From bobolnk at ix.netcom.com Wed Sep 5 16:33:34 2007 From: bobolnk at ix.netcom.com (bobolnk@ix.netcom.com) Date: Wed Sep 5 16:34:03 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] invitation to bird Fort Sheridan Message-ID: <25486268.1189028014515.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Openlands Project is looking for birders who can give them information on Fort Sheridan in Lake County. This is a beautiful area of lakefont ravines with excellent landbird migration. They have planned three birding trips there this fall - all are invited. Also, they would be happy to get checklists of birds from Fort Sheridan from those who have birded there. Information is below - contact me or Glenda Daniel if you would like to be involved. Judy Pollock jpollock@audubon.org Evanston (Cook) IL Hi, everyone... Openlands has recently taken title to 77 acres of Lake Michigan shore and ravines on former military property at Fort Sheridan in Lake County, which we plan to manage as a nature preserve. The site is currently closed while we begin bluff repair and restoration, but we would like to make an exception for birders and begin to work with all of you to build a bird checklist there for all seasons as well as, eventually, a breeding bird census. I am proposing to lead bird walks down Bartlett Ravine (on a paved road but closed to vehicles) and along the shore on three separate mornings this fall--Sunday, Sept. 9, Sunday, Sept. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 6. We will meet at the parking lot at the top of Bartlett Ravine at 6:30 a.m. on the first two dates and at 7 a.m. on the third, and I would like to invite (no, make that beg) as many of you as possible to join me on those dates. Please email Judy Pollock and/or me if you are a) interested and able to come on any or all of the dates noted above and b) interested in the overall project but not able to come on those dates. After you respond, I will send you a map and directions for getting to the top of Bartlett Ravine (a bit difficult to find without directions) and also a name tag identifying you as an Openlands Volunteer in case you are questioned on these dates or any others subsequently by the Highwood and other local police officers who are helping us patrol the site. If any of you have birded Bartlett Ravine or this stretch of shore in the past, we would also greatly appreciate getting copies of any checklists you already have. Thanks much. I look forward to hearing from you. This is a beautiful site worth preserving. I will also plan to bring along our site design for an eventual trail system, etc. for anyone who would like to look at it. Glenda Daniel Openlands Education and Community Outreach Director 25 E. Washington, Suite 1650 Chicago, IL 60602 312/863-6255 gdaniel@openlands.org From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Sat Sep 8 10:38:52 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Sat Sep 8 10:38:49 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] Bird-safe news in Chicago Journal newspaper Message-ID: <004901c7f22e$5c22f240$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> FYI: The Chicago Journal, a newspaper for the downtown area, has an article on [birds] Flying into the Danger Zone - www.chicagojournal.com . It features the work done by the Flint Creek Rehab facility at Northerly Island. Plus, the newspaper has an editorial in support of "A set of standards needs to be put into place that will require buildings to be safe for birds flying in the area." http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=4 &SubSectionID=8&TM=41541.64 Randi Doeker Chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070908/57d956f6/attachment.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Wed Sep 12 07:01:40 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Wed Sep 12 07:01:33 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] COS Program: What's so great about a bird in the hand? (no sightings....except those that ended up in a mist net) Message-ID: <003a01c7f534$aebc50b0$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> ?What?s so great about a bird in the hand? ?Migrant bird mysteries revealed through mist-netting in Lake Forest? That?s the title of Caleb Gordon?s talk at the COS meeting next Monday night. Please join us! September 17, 2007 - 7:00pm Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Speaker:? Caleb Gordon, Ph.D. ? Join us to hear Dr. Caleb Gordon talk about birding and his work as the founder of the Shaw Woods Avian Monitoring Project (SWAMP), a local intensive bird netting/banding program dedicated to research, education, and public outreach on migrant bird biology.??? There is more about Caleb at http://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/faculty/gordon/ . The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is located on the northwest corner of Fullerton Avenue and Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park in Chicago. Driving directions: From Lake Shore Drive in either direction, exit at Fullerton and travel west. Turn right/north at Cannon Drive (the first light). The Notebaert Nature Museum is on your left and the main entrance faces Cannon Drive. Look for street parking on either side of the street. By public transportation: The #77 bus stops at the museum's front door. The #156 LaSalle bus drops passengers at Fullerton and Stockton, 0.2 miles west of the Notebaert. The #22 Clark Street bus drops passengers at Fullerton and Clark, 0.4 miles west of the museum. Bike racks are available outside the museum Submitted by Randi Doeker Chicago Ornithological Society From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Thu Sep 13 09:21:30 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Thu Sep 13 09:21:18 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] NY Times article on dogs in nature areas Message-ID: <003601c7f611$614ece60$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> >From Tuesday's New York Times. Randi Doeker September 11, 2007 Dogs on the Trail, Even on a Leash, Give Birds a Fright By HENRY FOUNTAIN Dog walking: good for you, good for your pet. Not so good for birds, apparently. Australian researchers have found that walking leashed dogs along woodland paths leads to a significant reduction in the number and diversity of birds in the area, at least over the short term. Peter B. Banks and Jessica V. Bryant of the University of New South Wales surveyed birds along woodland trails near Sydney shortly after dogs were walked on them or after people walked alone. All kinds of dogs were involved, big and small, purebred and mutt. As a control, they also surveyed birds on trails that no one, human or canine, had recently walked on. Dr. Banks said the study was an outgrowth of his interest in predator-prey interactions. "Here you have a predator that is being walked through the bush quite regularly," he said. The researchers chose trails in places where dogs were banned and in other areas where dog walking was common, expecting different results in each. "We thought that where there was regular dog walking birds would get used to it," Dr. Banks said. "Well, they didn't." Regardless of the type of area, dog walking led to a 35 percent reduction in the number of bird species and a 41 percent reduction in overall bird numbers, compared with the control. (People walking alone caused some disturbance, but less than half that caused by people with dogs.) The study, published in Biology Letters, provides support for park managers and others on the same side of what can be a heated debate over dogs in natural areas. "The problem is there are other uses for an area" besides dog walking, said Dr. Banks, who described himself as "not a dog hater." "If dogs walk throughout an area, you're just not going to get the same bird-watching experience or ecotourism experience." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070913/a8ff8496/attachment.html From Antlitz at aol.com Thu Sep 13 17:41:08 2007 From: Antlitz at aol.com (Antlitz@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 13 17:48:56 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] NY Times article on dogs in nature areas Message-ID: Is there a citation for where the study was published? The short article leaves out a lot regarding timeframe of effects, distance-range of effects, season of investigation (breeding season, nesting, etc), density of impact, or local dingo populations. Intuitively, there are a lot of dog-active paths in our urban area that do display a good number of birds. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070913/7de819b0/attachment.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Thu Sep 13 19:22:11 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Thu Sep 13 19:22:02 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] NY Times article on dogs in nature areas In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00b901c7f665$4be495b0$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> >From what I can discern, the issue of Biology Letters in which this appears has not yet been distributed. The article is available for purchase online. The abstract with References is: http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/y142043307645mj2/ . Randi _____ From: bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu [mailto:bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Antlitz@aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 5:41 PM To: fpfriends@yahoogroups.com; bcnnet@ece.iit.edu Subject: Re: [BCNnet] NY Times article on dogs in nature areas Is there a citation for where the study was published? The short article leaves out a lot regarding timeframe of effects, distance-range of effects, season of investigation (breeding season, nesting, etc), density of impact, or local dingo populations. Intuitively, there are a lot of dog-active paths in our urban area that do display a good number of birds. _____ See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070913/f0fbd89d/attachment.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Mon Sep 17 09:13:16 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Mon Sep 17 09:12:59 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] FYI: Info on proposal for Chicago's Grant Park Message-ID: <003e01c7f934$e4f36340$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> http://arcchicago.blogspot.com/ That's the link to a piece on the proposed Chicago Children's Museum for Chicago's Grant Park. Follow the links to the more extensive article. (The blog piece is entitled Forever Open, Free and Clear. It will drop down the page as time goes by.) Randi Doeker Chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070917/4b74eb16/attachment.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Sun Sep 23 07:09:22 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Sun Sep 23 07:08:59 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] wetlands work announced for Calumet Initiative in Chicago Message-ID: <001701c7fdda$94d6c730$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> >From today's Sun-Times Randi Doeker .................... >From airport to wetlands S.E. SIDE | Calumet nature area once tagged for 3rd field to be expanded September 23, 2007 BY ART GOLAB Staff Reporter agolab@suntimes.com Seventeen years ago, Mayor Daley wanted to pave over wetlands on the Southeast Side to make way for a third airport. But on Saturday, he announced that the city would spend more than $2 million to help restore and expand wetlands in the same area. The new effort will make up for wetlands that will be destroyed in the ongoing O'Hare Airport expansion. "The O'Hare modernization program is contributing toward wetlands development in the Calumet region as part of its program to leave northeastern Illinois with more wetlands than it had before the O'Hare project began," said the mayor. At a news conference near the Hyde Lake wetlands near 127th Street and Carondolet Avenue, the mayor and other city officials outlined a plan that will add 15 acres of wetlands either to Hyde Lake or nearby Heron Pond. Work to begin next year The 36-acre Heron Pond, located along the Calumet River, is home to one of the state's largest rookeries of black-crowned night herons, a state-endangered species. An environmental study will determine which area will be restored, with restoration work beginning sometime next year. Also, an environmental center is scheduled to be built in the area by 2009. The newly restored wetlands will be of a higher quality than the ones being filled in because of the O'Hare project, according to Alan Mammoser, executive director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force. The two city-owned sites are parts of the Calumet Initiative, which designated 3,900 acres for open space and 3,000 acres for economic development. 'You don't forget it' Asked about his earlier efforts to put an airport on the Southeast Side, the mayor said, "That's why you're flexible. When they didn't want it and the governor pulled the issue, then you modernize O'Hare Airport." Of the Southeast Side, he said: "You don't forget it. You reinvest in there . . . just because something happens, you just don't get upset and run away." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070923/21cdab9f/attachment-0001.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Tue Sep 25 15:54:30 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Tue Sep 25 15:54:06 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] FOTPF event - FYI Message-ID: <012301c7ffb6$459df8e0$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> FYI - Randi Doeker _____ Ignite Invite Ignite Map Get your tickets now online at www.fotfp.org or call (312) 356-9990 $45 through October 4th or $60 at the door children 12 and under $5 All proceeds will be used to support Friends' conservation work. Event will take place rain (inside) or shine (outside). Friends of the Forest Preserves is a non-profit conservation organization that advocates for the 68,000 acres held in public trust by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. We provide oversight for the District, organize volunteers and user groups, and work with Commissioners and District staff to promote sound policies and good management of the preserves' natural lands. Friends is grateful to the Barrington Countryside Park District and the Riding Club of Barrington Hills for generously contributing to this event. Devil in a Woodpile breathes new, booty-shaking high spirit into their blend of string band, jump blues, hokum jazz, and bluegrass music. These talented rapscallions will play finger-picking guitar, tuba, string-slapping bass (New Orleans style), and a harmonica that chugs and yips like a train coming down the mountain. Friends Board of Directors: Carl M. Birkelbach, Barbara Birmingham, Rosalyn Ford, Margaret Frisbie, Barbara Hill, Jeremy Hojnicki, Keith Holt, Margaret Littman, Stephen Packard, Eva Penar, Jay Readey, John Sheerin, and Ginger Underwood Friends of the Forest Preserves 28 E. Jackson Blvd., Ste. 1102 Chicago, Illinois 60604-2330 312-356-9990 www.fotfp.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070925/7b244afc/attachment.html From rbdoeker at yahoo.com Tue Sep 25 18:57:25 2007 From: rbdoeker at yahoo.com (Randi Doeker - Chicago) Date: Tue Sep 25 18:56:57 2007 Subject: [BCNnet] FYI: Chicago Humanities Festival Message-ID: <019501c7ffcf$d3462050$4001a8c0@rbde5348707dc8> In case you have not noticed, this year's Chicago Humanities Festival has the theme The Climate of Concern. If you have never to a CHF event, look at the program. The vast majority of the events are $5. Several sessions feature biodiversity in Chicago. Randi Doeker Chicago -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://screamer.ece.iit.edu/pipermail/bcnnet/attachments/20070925/ea080d05/attachment-0001.html