October 2006 Jayhawk Audubon Society Newsletter

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Volume 31, Issue 2 OCTOBER, 2006

www.jayhawkaudubon.org

THE COMMITTEE ON

IMAGINATION & PLACE PRESENTS

The WAKARUSA WETLANDS

in WORD & IMAGE:

MAKING IT REAL

Saturday, Oct. 28, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,

the Committee on Imagination & Place will celebratethe Wakarusa Wetlands with a morning of paintingand photography demonstrations, writing and poetryworkshops, nature walks and history talks. The eventis free and the public is invited.

This is an opportunity to experience the wetlandsanew with contributors to the book, The Wakarusa

Wetlands in Word & Image, published in 2005 by theCommittee and the Lawrence Arts Center. Books wil be available for purchase.Session leaders include book editor Denise Low,writers Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and ElizabethSchultz, artists LisaGrossman and KyleGerstner, naturalist KenLassman, and historian

Mike Caron.

Bring cameras, sketch pads/journals, water, snacks and a chair/blanket. Wearwarm clothes, sturdy shoes, hats & sunglasses. Thereare no facilities available on site. The wetlands are onthe south side of 31st St in Lawrence. The entrance isgravel drive midway between Louisiana St. and HaskeAve. Park on 31st St. For more info: 785-843-2787 olacgallery@ sunflower.com or www. imaginationand place.org.

- Lisa Grossman

MONDAY, OCTOBER 23RD

AVIAN FLU

Marvin Kraft, Waterfowl Program Coordinator for KS Department of Wildlife and Parks, will speak to JAS about H5N1 avian influenza Monday, 10/23.

HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza) H5N1,the type that has decimated poultry around the worldand infected humans, has not yet been found in wild birds in North America. LPAI (Low PathogenicAvian Influenza) H5N1 has been found in wild birdsin the US but poses little threat to humans and rarelycauses any illness in the birds carrying it. In 200675-100,000 migratory water birds-ducks, shorebirds,cranes, swans, geese, gulls-will be tested for avianflu in all 50 states. KDWP is slated to test 750 of those. Visit www.kdwp.state.ks.us for info and

many links to other useful sites.

Join Marvin Kraft for dutch treat dinner at 6:00 p.m. at Zen Zero, 811 Mass. downtown Lawrence.The meeting and talk will be at 7:30 p.m. at our new

meeting place: TRINITY LUTHERAN

CHURCH, 1245 NEW HAMPSHIRE .

There is plenty of parking in the lot next to thechurch on the east side. Join us to learn about thiscritical topic.

Kirsten Munson



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Stop that DRIP, DRIP, DRIP….

I recently noticed a small, dripping leak from my bath-room faucet. Being a water conservation minded person

I was aware that this small leak was contributing to thebillions of gallons of water wasted in the US every year due to leaking plumbing. I went online for resources toestimate how much water I was losing due to this leak. Ifirst counted the drips per 10 seconds. My faucet drippedat the rate of 3 drips per 10 seconds. I found a “DripAccumulator” calculator at the USGS website: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/sc4.html & plugged my numbersin. My small drip was wasting 2 gallons of preciouswater a day-over 60 gallons per month. If I hadcontinued to ignore this drip for a full year I would havewasted more than 720 gallons of water.

720 gallons a year might not sound outrageous and,indeed, my faucet drip is relatively minor compared to thereal home water-wasting culprits: toilets. Many hometoilets have a constant, almost unnoticeable leak. Testinga toilet for leaks is simple. Add 10 drops of food coloringto the water tank. Wait 1-2 hours without flushing. If thestanding water in the bowl is colored, then you have aleaking, water-wasting toilet. A moderately leaking toiletwill waste 20-30 gallons or more a day. 25 gallons a dayequals 9,000 gallons per year right down the drain. It isnot uncommon for a toilet to leak 200 gallons a day!

The fix for my faucet was a new water cartridge: lessthan $10 and 2 hours to fix, including the trip to the hard-ware store. (There are many faucet styles and some willhave more expensive parts.) Below I have listed links touser-friendly websites that explain in detail how to repair a faucet. Most moderately handy persons can repair aleaking faucet. Toilets are a bit more involved to fix, butagain, any moderately handy person does not need toshy away from this task. If you’re not comfortableworking on home repairs, consult handy person’s or home repair services classified ads in the local paper.

From Hometime.com: “Repairing Faucets”: http://www.hometime.com/Howtoprojects/plumbing/plum_8.htm

From Do It Yourself.com: “Repair a Leaky Faucet”:http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2repairvalve

“How to Repair a Toilet”http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2repairtoilet

From the Home Depot: http://www.homedepotmoving.com/proj_article_page.do?action=GetProjArticlePage&projld=135

Questions, comments and requests for additional infor-mation can be directed to [email protected].

- Mike Fraley, Conservation Chair

NEWSFROM

AUDUBON OF KANSAS

Audubon of Kansas, under Executive Director Ron Klataske, is actively pursuing many projectsbenefiting wildlife as well as Kansans in all walksof life. JAS member Joyce Wolf is a trustee of AOK. Here are initiatives you should know about.

The Tallgrass “Prairie Parkway” Wildlifeand Natural Heritage Trail Guide. AOK hascreated brochures to help visitors to the TPP getthe most enjoyment of the varied natural, culturaland historical sites on the trail. Several townsgive out the guides at visitors centers or in newresident packets. To whet your appetite to travelthe trail yourself visit www.kansas wildlifetrails.com. You may also get a guide by writingAOK 210 Southwind Pl. Manhattan, KS 66503.(Send $3 for postage.)

AOK is asking volunteers to submit photographsand descriptions of favorite sites for possibleinclusion in planned trails such as the ForestPrairie Edge or Shortgrass & Sandsage Prairie.

Campaign to repeal KS statutes mandatingeradication of prairie dogs. With support fromthe KS Farmers Union, KS Rifle Assoc., other conservation groups and naturalists, AOK wroteand continues to push for passage of HB 2783which repeals a 100 year old statute mandating

extermination of prairie dogs. The repeal grantslandowners rights to stewardship of native wild-life on their property. This effort ties in with a planAOK, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and fiveranch families are developing to reintroduceblack-footed ferrets to Kansas in hope of revivingthe ecosystem of prairie dog colonies includingswift foxes, ferruginous hawks, burrowing owls,many insects and plants: the rich panoply of lifeon the Kansas prairie. Use of the poison Rozol. -cont. on page 5

Black-footed Ferret. Defenders of



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OCTOBER <<CALENDAR>>NOVEMBER

Oct. 9:ECO2 Public Information Meeting. The ECO2 Commission will present the draft Industrial and Ope

Space Plan and take public comment. 7:00 p.m. Baldwin City Public Library. Baldwin City.

12: ECO2 Public Information Meetings. 7:00 a.m. Bert Nash Center, Room A & B. 200 Maine, Lawrenc

& 7:00 p.m. Eudora Township Fire Dept. Eudora. For more info: 785-843-7058 or [email protected]

Oct. 14: Rocky Point Glades, Swope Park, KCMO. KS Native Plant Society. View restoration work. Contact

Dan Rice, [email protected] or President Dave Alburty, 816-619-3375, [email protected].

Oct. 14: SPARROWS at Haskell-Baker Wetlands. Burroughs Audubon. Looking for Sharp-Tailed Sparrow a

birding other sites in the afternoon. Contact Nancy Leo, 913-205-8847 or [email protected].

OCT. 21, SAT: JAS SEED AND PLANT SALE: New Location-The Me

901 Iowa St. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Use the form in this newsletter to preorder your seed by mail or phoneSeed will also be available for walk-in customers. Plants for sale will include columbine, anise hysso blackberry lily, echinacea, comfrey, cranesbill geranium, caryopteris, Clara Curtis daisy and surpriseSale Day! We’ll have feeders and wonderful books to browse and resource folks with expert advice attracting birds. One stop shopping for great Merc food and birding supplies-it doesn’t get better than

Oct. 21: Bird Felker Park. Topeka Audubon. Dan Gish, 785-232-3731. [email protected].

OCT. 23, MONDAY: JAS MEETING 7:30 p.m. Marvin Kraft, Waterfowl

Program Coordinator for KDWP, will speak on “Avian Influenza”. BYO Dinner at Zen Zero, 811 M

Lawrence at 6p.m. REMEMBER: MEETINGS ARE NOW AT TRINITY LUTHERA

CHURCH 1245 New Hampshire, Lawrence. Parking east of the church. Refreshments.Oct. 25: Slithering Snakes. Prairie Park Nature Center. 3-4:30p. Ages 7-12. $5.00. Call 832-7980 to enroll.

Oct. 28: Rolling Prairie Learning Lab at the Merc. 901 Iowa. 10a-1p. Art Projects. Grassland Heritage Found

OCT 28: COMMITTEE ON IMAGINATION & PLACE: WAKARUSA

WETLANDS IN WORD AND IMAGE. 8:30a-1:30p. Photography, painting, poetry, nature

walks and history talks. See p.1 for more info or call 785-843-2787 or www.imaginationandplace.org

Nov. 4: Bird Lake Shawnee. Topeka Audubon. Heated fishing dock. 7:30a. Dan Gish, see contact info abov

Nov. 5: Owls of Kansas. Prairie Park. 2-3p. For all ages but 5-13 must register with adult. $2. Enroll at 832-7

Nov. 11: Trail maintenance at beautiful Perry Lake. Steve Hassler, [email protected].

Nov. 11: Bird Lyon Cty Fishing Lake, Wolf Creek Lake, Melvern Lake. Burroughs

All day trip. Matt Gearhart at 913-568-4678 or [email protected].

Nov. 14: Friends of the Kaw Annual Dinner, Silent Auction & meeting. 6:00 p.m.

Lawrence Visitors Center. For details check the FOTK website whichnow seems to be: www.buildasitefactory.com/index.php?id=102.

Nov. 14-19: FESTIVAL OF THE CRANES. Bosque del Apache NWR. New

Mexico. Over 100 events. Call 505-835-2077 or check www.friendsofthebosque.org/crane.

Dancing cranes. Cornell Lab of Ornithology



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. BIG BROTHERS

BIG SISTERS NEEDS YOU!

Mentor a child and give them a greater sense of worthand responsibility.

If you can include a child in your regular activities andwould enjoy spending one-on-one time with a child once aweek for at least a year, then you could be a Big Brother, BigSister, Big Couple or Family Match! You can mentor as aman or woman, or also as a couple or family.

We have over 200 children, two-thirds of whom are boys, waiting to be matched….with you?

Call Big Brothers Big Sisters at 785-843-7359 or visitwww.mentoringmagic.org. Orientations are held Tuesday at5:15 and Wednesday at noon.

- Sarah with Big Brothers Big Sisters

JAS is contemplating sponsoring a ‘Big for a Day”field trip for Big Brothers Big Sisters. We would needvolunteers to plan a trip of about an hour and a half, organizeit, go on the trip and provide snacks. The trip would take place on a weekend or after school. Hopefully enough of youwill be interested that the tasks can be spread among a number of people. Contact Chuck Herman at [email protected] or 913-301-3921 if this sounds like fun to you.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~AOK UPDATE continued from page 2

which kills prairie dogs by internal bleeding and persists to killthe raptors and other predators that eat the carcasses would begreatly reduced if county governments were not actively seek-ing to exterminate prairie dogs.

JAS members can help by writing to members of the KSHouse Agriculture Committee in support of the bill. The fullroster is on the AOK website at www.audubonofkansas.org or call Committee Chair Dan Johnson at 785-625-6476.

Next month we’ll tell about AOK’s new legacy, the HuttonRanch, and its advocacy of better USDA prairie management.



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HOW MUCH WATER IS THAT ANYWAY????

Hey kids---while your mom or dad is fixing that leaking faucet that Mike’s artic

on page 2 got them excited about, you can do an experiment to see how much water

takes to fill your bathtub. Here’s what you do:1. Get an empty gallon or 1/2 gallon container, a watch and a bathtub.2. Now, make a prediction: There are _____ gallons of water in my bathtub.3. Open the bathtub drain and turn on the water to the normal speed.4. Time how long it takes to fill your container.5. Record the time: A _______minutes. (You can use this water for plants or pe

6. Leave the water running so that the speed remains the same.7. Close the drain and time how long it takes to fill the bathtub.8. Record the time: B_______minutes.9. Take a bath….you don’t want to waste all that water do you?

Now figure our how much water you used. Use a calculator if you like.

Divide B ______ by A _______ = ____________ Total time to fill tub Time to fill one gallon Number of gallons in tub

(If you used a 1/2 gallon container, divide your answer by 2)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~NOW MATCH THE ITEMS ON THE LEFT WITH THE AMOUNT OF WATER ON THE RIGHT

1. TAKING A SHOWER A. 1 gallon

2. WATERING THE LAWN B. 9-20 gallons

3. WASHING THE DISHES C. 4-7 gallons

4. FLUSHING THE TOILET D. 1/2 gallon

5. BRUSHING YOUR TEETH E. 39,090 gallons

6. PROCESSING ONE CAN OF FRUIT F. 15-30 gallons

7. MAKING A NEW CAR AND ITS 4 TIRES G. 9.3 gallons

8. DRINKING H. 180 gallons



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