Birds in the

Denver Post

     The Denver Post inaugurated a new column on bird watching in the Mountain West last December. Written by Hugh Kingery and illustrated by Radeaux (also known as AVAS VP Mark Yaeger), it appears in the Lifestyles section of the Sunday paper.

     Aimed at the general public, the column reports on the natural history of birds that occur in the mountains and plains of Colorado and adjacent states. It also covers bird watching activities such as Christmas counts, banding, and breeding bird surveys, where to see birds,
habitat requirements, identification, and other related topics.

     Author Kingery declares, “Of course, having art by Radeaux will make the column worthwhile, regardless of what it says."

AVAS LEADERSHIP

AVAS officers and Board members for 2003. All phone numbers are in area code 719:

President:  SeEtta Moss 275-8874

Vice President : Mark Yaeger 543-2724

Secretary:  Mary Tucey 544-6420

Treasurer:  Richard Tucey 544-6420

Board Members-at-large:

  Marilyn McBirney 948-4622

  Joan Williams 948-3610

  Marjory Joy 647-1235

  Donna Emmons 676-5666

  Ben D’Andrea 253-0813

Conservation: Dave Johnson 545-5548

Education:  Anne Whitfield 485-3314

Field Trips:  Marjory Joy 647-1235

Membership:  Noreen Riffe 561-1899

Fundraising:  (open)

Newsletter:  Leon Bright 561-1108

Publicity:  Peggy Coontz 485-3750

Representative to  Audubon of CO:

  Anne Whitfield 485-3314

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Web site: Tim Tucey

Lower Ark. Valley Liaison: Bryant Will 336-9637

Upper Ark Valley Liaison: Leawn Hlavachick  

          942-3040

San Luis Valley Liaison: Mike Blenden

          589-4021

The Harrier is published monthly except for June, July, August and December by the Arkansas Valley Audubon Society, P.O. Box 11187, Pueblo, CO 81001. Subscription is free to members of AVAS.

AVAS WELCOMES

NEW MEMBERS

     The following people have recently become paid members of the National and Arkansas Valley Audubon Societies.  AVAS learns of new members primarily through notification from NAS, so it is usually about two months or more between the time a person pays dues and the official notification to AVAS. We extend the red carpet to the following people who joined last fall:

Buena Vista:  Cathy Manning

Del Norte:  Barbara Wright

Leadville:  Scott Leaming

Pueblo:  Doug Orgill,  Marilee Heller

Also a very special thank you to the four people who have paid to renew their Audubon membership

The HARRIER Needs

More Voices

     The Arkansas Valley Audubon Society serves over 500 members in fourteen counties in southeastern and south-central Colorado. The majority of those members live outside of the immediate Pueblo area.

       In order to serve all our constituents, the HARRIER needs to receive news from the more rural parts of our region. Are there environmental concerns, wildlife news, personal stories, etc. in your area that should be reported?  If so, contact Leon Bright at 636 Henry, Pueblo, CO 81005 or

<urraca2@attbi.com>.

White-tailed Ptarmigan                   Steve Messick

How to Keep Up

with Susan Tweit

     To find out more about nature writer, AVAS member and Harrier contributor Susan Tweit, visit her website at

www.salidamillwork.com/sjtweit. There you can see a list of her publications and read some of her articles, plus a photo and some personal information too!