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JOIN BIRDERS FOR UPCOMING FIELD TRIPS

SPONSORED BY NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AUDUBON SOCIETY

Everyone is welcome on these field trips. You do not have to be a member of NWAAS to participate and you don’t need any special birding skills. If you are interested in learning more about birds in northwest Arkansas, this is a great way to get started.

The full list of NWAAS-sponsored field trips is available under Field Trips and other Upcoming Events (left hand window on this page). Additional details, including meeting time & place, will be sent via email upon request to joeneal@uark.edu. You can also join the email list to obtain such information on a regular basis.

Finally, trip details are announced on ARKBIRD-L, an online list devoted to discussion of birds in Arkansas and related matters. Subscription to ARBIRD-L is free and open. Go to the website of Arkansas Audubon Society to subscribe.

Fayetteville Christmas Bird Count 2011

The CBC is set for Sunday December 18, 2011. We go forth in rain, shine, sleet, or snow. Most parties will be in the field from sunup to sundown, so bring a lunch. Some parties will also be out early, for owling, before daylight.

The fee charged by National Audubon Society, $5.00 per participant, is paid by our sponsor, Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society. These fees help pay for National Audubon’s CBC data management.

Please write your address clearly on the list used by your party since this address is needed to make sure everyone receives their special CBC issue of North American Birds next fall.

In most cases I am assuming parties will form much as in past years. Additional participants will be welcomed. New birders are always welcome.

As in past years, count results will be compiled at the residence of Doug James and Elizabeth Adam, 20 South Duncan Avenue (near campus, just south of Center & Duncan) in Fayetteville. We start our tally at the “crack” of darkness (as close as possible to 5:30 PM). Please try to be there as near on time as possible; coming late makes everyone else wait. As usual, we have no formal plans for food but probably there will be snacks or something. Everyone is welcome. Call in feeder-watcher results at 443-1704 right after 5:30 if possible.

PARTY LEADERS: NORTH SECTION: Joanie Patterson; NORTHEAST SECTION: Doug James; EAST SECTION: Mike Mlodinow; SOUTHEAST SECTION: Kim Smith & Jim Morgan; SOUTHWEST SECTION: Mulhollans; NORTHWEST SECTION: Christy Melhart Slay; CENTRAL SECTION: Joe Neal (part) Joan Reynolds (part). Email contacts: Joanie: joanie.patterson@yahoo.com ; Doug djames@uark.edu; Mike: (see above); Mulhollans: 442-7333 paige123@cox.net and Mary Bess marybess@cox.net; Kim kgsmith@uark.edu, Joan joanreynolds@gmail.com, Joe: (above). Christy: cslay@walton.uark.edu.

ANY QUESTIONS OR LAST MINUTE PROBLEMS: Compiler Joe Neal 521-1858 joeneal@uark.edu (cell on count day: 479 935 5170) & co-compiler Mike Mlodinow 443-2663 mamlod@hotmail.com

–Joe Neal

Photographs on this page are the work of Jacque Brown of Centerton and David Oakley of Springdale. They depict birds we see in northwest Arkansas either in migration or during the summer (nesting birds). You may see some of these, too, on a field trip – or in your backyard.

(More photos by Jacque Brown)

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(More photos by David Oakley)

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Photos by Jacque Brown

American Avocets

Black-billed Cuckoo

Blue-winged Warbler

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Photos by David Oakley

Baltimore Oriole

Blackpoll Warbler

Cape May Warbler

White-eyed Vireo

For more information, contact Joe Neal at 479-521-1858.

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The Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society is a registered non-profit organization serving the four-county region of northwest Arkansas -- Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties.