THE MADISON AUDUBON
NEWSLETTER
222 S. Hamilton St. / Madison, WI 53703 / 255-BIRD / http://madisonaudubon.org
Prairies Jubilee! Sept. 26, Free, Rain or Shine
Come to Madison Audubon Society's
10th annual Prairies Jubilee! on
Sunday, September 26, from 10am –
4:30pm-- rain or shine. Admission is
free; the Prairie Bison Fun Run/Walk
requires pre-registration by September
15 and a fee. To receive a brochure or
ask a question, please call the MAS
Office at (608) 255-2473 or email us at
clare.audubon@bluebottle.com
Prairies Jubilee! is Madison Audubon
Society’s annual prairie open house,
hosted by Goose Pond Sanctuary and
the UW-Madison Arlington Agricultural
Research Station. Everyone is invited
to learn more about Goose Pond and
the largest restoration of tall grass
prairie in Wisconsin. The event is a
fundraiser for sanctuaries maintained
by MAS.
Prairies Jubilee! begins at the
Arlington Research Station Public
Events Building on Hopkins Rd. where
ample free parking is available. To
prevent disturbance to wildlife, no
parking will be allowed at Goose
Pond. Free shuttle buses will operate
between the Public Events Building
and Goose Pond beginning at 10:30
and concluding at 4:30.
Lush, colorful prairies and the wet-
lands that have returned after a 2-year
drought will be brought up close and
personal with rides and walks and
talks at Goose Pond. Live critters and
other educational presentations, fun
activities, conservation displays and
live music will all be offered free at the
Station’s Public Events Building. In
addition, for nominal prices, a raffle,
unusual food for lunch, a prairie fun
run/walk, vendors’ booths that include
native plants, fair trade items, and an
Audubon store, will be attractions as
Madison Audubon Society invites
everyone to its 10th annual Prairies
Jubilee!
At the Ag Research Station
A Prairie Bison Fun Run/Walk on a
2.5- mile trail running through Goose
Pond Sanctuary’s restored tallgrass
prairie and other nearby sites, will take
off at 10:15am. A fee is required and a
T-shirt is awarded for this fun
walk/run.
Free attractions
Live raptors will be shown from
12:00 to 3:00 p.m. by Dianne Moeller,
wildlife rehabilitator who manages
Who’s Woods at Milton. Live snakes of
all sizes will be ready for petting from
11:00 to 4:30 p.m., under the supervi-
sion of their keeper, Ed Stone, her-
petologist.
A workshop on how to start bird
carving will be offered by Jeff
Erickson, from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. A
featured event will be keynote speaker
Bob Manwell from the Eastern
Partnership Outreach Team. His
speech, “Whooping Cranes and a trip
to Florida – What’s New?”, at 11:00
a.m., will tell about this year’s flight
class, which is learning its migration
pattern by following ultralight aircraft.
Scientists are helping to establish a
flock of these highly endangered
cranes that winter in Florida and spend
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AUDUBON
SOCIETY
September 2004
summers in Wisconsin. Prairie special-
ist Rich Henderson will lead a walk in
a rare prairie remnant and help identi-
fy plant species, from 1:00 to 2:00.
On-going attractions all day will
include children’s participation activi-
ties at their special table and informa-
tion booths for conservation organiza-
tions.
Raffle, merchandise, and food
A grand prize of an original 21” x
32” richly colored watercolor painting,
“Sandhill Cranes at Goose Pond
Sanctuary”, by noted Baraboo artist
Janet Flynn, will be raffled, along with
a number of other exciting prizes;
drawing at 4:30 p.m. (The winner will
not be required to be present for the
drawing). Note cards bearing a repro-
duction of the painting will be for sale.
Tickets will be on sale and all raffle
items will be on display.
Vendors will offer a variety of items,
including prairie plants, compost bins,
fair trade cheese and coffee, fall veg-
etables, organic soap, UNICEF cards, t-
shirts and more. There will also be
information booths for conservation
organizations.
Come hungry, thirsty and ready to
be entertained! We’ll serve you a
“Picnic in the Prairie” from 11:00 to
4:00 in the Public Events Building. On
the menu will be bison barbecue,
“chuck wagon” beans, tabouli, sand-
wiches, chips, soda and pie. Live
music from bluegrass to folk to blues
will be provided by local groups.
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thereby direct some of your donation to local
causes. Find your expiration date at the top
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THE AUDUBON CAWS is published
September through June by:
Madison Audubon Society,
222 S. Hamilton St., Madison, WI 53703,
(608) 255-BIRD (2473).
Birding hotline, 255-BIRM.
Madison Audubon Web Page:
http://madisonaudubon.org
E-mail: masoffice@mailbag.com
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Contribution deadline is September 6 for
the October issue, for which items may be
sent to Lynn Smith at
lksmith@facstaff.wisc.edu
Prairies Jubilee continued from page 1 To Prairies Jubilee!
Habitrek Bus From U. S. Highway 51 south of
Arlington, turn west on Badger Lane at
A bus tour to outlying natural areas
the sign for Arlington Agricultural
will be led by Steve Richter, now with
Research Station, and turn left on
The Nature Conservancy but formerly a
Hopkins Road to reach the parking lot.
Goose Pond intern. As the bus stops at
All parking is at this lot, with free, con-
Schoenberg Marsh, Otsego Marsh, Mud
tinuous shuttle bus to the Sanctuary, in
Lake, and Grassy Lake, he will provide
order to prevent congestion and distur-
information about these areas that
bance to wildlife on Prairie Lane at the
mean so much to the area’s wildlife. It
Goose Pond.
will take off from the Public Events
Building at 2:00 p.m. and return there
at 3:45 p.m.
At Goose Pond Sanctuary
Prairies! Jubilee
To make it easy for visitors to experi Schedule of Events --
ence a large expanse of fall colored 10:00 - 4:30
prairie, a farm wagon with baled straw
seats and drawn by a tractor, will take 10:00 – 10:45
groups out into our Sue Ames Prairie Bird Carving Workshop
restoration, departing at 1:00 p.m. and
again at 2:00 p.m. (Wagon loading will 10:15 - ?
be ten minutes before departure time). Prairie Bison Fun Run/Walk
This site on the hill to the east of 11:00 – 11:45
Goose Pond, will provide a good view Whooping Crane Talk
of a lot of purple and gold prairie, the
entire pond and Goose Pond 11:00 – 4:00
Sanctuary. “Picnic in the Prairie”
All-day activities at Goose Pond will
include bird viewing with scopes near 11:00 – 4:30
Live Snakes
the wetlands, guided bird walks on the
Bicentennial Prairie trail, demonstra- 12:00 – 2:30
tions of how to identify prairie plants, Live Music
the art of prairie plant seed collection,
12:00 – 3:00
and discussion of prairie management.
Live Raptors
Pat Ready an experienced birder, will
lead birding hikes along the
1:00 – 1:45
Bicentennial Trail at Goose Pond and
Hayride to Sue Ames Prairie
also assist with birding by scope of the
pond. 1:00 – 2:30
Prairie walk
For information and raffle
tickets 2:00 – 2:45
Raffle tickets and Prairies Jubilee Hayride to Sue Ames Prairie
brochures are being mailed to the
2:00 – 3:45
membership. Others may obtain them
Wetlands Bus Tour
by calling the Madison Audubon
Society office at 255-BIRD, or e-mailing 4:30
to masoffice@mailbag.com and leaving Raffle Drawing
information for them to be mailed.
MADISON AUDUBON SOCIETY The mission of the Madison Audubon
President: Joanne Herfel, 241-8009 Society is to educate our members and
Vice-president: Debra Weitzel, 836-4051 the public about the natural world and
Goose Pond Resident Naturalists: the threats that natural systems are fac-
Mark and Sue Martin, 635-4160 ing, to engage in advocacy to preserve
Editor: Lynn Smith, 242-0933 and protect these systems, and to devel-
lksmith@facstaff.wisc.edu op and maintain sanctuaries to save and
Graphic design: Mary Liebig restore natural habitat.
Printed by Roemer Printing
 Protecting Macaws to Conserve Biodiversity
What does the Great Green Macaw
have to do with bird conservation in
Wisconsin? Well, many of our tropical
migrants use the same habitat as the
Great Green Macaw (GGM) for at least
some part of their annual winter vaca-
tion. Friends of the Great Green
Macaw, Inc (FGGM), a 501c3 Madison
based not-for-profit organization, is
working to protect these tropical win-
tering grounds in the northeast region
of Costa Rica, by protecting and reha-
bilitating the population and the habi-
tat of the Great Green Macaw. Great
Green Macaw habitat conservation
includes conserving our migratory bird
wintering habitat, as well as habitat for
other focal endangered species like the
Jaguar, West Indian Manatee, and the
Spider Monkey.
Friends of the Great Green Macaw,
founded by Madison East High School
and UW- Stevens Point Graduate,
Andrew Rothman, has been working
with Costa Rican landowners to protect
habitat for the endangered Great
Green Macaw and other species since
December of 2000. Reforestation, edu-
cation and research assistance has
been the cornerstone of our conserva-
tion efforts to this date. It is estimated
Enjoy the Fall Colors on Our Many Field Trips:
(See our web site for more details)
Saturday, September 4:
Fall Birding at Picnic Point
Join trip leaders Roma Lenehan and
Marty Evanson for a pleasant morning of
birding on Picnic Point, one of
Madison's birding hot spots. On the lake
we will look for waterfowl, gulls and
terns; in the marshes we will be looking
for blackbirds, wrens and rails; in the
woodland we will look for woodpeck-
ers, thrushes and migrating fall warblers.
This trip is co-sponsored by the Friends
of the Campus Natural Areas.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the 1918 Marsh
parking lot across University Bay Drive
from the base of Picnic Point, north of
UW Lot 60 and north of the UW
Hospital. The trip will last 2 to 3 hours.
that only 200 Great Green Macaws
remain in Costa Rica. Conserving this
species habitat is critical prevent this
species from becoming extinct in
Costa Rica.
Free Public Program
What: Andrew Rothman on efforts
to protect Macaw habitat
When: Tuesday, September 21
7:00 p.m. - Refreshments
7:30 p.m. – Program
Where: Bolz Auditorium,
Meriter Hospital,
124 S. Brooks St. Madison
Parking: Meriter Hospital paid
parking ramp across the street, on
the street, or Lot 51 north of
Regent and Mills St.
FGGM is now working to implement
conservation initiatives for local
landowners. This includes the first
Birding Route in Central America and
Costa Rica. This low impact nature
based tourism project looks to provide
a sufficient economic incentive to pri-
vate landowners to protect the remain-
ing rainforest on their properties.
Bring binoculars, bird books, and dress
for the weather, which may be cool by
the lake in the morning. Call Roma at
608-238-5406.
Monday, September 6:
Pleasant Valley Conservancy
This is a joint trip with The Prairie
Enthusiasts. Kathie and Tom Brock will
lead this trip at Pleasant Valley
Conservancy on Labor Day. The site is
in the Town of Vermont, Dane County.
The property contains prairie remnants
and extensive oak savanna. Information
will also be provided on the efforts
being taken to ensure the long-range
protection of this property through the
establishment of a nonprofit foundation
This Bird Route initiative is also part
of a larger project. The San Juan–La
Selva Biological Corridor project is
bringing together a coalition of nearly
20 organizations to develop a biologi-
cal corridor from Nicaragua to central
Costa Rica. Included within this corri-
dor is the creation of the new
Maquenque National Park, which will
protect the remaining breeding
grounds of the GGM in Costa Rica
More information is available at
www.greatgreenmacaw.org.
This program is co-sponsored by the
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Wildlife Ecology.
You are invited to join our speaker,
MAS board members and friends at
the pre-program dinner at Paisan's
Restaurant beginning at 5:15 p.m. Call
the office at 608-255-BIRD (255-2473)
if you have questions.
Next meeting: October 19:
Jane Roberts, co-founder of 34 Million
Friends of UNFPA
(Savanna Oak Foundation, Inc.). Hiking
will be partly across steep bluffs, and
long pants and good hiking shoes are
recommended.
Meet at the property at 1:00 p.m. The
trip will last three hours. Allow about 30
minutes driving time from the West side
of Madison. Go west on US Highway 14
from Madison/Middleton to the village
of Black Earth. Go south on County
Highway F about 4 miles to Pleasant
Valley Road, which joins County F from
the east. If you reach Peculiar Corners
(junction of F and FF) you have gone
too far. Drive about one-half mile along
Pleasant Valley Road to the driveway at
Fire Number 4609. Park on the right
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(South) side of the road. Call Kathie or
Tom Brock at 608-238-5050.
Sunday, September 12:
Arboretum Fall Birding
This fall birding trip will focus on the
Ho-Nee-Hum and Nakoma Duck Pond
areas of the Arboretum. Participants
might see a variety of flycatchers, vireos,
thrushes and other passerine migrants.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. in the parking lot
near Ho-nee-hum, at the corner of Arbor
Drive and Monroe Street. The trip will
last 2 to 3 hours. Contact Jim
Berkelman at 255-0021 or email him at
jberkelman@wisc.edu.
Saturday, September 18:
Bird Banding at Picnic Point
Meet at the Biocore Prairie Bird
Observatory to observe how birds are
netted, banded and how important infor-
mation is gathered for management and
conservation purposes. Take Lake
Mendota Drive north past Eagle Heights
Gardens to Fraustchi Point parking lot.
Walk south on the trail (lake on left)
through the woods to Biocore Prairie.
Take the path to your right, up and
around the prairie to the top. We will be
banding from about 8 to Noon.
Accompany us to the nets and watch
how we extract birds or band and mea-
sure the birds at the mobile station.
Bring insect repellent, water, hats, binoc-
ulars and warm clothing. Email Mara
McDonald at mamcdona@wisc.edu or
call her at 608-274-2534, evenings before
8:30 pm.
Sunday, September 19:
Lake Farm Birding - NOTE: New date!
10 A.M - Noon
Join Pat Ready for a look at migrating
fall song birds, raptors and waterfowl as
they migrate through. Meet at the #1 pic-
nic shelter parking lot on Libby Rd. We'll
stroll along the lake trails searching sky,
trees, water and fields. Take South Town
Rd south from the Beltline (12-18) to
Moorland Rd, turn left. Continue to Libby
Rd and turn left again. The shelter lot is
a few blocks up on your left. Call Pat
Ready at 873-1703 for more info.
Friday, October 1: CANCELLED
Saturday, October 2:
Mushrooms and Lichens of
Devil's Lake
Join trip leaders Marie Trest, Matthew
Nelsen, Tom Volk, and Diane Derouen
in an exploration of the mushrooms and
lichens of Devil's Lake State Park. Learn
growth forms, ecological importance,
and reproductive strategies, as well as
some common mushroom and lichen
species and characters used for identifi-
cation. We will hunt in the lowlands and
up the bluffs.
Meet to carpool at 9:00 am in the
parking lot of the Middleton Copp's
Food Store at the intersection of Century
Ave. and Allen Blvd. Or, meet at 10:15
am in the parking area nearest the trail-
head for East Bluff Trail, near the Nature
Center-- from Hwy 12 take Hwy 159
east and follow signs to the North
entrance of Devil's Lake State Park. A
state park sticker is required to park.
Bring binoculars, a hand lens, if you
have one. Please dress appropriately for
the weather. If fungi are abundant, we
may continue into the early afternoon,
so you might like to bring a sack lunch.
Contact Matt or Marie at 608-262-9873 or
mpnelsen@wisc.edu. Field trip is jointly
sponsored by Madison Audubon and
the Wisconsin Mycological Society-
Madison Interest Group. For more
information about this group for people
interested in fungi, contact Betsy True at
(608) 821-0048; btrue@.wisc.edu.
Saturday, October 2:
Raptor Migration at Eagle Valley -
NOTE DATE CHANGE
Join MAS on this day-long trip, led by
Bill Smith and Brett Mandernack. We
will hike in the Eagle Valley Nature
Preserve, a 1,450 acre preserve located
on the bluffs of the Mississippi River
near Cassville along a major flyway. We
hope to see peregrines, eagles, ospreys,
sharp-shins, turkey vultures and much
more. A round trip walk of approxi-
mately 3 miles on level ground is
required to reach the observation area
and return to the parking lot. In the
event of bad weather, participants may
have the opportunity to take a side trip
to visit the preserve's oak forests, bluff
prairie restorations and a river corridor.
This side trip will be on moderately
steep trails and will add another mile to
the round trip. This is a private nature
preserve that can only be visited by per-
mission.
Meet car pool at 7:00 am at the Cubs
food store parking lot on the right side
of Verona Road (Hwy 151 & 18) heading
southwest one stoplight past the Beltline.
Bring lunch, binoculars, water and a
scope, if you have one. Parking at Eagle
Valley Preserve is limited, so carpooling
is encouraged. The trip ends at 5:00 pm.
This trip is limited to 25 people. Call Bill
evenings at 608-255-0665 to register and
for questions.
Sunday, October 3:
Evening at Pheasant Branch
Mike McDowell and Tom Bernthall
will lead an evening bird watching walk
at Pheasant Branch Conservancy on the
Dane County parcel. Migrating fall spar-
rows and late warblers will be the focus
of our search, but we'll probably find
other interesting birds.
Meet at 4:00 pm at the Dane County
parcel of Pheasant Branch Conservancy
about 1.5 miles north on Pheasant
Branch Road from Century Avenue in
Middleton in the 3rd parking lot on the
right (east) side of the road, after passing
the Conservancy Condominiums. Contact
Mike McDowell at 608-850-4122.
Sunday, October 10:
Baraboo Hills Ice Age Trail
Dane County Ice Age Trail expert
Gary Werner will lead this joint trip with
the Dane County Chapter of the Ice Age
Park & Trail Foundation on a new seg-
ment of the trail in Devil's Lake State
Park. We will climb out of the Devils
Lake gorge on the newly constructed
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section of the Ice Age Trail and follow
the terminal moraine as we descend
into the Parfreys Glen State Natural Area.
Although not a birding trip, we may see
a few late fall migrants and some resi-
dent birds.
Meet to carpool at 8:00 a.m. in the
parking lot of Middleton Copp’s food
store at the intersection of Century Ave.
(County Hwy M) and Allen Blvd. Or
meet at 9:15 a.m. at the Rosnos
Meadows parking lot on the west side of
State Hwy 113 just north of where
County Hwy DL intersects from the East.
Bring hiking shoes, a lunch and binocu-
lars. Dress appropriately for the weather.
The trip includes about 6 miles of walk-
ing on rocky, rough trails over the hills,
including a 600 ft. climb to the bluff top.
Call Gary at 249-7870 or email him at
nattrails@aol.com.
Bird Feeder Cleaning,
September 18
Get your bird feeders cleaned and at
the same time help support Madison
Audubon. Wild Birds Unlimited, in the
Shops at Old Sauk Row, 8402 Old
Sauk Rd., Madison, WI. is hosting a
special FEEDER CLEANING EVENT on
September 18, 2004 from 10AM to
3PM. There will be a $3.00 per feeder
charge which will be donated to the
Madison Audubon Society for use in
our programs. MAS volunteers will be
assisting with the event and
answering questions about our
programs. Free drawings will also
be held during the day as well as
a book signing by local author,
Nancy Field, recent recipient of
the Ben Franklin Award for "Best
Juvenile- Young Adult Non-
Fiction". Her titles include: Leap
Frogging through Wetlands, Sharks
and Rays, Discovering Wolves, and
many others. In addition, promotional
coupons from other Old Sauk Row
businesses will also be available. For
further details, please call Wild Birds
Unlimited at: (608) 664-1414.
Public Trust Doctrine:
Wisconsin's Waters
Belong To Us All
There will be a free public forum on
Wisconsin's Public Trust Doctrine, to
be held on the UW-Madison campus at
Tripp Commons in the Memorial
Union on Wednesday, October 6, start-
ing at 6:30 p.m. The Public Trust
Doctrine is Wisconsin's premiere law,
which recognizes the state's duty to
protect the public's rights to our navi-
gable waters. The main speaker will
be Eric Freyfogle of the University of
Illinois. Others projected to take part
include DNR attorney Michael Cain;
Melissa Scanlan, director of Midwest
Environmental Advocates; and Paul
Kent, an attorney with Anderson &
Kent, who authored the book
Wisconsin Water Law. Refreshments
and informal conversation with the
panelists will follow the discussion.
The primary sponsors include the
UW Law School, the Institute for
Environmental Studies, and the UW
Department of Urban & Regional
Planning. Madison Audubon is one of
the nonprofit sponsors.
2004 Wisconsin
Urban Bird Workshop
–
Managing Birds,
Habitat, and People
in Urban
Communities
The Wisconsin Bird Conservation
Initiative and the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources are
pleased to present a one-day work-
shop covering the management of
birds in urban habitats; the involve-
ment of citizens in birding activities;
and the recreational, economic, and
conservation benefits that a communi-
ty can realize from birds and birding.
The workshop will be Tuesday,
October 12, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. at
Havenwoods Environmental Center,
6141 North Hopkins, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. The workshop is designed
for urban property managers, park and
natural area managers, recreation
directors, and anyone with an interest
in birds found in urban environments.
Topics that will be covered by state
and regional experts include Birds and
Birding in Wisconsin, Birding Trails,
Involving Residents in Birding
Activities, Control of Invasive Species,
Planning and Managing a Birding
Festival: Educational and Economic
Benefits, Planning for Nuisance Birds,
Bird Conservation Opportunities
Within Urban Landscapes, and more!
The cost is just $20, which includes
lunch. To register, send your name,
organization, address, phone, e-mail,
and a $20 check (made payable to:
Wisconsin DNR) to Ricky Lien,
Wisconsin DNR, Box 408, Plymouth,
WI 53073. Attendance is limited, so
register early!
For more information, contact Ricky
at 920/892-8756 or
ricky.lien@dnr.state.wi.us
 Bronze Passenger
Pigeon Award
by Tim Eisele,
Outdoor Writer
Karen Etter Hale, executive secretary
of the Madison Audubon Society for
the past 14 years, received the Bronze
Passenger Pigeon award from the
Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
(WSO) at their annual banquet in May.
The award called attention to Etter
Hale's significant contributions to
ornithology in Wisconsin. Daryl
Tessen, WSO awards chairperson, said
that the award honors people who
have done things for birds in their
community and within the state.
"Karen Etter Hale is involved in many
bird conservation initiatives and her
leadership and initiative has helped to
complete many projects," Tessen said.
Etter Hale has been the chairperson
of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation
Initiative since its inception, chaired
Wisconsin's implementation of the
North American Waterfowl
Management Plan for several years,
helped form the Wisconsin
Stewardship Network, participated on
a committee to help form the Madison
Metropolitan Sewerage District's
wildlife observation area, served on
the steering committee and as a
regional coordinator for the Wisconsin
Breeding Bird Atlas, and has coordi-
nated Sandhill Crane counts in
Jefferson County for more than 20
years, among other activities.
"I was very surprised and honored
to receive the award, but I've been
involved in a lot of projects that
include
many
other peo-
ple and
think this
award rec-
ognizes all
of our
efforts
together,"
Etter Hale
said.
Karen Etter Hale, Recipient of the
Bronze Passenger Pigeon Award
Seed Collecting Volunteers Needed for
Prairie Restorations
The abundant summer spring and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at both
summer rains are helping produce a Faville Grove and Goose Pond
bumper crop of prairie seed. Species Sanctuary.
that have or will be producing a good Faville Grove Sanctuary: Meet at
seed crop include golden alexander, the end of Prairie Lane. (Take
rattlesnake master, compass plant, Highway 89 north of Lake Mills for 1.5
prairie dock and culver’s root. miles to Highway G, then north for 1.5
This fall Madison Audubon Society miles to Prairie Lane, turn east (right)
(MAS) will be planting 20 acres of on Prairie Lane to the end of the road.
prairie at Goose Pond, 20 acres at Bring a lunch or you can eat at Lake
Faville Grove and 20 acres at Rose Mills if you would like to work all day.
Lake. We will also be assisting two Call Shirley Ellis at 608-423-9660 for
neighbors at Goose Pond who are more information.
planting a total of 80 acres. This is the Goose Pond Sanctuary: Meet at the
most acreage that MAS has ever plant- residence at the end of Prairie Lane.
ed in a single season. Call Mark or Sue at 608-635-4160 for
No experience is needed for seed more information at Goose Pond. You
collecting. Bring gloves and nippers if can also contact the Martins at
you have them. Seed will be collected goosep@chorus.net for more informa-
every Saturday from September 18 tion or to be placed on an e-mail vol-
though October 30th. Seed will be col- unteer list.
lected from 9:30 a.m. to noon and
Prairie Lily
planted were
counted this
year and are
doing great
with the excel-
lent growing
conditions
Obedient
plant bloom-
ing in the fall
2002 restora-
Sue Slapnick, seed collecting volunteer
tion at Faville
collecting bluejoint grass in July
Grove
From the south edge of Audubon's fall 2002 restoration at Faville Grove Sanctuary,
across our 1999 Tillotson Prairie planting, to the north edge of Faville Prairie State
Natural Area, there is now 3/4 mile of unbroken prairie.

Water Returns to Goose Pond Sanctuary
Goose Pond has been very dry the
past two years. In fact, at this time last
summer, a mowed path meandered
through the basin of the pond and
people enjoyed walking through the
smartweed in search of songbirds that
foraged for seed.
However, in March and April of
2004, there was sufficient precipitation
that resulted in some standing water in
Goose Pond, and from early May to
mid August we received over 20 inch-
es of rain including a record 11.4 inch-
es in May. This resulted in excellent
water levels and water was present
outside of the 60 acre Goose Pond
basin.
Three years ago the east pond was
mostly open water and the west pond
was dominated by arrowhead and pro-
vided excellent waterfowl habitat espe-
cially for tundra swans that feed on
arrowhead tubers.
Last year the entire pond was dry
and dominated by annual plants, most
Abundance Of Fall Donations
ACRE MAKER
In Honor of members of MAS
Jerry & Jill Martin
Phil Miles
HALF-ACRE MAKER
In Memory of Angena Lenehan
Roma Lenehan
QUARTER-ACRE MAKER
In Memory of Susan Connell-Magee
Marcia Connell
MY OWN VISION
S. Randall & Kathryn Converse
Sandra Phillips
GIFTS IN MEMORY OF A PERSON
In Memory of Betty Bunge
Norma Arvold
Barbara Bauer
Terri Broxmeyer & Ron Grasshoff
Jane Callan
Glenn & Diane Chambliss
Sharon Childs
Ann Clark
Nancy & Dave Glassner
Eugenie Ebert
Mary Eddy
Helen Engelbert
six-foot high smartweed. It was so dry
that we thought the arrowheads would
die. This year the east pond is again
mostly open water and the west pond
is dominated by arrowhead. There are
also clones of river bulrush that began
growing in last years mud flats.
We have been seeing broods of
blue-winged teal, mallards and at least
one northern shovelor brood. Good
numbers of American coots and pied-
billed grebes are present. We were
glad to see 18 males and 8 female
ruddy ducks in courtship displays late
this spring. Ruddy ducks are late
nesters and hopefully a number of
young will be raised.
We hope you can visit Goose Pond
this fall to enjoy the migrating water-
fowl. Hopefully many tundra swans
will return in late fall to feed on the
abundant arrowhead tubers.
Caroline Hunkel of Friends of Little Blue
Donald Hunt & Kathleen Engel-Hunt
Jayne Jordan
Miye Kanazawa
Louis & Frances Locke
Nancy & David Ludwig
Sylvia Marek of Friends of Little Blue
Barbara McDermid
Edna Paske & Charles Pruett
Michelle Polidora & William Reddan
John & Dorothy Priske, Fountain Prairie
Inn & Farms
John Quigley & Johanna Cass-Quigley
Marilyn J. Quigley
Bill & Joyce Regboi
Marlys & Joe Sloup
State Lab of Hygiene & Cytology
Rochelle Brody Stillman
Margaret Van Alstyne
Elizabeth Walters
Roger & Donna Wetzel
Margaret Williams
In Memory of Max Partch
Ellen White
In Memory of Steven Slapnick
Susan Slapnick
YES, I want to make
Madison Audubon Society’s
vision a reality. Here is my
contribution to the Wildlife
Sanctuaries Campaign.
[ ] Acre Maker. $2,000 or more to buy
and restore another acre of land.
[ ] Half-Acre Maker. $1000-$1999.
[ ] Quarter-Acre Maker. $500-$999.
[ ] Adopt An Acre. I pledge $100 a year
for three years ($300 total) toward
Goose Pond restoration.
Here is my first installment.
[ ] Nest Egg. I pledge $50 a year for three
years($150 total). Here is my first
installment.
[ ] My Own Vision. $ ____ to help as
much as possible.
[ ] My Gift. $ ____ for MAS Program
Support (I.E. Education & Newsletter)
Direct my gift to:
[ ] Where it will help the most
[ ] Endowment fund to restore and main-
tain the sanctuaries
[ ] Land acquisition at Faville Grove
[ ] Land acquisition at Goose Pond
[ ] MAS Program Support
NAME
ADDRESS
In Memory of
In Honor of
For Gifts Honoring Another: Send
Acknowledgement to:
NAME
ADDRESS
Contributions will be acknowledged near
the Madison Information Board at Goose
Pond as follows: $1,000 or more-name to
appear on a permanent plaque; $250-
$999-name to appear on engraved paving
brick.
[ ] Do not acknowledge in Madison
Audubon Society Newsletter
Make checks payable to:
Madison Audubon Society
Mail to: Madison Audubon Society,
222 S. Hamilton Street, Suite #1,
Madison, WI 53703
Gift is tax deductible to the extent
allowed by law. Madison Audubon
Society’s financial statement is available
upon request.
 Madison Audubon Society, Inc.
Joanne Herfel, President
222 S. Hamilton St. Suite #1
Madison, WI 53703
Come Celebrate at Prairies Jubilee!
Sunday, September 26
See page 1 for details
Changes at the Audubon Office
Margaret Peterson retired in July
from her position as MAS Administrative
Assistant. She was with the office for 4 _
years and will continue to keep in
touch. She has wonderful retirement
plans with husband, Dave, who will be
retiring in September and they plan to
enjoy traveling. Margaret became a first-
time grandmother in March of this year,
so some of the travel will be trips to
North Carolina to visit granddaughter
Eva. Margaret is an avid bicyclist and
she and Dave are doing “Cycle Oregon”
which is an organized ride to Crater
Lake, Oregon in September. Her other
plans include developing her photoshop
skills with her digital photography, man-
aging her beautiful garden, and playing
baroque music on her viola da gamba.
John Minnich has just been hired as
the Financial Assistant at Madison
Audubon. He has volunteered in this
capacity for a year and a half. He will be
responsible for processing member
donations, paying bills, and general
bookkeeping duties. He will work with
the treasurer and the Financial
Committee. John likes to play music.
You can catch his bossa nova set at the
Non-profit organization
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 1831
Madison, Wisconsin
9/04
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
MAS Calendar at a Glance
Prairies Jubilee! open mic. His email is Saturday, September 4:
johnmaudubon@yahoo.com. Fall Birding at Picnic Point
Clare Fehsenfeld has replaced Monday, September 6:
Margaret Peterson. Working part-time, Pleasant Valley Conservancy
she will manage memberships, support Sunday, September 12:
office staff and board members and Arboretum Fall Birding
coordinate volunteers for events such as Saturday, September 18:
the upcoming Prairies Jubilee! She Bird Banding at Picnic Point
recently graduated from UW-Madison Sunday, September 19:
with a degree in biology with an Lake Farm Birding
emphasis on wildlife ecology and horti- Sunday, September 26:
culture, and is excited to put her knowl- Prairies Jubilee!
edge to use for MAS. So far she has Friday, October 1: CANCELLED
been enjoying learning new bird facts, Saturday, October 2:
meeting volunteers and rising to the Mushrooms and Lichens of Devil's Lake
challenge of a busy office. You can Saturday, October 2:
reach her at Raptor Migration at Eagle Valley
clare.audubon@bluebottle.com. Sunday, October 3:
Lynn Smith has replaced Abbie Kurtz Evening at Pheasant Branch
as the MAS editor. She has been Sunday, October 10:
employed at the UW-Madison for 33 Baraboo Hills Ice Age Trail
years and wants to become more
involved with birding and the environ-
1321 E. Mifflin St.
ment. She enjoys traveling, photogra-
Madison, WI 53703
phy, antiques and golf. You can reach (608) 256-1066
her at lksmith1@facstaff.wisc.edu.
MAS has an account at
the Madison Recycling
Center on Fish Hatchery
Rd. Remember MAS
next time you recycle.