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Vol. 61 Berkeley, Calif. Oetober 1979 Number 9

The Wind in Our Future

Wind powered energy for California is the subject for the October
general membership program. Professor Marshal Merriam of University
of California Berkeley’s Department of Engineering will share his slides
of operating wind powered electrical generators in California and the
world. Dr. Merriam has visited most of the world’s wind powered plants
and will present his views as to their importance in our future. He will
also touch on solar energy and other alternatives to our current expensive
and polluting power plants.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening, October 11 at 7:30
p.m. at the Travelodge at the Wharf, 250 Beach Street, San Francisco.
This is very near Fishermans Wharf and is adjacent to Pier 39. Free
parking is available in the Travelodge lot.

—RAY HASEY, Program Chairman

Field Trips Calendar

Saturday, October 6 — Sunol Regional Park. See September

Gull.

Wednesday, Oetober 10 — Mini trip to Aquatic Park, Berkeley and
other nearby shoreline areas. Meet at 9 a.m. in the northwest comer of
Sponger’s parking lot to carpool. We should see rebirning shorebirds and
migratory ducks. Lunch optional; rain cancels trip. Leaders: Ruth Voss
( 525-8032 ) and Delpha de Timofev ( 632-5176 ) .

Saturday, October 13 — Land’s End, San Francisco. Meet at
8 a.m. at the parking lot just above Sutro Batlis on Point Lobos
Ave. We will walk along the road that parallels the cliffs to Lincoln

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Park and return by another route (about 3 miles). Migrants, \'a-
grants and birds common to the San Francisco coast may be ex-
pected. Park on or near the street and leave nothing of \'ahie m
your car since auto burglary is very high in this area. Biing lunch,
sturdy shoes and a warm jacket in case of fog. Leadei ; Alan Hop-
kins (668-4840). (V)

Sunday, October 14 — Tomales Point. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at

Larkspur Ferry Terminal, section II of the parking lot. From there
we will form carpools and caravan to McClure’s Beach at Point
p^0y05 We will leave McClure s Beach at 9 a.m. and hike about 9
miles to Tomales Point through the newly established elk refuge.
We should see some pelagic species, shorebirds and landbirds. We
will check a few isolated cypress groves for migrants. Bring lunch,
liquids and warm clothes. Leader: George Hugenberg (.526-5289).

(V)

Sunday, October 21 — Walk ami Listen, a 7 mile walk on East
Bay trails to listen for sounds of resident and wintering birds in a
variety of habitats. Bring lunch and liquids. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at
the corner of University Ave. and Oxford St., Berkeley, just west of
the UC campus. We will caravan by car to the trail head. Leader;
Marie Mans (284-7681). (\/)

Saturday, October 27 — (^oyole Hills Regional Park. Meet at
8 a.m. in the parking lot by the visitors’ center. From Hwy. 17 take
the Jarvis Ave. exit in Newark and continue to Newark Blvd. Fol-
low tlie signs from there to the park. ^Ve should see common shore
and landbirds. Lunch is optional. Leader: David Rice (865-7826).

(V)

Sunday, November 4 — Tennessee Valley. Meet at 9 a.m. and
bring lunch. Going north across the Golden Gate Bridge take the
Mill Valley exit under the Richardson Bay Bridge and in /■> mile
turn left at the Tennessee Valley sign. Drive to the end of the road. We
will walk on the flat trail looking for land and sea birds. Leader: Betty
Short ( 921-3020 during work hours ) . ( y/)

Carpooling: You can arrange carpooling for trips marked (\/). If
you can offer a ride or need one call Kate Partridge at work (642-2881,
8 a.m.— 1 p.m.) or at home before 9 p.m. (548-0779). If you cannot make
up your mind until the night before, that’s all right — neither can the
rest of us. Riders share all expenses incident to the trips.

Published each month except August by the Golden Gate Audubon
Society, office address 2718 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705.
Second class postage paid in Berkeley, CA. ( THE GULL - USPS 417-705)

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1980 Birders’ Calendar and Almanac

The quality of tlie 1980 California Birders" Calendar and Almanac,
published by GGAS, has sm-passed our expectations. As the Anna’s Hum-
mingbirds reproduced here show, Pedro Gonzalez’ drawings have im-
pressively captured the essence of each of the thirteen bird species he
chose to illustrate the calendar. The attention to scientific accuracy and
habitat detail that has earned Gonzalez his fine reputation is beautifully
displayed in these works; they are certainly among the best he has pro-
duced to date.

This beautiful 11” x 14” calendar is available from our oflBce or at
membership meetings. Featuring birding notes by Stephen Bailey, it will
prove useful for those who enjoy following tlie seasonal movement of
birds. The best high tides are noted for those planning trips to tire
marshes and all birds sighted six times or fewer in Galifornia are listed
on the date sighted, though ample room is left to jot down your personal
schedule as well.

The supply is limited so act promptly to obtain your copy and those
that you will want to give for Ghristmas gifts. Drop by tlie GGAS office
or use the convenient order form to be found in this issue of The Gull.

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August Observations - Through August 29
WATERBIRDS

Again this August many Red-necked Grebes appeared around Drakes
Bay (mob), now an expected pattern. A five mimite tally of Sooty Shear-
waters streaming past the Farallones on Aug. 12 indicated a rate of
28,000 per hour (PRBO). Only twice did birders spot Magnificent
Frigatebirds ; one at Arch Rock, Sonoma Gounty Aug. 9 (JP) and two
soaring over tire Marin County Civic Center Aug. 19 (SM, AM). Excit-
ing herons summered (apparently sinee June) on San Francisco Bay
National Wildlife Refuge near Alviso, elose to a major eolony of Snowy
Egrets and other ardeids. Aug. 16-18 two adult Little Blue Herons were
in the eompany of a similar heron in the gray-and-white “calico” plumage
typical of one-year-old Little Blues (SFB, JG, KLB, VD). Close exam-
ination of tliis pied heron proved it to be a hybrid Little Blue Heron
X Siio'tvy Egret, apparently the third known to ornithologists (SFB,
KLB, VD). Interestingly, the second was an immature that spent the
winter of 1972-73 a few miles away at Palo Alto. I believe that the Alviso
eolony has been the foeal point for Little Blue Herons in recent years
and that both hybrids were locally produced.

The Eurasian Wigeon remained at Palo Alto at least through Aug. 4
(TC). The Farallon Harlequin Duck was resighted July 27 and Aug. 8
(PRBO). The earliest American Golden Plover Aug. 25 was a surprise
flying southeast over Fremont (DE, SFB). A Semipalmated Sandpiper
at Moss Landing Aug. 8 was luekily in breeding plumage (DR). Reports
of non-breeding plumaged Semipalmated Sandpipers, while quite pos-
sibly eorreet, eannot be aecepted for the reeord without benefit of their
distinetive calls. The adult Long-tailed Jaeger at Monterey Bay Aug. 26
( DL, et al. ) was a prize. Black-legged Kittiwakes were scarce this sum-
mer; the only report was from the Farallones Aug. 16 ( immature-PRBO ) .
An adult Aretic Tern at Ano Nuevo Point Aug. 19 (DMcC, KY) deserves
mention although the speeies is common offshore in August and Sep-
tember. On the late date of August 13 one of three pairs of Least Terns
near Coyote Hills was still hatehing eggs (the other pairs had flying
young — SFB). Black Terns are rare coastward from the Central Valley.
This month singles were observed at Skaggs Island Road, Solano County
Aug. 4 (LCB, BDP, JP), Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Aug. 4-11 (JiM, et al.)
and Aug. 28 (JiM), while two were on San Franeisco Bay National
Wildlife Refuge near Alviso Aug. 18 (SFB, VD, KLB). Two Craveri’s
Miirrelelg in Monterey Bay Aug. 26 (DL, et al.) hopefully foretell a
good fall for this Mexican alcid.

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LANDBIRDS

As usual I wonder whether tlie Yellow-billed Cuckoo on the Farallones
July 27-28 (PRBO) was of eastern or western origin. This question
could almost equally be asked of the Eastern Kingbird there Aug. 3-4
(PRBO); the species breeds west nearly to the Pacifie. Unquestionably
the most excitement surrounded the adult White Wagtail at the Watson-
ville Sewage Pond Aug. 7 to at least Aug. 28 (CF, SA, mob). This strik-
ing bird constituted the seeond doeumented record for Northern Cali-
fornia of tliis vagrant from Siberia or western Alaska, and a lifer for
almost all who saw it.

A Black-and-white Warbler in the Delta at Brannan Island State Rec-
reation Area (RFI) oeeurred on the same day, Aug. 27, as tliree otliers
at Land’s End, San Franeiseo (AH, BF). These eame in the middle of
a pulse of one-day vagrants at Land’s End tliat also ineluded a Tennes-
see Warbler and a female Indigo Bunting Aug. 26 and an adult male
Summer Tanager Aug. 29 (all API). Initial confusion of tliis bird with
Hepatic Tanager emphasizes the difficulties of distinguishing them;
indeed not all of the four previously- aeeep ted Northern California rec-
ords of Hepatic are necessarily eorrect. Other Indigo Buntings (all
males) on tlie Farallones Aug. 3-10 (PRBO), at Santa Cmz Aug. 16
{fide DS), and at Middle Lake, Golden Gate Park Aug. 21 (DEd, JH).
Lawrence’s Goldfinches feeding young near Bodega Aug. 9 ( JP) pro-
vided a very rare coastal breeding record, especially unusual in the
absenee of drought. A Brewer’s Sparrow at Butte Slough, Sutter Count)^
Aug. 4 (LCB, BDP, JP) was quite anomalous. Our July Tree Sparrow
was of course on the Farallones (July 23-24 - PRBO).

Observers: Steve Allison, Karen L. Bailey, Stephen F. Bailey, Laur-
ence C. Binford, Ted Chandik, Eva De Beeker, Viekie Dziadosz, David
Edwards (DEd), Diek Erickson (DE), Carolyn Fredriksen, Bud Fry,
Doug Gomke, Jane Gull, John Hall, Ray Hasey, Alan Hopkins, Debi
Love, many observers (mob), Dianne McChmg, Allan Mollison, Sarah
Mollison, Joe Moiian, Jim Morris (JiM), Point Reyes Bird Observatoiy
(Farallon report thanks to Joe McGee), Benjamin D. Pamieter, John
Parmeter, Don Roberson, Don Starks, Keiko Yamane.

—STEPHEN F. BAILEY, Observations Editor

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California,

Berkeley, CA 94720

(phone 548-9507; or Karen Bailey at 642-3327 8 a.m.-noon, 1-5 p.m.)

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Conservation Notes

CALIFORNIA COASTAL OIL. The U.S. Department of the Interior
continues its plans to lease California ocean tracts for oil drilling despite
widespread opposition from the public and elected representatives of
all political persuasions from local officials to Senator Cranston. Such
genuine popular concern cannot be long ignored and as election year
approaches more “marine sanctuaries” and other minor concessions will
be invoked, but all indications now are tliat the federal government,
along with big oil companies, will go ahead with offshore oil develop-
ment plans. The impact on the coastal environment will be enormous;
the likely event of a major oil spill will make the designation “marine
sanctuary” meaningless. The question at this time is whether “energy
independence for America” is best accomplished by destroying very
valuable marine and other resources for the recovery of, at best esti-
mates, about 40 days’ worth of oil (at present rates of consumption).

CORPS PROPOSES EROSION CONTROL FOR ALAMEDA. The

Army Corps of Engineers has proposed creation of an 180-acre marsh,
8000 feet long, to protect the rapidly eroding beach along Alameda’s
bay shoreline. Built in 1959 of artificial fill, the beach has been eroding
rapidly ever since — a full 250 feet in the period 1958 to 1979. Little or
no beach now remains along Shoreline Drive and the drive itself is in
danger of eroding. The Corps’ proposal (called Alternative M in tlieir
plan) would deposit material offshore paralleling tlie beach. The sea-
ward edge of the marsh would be 1000 feet offshore protected by graded
riprap. The marsh would drain into the cove near Bay Farm Island and
into San Leandro Channel. It would be planted to cordgrass to enhance
habitat development and a 50 foot wide beach fill of medium sand would
absorb most of the wave energy, reducing erosion along Shoreline
Drive, and could also provide habitat for waterfowl.

East Bay Regional Park District, which manages the area, supports a
plan providing a combination of marsh, groins (breakwaters) and beach
replenishment to halt the erosion and enhance wildlife and recreational
benefits. The City of Alameda favors a system of groins to provide two
small beaches with the remaining shoreline to be protected by a rubble-
mound seawall. This is a much less desirable — but also less expensive
— alternative.

An outline of the proposed project and the 15 alternatives are included

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in tire Corps public brochure, “Study of Beach Erosion Control for the
City of Alameda, available in the GCAS office or by calling (415) 556-
5839. Proposals and comments may be submitted to the Study Manager
at 211 Main St., San Francisco, CA 94105.

-CONSERVATION COMMITTEE

Oakland Christmas Count

This year s GGAS-sponsored Christmas Bird Count will be held on
Sunday, December 16. We welcome all newcomers as well as tire con-
tinued support of past participants. Head compiler tlris year will be
David Rice (865-7826), the co-compiler is Flelen Green (526-5943).
Last year’s team leaders should notify either David or Helen as to their
availability and count area preferences.

Next month’s Gull will contam full details on tire count.

Birding Annadel State Park

Annadel State Park is located east of Santa Rosa in the Sonoma Moun-
tains. It is most easily approached by driving to the parking lot at the
end of Charrrrel Drive iir easterrr Santa Rosa. As the park is undeveloped,
any further access to the park must be on foot. A good rretwork of tr'ails
through this large park will make the birding easy if you don’t mind
hikiirg. The highest poirrt in the park is Bennett Mountairr with an ele-
vation of 1887 feet.

The area is mainly mixed evergreen forest, oak woodland, grassland
and scrub. There are some fairly extensive stands of jrure Douglas fir.
This diversity of habitat preserrts a great diversity of bird life. A number
of scarce ( or hard to find ) birds have been recorded in the park, includ-
ing: Common Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Northern Pygmy Owl
and Spotted Owl. Pooi"vvilIs occur here during the summer. Pileated
Woodpeckers are usually recorded by an observer familar with the bird’s
call and, with some luck, one can see tlie bird. Golden Eagles have been
seen on a number of occasions.

Lake Ilsanjo, during wet weather when it has water, is a good spot for
watching waterfowl. All the common ducks have been noted here,
along witli Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Hooded Merganser and Com-
mon Merganser.

Regular land birds, depending on the time of year, are: Sharp-shinned
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Pigeon (numbers vary from year to year), White-throated Swift, Yellow-
bellied Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Western
Flycatcher, Violet- green Swallow, Stellers Jay, Chestnut-backed Chick-
adee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Wrentit, Rock Wren,
Varied Thrush, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hutton’s Vireo, Solitary Vireo,
Black-throated Gray Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Northern Oriole,
Western Tanager, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Purple Finch,
Pine Sisldn, Lark Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Chipping Sparrow, Golden-
crowned Sparrow and Fox Sparrow.

Carry a map with you while hiking in tlie park. It will require con-
siderable walldng to visit all of the habitats represented in the park, so
plan to carry your own food and water.

Birdins Salmon Creek

Salmon Creek crosses State Hwy. 1 about two miles north of tlie
town of Bodega Bay. This is an excellent spot to look for shorebirds of
various types. Park in tlie parking lot at the beach or in tlie pullouts
just north of the park headquarters. From eitlier of these spots you have
a good view of the creek as it empties into the ocean. All regular gulls
and sandpipers have been seen in this area. Northern Phalaropes some-
times number in the hundreds here during migration. Unusual birds
which have been noted here include Lesser Yellowlegs, Baird’s Sand-
piper, Glaucous Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Red Phalarope, Parasitic
Jaeger and Common Tern.

The area around the bridge is also good. Check the streamside growth
and the area around the headquarters for land birds. A number of spe-
cies of wintering ducks use the creek for feeding. The pond to tlie east
of the road should be checked for shorebirds and dabbling ducks. Cin-
namon Teal are regular here in the fall. Virginia Rail and Sora can
sometimes be noted in the rushes between the pond and the road.
Whistling Swans have been seen here several times. This is a regular
spot, in the fall, for Baird’s and Pectoral Sandpipers. The farm pond a
little farther south on the east side of tlie road is excellent for wintering
ducks, especially Canvasbacks.

llie two preceding birding articles were reprinted from Birds of Sonoma County
Iry Gordon L. Bolander and Benjamin D. Pamieter. Available through the Redwood
Regional Ornithological Society, 199 Calistoga Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95405, for $4
plus $.50 postage and handling and $.24 sales tax.

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An Arizona Birding Guide

Birch in Southeastern Arizona. ~ W. A. Davis and S. M. Russell. 1979
lucson Audubon Society (P.O. box 40115, Tucson, AZ 85717). vii + 126
pp. Paperback. $6.50 postpaid.

This book includes a concise introduction to life zones and habitats.
Bar graphs indicate relative abundance and there are notes for each
species. It is well designed with graphs facing the notes. Brackets show
nesting. This easy to use presentation will encourage birders
to fill gaps in knowledge for this rich area.

Unfoitunately the notes are much too brief and repeat relative abun-
dance which is already in the graphs. Habitats could have been letter
coded to save valuable space for more meaningful annotations; e.g., the
note foi Gi ay-cheeked Thiaish, Gasual visitant,” seems a waste as there
is only one dot on the graph. Much better would be “Specimen, Gave
Gieek, Sept. 11, 19o2. But hard facts are missing for the vast majority
of records.

There are a great many errors, inconsistencies and ambiguities; e.g.,
there are now valid November 7 and November 9 records for Swainson s
Thrush but these are unaccountably missing. Unconfirmed reports from
Deceinbei, January and March are included uncritically. It is equally
sad to see five winter records of Swainson’s Hawk included.

The hypothetical sightings of Frigatebird were not Fregata magnifi-
cens, but were actually thought to be F. minor. The occurrence of
White-tailed Hawks is very doubtful and most reports are misidentified
Ferruginous Hawks.

Although the authors follow the ABA Ghecklist, they include the San
Bias Jay which was deleted by ABA. Other obvious escapes include
Yellow-headed Parrot, Budgerigar and Elegant Quail. Kiskadee Fly-
catcher is included without mention that the origin of the bird is doubt-
ful.

I am aware of at least eight records of Glay-colored Sparrow from
September 1 to September 10 but only two are shown on the g]-aioh.
Thus the important pattern of occurrence is lost.

It is unclear what the cut-off date is. The May 30, 1978 Aztec Thrush
is included but there is no mention that it stayed until June 4. There
was another Aztec Thrush on May 28, 1978 but it is not mentioned. Also
the Rufous-capped Warbler and Slate-throated Redstart in April and
early May 1978 are missing.

These are only examples of many errors and omissions.

There is an invaluable bird finding guide to 43 hot spots, many of

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which are not included in other birding guides for the area; e.g., direc-
tions to Ai'avaipa Canyon and San Pedro Valley will lead you to Black
Hawks and Mississippi Kites, birds very local and hard to find.

There is a section on finding special birds which would be better if
there were more on sought-after species such as Cactus Wren and
Curve-billed Thrasher. I cannot agree that Rustler Park is an easy place
to find Brown-throated Wren. All I have seen there were House Wrens.
Brown-throateds occur at lower elevations.

There are far too many uninfonnative annotations and errors to
recommend this book, but the visiting birder will buy it for tlie excellent
bird finding information.

-JOSEPH MORLAN

Russell Peterson to Attend GGAS Board Meeting

Russell Peterson, president of National Audubon Society, will be
visiting the Bay Area on his west coast tour and will talk with the GGAS
Board of Directors at their October meeting.

Volunteer Training Program Scheduled

Volunteers are needed to participate in a six session training program
to begin about the middle of January. This program is designed to pre-
pare volunteers to teach in tlie Bay Shore Study Program that is
sponsored by GGAS. The program provides students from the fourth
through the eighth grades with field experiences in the ecology of San
Francisco Bay and has been operating very successfully at the study
site in San Francisco for the past four years.

After training, volunteers are asked to give two half days a month to
work in the tidepool area with small groups of children in scheduled
classes. Call 751-4293 for further information.

In the East Bay area, volunteers are needed to help in a program de-
signed to bring topics concerning natural history, ecology and conser-
vation to schools and youth groups. Call 832-7141 for information.

Cooper Society’s First Fall Meeting

The first meeting of the Northern Section of the Cooper Ornithological
Society for the fall season will be held on Monday, October 8 at 8 p.m.
in Room 2503 Life Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Michael Fiye, UC Davis, will present a talk, “Assessing the hor-
monal conditions of California Condors and other live birds in the
field.” The meeting is open to anyone with a strong interest in the
biology of birds.

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Native Plant Sale October 6

Ihe 13th aimual native plant sale of the San Francisco Bay Chai)ter,
all orma Native Plant Society, is scheduled for Saturday, October 6
atMerntt College, Oakland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a
large and varied supply of California natives including rooted plants,
seeds and bulbs as well as books, pamphlets and other materials related

o t e native Hoia of the state. All are invited and there is no admission
charge.

Greenpeace Skateathon

The Gieenpeace Foundations 1979 Skateathon will take place be-
riveen 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park on
atm day, October 6. Participants get fun and e.xercise and the money
goes toward Greenpeace’s continuing efforts to save the whales. For
full information call (415) 474-6767.

GIFTS AND

For GGAS
111 niemorv of
Buford McAntire
John A. Weston

For Audubon Canyon Ranch

In memory of
WilHam Martin Joost

BEQUESTS

Gift of

Mr. and Mrs. Don Orsow
Betty A. Gorham
Irene Henricks
Eleanor Cox
Nina Zimmerman
VIr. and Mrs. R. D. Bonner
Kennetli R. Funsten,
general donation

Louisa M. Shoupe

Memorial and honorary gifts and bequests will be used as specified by the
donors. Acknowledgement wiU be made in The Gull and personally by the
Corresponding Secretary, Minnie Groshong. Please send check made out to
the Golden Gate Audubon Society to: Corresponding Secretary, GGAS, 2718
Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, Cahfomia 94705. All gifts are tax deductible.

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OFFICERS

President, Robert Hirt (566-4401)

First Vice President, Joseph Morlan (654-1358)

Second Vice President, Dora Conrath (346-1920)
Treasurer, John Stewart (524-3575)

Recording Secretary, Jolaine Munck

Corresponding Secretary, Minnie Groshong (526-8443)

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS
Conservation, Gary Quien (525-7681)

Education, Kay Steinberg (751-4293)

Martha Morrow (832-7141)

Field Trips, Betty Short

Dan Murphy (564-0074)

Extended Field Trips, Mike Wihler (664-6567)

Finance, Wally Smith (223-0141)

DIRECTORS

Gary Quien (525-7681)

Mike Wihler (664-6567)

Kay Steinberg (751-4293)
Martha Morrow (832-7141)

Dan Murphy (564-0074)
Maybelle Groshong (526-8443)

GULL Editor, Nancy Conzett (527-2593)
Observations, Stephen Bailey (548-9507)
Joseph Morlan (654-1358)
Hospitality, Martha Kitchen (832-5609)
Membership, Maybelle Groshong (526-8443)
Program, Ray Hasey (548-3546)

Publicity, G(jAS office (843-2222)

Above are all members of the Board of Directors
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RARE BIRD ALERT (recorded) 843-2211
Executive Director, Ingrid Lustig (843-2222)

Librarian, Lisa Johnson (843-2222)

Mail for all individuals listed above should be sent to the GGAS office.

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National Audubon in 1948.

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