2007-2008 MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Our chapter holds a general meeting each
month, September through June, We have
a guest speaker at every meeting. The meetings are open to the public, and provide
a good introduction to our group for prospective members, as well as being
popular with home-schoolers. We generally meet the third Monday of each month,
at 7:00 p.m. . Our meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church, 521 Lakeside. Please check our website for
any last-minute changes. Our June
meeting is a picnic, the location announced in the May Newsletter.
Board Meetings are held once
a month at 4:30 p.m. at Mountain
West Bank, 125 Ironwood, prior to the general meetings.
BOARD MEETING
DATE: May 19, Monday
TIME: 4:30 p.m.
PLACE: Mt. West Bank
125 Ironwood
Dr.
MAY PROGRAM
DATE: May 19, Monday
TIME:
6:30 p.m. Business meeting
(election of officers for next year)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Program
PLACE: First Presbyterian Church, 521
E. Lakeside, Coeur d'Alene
PROGRAM: "Birding Basics"
Part 2 -
Presented by local Audubon members -
Free and open to the public - Donations
to cover costs of handouts appreciated
AUDUBON
GARAGE/YARD SALE
(for more information click here)
DATE:
June 14th, Saturday
June 13th, Friday - organize
sale
TIME:
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
PLACE: Theresa Potts' home at 4103
Arrowhead, Coeur d'Alene
HELP NEEDED: Sign up at the May meeting or call Jan at
667-6209 or email: jansjam@verizon.net.
JUNE PICNIC/POTLUCK
DATE: June 16, Monday
TIME and PLACE: To be announced at the May meeting or
contact one of the board members . It
will be posted on the website after the May meeting.
international
Migratory Bird Day
Saturday, May 10
and
CENTURY COUNT
2007 - 2008 -YARD LIST CHALLENGE
If you have been keeping a list of birds seen in your
yard during 2007, it will be time to turn in your "Yard List" into Lisa Hardy at the end of December and start a new list January 2008. Email Lisa at basalt@verizon.net with your list or for information about keeping yard
lists. SEE 2007
YARD LIST
KOOTENAI, BONNER, BOUNDARY, BENEWAH AND SHOSHONE COUNTY BIG YEAR
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to Kootenai County.
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Shoshone County.
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Bonner County
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Boundary County
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Benewah County
Programs scheduled
2007-2008
Sept 17
Wes Hanson, "Ways to Conserve Your Land
Through Conservation Easements."
Oct. 15 Kate Healy,
USFWS, "MAPS: Monitoring
Avian Productivity and
Survivorship.".
Nov.19 James A. Hansen PhD,
with US Fish and Wildlife Service
"Waterfowl and SongbirdS
in the Couer d'Alene River Basin: an Overview
related to Contaminates"
Dec 10 (2nd Monday) Kris
Buchler, "Wintering Birds."
(getting ready for the Christmas Bird)
Also we do a COOKIE EXCHANGE!!
Jan 21 Jane Cantwell, Bird of Prey Northwest,
"Living With Birds of Prey. "
February To be announced
March Scott Robinson, BLM, "Breeding Birds of Blackwell
Island"
April and May "Birding
Basics"
June ,
2008: Picnic, look for details in the May newsletter or on our website
EVENTS
EARTH DAY - APRIL 19, 2008
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY - MAY 3, 2008
On May 3rd we will again tackle our
Adopt-a-Highway work on Highway 95, south of Coeur d'Alene. The important
"fueling up" on donuts and juice will begin at 8am at the Mica Flats
Grange. Expect to finish by 10 am. Long pants and sleeves are recommended. If
you haven't tried this before please join us for a satisfying morning spent
tidying up the roadway. Call Judy Waring for more info, 765-5378.
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATORY BIRD DAY - MAY 10, 2008
Join us in
a celebration of the return of warblers and other songbirds from their southern
wintering grounds. Check our website for details on this event held the second
weekend in May.
ANNUAL SPRING YARD SALE - JUNE 2007 (Day to be
announced)
This is an annual fund-raising tradition. Check the May newsletter for details.
