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Spring 2005 Programs

Woodcock Walk

  • April 10, 2005
  • 7:30 PM
  • Meet at the Shelburne Bay fishing access parking lot
  • Contact: Shirley Johnson, 878-4132

Spring Slitherers

  • April 13, 2005
  • Wednesday 6:30 PM
  • Williston’s D. Alling Memorial Library

Bridget Butler, biologist and educator with Audubon Vermont, will share with us the fascinating lives of amphibians (especially salamanders and frogs) as they thaw from winter’s deep-freeze and begin their search for food and mates. Free. Contact: Irv Goldman, 862-2439.

Champlain Islands Waterfowl Field Trip

  • April 16, 2005
  • 8 AM
  • Meet at parking area near entrance to Sandbar State Park off Route 2
  • Trip Leader: Dave Capen
  • Contact: Shirley Johnson, 878-4132

Cormorant Conundrum

  • April 23, 2005
  • Saturday 3:00 PM
  • ECHO on Burlington’s waterfront

Ornithologist David Capen will walk us through the problems caused by cormorant populations on Lake Champlain and the possible options for dealing with them. Free. Contact: Caryn Gronvold, (h)862-7772, (w) 656-8685.

Your Wild Neighbors

  • May 11, 2005
  • Wednesday 7:00 PM
  • Williston’s D. Alling Memorial Library

What wildlife is living in your backyard? How can you attract specific animals? Join Steve Parren, Coordinator of Non-game and Natural Heritage Program for Vermont’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, will share with us his pictures, discoveries, and information on your wild neighbors. Free. Contact: Irv Goldman, 862-2439.

Mount Philo Warbler Walk

  • May 14, 2005
  • 7-10 AM

Meet at Mt. Philo Parking Lot. Contact: Chip Wright, 985-3514

Snake Mountain Warbler Walk

  • May 21, 2005
  • 7-11 AM

Meet at parking lot on east side of Snake Mountain. (South on RT 7. Turn west on RT 17. Bear right on Snake Mountain Road—gravel). Note: Moderately strenuous.

Berlin Pond Field Trip

  • June 11, 2005
  • 8 AM

Meet at Berlin Pond Parking Lot. (I-89 Exit 7, right on Paine Turnpike, right on Crosstown Road, go under the interstate and left on a dirt road). Contact: Carl Runge, 879-4490

Summer Rample, Potluck, Annual Meeting, and Guest Speaker Steve Hagenbuch

  • June 12, 2005
  • Sunday: 4:30 Bird walk, 5:30 Potluck, 6:15 Speaker
  • Green Mountain Audubon Center, 255 Sherman Hollow Road, Huntington.

Join us for a guided bird walk at 4:30 and stay for the potluck, brief annual meeting, and awarding of scholarships at 5:30. We are fortunate to have Steve Hagenbuch, Director of the Audubon Center joining us as our evening speaker at 6:15. We hope you can join us for the whole afternoon and evening. If not, come when you can and leave when you must. Contact: Judy Brook 865-0557.