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Volume 63 Berkeley, Calif.

January 1681

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Gray Whales Featured in January

Our January general membership meeting will be on whales. As you’re
probably aware, January is the prime month to watch migrating Cali-
fornia Gray Whales along our coast.

We’re extremely fortunate to have as our featured speaker Lyle Ben-
nett, a true whale expert. Lyle has been involved in whale research and
education for more than ten years and is currently director of the Whale
Ct'nter in Oakland.

His presentation will cover whales from their biology to their historical
and often tragic relationship with man. It will feature a film or slide
show of whales and some of the common sea birds seen on whale-watch-
ing trips. He will have whale information sheets, yiosters and a Gray
Whale model for better understanding of this animal.

Whale watchers will be interested in tips on where to watch whales
from shore. If you are interested in a boat trip to see these magnificent
creatures, call the GGAS office (843-2222).

The meeting, Thursday, January 15, at 7:30 p.m. will be in the Golden
Gate Room of the TraveLodge at the Wharf, 250 Beach St. (near Pier
39), San Francisco. There is ample free parking available. The room is
oflP the courtyard and swimming pool.

Bring the whole family or a friend to this meeting which should be
highly appealing to all.

-BOB and DEBORAH HIRT, for the Program Committee

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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Field Trips Calendar

Saturday, January 10 — Bay Park Keluge, Oakland. Meet at 9
a.ni. in the parking lot at the north end of Bay Park Refuge for a moni-
ing of leisurely birding. This trip will be appropriate for beginners. From
Hwy. 17 take the Hegenberger Rd. exit, go right (north) on Edgewater
Dr. for about one mile to the park. Spotting scopes are desirable for tliLs
trip. Lunch is optional. WT should see a variety of ducks and shorebirds.
Leader: Dave Cornman (825-2106).

Saturday, January 17 — Palo Alto Baylands Refuge. Take Hwy.
101 south to Palo Alto, exit at Embarcadero and drive east toward the
airport, yacht harbor and refuge until you reach the duck pond on the
left just beyond the airport. Meet here at 8:30 a.m. Bring lunch, scopes
and rubber boots. We will probably walk through mud and we will be
on a boardwalk which may be wet at high tide. We should see shore
birds, waders and ducks including Blue-winged Teal. Leader: Dan
Murphy (564-0074).

Saturday, January 17 — Carrizo Plain. From the Bay Area drive
south on Hwy. 101 to Paso Robles or south on 1-5 to Kettleman Cit)'.
Lodging is available at both places. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Cholame on
Hwy. 46, about 24 miles east of Paso Robles. Di'iving time is four and
one-half to five hours so we suggest you plan to arrive Friday evening.
We will bird all day so you may wish to stay in the area Saturday night.
Bring lunch, liquids, wann clothes and perhaps a spotting scope. This
area is excellent for Sandhill Cranes, a wide variety of raptors. Mountain
Plover and longspurs. Not only will we see birds but we will also
discuss the flora and geology of the area. The San Andreas Fault is an
outstanding feature here.

Considering the length of the drive and the possibility of poor weatlier
(high winds or snow), it is possible this trip will be cancelled at tlie
last minute. It will also be called oflF if there is no interest. It is therefore
important to notify Dan Murphy (564-0074) if you plan to attend.
Leave a phone number where you can be reached so he can notify you
if the trip is cancelled. Leader: Eben McMillan. (\/)

Motels: Kettleman City: Olive Tree Inn, 209-386-9530; Paso Robles:
Best Western Black Oak Motor Lodge, 805-238-4740; Paso Robles Inn,
805-238-2660.

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Sunday, January 18 Richardson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Refuge.

Meet at 9 a. in. at the sanctuary, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd. in Tiburon,
From Hwy. 101 take the Belvedere-Tiburon exit, go east and turn right
at die diiid tiafEc light: Greenwood Gove Rd. We will look for ducks,
shorebirds and courting Western Grebes. Leader: Alan Ruppert (388-
2524).

Saturday, January 24 — Cliain-of-Lakes, Golden Gate Park. Meet
at 9 a.m. at North Lake near the 43rd Ave. and Fulton St. entrance to
the Park. The Chain-of-Lakes is excellent for ducks including the hard-
to-find Wood Duck. Land birds are also plentiful. Lunch is optional.
Leader: Erline Hevel (661-4251).

Sunday, January 25 — Grizzly and Joice Islands Wildlife Area.

Take 1-80 north to Faii’field. Take the Fairfield/ Rio Vista (Hwy. 12
east) exit and go east (right) on West Texas St. for about one-half mile
to the City Park. Meet at the parking lot on the right at 8:30 a.m. We
will caravan from there to the refuge. We should see a variety of water-
fowl, shorebirds, raptors and marshbirds. Bring lunch and scopes. Leader:
Peter Allen ( 981-7199 ) . ( V )

Saturday, January 31 — Dillon Beach. Meet at 7:30 a.m. at the
Larkspur Ferry Terminal (section H of the parking lot). From there we
will drive to Tomales where we will stop by the Bank of America build-
ing on Hwy. 1 to meet people from Marin. We will depart from Tomales
at 8:30 a.m. From there we will continue to caravan to Lawson’s Land-
ing (entrance fee). Bring lunch, warm clothes, rain gear and a scope.
We may see three species of loons. Red-necked Grebes, White Pelicans,
Brants and Snowy Plovers. Leader: Mary Louise Rosegay (386-1640).

(V)

Saturday, February 7 — Panoche Valley. Meet at 8 a.m. at the
intersection of Hwy. 25 and J-1 in Paicines, twelve and one-half miles
south of Hollister. From there we will drive east to 1-5 south of Los
Banos. Bring lunch and warm clothes. Considering the distance involved
in this trip be sure to fiU your gas tank hr advarrce as Hollister is the
last place where gas is readily available. Carpool from the Bay Area if
at all possible. In the past we have seen Mourrtain Plover, Mountain
Bluebird, Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawks, Vesper Sparrow and
Lewis’ Woodpecker. Leader: Chris Carpenter (376-6802). (\/)

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Sunday, February 8 — Los Banos State Refuge. Meet at 9 a.m. at
the refuge headquarters located three miles north of Los Banos on
Henry Miller Rd. Allow two and one-half to three hours driving time
from the Bay Area. Be sure to fill your gas tank before the trip and car-
pool from the Bay Ajea if at all possible. Bring lunch and warm clothes.
We will look for White-faced Ibis, Sandhill Cranes, Bald Eagles and
assorted waterfowl. We suggest people interested in both the Panoche
Valley and Los Banos field trips spend the night in Los Banos. Leaders:
Peter and Dolores White ( 229-1714 ) . ( \/ )

Carpooling arrangements can be made for trips marked (\/). Call
Kate Partridge at 236-9853 (Richmond) and leave a message. She will
contact you.

Problems ; If for any reason you have diflBculty getting in touch with
a field trip leader or need information regarding a trip, call Dan Murphy
(564-0074) or the GCAS office (843-2222).

-FIELD TRIPS COMMITTEE

1981 Texas Birding Trip

There are still a few spaces left on this GGAS-sponsored trip to Texas
next spring. The tiip is a repeat of the 1978 trip which recorded more
than 280 bird species. There will be an optional trip to Big Bend Na-
tional Park to look for the Colima Warbler and other west Texas birds.
The dates are April 18-30, with an extension to May 3. For reservations
and information call Mike Wihler at 664-6567 during the day.

Condor Symposium

The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society will sponsor a one-day con-
ference on the survival of the California Condor, Saturday, January 24,
9 a.m. -4 p.m., at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills. Speakers will include
members of the condor recovery team and representatives from local
Audubon chapters and conseiwation groups. There will be question/
discussion sessions as well as films, including “Death of a Chick,” the
film taken during the June, 1980, nest check which resulted in the death
of a condor chick. Pre-registration is urged. For more information call
408-779-8694 or the GCAS office, 843-2222.

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November Observations- Through November 30

November gave us little of either fall or winter.

SWIMMERS

A Red-neeked. Grebe at Palo Alto Nov. 22 (PG, SL, et gI.') was very
far from its usual open coast. Sixteen Whistling Swans at Abbotts Lagoon
Nov. 16 (BDP) were strays in the opposite direction. Nine Eurasian
Wigeons were reported (mob), six in coastal Marin Gounty, two at
Alameda and another at Coyote Hills. The albino wigeon at Bolinas
Lagoon Nov. 21 (BT) would be hard to ideirtify to species. Muddy
Hollow’s Tufted Duck was joined by anotlier Nov. 9 (RS) and both
remained through Nov. 28 (mob). A male Harlequin Duck delighted
the terrestrial bird censusing symposium participants at Asilomar Oct.
27-31 (mob). Another Harlequin and the Oldsquaw inhabited Moss
Landing to Nov. 16 (BW). Single Oldsquaws were at Fish Docks Nov.
2-23 (BA, AE, JZ, et al.) and Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Nov. 30 (TC) and
three arrived at SE Farallon Nov. 18 (PRBO). The real prize waterfowl
was the female King Eider that was easily seen at Abbotts Lagoon Nov.
13-28 (DS, mob)— the first one in years.

EAGLE TO ALGID

An immature Bald Eagle frequented Pine Gulch Creek Nov. 11-15
(mob) and a Black Rail was flushed there Nov. 9 (GMcC, et al.). A
Mountain Plover was along the Drakes Beach road Nov. 11 (RS). Moun-
tain Plovers at Clifton Court Forebay were at a less surprising location
but represented Contra Costa County’s first sightings. Two on Oct. 30
increased to nine on Nov. 3, with at least eight there Nov. 5 (all DE).
Outer coastal American Golden Plovers are expected, but one at Corte
Madera Mudflat Nov. 21 (BA) was not. Inland Red Phalaropes usually
cause chuckles or astonishment, but imagine the one seen Nov. 11 (KC,
SW, JG) standing on Hwy. 1 five miles south of Olema and allowing
cars to pass over it until finally flying to safety! Single Rock Sandpipers
were discovered back at traditional wintering sites: Bodega Head Nov.
15 (KC, et al), Princeton Harbor Nov. 22-29 (MD, mob) and Pebble
Beach, San Mateo Co., Nov. 29 (GMcC, PL, et al).

Terns feeding intensely on salt ponds west of Coyote Hills supported
a stray Parasitic Jaeger Nov. 15-23 (CS). The adult Black-headed Gull
was discovered back at Stockton Sewage Ponds Nov. 7 (RJ, RD). Botli

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it and the Little Gull (Nov. 7 - RJ, RD) remained to Nov. 12 (JZ), but
on Nov. 14 only a Franklin’s Gull could be found (BB). Anotlier Frank-
lin’s Gull flew past Goyote Hills Nov. 29 (JG). The only pelagic report
worth mentioning was a Tufted Puffin off Montei'ey Nov. 16 ( JML, et ah).

PASSERINES

October 30 produced two moi'e Tropical Kingbirds, at Bodega Bay
(MG, et al.) and Sutro Batlis (AH). The Common Skylark lingered at
Hall Ranch at least to Nov. 28 (mob). Galifornia’s first Short-billed
Marsh Wren (Sedge Wren) betrayed its presence at Pine Gulch Greek
by calling Nov. 4 (DDeS, et al.) and Nov. 8 (RS, mob), but its habit of
burrowing into impenetrable tussocks for long periods prevented hordes
of birders from seeing it on other days, despite intensive searching and
regrettable marsh trampling. An immature Northern Shrike enlivened
Liman tour Spit Nov. 4-9 ( JE, et al.).

Indian summer weather halted the vagrant warbler season, as this
table indicates; few birds arrived in November. Gontinuing individuals
are parenthesized.

Black-and-white Warbler (total (1); 14 for the fall)

(1) Carmel River Mouth Oct. (26)-30-31 mob

Tennessee Warbler (total 5; 16 for the fall)

3 SE Farallon arrived Oct. 24, Nov. 3,17-

each stayed about 1

week PRBO

1 Pine Gulch Creek

Nov. 5-15

JM, mob

1 Greenwood Park, Pac. Gr.

Nov. 29

EM, AM

Cape May Warbler (total 1 ; 4 for fall)

1 SE Farallon

Oct. 29-Nov. 3

PRBO

Black-throated Green Warbler (total 2; 9 for fall)

1 SE Farallon

Oct. 24-26

PRBO

1 Carmel River Mouth

Oct. 31

mob

Blackburnian Warbler (total 1; 14 for fall)

1 SE Farallon

Oct. 29-30

PRBO

Blackpoll Warbler (total (1); 51 for fall)

(1) Carmel River Mouth

(Oct. 26)-Nov. 2

EM, AM

Prairie Warbler (total 1; 11 for fall)

1 Bodega Bay

Nov. 12

RS

Palm Warbler (total 14; 52-)- -f for fall)

9 SE Farallon arrived Oct. 22(2), 24(4), 30, Nov. 1, 9

PRBO

1 Nunes

Oct. 30

AG

1 Corte Madera Marsh

Nov. 1

NB

2 Pine Gulch Creek

Nov. 5-15; 15

RS,mob; EM, AM

1 Moss Landing

Nov. 29

EM, AM

A late Wilson’s Warbler bathed in Berkeley Nov. 25 (AMi). A female
‘Baltimore” Northern Oriole briefly visited the Bodega Bay ponds Nov.

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9 (JM, et (il.) . Southeast Farallon hosted a Rose-breasted Grosbeak Nov.
5-6 (PRBO). Grasshopper Sparrows found the island Get. 24 and 28
(PRRO). Other Farallon sparrows were: two Tree Sparrows on Oct. 24
(one tlie next day), a Harris Sparrow Nov. 1 and Glay-colored Sparrows
Oct. 29 and Nov. 3-4 (all PRBO). Another Glay-colored Sparrow studied
Gollege of Marin Nov. 5-7 (SG). Three Sharp-tailed Sparrows had
settled at Pine Gulch Greek by Nov. 5 (RS, mob) and all should winter.
High tides exposed two Sharp-tailed Sparrows at Palo Alto Nov. 22 (EM,
SL, et al.). Swamp Sparrows likewise began wintering, with one at Pine
Gulch Greek Nov. 11-14 (JG, SW, KG, KY - injured when last seen),
four in Olema Marsh Nov. 15-28 (GPI, et al.) and one in Gorte Madera
Marsh Nov. 28 (NB). At Hall Ranch two Vesper Sj^arrows were reported
Nov. 1 (GG, BE). Four Ghestnut-collared Longspurs were still at Hall
Ranch Oct. 30 (AG) and two were found Nov. 28 (GMcG, PL, et ah).
Vaiiable numbers of Lapland Longspurs were estimated there through
the montli, up to 15 on Nov. 28 ( GMcG, PL, et al. ) . Inland, a Lapland
Longspur rattled around Glifton Gourt Forebay Oct. 30 ( DE ) .

Errata: A line was omitted from the August observations (October
Gull, page 148). In “Gentral Valley Strays” read as follows (omitted
part italicized): “ . . . Wandering Tattler (a juvenal) plus a Red Knot
and a juvenal Western Gull (all DE). At Rio Vista there toas a first
summer Western Gull Aug. 2 and a Glaucous-winged Gull Aug. 21 (both
DE).” In the penultimate line of page 154 (my book review) “Sedge
Wren” was changed in proof to “Sage Wren,” a less appropriate name
for a marsh bird!

Observers: Beverly Anderson, Stephen F. Bailey, Florence Bennett.
Neil Blank, Bill Bowsman, Kurt Gampbell, Scott Garey, Tom Gastro,
Terry L. Goddington, Maryann Danielson, Richard Davis, Dave De
Sante, Art Edwards, Barbara Emley, Dick Erickson, Jules Evans, Gene
Gerlach, Al Ghiorso, Phil Gordon, Michael Green, Jeff Greenhouse,
Howard Honig, Alan Hopkins, George Hugenberg, Richard Jeffers,
Danne Jones, Jeri M. Langham, Paul Lehman, Susanne Luther, Akiko
Makishima (AM), Eugene Makishima, Guy McGaskie, Arnold Miller
(AMi), many observers (mob), Joe Morlan, Bob O’Brien, Point Reyes
Bird Observatory (Farallon report thanks to Phil Henderson), Benjamin
D. Parmeter, BoId Richmond, Dave Shuford, Rich Stallcup, Ghris Swarth,
Dorothy Tobkin, Bmce Travis, Derek Watson, Betty Wentzel, Steve
Wilson, Keiko Yamane, Jon Zablackis.

—STEPHEN F. BAILEY, Observations Editor
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology-
University of Galifomia, Berkeley, GA 94720

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

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Birding Classes

Dr. Stephen F. Bailey, Gull Observations Editor, will teach an ex-
panded version of his Gull Identification Workshop through Albany
Adult School, sponsored by GGAS. Slide lecture and field portions of
this course have been separated and lengthened for more leisurely
learning. The goal is the identification of gull species and ages. Steve
will present the plumages and identification marks plus the seasonal
status and distribution of Northern Galifornia species. This diflBcult
subject will be clarified through examination of patterns and natural
variation; that is, identification by integrated understanding, not over-
simphfied rules.

Slide lectures wiU be 7-9 p.m. on eight consecutive Wednesdays, Jan-
uary 14-March 4. Saturday field trips are 8 a.m.-noon January 24 and 31,
Febnrary 14 and 28. These two classes may be taken singly or preferably
in combination, but only students from his 1979 gull workshop may
participate in field trips without concurrent attendance of the slide
lectures. For information call Steve at 548-9507 after January 6. To
register call the school at 526-6811.

Winter Bird Sounds, taught by Marie Mans at Albany Adult School
and sponsored by GGAS, will illustrate with tapes and slides the myriad
bird voices heard during California’s “winter.” Examples from birds as
different as geese, owls, kinglets and sparrows will be discussed. The
class is suitable for anyone interested in bird sounds and to birders who
want to widen tlieir horizons by using sound as an aid to identification.
Classes are planned for two evening sessions: Tuesday, January 20 and
27, and two morning field trips on the following Saturdays (field trips
may be split depending on the number of registrants). Cost is $11. Call
the school to register, 526-6811.

The Fremont Adult School is again offering a class in Field Identifi-
cation taught by Alice Hoch. Although the classes meet at a different
spot each week, mostly in the East Bay, emphasis during the winter
months will be on shorebird identification. For complete information
call the school, 791-5841, or Ms. Hoch, 657-0475.

January Cooper Society Meeting

Dr. Ned K. Johnson of the UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zo-
ology -will speak on systematics of Western Nortli American birds at tlie
January 12 meeting of the Cooper Society. A business meeting at 7:30
p.m. precedes the 8 p.m. lecture in Room 2503 of the Life Sciences
Building on the UC campus.

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Gome to the Quilting Bee(s)

The Mono Lake subcommittee of the Conservation Committee has
kicked ofl: a yeai-long fund raising for the Mono Lake Defense Fund at
the Chiistmas Bird Count and we are now beginning work on another
project a Mono Lake quilt to be raffled in the fall. A planning and
work session will be held at 2001 Yolo Ave., Berkeley, on Thursday,
Januaiy 14. The quilt top is being designed by Ric Hugo, a Sacramento
Bee artist, and Helen Green. The help of eight to ten stalwart quilters
is needed to make the top and to quilt tlie finished work. Please phone
Helen Green, 526-5943, if you are able to help.

Copies of Mono Article Sought

The September issue of Audubon featured an excellent, in-depth
article on Mono Lake by Peter Steinhart titled “The City and the
Inland Sea.” The Mono Lake Committee can put this article to work
convincing legislators and public servants tliat Mono is worth saving.
If you can bear to part with your copy of the article please send it to
the Mono Lake Committee, P.O. Box 29, Lee Vining, CA 93541.

Backyard Birders’ Question Box

In the February, 1980, issue of The Gull, Stephen Bailey began an
article with the provocative title “Ever Seen a ‘Grunt- Whistle’?”

Dr. Bailey was reviewing A Guide to the Behavior of Common Birds
by Donald W. Stokes and told us only that the “grunt-whistle” was con-
nected with Mallard behavior. I hoped to satisfy my curiosity by keeping
a closer watch on the Mallards on Spreckels Lake and doing some extra
reading on the topic. It was not until this fall, however, that I obtained
a copy of the book and found out just what it was that I had been
hoping to see (and hear).

Stokes says, under the listing of Mallard courtship displays, that the
grunt- whistle is a short, high-pitched whistle given by the male Mallard,
either singly or in small groups, before a female. The back of the male’s
neck is arched, the biU pointing sharply downward and, as the whistle
is given, the bill is suddenly raised, throwing a spray of water droplets
into the air. This is all done so quickly that it may easily pass unobserved.

Starting early in the spring, I will certainly be watching for this
behavior. However, while keeping an eye on the Mallards, I was lucky
enough to observe some American Coot behavior that I had never seen
before.

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Some American Coots on the lake are veiy aggressive, almost running
over the surface of the water, body flattened, head thrust forward, to
drive off other coot intruders. When the opponents seem to be evenly
matched, however, they raise their wings slightly, forming a sort of
canopy over the body, lifting and spreading the tail featliers in a fan
with the white outer under-tail feathers showing. They then circle slowly
about one another until one gives way. During this performance, the
birds’ appearance is altered so much that, at first sight, I wondered if
what I was observing were really coots.

If you would like to share information on bird behavior that you
have obseiwed or if you have a question about the birds that are coiu-
monly found in our area, write to Kay Steinberg, 850-38th Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94121.

A Letter from the Editor

I recently received a copy of a letter written to Kay Steinberg by
Alexandria Rodgers of San Francisco saying how delighted she was with
the Backyard Birders’ column. The correspondent said in part, “I have
long felt that there is more to appreciation of wildlife than mere identi-
fication and listing of same. Your column provides good information for
people who want something more meaningful than making lists. It was
in search of such information that I joined GGAS and I do hope the
appearance of the Backyard Birders’ Question Box is a harbinger of
good things to come along this line in The Gull.”

This brings up the question: just what sort of information do people
want from The Gull? Gertainly, tliere are basic columns which must
appear in each issue— moiithly program and field trip information and
bird observations plus periodic reports of Board activity and the chapter’s
conservation efforts.

\Vhen I became editor in 1977 I was veiy new to birding, so I had
to consult my own feelings as to what I would like to see published in
The Gull if I were only sitting there reading it. One thing I decided
would be useful to many readers was more information on where to
bird, so I began to enlist knowledgeable people to write these site guides
which I’ve run from time to time.

I ran Brian McCaffery’s essays, “The Fabric of Nature,” for several
months until he went off to do woi'k in Alaska and Australia; I received
one letter praising those. Gonversely, I heard a verbal comment that

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s^n '"“gazine and that more emphasis

honld be 0,1 .mportant conservation issues. There are .some who feel

of ’ o ° I'T- ’ sai''. t«" f»ll

ol lists. Otheis think it is the most valuable part of The Gull.

a poor editor to do unless readers communicate their feelings?
Vhats a chapter to do when it asks members to phone the office and
.state smiply whether they are for or against the chapters policy (pub-
ished in The Gull, June, 1980) concerning the California Condor captive
breeding program Of the approximately 6500 CCAS members less
than a dozen took time to call. They were overwhelmingly in favor of

our stand against the program as originallv formulated bv National
Audubon Society.

There is a lack of communication; Ms. Rodgers’ letter was one of four
I have received during my three-year tenure. Local chapters are formed
to serve local members, but an immense amount of work is done by too
few people for a chapter our size. If you feel less a part of CCAS than
yon d wish, yon have only yourself to blame.

This is a sincere and fervent request for letters from you expressing
youi views on the chapter and/or on The Gull. They will be read with
great interest and an eye to making both more valuable to yon. When
space allows I \vill share them with yon in these pages.

-NANCY CONZETT, Editor

GIFTS AND BEQUESTS

For GGAS

Gift of

James S. Belman

Jody Timms

In honor of Elsie Roemer’s birthday

Nancy Conzett

In memory of

■Vlary England Mr. and Mrs.

Andrew Anderson

Sarah Savin

George Homem

Memorial and honorary gifts and bequests will be used as specified by tlie
donors. Acknowledgments will be made in The Gull and personally by the
Corresponding Secretary, Minnie Groshong. Please send checks made out to
the Golden Gate Audubon Society to: Corresponding Secretary, GGAS, 2718
Telegraph Avenue, 1*^206, Berkeley, CA 94705. All gifts are tax deductible.

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OFFICERS

President, Robert Hirt (383-5337)*

First Vice President, Bruce Howard (254-2429)*

Second Vice President, Deborah Hirt (383-5337)*
Treasurer, Joan Zawaski (771-5335)*

Recording Secretary, Helen Green (526-5943)*
Corresponding Secretary, Minnie Groshong (526-8443)*

STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Conservation, Glenn W. Cady (283-1552)*

Education, Kay Steinberg (751-4293)*

Martha Morrow (832-7141)*

Field Trips, Dan Murphy (564-0074)*

Betty Short

Extended Field Trips, Jon Zablackis (527-2083)*
Finance, Ellen Sarbone (771-1990)*

Emeryville Crescent, Shirley Taylor (845-2415)*

•Members of the Board of Directors

Membership, Maybelle Groshong (526-8443)*
Program, Deborah Hirt (383-5337)*

Publicity, GGAS office (843-2222)*

DIRECTORS

Kay Steinberg (751-4293)*

Martha Morrow (832-7141)*

Dan Murphy (564-0074)*

Maybelle Groshong (526-8843)*

Jon Zablackis (527-2083)*
Directors-at-Iarge:

Lenore Johnsen (254-3919)*

Shirley Taylor (845-2415)*

GULL Editor, Nancy Conzett (527-2593)*
Observations: Stephen Bailey (548-9507)

and Joseph Morlan (524-7421 )

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RARE BIRD ALERT (recorded) 843-2211
Executive Director, Jerry Emory (843-2222)

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

Send address changes to office promptly; Post Office does not forward THE GULL. Monthly
meetings: second Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Joint membership — local and national $20 per year
(individual); $25 (family); includes AUDUBON Magazine and THE GULL; to join, make
checks payable to National Audubon Society and send to GGAS office to avoid delay in
receiving THE GULL. Membership renewals should be sent directly to the National Audubon
office. Subscriptions to THE GULL separately $5 per year; single issues 75f. High school and
college student membership $13.50 per year. Senior citizen individual, $13.50, senior citizen
family, $15.50.

The Golden Gate Audubon Society, Inc. was established January 25, 1917, and became a chapter of
National Audubon in 1948.

The Gull deadline is the first of the month for the following month.

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