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"Our" Painted Redstart - January 2012

 

Painted Redstart, Jackson Co, MS - 5 January 2012; as of 18 January 2012 is still present!  Located by Nancy Madden during the Jackson County, MS Christmas Bird Count   Photo by Olivia Graves, (c) 2012, used with permission     Photo by Olivia Graves, (c) 2012, used with permission     Photo by Olivia Graves, (c) 2012, used with permission             Photo by Sharon Milligan (c) 2012, used with permission     A Painted Redstart is being seen in the oak trees along E. Belle Fontaine Rd, Oceans Springs, MS beginning 5 January 2012 -- hopefully it will stay a while to allow many birders to view it.  Sign up for eskimmer  for details on whether or not the bird is being seen "today"!        NEWSLETTER   July - Dec 2011       Keep watching for any trip or meeting changes.    Contact Claire English, Field Trip Coordinator: email webmaster@mscoastaudubon.org.    Print up a new MS Coastal Bird Checklist  for your next outing. ~~ Future Planning     KEEP WATCHING HERE!  We are lining up field trips for winter-spring.  Contact webmaster@mscoastaudubon.org if you have some favorite field trip spots.  Also, if you are willing to lead/co-lead a trip let us know!  We will do our best to work it in over the next spring / fall.      April 2012 - Judy Toups Bird-A-Thon     21 May 2012 Annual Meeting - West Biloxi Library,  2047 Pass Rd, Biloxi, MS 39531   18 December 2012, Hancock County CBC; compiler Ned Boyajian.   January 2013, Jackson County CBC, compiler Millie Page           DOCUMENTATION   Ever wonder what is considered a "rare bird" in Mississippi?  Here's a list of review species  and other birds in need of documentation.     If you cannot open the MS Word file, please use this Adobe "pdf" version:      Print up a MS Coastal Bird Checklist  for your next outing.         More Web Resources have been added to our site!  Check out the newest links.      Coast Birds Annotated Checklist:  Special thanks to Ned Boyajian for his contribution to collecting and compiling records of birds sighted on the coast!   A never-ending project, what we trying for here is an annotated checklist of the birds of the six coastal counties of Mississippi in a form that can be periodically monitored and updated.  Ned has compiled data from several sources, and continues to collect information on bird sightings on the coast.  This annotated checklist is located on our Coast Birds webpage.          In Memory of   Photo by Claire English   Judith Toups November 30, 1930 - February 27, 2007   Online Tribute:  http://judithtoups.blogspot.com  Stories may also be sent to daughter, Christine.  "There is no limit on length.  As mom always used to say to me, write until the story is told."     We received an article from Tracy Grazia on studies done with the White-naped Cranes of Mongolia.  Read it here . . .      Read "Cull of the Wild" ~ an editorial by SCOTT WEIDENSAUL     Got a question?  Check our FAQ "Frequently Asked Questions" page!     NEWS FLASH: WMA User Permit now required!  When visiting a Mississippi Wildlife Management Area (WMA), visitors are now required to have an annual "WMA User's Permit on their person -- see the PUBLIC NOTICE  explaining the age and disability exemptions. "Users exempt from purchasing a hunting or fishing license (MS Code 49-7-5 and 49-7-9) are also exempt from purchasing the WMA User Fee Permit." The User Permits are valid from date of purchase to 30 June 2008.   See the Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Licenses page for more information.  WMA User Permits may be purchased  wherever fishing/hunting licenses are sold.

About Us

Since its charter in 1976, Mississippi Coast Audubon Society has played an active role in many areas – conservation and protection of natural resources, advancing student educational services, partnering with other organizations and agencies for habitat enhancement and wildlife preservation such as the Prothonotary Warbler Trail at Ward Bayou Wildlife Management Area.  MCAS members also fill the volunteer ranks at festivals and other outdoor events. 

From its inception in 1975 to the present, under the Nest in Peace project, the chapter has taken the lead in gaining and maintaining safe mainland nesting areas for beach-nesting birds, such as Least Terns and Black Skimmers. 

Though our major fund-raiser is the annual Yard Sale in the fall, we also participate in other fund-raising opportunities. In turn, we proudly dispense the majority of such funds to various worthwhile causes.  

Within the chapter there are experts on many facets of nature, from birds to bees and everything in between. MCAS keeps a full and varied schedule of field trips at which non-members are always welcome. While most trips take place within the six southernmost counties – our “member counties,” some plan-ahead field trips go as far as Louisiana and Alabama. Our public meetings (see meeting schedule) are spiced with appealing subjects.

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