Nevada
are, they are now able offer McCullough Mountains. A
and the northern reaches turn
nest sites for cavity dependent winter visit may reward the
icy and cold, this is a great time
species. This is a guild of birds visitor primarily with a great
to think about heading south for
usually entirely absent from the walk in a fascinating landscape.
a little exploration. And as the
desert at this elevation, because The bird community is far less
growing millions in Las Vegas
most of the desert offers nothing diverse than in summer. Northern
know, the southern part of the
larger than creosote bush. At Flickers, probably short distance
state is usually seasonably mild
Wee Thump, both primary and migrants from the nearby
through the winter, and there
secondary cavity nesters abound. McCulloughs, occupy most of
are lots of opportunities for
Some of the more interesting the available cavities. Crissal
birding. One of my favorite spots
species here are summer breeding Thrashers are still about, and in
in southern Nevada is the Wee
birds, and in winter they too the summer Bendire’s Thrashers
Thump Joshua Tree IBA.
have moved to warmer areas. are also about. Western Screech-
Wee Thump lies to the west
In summer, Ladder-backed Owls have been seen here. This
of Searchlight on either side of
Woodpeckers scout for insects, is a landscape that continues to
Nevada Highway 164. The area
Ash-throated Flycatchers are surprise, and it’s worth a visit any
was designated as a 6,000 acre
abundant, Gilded Flickers appear time of the year.
wilderness area in 2002. As such,
to breed here in a rare northern
it is probably the most accessible
wilderness area in the entire
system. A visitor need only to
pull to the side of the road and
step away from the pavement to
enter designated wilderness.
The landscape in Wee Thump
is characterized by an old growth
Mojave Desert forest of Joshua
trees. Wee thump means ancient
ones in Paiute, and the name
refers to the Joshua trees. This
species grows slowly, as little
as half an inch each year, and
some of the specimens in Wee
Thump are over 30 feet tall.
And with grazing allotments in
the area closed and withdrawn,
the understory in the forest is a
beautiful mix of desert shrubs, The ancient ones witness another sunrise at Wee Thump Joshua Tree IBA.
grasses, and cacti.

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FROM THE PRESIDENTʼS PERCH:
Thanksgiving Gratitude and Christmas Wishes
As so many topics large and stagger-
ing in their complexity swirl around
us, thinking about details seems
anathema. To some, I suppose, bird-
ing looks like a quaint, quirky, even
frivolous pastime.
At the September General Meeting
Alan Gubanich presented “A Bit of
Biology” where he taught us about
avian vocal cords and described the
structure that can allow certain song
birds to sing two songs at one time.
Imagine that. In a recent field trip to
Oxbow Nature Study Area, leader
Dave Jickling, shared a number of
pointers such as, “There is always
a little olive in the yellow color of Or-
ange-crowned Warblers.”
In the forthcoming thanksgiving
season, I will be thankful for a pas-
time that presents endless, intriguing,
fascinating detail. I will be thankful,
too, for the many people who teach
and freely share their knowledge
about these marvelous creatures, their
behavior, and their – should I say
our? – habitat.
In the midst of the Gulf of Mexico
hurricane disasters and so much hu-
man suffering, it is a little daunting
to say out loud words like wetlands,
continental shelf, erosion. But it all
fits together, doesn’t it? The flood-
ing of New Orleans reminded me
of a book sitting on my shelf as yet
unread, “Rising Tide – The Great
Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It
Changed America” by John M. Barry,
an author much interviewed of late.
You get into the so-called details and
you end up finding that they all fit and
they all matter.
The Christmas wishes I would offer
here are these. That we heighten our
collective wonder at and respect of
the natural world around us. That we
achieve a longer attention span, take
note, and remember. That we pause to
peer farther into the future. That we
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accept the fact that our species does
not know everything. That we realize
that we cannot always “conquer” or
“control” nature.
In what can threaten to be a much
too frenetic season, I also wish that
you give yourself a Christmas pres-
ent: Join a Christmas Bird Count
team and enjoy a memorable and
special experience while you play a
small part in an important contribu-
tion to bird life.
– Karen L. Kish
Thanks to Special Volunteers
Diane Wong has served ably as
our Field Trip Chair for the last two
years. Work demands have now
caused Diane to step down from this
position. Nancy Bish has agreed
to take over as Field Trip Chair.
Thank you, Nancy! Diane will likely
continue to lead a trip or two. Many,
many thanks, Diane, for handling this
important volunteer position.
In bad news for LAS and good news
for her, our recently elected Record-
ing Secretary Jasmine Vittori has
received an opportunity to pursue
graduate studies in the big island
of Hawaii. In her short tenure, she
quickly learned the secretary’s duties
as well as volunteering for other ac-
tivities. Thank you so much, Jasmine.
We wish you much success.
Oxbow Trip
(continued from page 2)
The prudent group soon learned to
answer, every time Dave asked “What
bird is that?” “Bewick’s Wren!” was
the reply. We had great views of a
Western Wood-Pewee sallying (a new
bird term for most of us) and ritually
feeding its mate. A small flock of
Cedar Waxwings stayed put at length
in the top of a cottonwood. Orange-
crowned Warblers repeatedly showed
themselves and gave calls that could
have passed for California Quail con-
tact calls. The group saw and heard
about 25 species. As we tuned our
ears for more calls at the end of the
walk, we heard a faint “Dave” in the
distance, calling us back to the pond
where we found Bob Goodman, with
camera and tripod set up for his “pet”
Green Heron. A very good trip on a
beautiful autumn morning.
Karen L. Kish
DONORS
LAS gratefully acknowledges these
donors:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet $10
Sonya Hem, Michael and Cynthia
Goddard
Mountain Bluebird $20
John M. Bauer
These donations were made in
memory of Dennis Trousdale:
Gretchen L. Kelly - $30, “In memory
of Dennis.”
Hugh and Lynda Judd - $50, “To
honor a great birder.”
Jennifer Rycenga - $25, “For all his
advice via the Nevada birding email
list.”
CONSERVATION CORNER
NDOW Submits
Comprehensive Wildlife
Conservation Strategy
The Nevada Department of Wildlife
submitted the state’s Comprehensive
Wildlife Conservation Strategy to the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in mid-
September. This document, a requirement
to receive federal funding for non-game
programs for the state, will serve as a
planning document to help guide wildlife
conservation in the state for the next ten
years. Work began on the document in
2003, with NDOW taking the lead and
organizing an initial partnership team
that includes The Nature Conservancy,
the Nevada Natural Heritage Program
and the Lahontan Audubon Society.
A key element of this strategy was
building partnerships (federal, state, and
municipal) and getting input from the
public. Earlier this spring the partnership
team met with organizations, including
LAS, and traveled across the state
gathering input from citizens on priority
wildlife conservation issues. A draft
document was available for public review
in July. Once approved by the Fish and
Wildlife Service, the next step will be
to sit down with the various partners
to break out the steps of the elements
identified in the strategy and work to
build detailed conservation strategies
for the key habitats and priority species.
The final document will be posted on
NDOW’s web site soon, at www.ndow.
org.
LAS Submits Concerns
About Eastern Nevada
Groundwater Project
Lahontan Audubon Society, through
the Important Bird Area director,
submitted scoping comments in August
on the Bureau of Land Management’s
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Clark, Lincoln and White Pine
Counties Groundwater Development
Project. The comments focused on
several of our Important Bird Areas
that could be negatively impacted by
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groundwater extraction. Other concerns
dealt with invasive species, costs and
responsibilities for monitoring, mitigation
of impacts of groundwater pumping,
vaguely defined areas in the project
proposal and the potential impacts on
rural citizens of the state. Late this
summer, additional water applications
came into play, raising questions as to the
initial scope of the EIS and the overall
project area. As the project grew in scope
it became apparent that the project was
going to take longer than anticipated, and
the project leader resigned as a result of
the time conflicting with other projects.
Although it now appears to be stalled,
the groundwater project and Southern
Nevada Water Authority’s ambitions to
tap into groundwater in eastern Nevada
continues to get a lot of press.
Endangered Species
Act Attacked
The last week in September the U.S.
House Resources committee, headed
by Congressman Richard Pombo of
California, sent to the floor of the House
of Representatives a bill that makes
drastic and harmful changes to a long
standing environmental law. National
Audubon denounced H.R. 3824, entitled
the Endangered Species Recovery
Act of 2005 and posted information in
alerts on their web site (www.audubon.
org). The bill Audubon is referring to
as the “Extinction Bill” undermines
the protection of habitat critical to
endangered and threatened wildlife,
while delivering a windfall in benefits for
wealthy landowners and developers, at
taxpayer expense. Audubon highlights a
few detrimental aspects of this bill:
• Habitat critical for the recovery and
survival of endangered species will no
longer be protected, ignoring the most
essential element of any plan to protect
endangered species.
• The bill would exempt all pesticide
decisions from compliance with the ESA
for at least five years, ignoring the fact
that pesticides have been a significant
factor in the historic decline of species,
including the Bald Eagle and pose a
current problem for many other species.
• With the safety net shredded, the
bill further authorizes payments to
landowners and developers if there
is any interference with development
plans, turning our priorities upside down
by punishing taxpayers.
• The bill prohibits the Fish and
Wildlife Service from using any
scientific information about an
endangered species that is learned after
a conservation plan is completed. This is
like prohibiting a doctor from using any
medical information that is learned after
the patient is admitted to the hospital.
Unfortunately, HR 3824 passed
the House with a vote of 229 to 193
and will now head to the Senate.
Congressman Gibbons was a co-sponsor
of the bill and Congressman Porter also
voted for it, while Congresswoman
Berkley voted against. The Senate is
working on their version of a bill to
modify the Endangered Species Act.
Their bill needs to provide greater
protection for critically imperiled plants
and wildlife than the House bill. It is
important to let your congressional
delegates know how you feel, both in
the House and Senate. The Endangered
Species Act needs to be protected,
not gutted, if future generations are to
enjoy species such as the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker, California Condor and
the Whooping Crane, to name just a
few. Contact information for Nevada’s
delegates is on page 2 of every Pelican.
Please give your delegates a call today.
–Ali Chaney
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 BIRDS IN TOWN
by Alan Wallace

We all say that we can “feel” fall in the air, but have you ever noticed that the trees, even those in towns,
sound different as fall approaches? The breeze still rustles the leaves in September, but gone are the summer calls
of the Yellow Warblers, Bullock’s Orioles, and Western Kingbirds, replaced by the cacophony of assembling
hordes of European Starlings and House Sparrows. And riparian areas begin to resound with the calls of newly
arrived White-Crowned Sparrows instead of the summer Black-headed Grosbeaks and Western Wood-Pewees.
It still may be 80 degrees outside, but the sounds from the trees and bushes give a strong hint that summer is behind
us.
The fall migration passed through northern Nevada towns in fairly typical fashion: summer birds
disappeared, passers-through passed through, and wintering birds began to arrive. Absent were sightings of
exceptionally unusual migrants, although Northern Waterthrushes were seen in Reno, Tonopah, and a few other
locales, a Cassin’s Vireo and late-September Varied Thrush in Reno, Nashville Warblers in Reno and Fernley,
and a Solitary Sandpiper at Swan Lake. More common among the warblers and vireos were lingering or migrant
Orange-crowned, Wilson’s, MacGillivray’s, and Yellow Warblers and Plumbeous and Warbling Vireos.
Flycatchers, notably Western Wood-Pewees, disappeared the second week of September, but more-than-normal
Black Phoebes (including a first-ever bird in Fred Peterson’s yard) lingered through August and September. As
reported by Sue Anne Marshall, one phoebe even survived a collision with a Belted Kingfisher as both apparently
were going after the same prey. Swallows also left town in early September; as usual, Barn Swallows began to
congregate on a wire outside my house in mid-August and then disappeared suddenly on September 10. Cedar
Waxwings returned (from whence I do not know) in late August, providing a whistled tree-top chorus along the
Truckee River. Western Scrub-Jays held their annual late-September mass movement through Oxbow Nature
Center in Reno, a southward push that Melissa Scott noticed in Lemmon Valley as well. As I write, a scrub-jay
has spent the past two hours stashing acorns, gathered from a nearby oak tree, in the recesses of a large juniper
bush outside my window. White-crowned Sparrows also returned in the middle of September, right on schedule,
appearing and singing in yards and scrubby areas of parks and riparian zones. The Rufous Hummingbirds
finally showed up, although not in great numbers, in late July and into August, lingering through mid September.
Anna’s Hummingbirds (male and female adults and one immature male) also stopped for sugar-water refills in
late August and early September. All hummers, including the summering Black-chinneds, were gone by the third
week of September. Green Herons turned up at a few ponds, and Bob Goodman photographed one catching a
grasshopper and using it as bait for larger prey. For the fourth year in a row, a Flammulated Owl visited Mary Jo
Elpers’ yard in Reno, where it was mobbed by at least ten Western Scrub-Jays. Lovelock hosted first a Eurasian
Collared-Dove and then, mixed in with that and other doves, a White-winged Dove. And, extremely scruffy,
molting, but nevertheless very vocal Great-tailed Grackles searched for orts in parking lots in Battle Mountain
and Winnemucca in late September.
Birds find interesting places to roost. Tom Ward spotted two Barn Owls on the stage right and left lighting
supports at Hawkins Amphitheatre in Reno; as he said, look for the white streaks on the stage curtains to find them.
And, as the chilly nights of fall and winter approach, be sure to close your car windows. Pat Devereux found out
why the hard way: sparrows and finches took advantage of the slightly open windows in her parked car to overnight
on the steering wheel and dashboard. The white results made for an interesting thank-you note.
One hundred and eleven species were reported from northern Nevada towns in August and September.
Sources of information for this column included Elisabeth Ammon, Richard Brune, Pat Devereux, Mary Jo
Elpers, Eileen Gay, Bob Goodman, Jacque Lowery, Jim Lytle, Sue Anne Marshall, Martin Meyers, Fred
Peterson, Harold Peterson, Kris Pizarro, Debbie & Randy Pontius, Melissa Scott, Greg Scyphers, Dennis
Serdehely, Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri, Tom Ward, and me. Contributions are welcome, so send a
postcard/note to 1050 Sumac St., Reno, NV 89509 or an email to wallacealan@sbcglobal.net, or continue to post
items on the Nevada bird list-serve. The deadline for the next column is November 25. Good birding!

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LAHONTAN AUDUBON SOCIETY

OFFICERS President Karen Kish klkish@pyramid.net 841-1180

Vice President Alan Gubanich aag@scs.unr.edu 857-0191
Treasurer Dave Straley dstraley@nvbell.net 832-9222
Recording Secretary Vacant
TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2008 Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
Seat #2 to 2005 Judy Kretzer judykretzer@yahoo.com 826-6891
Seat #3 to 2006 Ali Chaney achaney@heritage.nv.gov 813-3494
Seat #4 to 2008 Jim Lytle lytleja@sbcglobal.net 577-9641
Seat #5 to 2006 Ray Nelson raynloa@powernet.net 849-0312
Seat #6 to 2007 Nancy Bish n.bish@att.net 884-1570
Seat #7 to 2007 Bonnie Wagner bwagner@hyattclassic.com 829-6311

IBA Director Don McIvor dmcivor@audubon.org 882-2597

COMMITTEE Activity/Program Alan Gubanich aag@scs.unr.edu 857-0191

CHAIRS Birding Classes Bob Goodman pandion36@aol..com 972-7848
Communications Karen Kish klkish@pyramid.net 841-1180
Conservation Jim Lytle lytleja@sbcglobal.net 577-9641
Education Ray Nelson raynelsonart@earthlink.net 849-0312
Field Trips Nancy Bish n.bish@att.net 884-1570
Fundraising Dave Straley dstraley@nvbell.net 832-9222
Hospitality Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
LAS Sales Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
Membership Judy Kretzer judykretzer@yahoo.com 826-6891
Volunteers Bonnie Wagner bwagner@hyattclassic.com 829-6311

PUBLICATION AND The Pelican Editor Mike Greenan mike@basicallywild.com 322-0707

INFORMATION The Pelican Distribution Connie Douglas cdouglas@775.net 425-1305
“Birds in Town” Alan Wallace wallacealan@sbcglobal.net 786-5755
LAS Info Line Jim Lytle 324-BIRD
Web Master Jim Lytle lytleja@sbcglobal.net 577-9641
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