Membership Meeting
Sunday February 1, 2009
Identifying GH Birds
1:30 pm – 3 pm
Pearsall Building
2109 Sumner Avenue, Aberdeen
Results of the 2008 Grays
Harbor Christmas Bird
Count
By Dianna Moore
Saturday, Dec 27th was a good
day to compile birds for poster-
ity. Twenty-six souls covered
eight geographic areas of Grays
Harbor; two areas remained un-
counted due to weather-related,
delayed Christmas plans or last-
minute illness, but the rest of
the territories were thoroughly
canvassed. We had some minor
showers, 48 degree tempera-
tures….almost balmy compared
to other locales…and no wind.
We counted 142 species of
birds, with a total number of
73,239. That is a really great
count! I have compiled the fol-
lowing list for those who enjoy
keeping track of our results. The
numbers in parenthesis indi-
cate the total of each bird seen.
I have also put an asterisk next
to notable species. This was the
year that deep snow drove birds
to our territory to feed, so seeing
Snow Geese on the golf course in
January/February 2009The
Sandpiper
Ocean Shores was a joy, and Red-
breasted Sapsuckers in the low-
lands happens infrequently. The
two real rarities were the Moun-
tain Chickadee found at a feeder
in Hoquiam by Ruth Sullivan’s
party of three and the three Gray-
crowned Rosy Finches found by
two separate parties, one on the
south end of Ocean Shores and
one eight miles north near the
Quinault Beach Resort. Both of
these species were “out-of-area”.
Here is the list:
Red-throated Loon (88), Pacific
Loon (8), Common Loon (45),
Pied-billed Grebe (19), Horned
Grebe (28), Red-necked Grebe
(3), Western Grebe (126), Short-
tailed Shearwater (1), *Brown
Pelican (52), Double-crested
Cormorant (84), Brandt’s Cor-
morant (3), Pelagic Cormorant
(49) cormorant species (3), Great
Blue Heron (63), Greater White-
fronted Goose (49), *Snow
Goose (11), Canada Goose (764),
Brant (138), Cackling Goose
(79), *Trumpeter Swan (29),
Gadwall (89), Eurasian Wigeon
(2), American Wigeon (1,243),
Mallard (593), Northern Shovel-
er (287), Northern Pintail (744),
Green-winged Teal (537), Can-
vasback (68), Ring-necked Duck
(16), Greater Scaup (323), Lesser
Scaup (294), scaup species (12),
Harlequin Duck (8), Surf Sco-
ter (514), White-winged Scoter
(126), Black Scoter (24), Long-
tailed Duck (1), Bufflehead (388),
Common Goldeneye (27), Hood-
ed Merganser (35), Red-breasted
Merganser (58), Common Mer-
ganser (39), Ruddy Duck (4),
Bald Eagle-adult (15), imm. (9),
unknown (1), Northern Harrier
(25), Sharp-shinned Hawk (6),
Cooper’s Hawk (10), Red-tailed
Hawk (22), Rough-legged Hawk
(3), Merlin (1), Peregrine Falcon
(6), Ring-necked Pheasant (3),
Ruffed Grouse (1), Virginia Rail
(10), Sora (2), American Coot
(14), Black-bellied Plover (642),
Semi-palmated Plover (13), Kill-
deer (111), *Black Oystercatcher
(2), Greater Yellowlegs (9), Spot-
ted Sandpiper (1), Ruddy Turn-
stone (1), Black Turnstone (77),
Surfbird (26), Sanderling (726),
Western Sandpiper (221), Least
Sandpiper (376), Rock Sandpip-
er (54), Dunlin (42,189), Long-
billed Dowitcher (20), Wilson’s
Snipe (108), Mew Gull (654),
Continued on Page 4
Anna’s Hummingbird in
the Pacific Northwest
A Conversation with David
Hutchinson February 7th
Join in this free workshop on An-
na’s Hummingbirds.  Many of us
in the Pacific Northwest are see-
ing these birds in our winter gar-
dens for the first time.  We have
lots of questions:
•  How does Anna make a living in
this climate?
•  When did this hummer expand
its range into the Northwest?
•  What role do our feeders and
winter-blooming plants play?
•  Do late summer hummingbird
feeders push Annas into staying
into the winter?
•  Do male and female Annas hold
feeding territories
continued on page 8
 The President’s Perch
By Arnie Martin
Your Grays Harbor Audubon
Society (GHAS) board of direc-
tors has been busy working on
various projects, including the
2008 Grays Harbor Christmas
Bird Count, the 2009 Shorebird
Festival, and responding to the
many demands that arise from
the management of the Conser-
vation Properties that the GH
Audubon owns.
In the case of the Christmas
Bird Count, Dianna Moore han-
dled all the details and organi-
zation herself. I’m fairly sure
she would have welcomed some
help from willing volunteers.
At least she had some volun-
teer observers and didn’t have
to cover the entire 176 square
miles within the count circle
by herself, although the rem-
nants of the snowy weather did
keep some additional observers
away!
We realize that many of you
would like to have addition-
al activities, such as birding
field trips, be available to you.
Wouldn’t one or two of you as-
sist the field trip chair (again Di-
anna Moore) with planning and/
or leading some local trips in our
county’s “bird-rich” areas? This
is one of the best ways to get in-
volved in your local Audubon
chapter and its activities (I got
hooked on a field trip where we
saw a rare Eurasian bird (tufted
duck) on my first time out).
Perhaps some of you have local
contacts in the environmental,
photography, art, etc. areas. Our
program chair (Dianna Moore
again) would love to have some
suggestions and help in planning
membership programs. We only
have four membership meetings
a year (October, December, Feb-
page 2
ruary, and April) – not counting
our annual membership picnic
in June. Please at least contact
Dianna with some suggestions
on possible meeting topics.
We also need to boost member-
ship – all the above (Christmas
Count, Field Trips, and Pro-
grams) serve to provide the in-
centive to attend an activity, but
we do need some additional ac-
tivities to attract people who may
find our organization attractive
enough to join. Our member-
ship chair (Dianna Moore one
more time) would love to have
many more members to send out
newsletters to (she also handles
much of that task).
Other Audubon activities in-
volve maintenance and manage-
ment of the conservation prop-
erties that GHAS owns. The
Habitat Committee, formerly
headed by Dean Schwickerath,
is the group that has obtained
grants to purchase these prop-
erties, and this committee tries
to maintain them in an ecologi-
cally beneficial manner. The
Audubon properties are mainly
shoreline properties bordering
Grays Harbor and local for-
estland properties. We need
volunteers to visit some of the
properties and, in some cases,
to remove invasive plants, and
to deter destructive activities on
the properties.
Janet Strong is our Conserva-
tion Chair in addition to her
many other activities with local
conservation groups. You may
have read some articles in The
Daily World regarding grants
that the Chehalis River Basin
Land Trust has received to pro-
tect lands bordering the Hoqui-
am River. Kudos to Janet and
the CRBLT!! The Conservation
Committee is the branch of the
Audubon Society that alerts the
board and the membership to
threats to our local habitat that
may result from new local, state
and federal regulations, new and
changes in existing practices in
the management of our forest
lands, our rivers and harbor, and
our own properties (lawn chem-
icals, etc.) Janet also could defi-
nitely use some additional heads
to help fill the many hats that
she wears.
Please also note the great pay
for all these activities and duties
that are available to you: $0.00
per hour and all the satisfac-
tion that you can carry. Some
of the younger (student) volun-
teers can get community service
hours along with the satisfac-
tion; aren’t they the fortunate
ones? We will be happy to greet
all volunteers with our grati-
tude, even if some of you get
the community service hours
and we don’t. Please attend one
of our activities and find out if
our Grays Harbor Audubon So-
ciety is an organization that you
would like to join.
GHAS Mission
The mission of the Grays
Harbor Audubon Society is
to seek a sustainable balance
between human activity and
the needs of the environ-
ment; and to promote enjoy-
ment of birds and the natural
world
Are you interested in receiv-
ing The Sandpiper online?
Send us your email address
and we can forward the latest
issue the moment it is ready
to publish or visit http://ghas.
org to view the newsletter as
a color pdf file.
BirdNote sings, but for
how long?
by Ellen Blackstone,
BirdNote
Here is the single most compli-
cated thing to understand about
BirdNote’s funding: radio sta-
tions do NOT pay for the show.
Imagine that! Yes, they pay NPR
for the news programs, etc. But
BirdNote itself pays all the costs
of creating and producing Bird-
Note shows. That’s why angels,
large and small, are so impor-
tant to us. BirdNote is its own
nonprofit, a 501(c)(3), and is
responsible for content and for
raising its operating funds.
I think that people usually as-
sume that if they support KPLU
-- or whatever station airs it
where they live -- they are sup-
porting BirdNote. Not so. KPLU
graciously supplies the air-time,
but that is it. (That’s good, be-
cause we couldn’t afford the
air-time, too!) People have said
to us, “Wow, the show seems
page 3
really popular. You guys must
be making a lot of money!” Oh,
dear! not the case at all!
But we persist. We hear from
listeners all over the country,
even all over the world, many of
whom listen to the podcast or on
the web, rather than on the ra-
dio. And their kind words keep
us going. We all love what we’re
doing, and hope to improve the
world for birds.
In our business plan 2009-
2011, we are ready to expand
our listenership to one million.
As we do, we want to highlight
conservationists whose inspir-
ing stories show the way to pro-
tect habitat. We want to engage
listeners on-line and in their
communities; and secure cor-
porate underwriting. We’ve got
the team to do it: we have the
knowledge, the creativity, the
science, and the experience.
But first we need to address
BirdNote’s financial survival.
Public radio stations do not pay
for independently produced pro-
gramming. The stations provide
valuable air time. It’s BirdNote,
under the umbrella of Tune In
to Nature, that pays all creative,
administrative, and production
costs.
BirdNote http://www.birdnote.
org
Editor’s Note: You can help keep these
incredibly delightful sounds coming to
us through your radio and download-
ed online by your generous donation to
BirdNote 3725 French Road, PO Box
37 Clinton, WA 98236. Please let them
know that you saw this in the GHAS
The Sandpiper.

April 3 -5 2009
Grab your binoculars and join
the Olympic BirdFest 2009 cel-
ebration at the Dungeness River
Audubon Center, April 3-5,
2009.
The stage is set…quiet bays
and estuaries, sandy beaches, a
five-mile-long sand spit, and a
protected island bird sanctuary
on the Strait of Juan de Fuca;
wetlands, tide pools, rainfor-
ests, and lush river valleys. The
players are ready … Marbled
Murrelets, Rhinoceros Auklets,
Harlequin Ducks, Black Oyster-
catchers, Peregrine Falcons, and
Pygmy owls will be sporting
their finest spring plumage for
this celebration. Enjoy guided
birding trips, boat tours; and a
traditional salmon bake at the
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal
Center.
Come bird with us and expe-
rience with others the spectacu-
lar landscapes of the Olympic
Peninsula …you just might go
home with a new bird for your
life list! Check out the offerings
by going online (http://www.
olympicbirdfest.org),or calling
for a brochure.
Also this year! Follow your
BirdFest weekend with a three-
day, two night birding cruise
page 4
of the spectacular San Juan Is- (2), Crow species (1,653), Com-
lands on April 5-7, 2009. Visit mon Raven (16), Horned Lark
San Juan and Sucia Islands, and (2), Black-capped Chickadee
more. Stay at the historic Roche (358), *Mountain Chickadee
Harbor Resort. Get program in- (1), Chestnut-backed Chicka-
formation and registration forms dee (144), Bushtit (80), Red-
online at: http://olympicbirdfest. breasted Nuthatch (38), Brown
org. Creeper (3), Bewick’s Wren
Contact us by phone, at (33), Winter Wren (35), Marsh
360-681-4076, Wren (28), Golden-crowned
E-mail us at Kinglet (172), Ruby-crowned
info@olympicbirdfest.org , Kinglet (62), *Townsend’s Soli-
Or write to us at: taire (1), Hermit Thrush (14),
Dungeness River American Robin (423), Varied
Audubon Center Thrush (599), European Star-
P.O. Box 2450 ling (10,122), American Pipit
Sequim, WA 98382 (16), Cedar Waxwing (2), Yel-
low-rumped Warbler-Myrtle
(328), Townsend’s Warbler (1),
Spotted Towhee (212), Savan-
nah Sparrow (1), Fox Sparrow
(474), Song Sparrow (331),
White-crowned Sparrow (83),
Golden-crowned Sparrow (573),
Dark-eyed Junco-Oregon (403),
Red-winged Blackbird (467),
Western Meadowlark (10),
Brewer’s Blackbird (6), **Gray-
photo by Gary Murrell crowned Rosy Finch (3), Purple
Finch (35), House Finch (107),
Bird count continued from Red Crossbill (68), Pine Siskin
page 1 (1,031), American Goldfinch
Ring-billed Gull (59), Califor- (34), House Sparrow (259).
nia Gull (1), Herring Gull (10),
Thayer’s Gull (23), Western
Gull (452), Glaucous-winged
Gull (267), Glaucous-winged/
Western hybrid (1,117), *Glau-
cous Gull (3), gull species (238),
Black-legged Kittiwake (2),
Common Murre (5), *Marbled
Murrelet (6), *Ancient Murrelet
(2), Rhinoceros Auklet (1), Rock
Dove/pigeon? (103), *Mourn-
ing Dove (1), Great Horned Owl
(2), Barred Owl (1), Short-eared
Owl (1), Anna’s Hummingbird
(14), Belted Kingfisher (9),
*Red-breasted Sapsucker (3),
Downy Woodpecker (2), Hairy
Woodpecker (3), Northern Time to take in the feeder
Flicker-Red Shafted (142), Yel- --you think?
low-shafted (3), Northern Shrike photo by Knoll Lowney
(1), Hutton’s Vireo (2), Steller’s
Jay (104), Western Scrub Jay
 Cabin Fever
Buried in snow, dry stems
Of withered roses. Branches and
Tree-trunks bend dark under ice.
Hawks now hunt in the parks,
Harassed by obstinate crows.
The small birds have vanished.
Erased are the hieroglyph claw tracks
From pages of downriver mudflats

Where is the light of spring?

Will the sun shine ever again?
Will mid-morning river mist
Ever again rise from the water?
I yearn for the purple finches,
Their wine colored plumage,
And the full throated Canada geese
Voicing shrill cries overhead.

Franz K. Schneider
Springtime*

Riding the blue ribbons of air,

the monarchs of the spring
Have returned. Now their glory glides
Before our eyes in majestic condescension.
Ill at ease in our ungainly walking,
We stand still and gaze,
Weighed down by the guild and shame
Of earthbound winter appetites.

Tonight, we’ll float on down-breast

Softness in our dreams, until we hear
The low pitched trumpeting at dawn when,
Feathers dripping silver and wingtips
Dipped in rose, the swans take off
Into the every faithful rising sun
And, wheeling sharply towards East, photo by ImageNorthwest
Head for ancestral Yellowstone

Franz K. Schneider
*for Wes and Gertie Hanson

page 5
 The Dragon of the
Yangtze River
by Jan McMillan
In October, Ann Haarer and I
spent 14 days in China. We had
a wonderful guide and got to
see so many things we’d heard
about all our lives; Giant Pan-
das, The Great Wall, The Terra
Cotta Warriors, Tiananmen
Square, the Temple of Heaven,
beautiful Shanghi and more. But
the highlight of our trip was a
three day cruise down the Yang-
tze River to the site of the nearly
completed Three Gorges Dam.
My image of the dam was one
of a giant dragon (dragons are
very big in China!) moving up
the river from east to west and
gobbling up the gorges as he
spewed out a flood of water that
rose the level of the river and
drove the ancient people that
lived along its’ banks from their
homes and villages. By the time
the dam is finished, over 74,000
acres of cultivated land will be
submerged. 1.13 million people
will have been resettled from
the 13, cities, 140 towns and
1352 villages that will be inun-
dated. In addition, 8000 recog-
nized archaeological sites and
numerous temples and pagodas
will be lost. There are three
major reasons that the Chinese
government decided to build the
dam. The first and most obvi-
ous reason is energy. The dam
will produce 15% of China’s
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electricity, mostly in the Yang-
tze River Basin area. The output
will be equivalent to 50 million
tons of coal. As China works to
clean up their environment, this
is important to them. It is hoped
that the dam will also reduce
the severity of flooding by 90%.
And finally, it will allow the
passage of 10,000 ton ships to
upriver to Chongquing instead
of only 5000 ton ships.
But there are also many rea-
sons for opposition to the dam.
80 species of fish, Yangtze dol-
phin, finless porpoise, Chinese
sturgeon and giant panda will
be endangered. 108 sites of cul-
tural and historic importance
will be lost. Opponents believe
the flood control benefits have
been overstated and that heavy
sediments will buildup in the
reservoir and likely continue to
hinder navigation. The human
suffering cannot be measured
as people are driven from their
ancient homes and villages and
forced to relocate higher up on
the gorges or in nearby towns
and cities. This is especially
true of the older people. Some
are worried that the dam could
be a potential disaster area by
becoming a military or terrorist
target.
China has come bursting into
the 21st Century and the Three
Gorges Dam Project is a sym-
bol of China’s booming econ-
omy during the last couple of
decades. The citizens of China
are proud of their emergence as
an economic force in the world
and happy about the benefits the
dam will bring. I can remem-
ber the pride we felt in the 50’s
and 60’s when dams were con-
structed along the Columbia and
Snake rivers here in Washington
State. It meant water for irriga-
tion for our farms and orchards
and power to help run our newly
acquired washing machines and
refrigerators. But we now real-
ize the collateral cost of these
dams. The people of China are
awakening to this awareness
also. Ironically as we cruised
through the gorges we saw signs
urging conservation and care of
the environment placed along
the banks of the river.
While I am grateful my visit
to the Three Gorges I could only
imagine what it was like before
the dam…the women washing
their clothes along the river and
gathering water for their daily
chores; the small village gardens
and pens filled with animals that
provided food for their families;
the men of the village fishing
from the banks and boats on
the river; and children tending
the small graveyards that held
the bones of a century of ances-
tors. All before the arrival of the
Dragon of the Yangtze.
map from Wikapedia, the free ency-
clopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Yangtze_River
 Grays Harbor Audubon Membership meeting ship with WDFW, coastal tribes,
depends on you. promises “Good Eats” governmental agencies, marine
We won’t be part of the Stim- and how to ID GH birds industry and businesses, non-
ulus Package, so we need to governmental organizations,
rely on your generosity and Hospitality chair Linda Orgel and local citizens to understand
the kindness of friends to keep has promised to bring one of her and explore the MRC approach.
GHAS going. Please renew signature decadences --Triple Grays Harbor County, first to
your membership NOW and do Chocolate Brownies for the Feb- take steps towards forming an
it frequently. We know that it is ruary membership meeting. MRC, has established a formal
tough out there and we appreci- Any other reason to attend?? planning process, launched a
ate anything that you can do to Absolutely! Program chair Di- website, and produced a report
help out your Chapter to con- anna Moore presents a session on the application of the MRC
tinue to achieve the great things on Birding 101 for Grays Har- model developed in north Puget
we’ve done in the name of birds bor. She will give out checklists Sound to the coast of Washing-
and people. for our local birds and have col- ton. Those involved in coastal
or photos, bird songs and habi- MRC activities have identified
1. The Habitat Protection Pro- tat locations where birds can be countless opportunities to im-
gram has placed into conser- found. This is a great opportu- plement much-needed marine
vation close to 4,000 acres of nity to understand and identify resource projects and build vital
sensitive land in Gray Harbor, what’s in your backyard. communication networks and
Pacific and Jefferson Counties. The meeting will be held at the partnerships among coastal resi-
If you have property or want to Pearsall Building 2109 Sumner dents. They have also identified
donate to help with acquisition Avenue on February 1st begin- several challenges such as great
of property, please contact the ning at 1:30 PM. The room is travel distances, rural and small
Habitat Committee. on the east end of the Grays Har- communities, and an already
bor Chamber of Commerce. crowded landscape of resource
2. Membership meetings intro- management programs and au-
duce subjects and people to our Establishing a Coastal thorities. Residents, govern-
membership that affect our lives Marine Resource Com- ments, and organizations have
and those of around us. mittee used these challenges to develop
In the 2007 and 2008 legislative new and creative solutions and
3. The Annual Shorebird Festi- sessions, the Washington State a unique approach appropriate
val is co-sponsored by GHAS Legislature endorsed the Marine for the coast. Implementation
and brings thousands of birders Resource Committee (MRC) ap- of these developments will re-
to our shores to view the annual proach to local marine resource quire continued Coastal MRC
migration of shorebirds, This management and stewardship in Program funding at or above
will be the 14th Annual and held the five southern Puget Sound the current level. Guided by the
April 24th - 26th. counties and five coastal coun- Washington Ocean Action Plan,
ties. A new program was cre- MRC activity will improve sci-
4. We provide the organization ated within the Washington De- entific knowledge, public under-
and direction for the Christmas partment of Fish and Wildlife standing, protection and restora-
Bird Count. (WDFW) to provide support for tion, and management of marine
the development, administra- habitats and species and compli-
5. We produce The Sandpip- tion, and coordination of coast- ment ongoing efforts to preserve
er, our bi-monthly newsletter, al MRCs and MRC-sponsored and enhance coastal and ocean
which is chock full of tidbits projects that benefit coastal ma- resources.
that help us get out the word rine resources. Coastal counties Taken from WDFW 2008 Report to
about birds. and their citizens are currently the Legislature. Your GHAS Audubon
exploring this opportunity to Chapter along with others have been
Your Chapter provides so much, create a non-regulatory mecha- very active in the development of the
for so little. Please renew at the nism for communities to discuss “Outer Coast MRC” and the Grays
highest level possible. If you and develop solutions for issues Harbor MRC.
can make an additional dona- facing coastal resources and
tion please include that in your communities. Clallam, Jeffer-
membership update. son, Grays Harbor, and Pacific
Counties are working in partner-

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Anna workshop continued
from page 1
•  Does this bird nest in our gar-
dens in the summer?  Steve Hallstrom 273-9280 toltfarm@jps.net
•  Do Annas go the mountains
in July for summer wildflower
blooms?
•  What role does Rufous Hum-
mingbird play in the life of An-
nas?
David Hutchinson will lead the
discussion, as we explore the
lives of these birds. The work-
shop will be held at Nisqually
Wildlife Refuge. Details  are
below
•  Date:   February 7th, 2009
•  Time:   Noon - 3:00 pm.  Vice President Mary O’Neill 533-9833
• Location: Auditorium
Nisqually Wildlife Refuge.  Treasurer Diane Schwickerath 495-3101
•  Bring:  Questions about An-
nas, photos and field  observa-
tions to share with the group.
David Hutchinson is a natural-
ist, birder and bookseller. He
has led field trips and classes
for North Cascades Institute,
Seattle Audubon Society, Se-
attle Parks Dept. and the Orion
Society. He has observed hum-
mingbirds in the US, Mexico
and Ecuador and banded them
at Point Reyes Bird Observa-
tory. He is currently the first
volunteer land steward for Se-
attle’s Discovery Park.
In 1981 he received a Frank
M. Chapman grant from the
American Natural History Mu-
seum to run a study of the oc-
currence and behavior of An-
na’s Hummingbird in the park
and the feeders in the surround-
ing neighborhood of Magnolia;
this project involved two years
of field work. 
He brings to this workshop
a wide range of experience &
enthusiasm about these excep-
tional birds.  GHAS Website http://www.ghas.org
Contact event organizer Janet
Partlow -  352-7902  or olypol-
linators@aol.com
Special thanks to Nisqually Wildlife
Refuge for providing space for this
workshop!
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GHAS Board of Directors
Theressa Julius 537-4386 tmjulius@tss.net
Arnie Martin 612-0437 arnold6.martin@comcast.net
Dianna Moore 289-5048 dlmoor2@coastaccess.com
Mary O’Neill 533-9833 deed2et2et@yahoo.com
Linda Orgel 648-2476 ldotorg@olearycreek.com
Renee Prine 268-0485
Diane Schwickerath 495-3101 deananddiane@gmail.com
Janet Strong 495-3950 strongjan@centurytel.com
Chapter Officers
President Arnie Martin 612-0437
arnold6.martin@comcast.net
deed2et2et@yahoo.com
deananddiane@gmail.com
Secretary Theressa Julius, 537-4386
tmjulius@tss.net
Committee Chairs
Newsletter R.D. Grunbaum, 648-2476
rd@olearycreek.com
Membership Dianna Moore 289-5048
dlmoor2@coastaccess.com
Conservation Janet Strong, 495-3950
strongjan@centurytel.com
Education Renee Prine, 268-0485
Field Trips Dianna Moore 289-5048
dlmoor2@coastaccess.com
Program Chair Dianna Moore 289-5048
dlmoor2@coastaccess.com
Hospitality Linda Orgel 648-2476
ldotorg@olearycreek.com
Publicity Vacant
Habitat Vacant
Other Audubon Contacts
GHAS voice mail (800) 303-8498
State Audubon (360) 786-8020
National Audubon (212) 979-3000
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If you would like to join Grays Harbor Audubon Society (GHAS), please fill out the form below, make
check payable to Grays Harbor Audubon Society and return it with your check to:

Grays Harbor Audubon Society

P.O. Box 470
Montesano, WA 98563

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above the Sandpiper category provide financial support to our Chapter. The Grays Harbor Audubon
Society is totally self-supporting.

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£ Heron $25.00
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(Fixed or limited income membership or Sandpiper newsletter only)

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To join National Audubon or renew your National Audubon Membership, call 1-800-274-4201.

If your newsletter is stamped with Last Issue-Please Renew, be sure to fill out the Membership Form
above and send it in to keep your membership active and keep receiving the newsletter! Thanks!

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The Sandpiper
Membership Meeting
Identifying Grays Harbor
Birds, Habitat, Songs
2105 Sumner, Aberdeen
1:30 - 3:00 pm Inside this Issue
News & Editorial February 1, 2009
send materials to Bird count results 1
P.O. Box 1044 Anna workshop 1
Westport, 98595-1044 President’s Perch 2
or email to Helping BirdNote 3
rd@olearycreek.com BirdFest 4
Copy deadline March 1, Bird count continued 4
2009 Cabin Fever 5
Springtime 5
Yangtze dragon 6
We need you 7
Membership meeting 7
MRC for GH & Coast 7
How Do I Know When My Anna continued 8
Membership Is Due? Board & Officers 8
Member Application 9
Just look in the upper right
hand corner of your label
and it will give you your
renewal date!