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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
Date: Fourth Tuesday of the month
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER Time: Social at 6:30 p.m. Program starts at 7 p.m.
2006 Location: South Valleys Library
15650A Wedge Parkway, Reno
Exterior door, west side of building
vol. 44, no. 1

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
1 Monthly Meetings designed, mustard yellow library on the right.

2 Field Trips
September 26 -- Chris Nicolai -- Ecology of the Only Wood Duck
3 Important Bird Areas Population Within a High Desert
Chris Nicolai, a graduate student completing his Ph.D. degree at the University of
4 From the Presidentʼs Nevada, Reno, will speak about a Wood Duck project he has been involved in for the
Perch past four years along the lower Carson River in Nevada. This volunteer-based project
has banded over 500 Wood Ducks, monitors over 140 boxes on a bi-weekly basis, and
has documented the hatching of 10-40 nests per year. Chris and his colleagues have
5 Conservation Corner conducted several studies with this population including nest attentiveness (using
ibutton thermometers), survival estimation, fecundity, estimation of population size,
6 Birds In Town effects of sport harvest, and habitat use and selection.

7 LAS Sales/ October 24 -- Diane McCallister and Steve Ting -- Perspectives in Digital
Membership Bird Photography
Diane and Steve will give a discussion on how they approach bird photogra-
phy. You have probably seen their stunning photos on display at several of our
Submissions for the November/ Audubon meetings. Diane will lead off the discussion giving her ideas on her
December issue are due October 1, 2006 approach to bird photography and what she looks for when taking a photo. Steve
will follow giving his ideas as well as some of the technical aspects of digital
SLR photography. See a sample of Steve’s work on page 4 of The Pelican.

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FIELD TRIPS
Nancy Bish 775-884-1570
n.bish@att.net

Field trips are free to Audubon members
and non-members. Birders of all skill
levels are encouraged to participate. Trips
are subject to change or cancellation,
so we strongly encourage all interested
participants to pre-register with field trip
leaders. Pre-registration provides leaders
with an idea of the number of participants
to expect and contact information so the
leaders can reach you in the event of trip
changes or cancellations. Remember to
dress for the weather and bring something
to eat and drink.
For additional information on field trips
listed below or those added after this
publication please visit the LAS web site
at www.nevadaaudubong.org or contact
Field Trip Coordinator Nancy Bish.
Saturday, September 9
Silver Saddle Ranch, Carson City
Time: 7:30 a.m.
Place: Ranch parking lot on Carson
River Road, off East Fifth St.
Trip Leader: Nancy Bish (775) 884-
1570, n.bish@att.net
Co-sponsors: Lahontan Audubon
Society and Friends of Silver Saddle
Ranch
We will spend the morning exploring
the ranch for birds and learning a little
about the ranch history. Habitat at the
ranch includes sagebrush, agricultural
lands and a riparian corridor adjacent
to the Carson River. The variety of
habitat allows for a diverse number of
bird species to be observed at the ranch.
All levels of birders are welcome and
beginning birders are encouraged to
attend. The annual Ranch Breakfast
hosted by the Friends of Silver Saddle
Ranch will follow the bird walk. All field
trip attendees are encouraged to stay, eat
and visit. Donations for the breakfast are
appreciated.
Saturday, September 16
Carson River Canoe Trip--Lahontan
Dam to Diversion Dam
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Lahontan State Park
Trip Leader: Bob Goodman (775) 972-
7848 Pandion36@aol.com
We’ll launch our canoes from the base
of Lahontan Dam in Lahontan State Park
(off Hwy 50) at 9 a.m. and be on the
river for about 3-3.5 hours. Bring lunch,
binoculars and sunscreen. A Park use fee
is charged per vehicle. Space is limited
so please call Bob to reserve your space
or to borrow or rent a boat.
Saturday, September 23
Wetlands Trip, Fallon Area
Time: 8 a.m.
Trip Leader: TBA
Birding in wetlands is always
spectacular. Come and see what species
are migrating through the area. Bring a
scope if you can. A bag lunch, water, and
extra clothes for unpredictable weather
are recommended. For more details as
this date approaches check the Lahontan
Audubon Society web site at
www.nevadaaudubon.org or contact Field
Trip Coordinator Nancy Bish.
Saturday, September 30
Oxbow Nature Study Area, Reno
Time: 8 a.m.
Trip Leader: TBA
Meet at the Oxbow NSA parking lot for
this easy nature trail walk. To get there
drive south on Keystone (from I-80) and
turn right on West Second St. after the
RR tracks. Take a left onto Dickerson
Road and follow it until it ends at the
park. Oxbow is a great local hotspot
to find fall migrants and to learn about
Reno’s backyard birds. A good walk for
beginner and experienced birders alike.
Saturday, October 7
Swan Lake and Lemmon Valley
Marsh, North Reno
8 a.m.
Trip Leader: Bob Goodman (775) 972-
7848, Pandion36@aol.com
Meet Bob (look for his van) at 8 a.m.
at the McDonald’s parking lot off the
Lemmon Valley exit on Hwy 395 north
of Reno. We will carpool the short
distance to Lemmon Valley Marsh. Bring
a spotting scope if you can and prepare
to be out until mid-day. This is a good
time to see late fall migrants and winter
resident birds on the marsh and wetlands.
This is an easy bird walk, and birders of
all experience are welcome.
(Field trips and field trip reports are
continued on page 5, column 2.)

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IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS PROGRAM
Don McIvor
Fire on the Mountain
Unless you found a better place to
hide than I did, you know that July
was hot, hot, hot. Searing tempera-
tures kept me sitting on the air vent,
wondering how people in the roofing
business could survive this weather.
Meanwhile, I watched a bumper
cheatgrass crop on the south face of
the Virginia Range mature to a golden
brown, then black after three days of
range fires.
Two back-to-back wet winters
have helped break a long-standing
drought in many parts of the state,
filling places like the Lahontan Valley
with more water than has been seen
in these areas in 25 years. The down
side is that those wet winters left a
robust crop of cheatgrass, a fine and
readily combustible fuel, ready to
explode.
Explode it has, along with sage-
brush, pinyon-juniper forests, and
a variety of other vegetation types
across the state. At the end of July,
a fire northeast of Winnemucca had
grown to 300 square miles in size,
attaining the dubious distinction of
being the largest in the nation. Earlier
in the month the Jackass Flat fire on
the California-Nevada border charred
about 7,000 acres, burning into the
Wellington - Pine Grove Hills Impor-
tant Bird Area.
Fire was a natural part of our Great
Basin ecosystem, burning at return
intervals that varied from 60-100
years, depending on the habitat type.
I draw attention to the past tense
in that sentence for a reason. With
cheatgrass pervasive in almost every
habitat in the state, the nature of fire
as an agent of change and renewal
has been forever altered.
Cheatgrass is a native of Eurasia
that was introduced to the US in the
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late 1800s. The grass spreads readily
to disturbed areas and is now present
in every state in the contiguous US,
as well as every Canadian province.
In many of these areas, the climate
and the presence of other competitors
make conditions less than favorable for
cheatgrass, and it persists only in low
densities. In the Great Basin, conditions
for cheatgrass appear to be perfect.
Cheatgrass is so named because
it cheats other plants of water and
nutrients as it begins growth in winter
and early spring when native plants are
dormant. But the change induced by
cheatgrass in the fire cycle frequency is
probably the species’ greatest com-
petitive advantage. Instead of burning
every 60-100 years, cheatgrass-infested
areas burn every 3-5 years. At this rate,
native shrubs and perennial grasses
cannot recover and after a few wildfire
cycles a cheatgrass monoculture devel-
ops. This monoculture further increases
the frequency of fires and increases the
dominance by cheatgrass in the area.
Fire begets cheatgrass and cheatgrass
begets fire, and the landscape is forever
changed.
Seldom in recent history has the
vegetation of such a large area been
transformed so rapidly, and probably so
permanently, as during the invasion and
spread of cheatgrass in the Great Basin
and Columbia Basin. The process in
which a pristine shrub-steppe ecosys-
tem deteriorates into one dominated by
cheatgrass takes several years and has
several distinct cycles. First, some sort
of disturbance, typically heavy grazing,
allows cheatgrass and other annuals to
invade and proliferate. The dry beds of
cheatgrass in the summer increase the
occurrence of frequent fires. Initially,
this creates an environment dominated
by annual grasses, matchweed, and
rabbitbrush. As fires become even more
frequent, annual grasses alone will
dominate the area, with the loss of sur-
face soil, nutrients, and near permanent
deterioration of the site.
In June of this year I paid a visit to the
Bilk Creek - Montana Mountains IBA.
This is the largest IBA in Nevada, and
it contains both a fabulous shrub-steppe
landscape and the largest Greater Sage-
Grouse population in North America.
As originally envisioned and described
in Important Bird Areas of Nevada, the
IBA included the Double H Mountains,
which extend south from the Montana
Mountains. The Double H Mountains
burned in 2000, the fire encompassing
almost 71,000 acres. Six years later the
Double H Mountains are a cheatgrass
hell, a landscape of brown dry grass, a
few scattered clumps of rabbitbrush, and
no sage grouse or anything else that de-
pends on a healthy sagebrush ecosystem.
I came home after that trip and retracted
the IBA boundary.
The dilemma for land managers is that
fire was once useful for resetting the
successional clock. Fire was the agent
of disturbance that helped spread aspen,
helped thin pinyon-juniper forests and
keep them from invading adjacent habi-
tats, and open up sagebrush stands that
had grown too dense for sage grouse.
Now this once useful agent converts en-
tire watersheds, entire mountain ranges,
to ecological wastelands. Research into
restoring these landscapes is taking
place on a small scale. Should success-
ful techniques be developed, the scale
on which they will need to be applied
will be discouraging for the logistics and
costs that effort will require.
For the sake of the birds, I hope I
won’t be spending the rest of the fall re-
drawing IBA boundaries.
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FROM THE PRESIDENTʼS PERCH
Change Is...
“Change is inevitable,” we say rather
complacently until we find ourselves
directly in its sites. In June Don McIvor,
Director of Bird Conservation for the
Nevada Important Bird Areas Program,
apprised me and then our Board that he
and his wife Mary would be moving
to central Washington later in the year.
While a “good” time for him to leave
us would be hard to find, in having
completed all the tasks set before him at
the time of his hiring, Don has brought us
to a well-defined point of transition.
The Nevada IBA Program was
launched in August 2001 with Don, our
first-ever paid employee. Along lines set
out by National Audubon’s Important
Bird Areas Program and with the support
of a Technical Advisory Committee,
Don began the daunting task of a tightly
defined process to select what were to
become 38 designated Important Bird
Areas throughout Nevada. During this
process, partnerships and collaborations
with governmental and non-governmental
entities were expanded and deepened.
The next step was to produce a
professional publication, Important Bird
Areas of Nevada, a book for birders,
citizen scientists, conservationists,
land managers, and policy makers. At
the same time, Don began to develop
comprehensive conservation plans for
each site, which he will complete by the
end of December either here or long-
distance from Washington.
The next step, then, is the
implementation phase: project
development and coordination aimed at
preservation and enhancement of the key
bird habitat of the 38 IBAs throughout
Nevada. After careful consideration at
the Summer Planning Retreat, the Board
has decided to go forward with the next
phase and will conduct an in-depth
search to find the next Director of Bird
Conservation to guide the implementation
of the IBA conservation plans.
Don’s achievements in the IBA
Program have been significant. When we
started, our program was among a large
number of state programs. Today we
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find that we are one of the few programs
to have published a book and to have
Help Needed!
completed the attendant conservation
LAS has just inherited thousands of
plans. By extension, these achievements
35-mm slides of Nevada birds from
have benefitted the conservation of bird
the personal collection of the late Jack
life throughout Nevada. Though he
Walters. Alan Gubanich could use
would describe it as merely part of the
help sorting and organizing Jack’s vast
job, Don has also contributed a great
collection so they can be integrated into
deal to our chapter through a number
our own storehouse of slides. These
of volunteer activities and his always
will be useful for educational purposes
positive and reliable presence.
(workshops, presentations, etc.). If
Indeed, change is inevitable, most
you can help, contact Alan at 775-857-
especially in endeavors demonstrating
0191 or aag@unr.nevada.edu. Even
excellence and success. It is heartening,
just an hour or two of your time will be
however, to contemplate the very
appreciated.
positive prospects for Don and Mary in
their new ventures. They deserve the
best. We colleagues and friends will miss
them. Donors
– Karen L. Kish
Mountain Bluebird $20 - $49
Marianne Morgan
American Avocet $50 - $99
Kathy Oakes
Eared Grebe and chicks at Lemmon Valley Marshes this
July. Photo by Steve Ting. To see a color version of this
photo, and other images by Steve Ting, visit
www.steveting.photography.com.
CONSERVATION CORNER
I would like to convey a heartfelt
thank you to our generous friends
who helped make Birdathon 2006 a
success. Our spring Birdathon fund-
raising event raised $2,300 for our
Conservation Fund and we look for-
ward to putting this money to good
use over the next year to help protect
bird habitat around the state of Ne-
vada. Iʼd like to take this opportunity
to thank the following individuals for
their financial support during Birda-
thon 2006. A special thank you goes
to all our birdathon participants and
our top fundraisers, Karen Kish rais-
ing $616, Jennifer Newmark bring-
ing in $412 and Nancy Bish raising
$246. Prizes will be awarded at our
September meeting. We look forward
to updating you on our conservation
activities.
--Ali Chaney
2006 Birdathon Donors
Elaine Alexander, Steven Anderson,
Trudi Angus, Animal Ark, Mary Anna
Barber, Allen Biaggi, Michael Bish, John
Blow, Sarah Branch, Martina Brookler,
Jane Burnham, Randy and Elaine Casa-
dos, Joe and Jeri Chaney, Ali Chaney,
Divinder Chawla, Vickie Clay, Darlene
Cobbey, Lyn Disbrow, Tom Edwards,
Shanea Evans, Basil French, Larry
French, Lynn Furnis, Erika Galindo,
Dennis Ghiglieri, Bob Goodman, Larry
Gorell, Rick Gray, Richard Grove, Alan
Gubanich, Sean Hall, Matthew Helleck-
son, Doug and Carrie Howard, Ginger
Jones, Karen Kish, Anne Leek, Susan
Lewis, Ralda Lindstrom, Lisa Livings-
ton, Jacque Lowery, Susie Maestretti,
Sue Anne Marshall, Jeannie M. McBride,
James McGreary, Jerry McGuire, Sandi
Milton, Jim Morefield, Nicolas R. Mor-
gan, Barb Nelson, Sandy Newmark, Ja-
son and Jen Newmark, Marilyn Nicholas,
Irene Payne, Eric Peterson, Jackie Petty,
Robin Prohofsky, Sandy Quilici, Rex
Reed, Jessica Rescnert, Janet Richmond,
Jennifer Ritch, Terri Ritorto, Peggy
Robinson, Melbourne Robison, Chuck
Sanicola, Vickie Santos, Kay Scherer,
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Kathi Smith, Max Stovall, Dave Straley,
Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri,
Karyl Summers, Darl Venner-Kiernan,
Cindi Wagner, Bonnie and Rusty Wag-
ner, Lucy Walker, Alan Wallace, Bryant
Wambolt, Tony Wasley, Kelly Webster,
Kelly Williams, James Williams, Rob and
Keli Wilson, Mike and Karen Yates, and
Britney Yunker.
(Field Trips, cont. from page 2)
October (Date: TBA)
Taylor Creek, South Lake Tahoe
Time: 8:30 a.m.
Place: Taylor Creek Visitor Center
Trip Leader: TBA
Bring lunch and water. We will meet
at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center
kiosk at 8:30 a.m. From Reno or
Carson City, take Hwy 50 to South
Lake Tahoe. Follow Hwy 50 south
and turn right onto Hwy 89 (Emer-
ald Bay road) at the “Y” intersection
in South Lake Tahoe, shortly after
the Staples store. Drive 2.9 miles
between Richardsonʼs Resort and
Emerald Bay, looking for the U.S.
Forest Service Lake Tahoe Visitor
Center sign on the right (lake) side of
the road. Turn into the road and park
in the parking lot. This easy half-day
bird walk will follow a nature trail
(with handicap access). Since this is a
fall trip, added bonuses include looks
at the Kokanee Salmon spawning run
and gorgeous fall colors.
Check the LAS web site at www.
nevadaaudubon.org or contact Field
Trip Coordinator Nancy Bish for date
and leader contact information.
Field Trip Report
Spooner Lake State Park
August 5, 2006
The group met at 7:30 a.m. The
weather was a perfect late summer
morning, especially after the extended
heat wave that had recently passed
through the area. Nancy Bish led a
group of 13 fun-loving and energetic
bird watchers. Karen Kish and I were
her co-leaders for the day.
While orienting the group, Nancy
pointed out the calls of the Red-
breasted Nuthatch and Western
Wood-Pewee. Before the trip was
complete everyone could identify the
Western Wood-Pewee by ear. If not
the most abundant bird of the day,
it was certainly the most vocal. We
proceeded at a leisurely pace around
the lake, allowing for plenty of time
to view the different species and for
Nancy to explain markings, behavior
and habitat information to help iden-
tify the birds. On the east side of the
lake, the group discussed the identity
of a juvenile bird while waiting to
see what species would come in to
feed it. When the adult Dark-eyed
Junco landed to feed the juvenile, ev-
eryone cringed as we realized it was
a juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird.
Some of the more notable birds
for the day were the White-headed
Woodpecker, Osprey, Green-tailed
Towhee, Orange-crowned Warbler,
Western Tanager, Spotted Sandpiper,
Chipping Sparrow and Williamsonʼs
Sapsucker. To bring the trip full
circle, the first bird we heard, the
Red-breasted Nuthatch, was the final
bird we saw for the day, bringing our
total to 28 species identified.
--Michael Bish
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 BIRDS IN TOWN
by Alan Wallace

May’s territory staking, nest building, and breeding led to the emergence of hatchlings and fledglings in June and July,
and, given the soaring temperatures (even at night), those newcomers to the avian world weren’t exactly shivering
in their nests. Nor were local birders out there in the noonday sun with binoculars in hand to watch and report birds
(some chose to brave the bugs of Maine and Minnesota instead of our heat). The one thing that the birds apparently
didn’t have to face this summer was the outbreak of parasites that plagued and killed many birds, especially doves,
last year. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, dry conditions commonly kill off the parasite,
which doesn’t have a resistant stage that survives from year to year: it generally perpetuates inside the birds. So, even
though we had a wet winter, it appears that the combination of infected birds dying and enough dryness has curbed the
parasite, at least temporarily. Still, because other infections can be transmitted at feeders and bird baths, it never hurts to
periodically disinfect your feeders, feeding areas, and bird baths with a weak bleach solution.
The wet winter and spring created perfect breeding grounds for water-loving birds, filling lakes and inundating
wetlands with water and producing a bounty of food. White-faced Ibises nested at Swan Lake north of Reno, something
that they haven’t done since the last wet spell several years ago. Eared Grebes and American Coots produced a bounty
of offspring, as did Redheads, Ruddy Ducks, Canada Geese, and Mallards. On land, coveys of baby California
Quail continued to emerge into late July, and it was possible to see three generations of quail at one time. Begging
young Black-headed Grosbeaks, American Robins, and House Finches could be seen and heard everywhere, and
Cooper’s and Red-tailed Hawks and Great Horned Owls (some quite late) successfully fledged their broods. Black-
chinned Hummingbirds and Pygmy Nuthatches managed to launch their offspring off into the world as well, and
Northern Mockingbirds in northwest Reno produced a second brood in late July. The Tricolored Blackbirds returned
to Centerville in the Carson Valley, presumably breeding there as in the past. Speaking of breeding, the Striped Skunks
did quite well this year, causing a few upward-gazing birders to suddenly be more aware of hazards near the ground.
A few normally non-town birds appeared within city limits, and other birds lingered or arrived late. Band-tailed
Pigeons, which usually haunt the higher-elevation forests, as well as Pinyon Jays, took full advantage of feeders in
southwest Reno. A Chukar visited Clare Engeseth’s Sparks yard in June, perhaps wandering in from nearby and more
normal rocky sage-grass habitats. Yellow-breasted Chats usually are rare in towns (and often hard to find anywhere),
but several were seen and heard at the Carlin wetlands park on the west side of Carlin; easy to get to if you’re in the
area and need a chat. As noted last month, Cedar Waxwings are a late migrant, but a few were seen in early July in
Reno, suggesting that they chose not to leave town this year. In eastern Nevada, a Gray Catbird appeared in a yard near
Baker; that yard also had Broad-tailed Hummingbirds along with the more usual Black-chinneds. July usually brings
a mild influx of Rufous and Anna’s Hummingbirds, creating a fair amount of havoc at in-town feeders. This year, the
Black-chinneds got a bit of a reprieve, with only a few Rufous and Anna’s appearing in very late July. Why they arrived
late in towns is unknown, as Rufous hummers were spotted at nearby higher elevations and both species had been seen
to the south in Arizona since early July. Adding another hint of the coming migration, a Western Tanager appeared at
Oxbow Nature Study Area in Reno at the end of July.
For those of you who keep track of these things, the American Ornithologists’ Union, the folks who recently
brought us the Cackling Goose, divided the Blue Grouse into two species: Dusky and Sooty. Dusky is in eastern
Nevada and Sooty is in the Sierras and westernmost Nevada, but there’s still some discussion about which is found in the
middle of the state, such as the Toiyabe Range. While these grouse rarely are seen in towns, they occasionally drift into
the fringes as well as into more rural mountain yards.
Birders reported 110 species during June and July. Sources of information for this column included Brian
Adams, Doug Booth, Richard Brune, Ali Chaney, Jim Eidel, Clare Engeseth, Dennis Ghiglieri, Bob Goodman,
Sue Herrera, Linda Hiller, Sue Anne Marshall, Don McIvor, Kathy Oakes, Fred Peterson, Harold Peterson, Lynn
Purcell, Melissa Renfro, Rose Strickland, John Woodyard, 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 Birds List Serve. The deadline for the next column is September 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 Bonnie Wagner bwagner@hyattclassic.com 829-6311
TRUSTEES Seat #1 to 2008 Jane Burnham jburnh@juno.com 677-4178
Seat #2 to 2008 Judy Kretzer judykretzer@yahoo.com 826-6891
Seat #3 to 2009 Ali Chaney achaney@heritage.nv.gov 813-3494
Seat #4 to 2008 Jim Lytle lytleja@sbcglobal.net 577-9641
Seat #5 to 2009 Jacque Lowery wbureno@sbcglobal.net 853-1302
Seat #6 to 2007 Nancy Bish n.bish@att.net 884-1570
Seat #7 to 2007 Vacant

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
Birds & Books Reading Group Kenn Rohrs karhors@charter.net 849-9530
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