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2019 Sand Lake Conservation Camps
Minutes of the 2019 Annual Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2019 6:00 pm Ho-Chunk Nation Building, La Crosse, WI. Attendance: Approximately 30 people presentPotluck, recent bird sightings, Treasurer’s and Secretary’s Reports, election of officers and board members, upcoming events, member photography presentation Annual Meeting Minutes Present: President: Jonathan Ringdahl; Treasurer: Dan Jackson Board Members: Roger Hanson and Gwyn Calvetti Bird Sightings Discussion President Ringdahl asked for members to report birds recently seen in the area. These included Robins, Wilson’s Snipe, Killdeer, Ducks, Owls, a Great Blue Heron, and others. Emily Weiser Recognition Gwyn Calvetti recognized Emily Weiser’s 2018 green birding efforts. She had the highest species total for that category in Wisconsin for 2018. Treasurer’s Report Dan Jackson presented a Treasurer’s Report including the fiscal YTD income and expense details and the current Balance Sheet of the or...
Minutes of the 2019 Annual Meeting
Minutes of the 2019 Annual Meeting Wednesday, January 16, 2019 6:00 pm Ho-Chunk Nation Building, La Crosse, WI. Attendance: Approximately 30 people presentPotluck, recent bird sightings, Treasurer’s and Secretary’s Reports, election of officers and board members, upcoming events, member photography presentation Annual Meeting Minutes Present: President: Jonathan Ringdahl; Treasurer: Dan Jackson Board Members: Roger Hanson and Gwyn Calvetti Bird Sightings Discussion President Ringdahl asked for members to report birds recently seen in the area. These included Robins, Wilson’s Snipe, Killdeer, Ducks, Owls, a Great Blue Heron, and others. Emily Weiser Recognition Gwyn Calvetti recognized Emily Weiser’s 2018 green birding efforts. She had the highest species total for that category in Wisconsin for 2018. Treasurer’s Report Dan Jackson presented a Treasurer’s Report including the fiscal YTD income and expense details and the current Balance Sheet of the organ...
2018 Christmas Bird Count Results
2018 La Crosse Area Christmas Bird Count Saturday, December 15, 2018 From Dan Jackson on 12/21/2018:I have all reports and this is the final update. We tallied a total of 70 species including 69 species on count day and 1 count week addition (Sandhill Crane). The count total for individuals seen on count day stands at 13,090 birds. Some of the highlights included a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 1 Common Raven, 1 Ruffed Grouse, 1 Merlin, and a count week Sandhill Crane. 70 species on a year with mostly frozen water is a great total. Our highest count years occur when there is mostly open water on the river and therefore many species of waterfowl. In the past 53 years that this count has been carried out, there are only 4 years that had a species count higher than 70 species and all were open water years. This represents close to 400 hours of combined effort on the part of 97 participants (the total says 101, but 4 people did both a feeder count and a ...
2018 Fall Waterfowl Field Trip
2018 Fall Waterfowl Field Trip Sunday, November 11, 2018 1:00 pm We will meet at noon on Oak Street behind the Kwik Trip at the stop lights in La Crescent (Hwy 14 / 16 intersection at the end of the causeway). From there, we will head south and checkout the mudflats below the entrance to the Wildcat Landing in Brownsville and we will also stop at the refuge overlooks just south of there. This is a great opportunity to see Ducks, Geese and Swans.On a historical note, you might want to research online as to what happened in the midwest 78 years ago on November 11-12, 1940.
Latest Area Bird Sightings From Dan Jackson (12/6/17): On Monday morning (12/4), the refuge manager for the La Crosse District of the Upper Mississippi National Fish and Wildlife Refuge spotted an immature female Snowy Owl at the refuge Visitor Center on Brice Prairie (west of Onalaska off of County ZN. By late afternoon, 2 more had been seen. Yesterday (12/5), three birds were perched in the parking lot of the maintenance building at dawn. When refuge employees picked up equipment for the day’s projects, the birds spooked and flew into the corn field just to the north. At dusk, while a few of us were watching those 3 birds, we were surprised to see 2 other birds fly by making a total of 5. At least 2 were immature females and 2 were lightly barred and were either immature males or adult females. The birds got active between 4:30 and dark and moved up from their perches on the ground to perch on signs, posts, tractors, telephone poles, and other vantage points – making them ...