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Birding EtiquetteNovice and seasoned birders alike are reminded to show consideration for their fellow birders by keeping talking and other disruptive activities to a minimum while on the trail and observing birds.Dogs are best left at home, and children need to be taught to be quiet and respectful of others when on bird outings. Our field trip leaders volunteer their time and expertise; please do your part to make the trips as enjoyable and rewarding as possible for all the participants. Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Ten Meadowlark Members Showed Up for the Buchanan Wildlife Sanctuary Volunteer Work Day.Click here to see the "What's New page for more info.
Thursday, May 8, 2008 - Meadowlark Membership Meeting.Program: "From Mountains to Calderas: World Class Geology of Northwest Wyoming”Location: Big Horn Federal Savings & Loan basement meeting room in Cody; 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Gretchen Hurley, professional geologist. Geologist Gretchen Hurley will explain why the area's exceptionally complete geologic record, reaching back billions of years, makes it one of Earth's rarities that attracts geologists of all disciplines. She will discuss the fossil record as well as the earth processes that are responsible for the spectacular vistas we see today. The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Field Trip to Cottonwood Canyon east of Lovell with John Osgood, leader.Meeting Time & Location: 8:30 a.m. at Mentock Park, Cody, OR 9:30 a.m. at Big Horn Canyon National Recreation Area (BHCNRA) Visitor Center east of Lovell. Participants should meet trip leader John Osgood at 8:30 a.m. at Mentock Park on Blackburn Avenue in Cody, or at 9:30 a.m. at the BHCNRA Visitor Center east of Lovell. From those points, participants will caravan to the canyon. Activity level of this trip is rated moderate. Participants should bring their lunch, water and binoculars. Optional are cameras, sunscreen and insect repellent. Roads on this trip are accessible to all types of vehicles. Osgood expects the hiking portion of the trip to last four to five hours. For more information, contact Osgood at 307-587-9097. This trip is free and open to the public. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - Field Trip to Deaver Reservoir and Bear Canyon, near the Wyoming-Montana Border, with Neil Miller, trip leader.Meeting Time & Location: 8:00 a.m. at the Deaver Reservoir turnoff on US 14A, OR 7:00 a.m. at the Cody Kmart parking lot. Participants should meet trip leader Neil Miller at 8:00 a.m. at the Deaver Reservoir turnoff on US 14A. Anyone coming from the western part of the Big Horn Basin, such as Cody, may meet John Ross at 7:00 a.m. at the Cody Kmart parking lot to caravan to the reservoir. The trip will first visit Deaver Reservoir and then proceed to a parking area at the Bear Canyon entrance. The road going to the canyon parking area requires high clearance vehicles and four-wheel drive is recommended. For that reason, participants are urged to make their own arrangements to insure they have a place in an appropriate veheicle. Hiking in Bear Canyon is rated easy. Participants should bring a lunch, water, binoculars and insect repellent. Miller expects the hike will end about 4:00 p.m. at the canyon parking area. For more information, contact Neil Miller at 307-568-9346 or John Ross at 307-587-5282. This trip is free and open to the public. Friday, May 30 to Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 8th Annual Campout for Audubon Chapters in Wyoming, Hosted by Casper's Murie Audubon Society.There will be 12 free camping spots available at Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park. To reserve one, please contact Ann Hines, 307-266-3160, <wilmerhines@bresnan.net>. Please contact Ann to register, even if you won't be camping, so that she can send you late breaking details if necessary. There is no registration fee to participate in any of the weekend's events. Here's the schedule:
Participants need not be Audubon members, and with motels near by, camping is optional.
The above information was provided by Murie Audubon. Thursday, June 5, 2008 - Meadowlark Board Meeting.Time and place to be announced. All welcome.Saturday, June 14, 2008 - Field Trip to the Ten Sleep Preserve of the Nature Conservancy. Trip leader: Diane Orme.Meeting Time & Location: 7:30 a.m. at the Tensleep Preserve Lodge/Information Center. Birding, wildlife viewing, and spectacular geological vistas await hikers on this field trip. The trip will visit The Nature Consevancy's Ten Sleep Preserve on the west slope of the Big Horn Mountains in northeastern Washakie County. The preserve has been designated an Important Bird Area by the National Audubon Society. Participants will meet trip leader Diane Orme at 7:20 a.m. at the preserve lodge/information center where they can peruse information about the area and choose from two hiking trails. One of the walks is a three-mile round trip through woodlands to a canyon overlook and is rated easy. The other walk, rated moderate, is about six miles round trip and takes in a riparian area. Participants should bring lunch, water and binoculars, and insect repellent, sunscreen and a camera if desired. Because the trip offers hiking options, participants also may choose for themselves how much time they spend at the preserve. Overnight camping is available at U.S. Forest Service campgrounds in and near Ten Sleep Canyon. People should be aware that the Ten Sleep Preserve lodge is about a three-hour drive from a location such as Cody. For more information, contact Orme at 307-366-2824. This trip is free and open to the public. Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Field Trip to the Swamp Lake Area Northwest of Cody, with Suzanne Morstad, trip leader.Meeting Time & Location: More information coming soon. This trip is free and open to the public. Wetland Conservation Project Progressing on Schedule.Meadowlark Audubon thanks members who volunteered to help with the first and second steps of an important conservation project. The initial effort involved removal of barbed wire fencing, and the second implemented mechanical elimination of the invasive non-native Russian Olive trees. (See the "What's New" page for more information.)The conservation project will enhance the wetlands at the southeast corner of the intersection of Wyoming 120 and U.S. 14-16-20 across from the Yellowstone Regional Airport near Cody. Daphne Grimes, owner of the property, has dedicated the area to be preserved in perpetuity and is working with our chapter to develop it for bird and wildlife habitat and concomitant public education. Among the planned improvements are adding a trail and interpretive signs and improving the vegetation mixture. This is an exciting ongoing venture for Meadowlark Audubon and there will be opportunities for members to volunteer to help as the project proceeds. Board meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month, September through June. For information on time and location, e-mail President Dennis Saville at <dtsaville@wyoming.com> Site posted:
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