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"Wilderness…the word suggests the past and
the unknown, the womb or earth from which we
all emerged. It means something lost and
something still present, something remote
and at the same time, intimate, something
buried in our blood and nerves, something
beyond us and without limit."
Edward Abbey |
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The Huntington
Audubon Society is a chapter of the National
Audubon Society serving Huntington township, Oyster Bay and
many other neighboring communities...click
here to see the complete list.
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Our Mission: The mission of the Huntington Audubon Society is to
increase community awareness about the environment
and to encourage others to enjoy and protect birds
and other wildlife in their natural habitats. |
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Huntington Audubon Hits the National News!HAS recently made national headlines
with our Save Our Raptors Campaign. We have
formed a partnership with the NYS Solid
Waste groups and Audubon NY to help end the
deaths of raptors at landfills and the
Associated Press picked up on the
story. Click here to read the article.
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 For
Immediate Release - April 21, 2009
NEW YORK AUDUBON GROUPS
AND SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATIONS
TEAM UP TO PREVENT BIRDS
FROM BEING INJURED AT LANDFILLS
“Save Our Raptors” Campaign Announced
Click Here for Press Release
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Attention Young Birders
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Are You a Young Birder? Interested in Learning? |
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Starting in September, Huntington Audubon will be
featuring special youth only field trips, led by
members of our Youth Outreach Committee.
Our upcoming trips this fall will be to Jones Beach
on September 13 and Montauk Point on November 21st.
Parents are of course welcome and we do ask that you
fill out a permission slip prior to the trip and
send to us. Loaner binoculars are available to those
without their own. See
field trip page for trip details. For more
information, email trickiwoo63@yahoo.com.
 Download
permission slip here. (PDF - 50 kb) |
Limited Time Only Offer!
Complimentary HAS membership to youths between the
ages of 11 and 18! |
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If you are between the ages of 11 and 18 and join
between September 1st and December 31st you will
receive a complimentary one year membership to
Huntington Audubon! Membership includes open
invitations to our monthly and special programs,
field trips (including our all new youth only
excursions!), special discounts on some events and
our newsletter, The Killdeer!
Contact trickiwoo63@yahoo.com
for more information. |
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A Bird's Eye View with Stella
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Now
that migration is over, field trip and fundraising
busy season are over and I can sit down and relax, I
have finally gotten to my next edition of A Birds
Eye View. This time around I am reviewing a book
that has already won many accolades and fans. This
was a fascinating look into one woman's life and
obsession. Please continue on for a peek into the
life of Phoebe Snetsinger!
 Life List by Olivia Gentile
This is the story of a woman named Phoebe Snetsinger,
who, after a devastating cancer diagnosis, was
determined to see as many species of birds in the
world as she could. But this book is much more than
just a narrative of her life. It also asks the
questions: at what point does passion become
obsession? At what point do we stop enjoying the
experience in pursuit of the goal, and is it ever
worth it to allow relationships to suffer in our
quest to fulfill our dreams and passion? This book
also reminds the reader that life is short and
anyone of us, at any time, could suddenly be told we
have only limited time left.
Phoebe was a housewife, living a life in which she
felt seriously miscast. Stifled in the traditional
married lifestyle of the time, she found salvation
in birding. A friend brought to her attention a
blackburnian warbler and from that moment on, Phoebe
was hooked. This blackburnian warbler was Phoebe’s
trigger bird and her eyes were opened up to a whole
new world, a world to which she could escape the
banality of her everyday existence. She joined local
birding clubs and might have lived the rest of her
life out as “just” an avid birder. However fate had
a different plan for Phoebe. At the age of 49 she
was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given just
about a year to live.
Click here for full review.
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Birdathon 2009
Thank you to our donors!
Congratulations to all our winners! |
 Thanks to the generous support of our
friends and members, we were able to raise
$4,500 this year. Yes, it is almost half of
what we raised last year, but in these
trying times, and with a glitch occurring at
the printer, we feel we did pretty well!
As always, Birdathon was a fun (and long!)
day. On May 17th we started out at 6:45 AM
at Alley Pond Park and finished the day up
at 8:15pm at Shu Swamp. A portion of the day
was rather cold, rainy and windy but despite
this, our grand total for the day was 113
species. We are proud to say that the girls
outlasted the boys this time around as we
birded until dark! The eight locations
covered were Alley Pond Park, Forest Park,
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Oceanside
Marine Center, Jones Beach, Stillwell Woods,
Upper Francis Pond Preserve and Shu Swamp.
The highlights of the day were the black
necked stilt at Oceanside, a beautiful
perched peregrine falcon at Jones Beach and
19 wood duck flying in for the evening at
Shu Swamp!
Many thanks to the team members and sponsors
of Birdathon 2009! We would like to thank
our generous donors for the sponsorship and
team prizes:
Fiddleheads Restaurant,
The
Mill River Inn Restaurant (each donated a
$150 gift certificate),
Wild Honey
Restaurant (dinner for two gift
certificate), the
Grand Wine Cellar in
Syosset (a gift basket worth $50), Stella
Miller (who added more wine to the basket,
bringing its value up to $75), David Bathie
(who carved a gorgeous wooden shorebird) and
Ginger Mahoney (beautiful handcrafted
pottery, created in her own studio, along
with coffee and scones). Thanks should also
go to Stella, who obtained the restaurant
and wine prizes for our event.
The lucky winners of the raffle were: Debbie
Martin ($500 cash), Marie Treubert (the gift
card to
Fiddleheads Restaurant), Laura Eaton
(the gift card to
Mill River Inn) and
Lucille Mayer (wine gift basket).
The folks sponsoring the team members were
not the only ones who had a chance to win
prizes. Team members competed to see who
could bring in the most donations. Ginger
Mahoney came in third, but very generously
withdrew from winning her own pottery(!)
and so the prize went to Douglas Caracappa.
Second prize was the carving and Bill Reeves
was the winner in that category. He was
knocked out of last year’s first place
standing by Stella Miller, who won dinner
for two at
Wild Honey
Restaurant. Stella and
Bill were in fierce competition, with Bill
nipping at Stella’s heels every step of the
way!
A very special thanks go to Ms. Martin who
will be donating the $500 back to HAS’ Youth
Outreach Committee to assist in our youth
outreach program! Thank you Debbie!
Everyone’s efforts were much appreciated and
we look forward to Birdathon 2010. |
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State of the Birds
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 Birds
are a priceless part of America’s heritage. They are
beautiful, they are economically important—and they
reflect the health of our environment. This
State of the Birds report reveals troubling declines
of bird populations during the past 40 years—a
warning signal of the failing health of our
ecosystems. At the same time, we see heartening
evidence that strategic land management and
conservation action can reverse declines of birds.
This report calls attention to the collective
efforts needed to protect nature’s resources for the
benefit of people and wildlife.
http://www.stateofthebirds.org for more on this
report. |
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Check this website and your newsletters for
information on all our upcoming
programs.
If you haven’t come to our meetings before, please
consider stopping by. You will be glad you did! |
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