| "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein |
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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 Society’s
BIRDATHON
Help Us Meet Our Goal and You Can Be a Winner!
May 18, 2008 |
 Just
a reminder, Huntington Audubon will be holding our
annual Birdathon at Alley Pond Park, Forest Park and
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. The event runs from
6:45am until 6pm in the evening and is one of our
biggest fundraisers. This year we have set $7,000 as
our goal. Can we do it? With your help, yes!
 Participants
seek sponsors for this Big Day when we diligently
search and record as many species as possible. (We
usually see 100+ species). We cover approximately 10
miles in distance. Please consider joining the HAS
Birdathon team on this day. Join us for all or part
of the day. Bring a friend or family member. Ask
your friends to sponsor you!!!
(Click here to download a sponsor form in PDF
format.) If you cannot
participate, please send in a donation in support of Birdathon, or sponsor a team member.
Click here to view and print out a donation form in
PDF format. |
Sponsor a Birdathon team member and you will
be eligible to win one of the
following prizes:
A donation of $50 and above: $500 cash
$25 to $49: a $150 gift certificate to
Fiddleheads
Restaurant in Oyster Bay
Under $25: a Bushnell Powerview 7x35 binocular, donated by
Berger Brothers
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Drawing will be held on June 11, 2008 at 7:00pm at
the Cold Spring Harbor Library.
This support is crucial to our chapter. Help raise
donations to support the efforts of your local
Audubon chapter and assist in sustaining the
important work of environmental education and
stewardship |
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Huntington Audubon Society Presents:
Black Bear Rehabilitation
With Tracy Leaver, Executive Director
Woodlands Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 7:00
PM
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Bears tickle the human imagination. Bears
are one of the first animals children
learn to recognize and bears have been a
part of folklore for thousands of years.
They are part revered, part feared. As
humans encroach further and further into
wilderness areas, and black bears learn to
adapt to our presence, there will more and
more human/bear encounters. This is a look
at a successful black bear rehabilitation
program in the most densely human populated
state in the nation. Woodlands Wildlife
Refuge began rehabilitating black bears in
1995. During the last 13 years, 25 bears
have been treated with 23 successful
releases, one euthanasia and one in
permanent care. This rehabilitation program
has progressed by incorporating some, but
ignoring other, accepted methods.
Please join us for this fascinating evening
for a discussion on black bear
rehabilitation as we discover how and why it
has been so successful in New Jersey and how
Woodlands Wildlife Refuges methods are a
model for black bear rehabilitation in other
parts of the country.
Tracy Leaver is the founder and director of
Woodlands Wildlife Refuge, Inc., a charity
dedicated to the care and release of
orphaned and injured wildlife since 1986. |
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Volunteers
Needed to Monitor Waterbirds at the Sally
Rupert Preserve
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 The
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking
for volunteers to assist in the monitoring
of breeding waterbirds at the Sally Rupert
Preserve (aka “Sand City”) located at Hobart
Beach in Eaton’s Neck. Volunteers would
conduct weekly monitoring of a common
tern/black skimmer/least tern colony, as
well as breeding piping plovers.
Additional tasks may include replacement of
damaged signs and public education while
on-site. Volunteers should have some
general knowledge of bird identification and
biology, and be able to commit to weekly
monitoring (at least one-day a week) from
April- August (some flexibility to allow for
vacation, etc.). The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service will provide specific
training in the monitoring of waterbirds.
Interested parties should contact Steve
Sinkevich of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at (631) 776-1401. |
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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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