The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper
11th Annual Children’s Issue
Redwood Region Audubon Society www.rras.org
JUNE/JULY 2014
Every Saturday: Arcata Marsh and Wildlife
Sanctuary. These are our famous rain-or-shine,
docent-led field trips at the Marsh. Bring your
binocular(s) and have a great morning birding! Meet
in the parking lot at the end of South I Street (Klopp
Lake) in Arcata at 8:30 a.m. Trips end around 11 a.m.
June leaders: 7th, Chet Ogan; 14th, Joe Ceriani; 21st,
Jude Power; 28th, Carol Wilson.
Saturday, June 7: Patrick’s Point State Park.
Tom Leskiw (707) 442-5444 will lead a 3-hour walk
through forests and along bluffs of this beautiful park
in search of land- and seabirds. Wear sturdy shoes.
Meet in front of the park entrance at 8:30 a.m.; free
parking available along Patrick’s Point Drive (mind
posted signage). The walk is part of a celebration for
the park’s Native Plant Garden. For further info on the
garden celebration, contact park employee Michelle
Forys (707) 677-3109 or Michelle.Forys@parks.
ca.gov.
Saturday, June 7: eBird Site Survey–Shay Park.
Join Rob Fowler (707-616-9841) as we survey the
extent of Shay Park in Arcata for 1 to 3 hours and
count every species present. For more info on the
eBird Site Survey, visit this link at ebird.org: http://
ebird.org/content/ebird/about/eBird_Site_Survey.
Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Shay Park parking lot located
at the eastern end of Foster Avenue. Don’t be put off
FIELD TRIPS
by the “survey” portion of the description. We’ll be
pretty much birding, and Rob will be keeping track of
the species and numbers while doing so! Waterproof
shoes/boots are recommended as we typically walk
through a grassy field off-trail.
Sunday, June 8: Humboldt Bay National Wildlife
Refuge. This is a wonderful 2- to 3-hour trip for people
wanting to learn the birds of the Humboldt Bay area. It
takes a leisurely pace with emphasis on enjoying the
birds! Beginners are more than welcome. Meet at the
Refuge Visitor Center at 9:00 a.m. Call Jude Power or
David Fix (707-822-3613) for more information.
Saturday, June 14: Horse Mountain. We will be
birding high-elevation Humboldt County from Horse
Mountain to Grouse Mountain on Forest Service
Route 1. Target species will include Mountain Quail,
Sooty Grouse, Northern Pygmy-Owl, White-headed
Woodpecker, Dusky and Hammond’s Flycatcher,
Townsend’s Solitaire, Green-tailed Towhee, Thickbilled Fox Sparrow, and more. Maybe we’ll even luck
into a Northern Goshawk! Meet at 7:00 a.m. near
Espresso 101 off Giuntoli Lane. Rob Fowler will lead
(707-616-9841; migratoriusfwlr@gmail.com). Bring
a lunch. We will finish around early afternoon.
Friday, June 13
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Foraging Strategies of Black Brant During
Spring Staging on South Humboldt Bay
Programs start at 7:30
Sunday, June 15: Eureka Waterfront. Meet at 9:00
a.m. at the foot of W. Del Norte St. where we will scope
for birds off the public pier until everyone assembles.
We will then drive to the base of the Hikshari’ Trail
at Truesdale Street and bird along the trail to the Elk
River Wildlife Sanctuary. Leader: Ralph Bucher (707499-1247; thebook@reninet.com).
Sunday, July 13: Humboldt Bay National Wildlife
Refuge. See June 8.
Saturday, July 19: eBird Site Survey--Shay Park.
See June 7.
Sunday, July 20: Southern Humboldt Community
Park. See June 15.
Sunday, July 20: Eureka Waterfront. See June 15.
June Program
Brant geese travel up to nearly 5,000 mi (8,000
km) between wintering areas in Baja, Mexico,
and breeding grounds in the Arctic and depend on
staging areas during spring migration to forage and
build energy stores necessary for breeding. With
its abundant eelgrass, Humboldt Bay is the most
important staging site for Black Brant in California.
Betsy Elkinton, recent graduate of Humboldt State
University’s Wildlife Master’s Progam, will share
the results of her recent study on Brant foraging
ecology locally. Learn about this iconic species that
is critically dependent on the health of Humboldt Bay
and its eelgrass.
Sunday, June 15: Southern Humboldt Community
Park. Jay Sooter (707-444-8001), and/or John Gaffin
will lead this monthly walk. All ages and experience
levels are encouraged to participate and revel in the
beauty of the park and its avian inhabitants on this
easy 2- to 3-hour walk. Binoculars are not provided,
and dogs are not allowed; field guides are usually
available, but please provide your own if possible.
Steady rain cancels. Meet at 8:00 a.m., parking by the
kiosk near the farmhouse in the main entrance.
July Program
Friday, July 9 TH
Pilot Barred Owl Removal Experiment:
The Last Hope for the Northern Spotted Owl?
In September 2013 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
announced its Record of Decision that authorized the
experimental lethal and nonlethal removal of Barred
Owl from 4 study areas in the Pacific Northwest as a
means to benefit threatened Northern Spotted Owls.
Dr. Lowell Diller, senior biologist at Green Diamond
Resource Co, Korbel, and adjunct professor, Department
of Wildlife, Humboldt State University, will report
on the current status of the owls and the feasibility,
effectiveness, and response of Northern Spotted Owls
to a 5-year pilot experiment that has removed Barred
Owls from about half of Green Diamond Resource’s
timberlands in northern California.
p.m. at Humboldt Area Foundation on Indianola Cutoff
Bring a mug to enjoy shade-grown coffee, and come fragrance free.
© Gary Bloomfield
CHAPTER LEADERS
RRAS Sponsors
10th Annual
Science Fair Award
OFFICERS
President— Hal Genger …………............ 707-499-0887
Vice President — ........ Vacant..........................................
Secretary—Adam Brown............................. 707-826-0319
Treasurer—Syn-dee Noel............................. 707-442-8862
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
Ralph Bucher …........................................ 707-443-6944
Joe Ceriani …............................................ 707-476-9127
Jill Demers ……………………………… 707-667-6163
Harriet Hill………………………………. 707-267-4055
Cindy Moyer.....................................…..… 707-822-1806
Chet Ogan …............................................… 707-442-9353
Susan Penn..................................…......…. 707-443-9660
C.J. Ralph ............................................….. 707-822-2015
OTHER CHAPTER LEADERS
Conservation — Jim Clark ...............…... 707-445-8311
Eductn/Scholarships — Denise Seeger ....707-444-2389
eBird Liaison — Rob Fowler …………... 707-839-3493
Field Notes — Daryl Coldren...........…..... 916-384-8089
Field Trips— Rob Fowler ……….......….. 707-839-3493
Finance— Syn-dee Noel .............................707-442-8862
Historian — John Hewston ...................... 707-822-5288
Membership — Lew & Judie Norton....... 707-445-1791
NEC Representative — C.J. Ralph.......... 707-822-2015
Nominating – Jim Clark …....................... 707-445-8311
Programs — C.J. Ralph & Jill Demers .......(see above)
Publications — C.J. Ralph..................….. 707-822-2015
Publicity — Harriet Hill............................ 707-267-4055
Sandpiper (Editor): Jan Andersen …...… 707-616-3888
Sandpiper (Layout): Gary Bloomfield ......707-362-1226
Volunteer Coordinator — Susan Penn.…707-443-9660
Website Gatekeeper— Sue Leskiw……...707-442-5444
Lake Earl Branch — Sue Calla................ 707-465-6191
RRAS Web Page...........................……..... www.rras.org
Arcata Bird Alert .........707-822-LOON (707-822-5666)
The Sandpiper is published six times each year by
Redwood Region Audubon Society
P.O. Box 1054, Eureka, CA 95502.
Phengchee Yong, Zane Middle School,
Western Grebes
New Members
Redwood Region Audubon Society welcomes the
following new members and subscribers:
Arcata – Catherine Arnold, Katherine J. Clague, Nathan
Copple, Debra Hartridge, Jacob Hilliard, John A. Myers,
Christine R. Rousselot, Ryan C. Schneider, Renee
Thompson, Yumi Weisman
Bayside – Rise Borges
Crescent City – Matthew Blundell, Katy Cunningham,
Kathleen Imfeld, Martin Rivers, Garey W. Slaughter, Bonnie
Williams
Eureka – Frances Boettcher, D. L. Carfagna, Patricia Ennes,
Sylvia K. Fontaine, Marie Gutierrez, Margaret Hill, Ardene
Janssen, Edward Leishman, Diane L. May, Linda Smith,
Patricia Smith
Finn Murphy, Union Street Charter,
Peregrine Falcon
PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
By Hal Genger
This edition of The Sandpiper has its usual
features but is referred to as the Children’s
Issue. Enjoy learning about their creativity
in artwork, writing, or entries in the Science
fair. What a talented group! I will keep my
column short to allow more room to share
their work. Briefly, I would like to thank
Ken Burton for all the work he has done
for RRAS. He has accepted a position
in Calgary, Canada, and is currently
acclimating to the northern latitudes. We
have found people to fill in behind him but
will miss him and his attention to detail.
I hope Canada treats him well! The board
will remain active this summer, offering
field trips, general programs, etc. One item
we are seriously interested in is finding a
location that has good birding habitat and is
adjacent to a facility for related activities.
Let us know if you have any ideas.
Fortuna – Shirle M. Cornell, Bonnie & Harold D. Settle
Garberville – Richard Crowell, Suzette Nyokka, Shereen
Smith
Hydesville – Neal Feuerman
Klamath – Stacy Brundin
Kneeland – Randy Sherer
McKinleyville – Cristina Aguilar, Sharon Denison, Fern K.
Shellhase
Miranda – Vanessa Tritchler
Orleans – Claudia Holzinger
Redway – Gladys Madsen, Margaret McGinley, Linda
Sutton
We look forward to seeing you on field trips and at
our monthly programs.
“Common Birds of Different Habitats” by Marcus
Bensen, a 5th grader at Morris Elementary in
McKinleyville, received a $25 prize as the best
project related to birds or their habitat at the annual
Humboldt County Science Fair held in mid-March.
During walks with his park ranger father, Marcus got
the idea that different birds are common in different
habitats, of which he selected 3 to survey: beach,
farmland/slough, and forest. He walked each route
for 45 minutes at a slow, constant speed, counting
every bird seen within a basketball court’s distance.
He spotted the most species (12) in farmland, but
the highest number of individuals (312) at the beach.
Marcus located only 5 species and 13 individuals in
the forest. He concluded that common birds were
different in each habitat because birds have different
beaks and bodies and eat different things (i.e., each
habitat offered different types food).
Due to the quality of the bird-related projects in 2014,
the judges awarded 2 additional prizes. “Same Time
Next Year: a 2-Year Project on the Birds of Kneeland”
by Perrin Turney, a 7th grader at Kneeland School,
won 2nd prize of $15. Perrin predicted that migratory
birds would arrive and leave around the same time
each season. He put out a seed feeder, a hummingbird
feeder, and a thistle sock, at which he counted
and identified birds. He kept track of the weather,
temperature, and when each species arrived and
left for the season. Perrin found that his hypothesis
was correct for summer migrants but not supported
by arrival dates of winter species. He theorized that
the drought and above-average temperatures from
November 2013 to January 2014 affected the birds’
food sources so that they were not as dependent on
feeders. Perrin plans to continue his avian research,
either examining effects of drought on migratory
bird patterns or comparing species found on different
aspects of his property.
A 3rd-place award of $10 went to “How Does
Weather Affect Bird Feeding Habits?” by Jonathan
Archibold, an 8th grader from Miranda who attends
Salmon Creek Community School. He put out a half
pound of seed each morning in the same container
and location. He watched and identified birds for at
least 30 minutes a day, noting weather conditions such
as precipitation and high/low temperature. At dark,
Jonathan took in, dried, and weighed the remaining
seed. He found that the most seed was eaten when
temperatures were low, with less correlation between
seed consumption and rain or high temperatures.
Feeding was also affected by the presence of people,
hawks, and his cat. Jonathan’s hypothesis that birds
would eat more in colder weather was supported. He
stated that the real-world application would be to help
the 52 million U.S. bird feeders know when it is most
effective to buy and put out seed.
9th Annual Student Nature Writing Contest
By Tom Leskiw, Contest Organizer
Once again, a record for submissions was set, with over
40 entries received. Our abundance means that they
were divided into 2 divisions for judging: 4th through
6th grade (junior division) and 7th through12th grade
(senior division).
Senior Division: 1st Place Rachel Curtis, a 10th grader
from McKinleyville High; 2nd Place, Ben Moore, an
8th grader from Jacoby Creek School; 3rd Place, Dusty
Rodas, a 7th grader from Casterlin Elementary in
Alderpoint. Honorable Mention: Alexandra Campbell-
Grey, an 11th grader from McKinleyville High, and
Brookelyn Hurte, a 7th grader from Hydesville School.
Junior Division: 1st Place, Savanna May, a 5th grader
from Aldergrove Charter School; 2nd place, Abigail
Leming, a 6th grader from Hydesville School; 3rd
Place, Joey Zazo, a 5th grader from Trinidad Union
Elementary. Honorable Mention:
Scarlet Renner, a 6th grader from
Hydesville School.
The two 1st-place winners
appear below.
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All the winning entries are posted on the
RRAS website at www.rras.org/ (click on
News, then The Sandpiper).
Hi, my name is Savanna. All 11 years of my life I have loved
NATURE itself, and the animals that live in it. There is a lot we do
know about NATURE , but there’s so much more to discover. It’s
so mysterious, almost like it’s magic.
What do creatures do that seems so magical? Bzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzz, hear that? That’s the sound of bees! Bees are a really important
to flowers and humans!!!!Without bees there will be a lot less fruit!
Here’s the crazy part we have lost a lot of honey bees! Ooh, ooh, do
you smell the flowers? They are one of the most powerfull things
that can get people connected to NATURE because there so
beautiful. Ssshhhh, look it’s a butterfly!!! Metamorphosis is another
mysterious part of NATURE , one creature turning into another!
It’s so amazing that NATURE can do these things!!!
Aren’t you amazed by the body??!! Look Look!!! Do you
see that deer? she has a baby….. When I learned about t everything
that has to happen in the body in order to create a baby I was
amazed!!! There is actually a plan written in chromosomes for
what we will look like and even part of our personality!!!Oh my, do
you hear that!!!! It’s two mountain lions, they are in a fight and look
they stopped. Now they are licking their wounds. Our bodies have
ways to heal themselves. Humans also use medicine from plants.
Don’t you think it’s incredible that plants just happen to have
the medicine we need toheal ourselves?
How do they know??? Honk, honk, honk, listen… it’s the
geese their getting ready to go south. Instinct is what lets them know
when to go and where to /ly. There are so many examples, like the
sea turtles and the salmon. They both go out to sea and return to the
exact spot where they were born and lay more eggs. I think its mind
-boggling that animals know these things!!!
How were all linked together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s be quiet listen ……….. Squeak, squeak it’s a mouse and look
there’s a snake …….. Yum……. yes, you know what happened. Uh
oh, here comes a hawk! Right again, except this time the snake was
the one who got eaten! Here comes a cat! Delicious…….. Who eats
the cat you might ask? Well, I see a coyote……………….
Scrumptious …………No were not finished yet…….because I see a
mountain lion in that tree……BINGO!!! That coyote is long, long
gone! That my friends is the food chain!!! If all the animals are in a
chain what happens if you take one
away????????????????????????????????????????
Mother Earth….I feel that the earth is alive. The grass and the plants
is the hair, the trees are the lungs and water is the blood. We need to
take care of it! We need to be careful about how many of its lungs we
cut and how much of its blood we pollute……….. So, do you think
NATURE is magical??? What can you do to take care of the
earth??? Well bye I'm off to learn more about NATURE !!!!!!!!!!!
Ella Roselyn Soto, Junction Elementary,
Northern Flicker
Student Bird Art Contest
Sets New Record
Some 765 local K-12 students–a record by nearly 50
entries–pulled out paints, pencils, pastels, or paste to
enter the 11th Annual Student Bird Art Contest held in
association with the 19th Annual Godwit Days Spring
Migration Bird Festival in mid-April. RRAS cosponsored
the competition with Friends of the Arcata Marsh
(FOAM).
All entries were displayed at the Arcata Community
Center during the Festival, and copies of the winners will
be hung at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center during
May and possibly June.
Prizes totaling $550 were given out, thanks to FOAM and
RRAS. Thirty-five of those were monetary prizes, plus 11
honorable mentions. The winners were:
Kindergarten
1st Place: Ruby Smith, Freshwater Elementary, Black
Oystercatcher
2nd Place: Gary Albers, Orleans Elementary, Spotted Owl
3rd Place: Oly White, Orleans Elementary, Anna’s
Hummingbird
Grade 1
1st Place: Glen Ferrara Frame, Alder Grove Charter,
Peregrine Falcon
2nd Place: Psalm Gaskill, Mistwood Educational Center,
Red-tailed Hawk
3rd Place: Ruby Williams, Mistwood Educational Center,
American Kestrel
Grade 2
1st Place: Meguire Bartosz, Fuente Nueva Charter,
Wood Duck; Naomi Iris Harrison, Redwood Preparatory
Charter, Steller’s Jay
2nd Place: Alia Prentiss, Coastal Grove Charter, Great
Blue Heron; Breann Smith, Pacific Union, American
Robin
3rd Place: Sean Olsen, Morris Elementary, Great Blue
Heron; Jordan Gaskel, Fuente Nueva Charter, Varied
Thrush
Grade 3
1st Place: Enza Zeppegno Mendonca, Fuente Nueva
Charter, American Goldfinch; Sienna Rother, Mistwood
Educational Center, Ruddy Duck
2nd Place: Gabe Masters, Dow’s Prairie Elementary,
Osprey; Cedar Birdsall, Fuente Nueva Charter, Bald
Eagle
3rd Place: Eva Devoe, Fuente Nueva Charter, Blackcapped Chickadee; Luna Buchin, Forks of Salmon
School, Spotted Owl
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Field Notes
By Daryl Coldren
S U M M A RY O F N O R T H W E S T E R N C A L I F O R N I A B I R D R E P O R T S
March 1 to May 1, 2014
Field Notes is a compilation of bird-sighting reports
for Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity counties.
Sources include the RRAS Bird Box (707-822LOON), the online northwestern California
birding and information exchange (nwcalbird@
yahoogroups.com), eBird (http://ebird.org/content/
klamathsiskiyou), and reports submitted directly to
the compiler. Reports may be submitted to any of
the sources mentioned above or to Daryl Coldren:
(916) 384-8089; QuiAvisPetit@aol.com.
HBNWR = Humboldt Bay National Wildlife
Refuge; HO = held over; MOb = many observers
Royal Tern
Mad River Mouth., HUM; © Gary Bloomfield
Student Bird Art, cont.
Grade 4
1st Place: Finn Murphy, Union Street Charter, Peregrine
Falcon; Lee Pobiecke, Trillium Charter, Spotted Owl
2nd Place: Deja Coleman, Orleans Elementary, Belted
Kingfisher; Luan Scrivner, Redwood Coast Montessori,
Peregrine Falcon
3rd Place: Roselyn Soto, Junction Elementary, Northern
Flicker; Amele Stroven, Mistwood Educational Center,
Steller’s Jay
Ella Villamor, Sunny Brae Middle School,
American Goldfinch
Laysan Albatross: 1, Repositioning CruiseOffshore Humboldt, 30 Apr (PL, MOb) • Murphy’s
Petrel:
8,
Repositioning
Cruise-Offshore
Humboldt, 30 Apr (PL, MOb) • Cattle Egret: 1,
Arcata Marsh, 20 Apr (KB, RF, MOb); 1, FerndaleCoffee Creek Rd, 29 Mar-18Apr (KB, JP, MOb) •
White-faced Ibis: 2, Arcata Bottoms-Moxon Dairy,
1 May (KO, AF); 1 Loleta Wetland, 1 May (TL)
• Sandhill Crane: 1, flying over Humboldt Bay,
13 Apr (SB, BE, ML) • Black-necked Stilt: 1-2,
HBNWR, 7-11 Apr (AW, JH, AL, MOb) • Pacific
Golden-Plover: 1, Arcata Bottoms, 7 Mar (PC);
1, Arcata Bottoms, 25 Apr (BE) • Sabine’s Gull:
175, Repositioning Cruise-Offshore Humboldt, 30
Apr (PL, MOb) • Laughing Gull: 1, South Spit,
12 Apr (JH, MOb); 1 (same bird?), Mad River
Mouth, 24-25 Apr (GL, LL, MOb) • Glaucous
Gull: 1, McKinleyville, 19-24 Apr (SC, CO, MOb);
1, Eureka, 14-20 Apr (CO, MC) • Royal Tern: 1
(1st confirmed modern record), Eureka-Elk River
Mouth, 17 Apr (DLP, KB, DC, RF, MOb); 1 (same
bird), Mad River Mouth, 25-30 Apr (AL, MOb);
1 (same bird); South Jetty, 1 May (BE, MOb) •
Long-eared Owl: 1, Arcata Bottoms-V St Loop,
HO-7 Apr (MOb) • Prairie Falcon: 1, Dyerville
Loop, 4 Mar (BE) • Say’s Phoebe: 1, Ferndale
Bottoms-Centerville Rd, 1 Mar (GC); 1, Scotia,
26 Apr (CE) • Tropical Kingbird: 1, Ferndale
Bottoms-Centerville Rd, HO-19 Mar (GC, MOb)
• Loggerhead Shrike: 1, Loleta-Quinn Rd, HO-7
Apr (GC, MOb) • Northern Shrike: 1, HBNWR, 23
Mar (BE) • Black-capped Chickadee: Big Rock,
Willow Cr, 20 Apr (GS, TL) • Rock Wren: 1, Rock
Grades 5 and 6
1st Place: Ella Villamor, Sunny Brae
Middle School, American Goldfinch
2nd Place: Owen Smith, Freshwater
Elementary, Spotted Towhees
3rd Place: Kayla Nelson, Mistwood
Educational Center, Ruby-crowned
Kinglet
Grades 7 through 12
1st Place: Tori McConnell, Alder
Grove Charter, Marbled Godwits
2nd Place : Cassidy Kessler, Zane
Middle School, Peregrine Falcon
3rd Place: Phengchee Yong, Zane
Middle School, Western Grebes
Wren Rocks-Dyerville Loop, 4-14 Mar (BE, MOb)
• House Wren: 1, Friday Ridge Rd, 12 Apr (GB,
TL) • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 2 Friday Ridge Rd,
12, 20 Apr (GB, TL) • Northern Mockingbird: 1,
D St, Eureka, HO-18 Mar (GC); 1, Arcata, 4 Mar
(BH) • Northern Waterthrush: 1, Arcata Marsh,
HO-1 Apr (MOb) • Palm Warbler: 1-2, Arcata
Marsh, HO-26 Apr (MOb); 1, Ferndale BottomsCenterville Rd, 1 Mar (GC) • Rufous-crowned
Sparrow: 4, Cain Rock-Alder Point, 12 Apr (TK,
MOb) • Clay-colored Sparrow: 1, Eureka, HO-2
Mar (EF, MOb) • Vesper Sparrow: 1, Petrolia,
17 Apr (TK, MOb) • Swamp Sparrow: 1, Arcata
Marsh, HO-20 Apr (MOb) • Summer Tanager: 1
(same as previous Arcata bird), Arcata-Zehdner
Ave, 10 Mar-9 Apr (GB, MOb) • Hooded Oriole:
1, Petrolia, 17 Apr (TK, MOb) • Lawrence’s
Goldfinch: 1, Garberville, 16 Apr (CO).
Cited Observers:
Samantha Bacon, Gary Bloomfield, Ken Burton,
Scott Carey, Phil Chaon, Greg Chapman, Daryl
Coldren, Mark Colwell, Casey Easley, Brad
Elvert, Elizabeth Feucht, Andrew Ford, Rob
Fowler, Brendon Higgins, Jared Hughey, Paul
Lehman, Tom Leskiw, Tony Kurz, Tristin
McKee, Alexandra Lamb, David La Puma,
Matt Lau, Gary Lester, Lauren Lester, Chet
Ogan, Kurt Ongman, Jude Power, Gary Stacey,
Andrew Wiegardt.
Grade 1: Abbey Garcia, Trinidad
School, Spotted Owl
Grade 2: Lulu Marsh, Redwood Coast
Montessori, Anna’s Hummingbird;
David Gutierrez, Dow’s Prairie
Elementary, Spotted Owl
Grade 3: Kyu Hang, Arcata Elementary,
Great Blue Heron; Julia Grant, Orleans
Elementary, Chestnut-backed Chickadee;
Emma Mitchell, Dow’s Prairie School,
American Robin; Lilac Estevez, South
Bay School, Snowy Owl
Grade 6: Rubi Sanmiguel, Sunny Brae
Middle School, Peregrine Falcon
Grade 7: Caleb Micah Harrison,
Redwood Preparatory Charter, Northern
Harrier; Lenci Pole, Orleans Elementary,
Forster’s Tern
Best Depiction
of Bird in Habitat Award
Isaac Lien, Grade 4, Dow’s Prairie
School, Marsh Wren; Sam Gaiera,
Grade 4, Union Street Charter,
American Goldfinches; Adam
Amele Stroven, Mistwood
Luke Harrison, Grade 5, Redwood
Preparatory Charter, Osprey; Shirley Educational Center, Steller’s Jay
Ferrara Frame, Grade 6, Alder Grove
Charter, American Robin; Sharon Rose Harrison, Grade
11, Alder Grove Charter, Bald Eagle
Honorable Mentions
Kindergarten: Alexandra Phelan, Fuente Nueva Charter,
Sean Olsen, Morris Elementary,
Spotted Owl
Great Blue Heron