Highlands County Audubon Society

2008 NEWS

ALUMINUM CANS

Aluminum cans are 100% recyclable and save our resources in many ways. It takes 95% less energy to make a new one from a recycled can and the can you recycle today could be back as a new can in 60-90 days! If you take them to the recycling place yourself, please make certain that our treasurer, Dave, receives the money by calling or contacting him or any officer or Board Member. At last drop off they were giving 60 cents per lb., so we need lots of aluminum-only cans or other pure aluminum.
Remember to bring your aluminum cans to a meeting or contact Dave Bailie to make other arrangements. The proceeds this year have been sent to Wrede's Wildlife Rehabilitation for food and supplies for the animals and birds.

EDUCATION

This year’s recipient of our Miriam Beck Scholarship Award is Chris Stephan who attended Audubon's Hog Island Camp in Maine. Chris will share his adventures at the Maine Audubon Camp for Teachers and how he is integrating skills learned there into his classes during our October 28th meeting. Pictures he brought back as well as a re-print form the Highlands Today Newspaper about his experience may be seen HERE

WANTED – VOLUNTEERS!

Have a bit of spare time for a good cause? We can help you find a worthwhile activity! We offer special before or on the job training!

BLUEBIRD TRAIL - Located at the FWC Unit on Hallmark (formerly Virginia) north through Highlands Park Estates in Lake Placid. a bluebird trail of 65 boxes is proving very productive this year. The boxes are checked weekly for 12-18 weeks from March 1, which takes around 3 hours. Easiest to accomplish with 2 persons, this activity affords the opportunity to learn more about these fascinating birds. Around 100 babies fledged this year. Boxes need to be fixed and sometimes relocated beginning in February. To volunteer call Bud 465-3864

CO-EDITOR AND/OR EDITOR - Our present editor of Sightings will soon be retiring. A Co-editor is needed immediately to help write our newsletter, Sightings, with issues presently in September, October, December, January, March, and usually May. For information write Helen.

EDUCATION – Persons to communicate with teachers in Highlands County schools about Audubon Adventures and keep in contact with teachers after packets have been ordered. Join the committee. Also in the works is providing a Bird ID program for adults and/or students. Contact Nancy or Helen

FIELD TRIPS – a fun activity! Decide where you want to go next year and when, make arrangements to take us there. or coordinate with others to arrange for field trips and to select dates– or if you want you can do them all!!! To help, write to Helen hwoben@juno.com

GREETER - Is welcoming and visiting with people something you love to do? Greeters are wanted for meetings. Help at one or more meetings beginning in September. Call Alice 465-0781

HISTORIAN - Enjoy Scrap-booking and keeping track of events? Anyone have pictures from events to contribute to our collection? Someone is needed to put them together in sequence for all to enjoy. Annabelle retired from this activity and the pictures are piling up. Contact Helen or Bud.

STAMPS FOR EAGLES

The Audubon Center for the Birds of Prey admits lots of baby birds in the spring and adults other times of the year.. A state of the art incubator for the eggs brought in and the staff feeds babies using a puppet and recordings of adult sounds to prevent the birds from imprinting on adults sot he birds may be released as soon as possible. The Center uses the money earned from the sale of these stamps to stamp collectors to care for these precious birds.

Please send stamps to: Margaret Gleave, P.O. Box 3259, Lake Placid, 33862

Sightings Newsletter

Sightings will not appear again until September 2008. The web-site will be updated from time to time this summer as news is received. Many thanks to son, Bill Eddy for again donating a subscription to godaddy = no ads.
Helen