2018-2019 Meetings and Events
Our chapter holds a general meting each month, September through June, We have a guest speaker at our regular meetings. Themeetings are open to the public, and provide a good introduction to our group for prospective members. We meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Master on the NE corner of Kathleen and Ramsey. Please check our website for any last-minute changes. Our June meeting is a picnic, the location announced in the May Newsletter. Our board meeting are held the first Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. (same location as our general meetings), everyone is welcome. See board meeting minutes
January Program
Date: January 8, Tuesday
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 N. Ramsey, CDA
Speaker: Craig Cooper
Program: Solving the Climate Change Challenge What’s Happening and What You Can Do to Help
Climate change poses a critical threat to our environment, our economy, our security, and our lives. We are beginning to see its effects today. Summers are longer and hotter, storms are more frequent and more severe, droughts are growing worse and fires more devastating. Our oceans are warming and becoming more acidic. Wildlife habitat is dissapearing, bird migration is being disrupted, and millions of humans will become climate refugees during our children’s and grandchildren’s lifetimes. The future of humanity is at stake. The good news is that we know how to dramatically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. All we need is the political will to do so. The Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) is a non-partisan, nonprofit grassroots network of local volunteers working in communities across the nation to implement national policies to address climate change. Our Carbon Fee and Dividend proposal would place a fee on carbon production to incentivize the transition to a low carbon economy, and then rebate that fee as a dividend to all American households. This proposal will put the private sector to work solving the climate change challenge while growing our economy, and providing Americans with financial support to make the needed changes. CCL has six local chapters in Idaho, and is working with our legislators to grow their support. Please join us to learn more about how we can work together to build a more livable world
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Yard List
January 1st - Time to turn in your personal Yard List totals for 2018 Doug Ward, dougward@frontier.com and to start your 2019 list.
Great Backyard Bird Count
February 15-18, 2019 - http://gbbc.birdcount.org/
John James Audubon Birthday April 26
May 2019 Migratory Bird Day - date not set yet
At Blackwell Island!
Coeur d’Alene Audubon will be co-hosting International Migratory Bird Day with the Bureau of Land Management
A Migration Obstacle Course
Pinecone feeder Stations
Hummingbird Feeder Stations
Nests and Eggs
Live Birds
Fill The Bill Station
Join the Flock Coloring Station
Bird Song DJ Station
Get Banded at our Banding Station
Guided Bird Walk and Scavenger Hunt
Normally Blackwell Island is closed to the public during this time in May. But the gates are opened just for this event which means lots of room to spread out and no traffic! It is a perfect place for all of the different stations and activities. The location next to the river and amongst the cottonwoods guarantees birds for the bird walk and habitat scavenger hunt. Stations all have picnic tables and many have shade. The covered pavilion is where the live bird presentation occurs and also where you can find the Sweet Tween Café! Kids that participate go home with passports, bird journals, stickers, tattoos and bird band bracelets! This event has lots of potential to grow and to become a community tradition, much like Eagle Watch, BUT we need your help! Each station needs the help of volunteers. So there are lots of ways you can help:
Getting outreach to the local community through posting flyers, advertising to churches and local community groups, writing letters to the paper, and spreading the word to schools and local kid’s organizations (Scouts, 4-H, etc.).
Helping with set-up and take-down on the day of the event.
Providing baked goods.
Working at a Station on the day of the Event.
Helping with preparing supplies and organizing prior to the Event.
Helping out at the Sweet Tweet Café, which serves bird friendly coffee and baked goods.
Bird Day could not happen without the help of the CdA Audubon! So please consider lending your time and/or expertise to this worthwhile effort. It is a great way to connect Birds and Communities and it’s one of the best ways to nurture the appreciation of Nature and Birds in our younger generations!
To help out please contact Carrie Hugo at 208-769-5048 or at chugo@blm.gov. To donate to this event, please give your donation to CdA Audubon with a note to please provide funds in support of Bird Day at Blackwell Island!
Kootenai Environmental Aliance
for information http://www.kealliance.org
Or call the office at 667-9093, or email KEA at kea@kealliance.org