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Arkansas BirdsNewsletter of the Arkansas Audubon SocietySpring 2018 | Volume 63 | No. 1

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Bird Friendly Yards Program Expands to 51 Certified Yards Throughout Arkansas

A lush stand of trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) graces Jack and Pam Stewart’s Bird Friendly Yard. | Photo: PAM STEWART

By PAM and JACK STEWARTAAS Members

The Arkansas Audubon Society Bird Friendly Yard program continues to create oases for birds throughout Arkansas. There are now

51 such havens in 19 counties. By planting natives and eliminating invasives, each yard connects to local natural communities where the plants, insects, birds, and other wildlife have developed relationships that provide the requirements for these organisms. By restoring lost habitat, bird friendly yards may also help

wildlife survive population and climate fluctuations.The yards are certified under three categories:

“Working to Become Bird Friendly,” “Bird Friendly Green,” or “Bird Friendly Gold” based on the number of points achieved. For a description of the criteria and for a free application form, visit http://arbirds.org/intro.htm. For questions email us at [email protected].

Newly participating yards belong to: Donna Knauf, Madison County Heidi Haskins, Hot Springs County Janet Nye (two yards, two counties,

Pulaski and Searcy)

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Newsletter and Membership InformationThe Arkansas Audubon Society Newsletter is a quarterly publication of Arkansas Audubon Society, Inc., a nonprofit 501 (c) (3)

organization, 472 Rock Creek Rd., Hot Springs, AR 71913-9261. Issue dates are March, June, September, and December.

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Draw check to Arkansas Audubon Society and send to: Wayne Lynch, Treasurer, P.O. Box 2426, Hot Springs, AR 71914

I’m excited to see everyone at our upcoming spring meeting here in Bentonville. We’ll be a few hops and skips from the fish hatchery in Centerton. A few flaps of the wing will get

us further afield to Chesney Prairie and many other choice locations. Our 2011 fall meeting was even fewer flaps away in Rogers. A whopping 1.5 miles in fact. In between, there is a shared city limits sign, a few hundred businesses, and a few scraps of wild space. Most of these have for-sale signs wooing prospective developers and land speculators. None appears to be prime Bell’s Vireo real estate, though I’m sure they’d be priced out anyway. AAS’ volunteer-entered bird records show this was once not the case. Perhaps upcoming wetland restoration at Lake Bentonville can change that. Or maybe we’ll just call ourselves fortunate to explore some hopeful vireo real estate at Chesney.

-ADAM SCHAFFER, AAS PRESIDENTSomewhere “between” Rogers and Bentonville

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Conservation Corner: AAS Voices Strong Support for Migratory Bird Treaty Act,

Endangered Species Act, and Other LawsBy MAUREEN McCLUNGConservation Chair

Since the last update in spring of 2017, AAS has taken a handful of conservation actions. We joined a group of Arkansas entities called the “Friends of

Responsible Lighting and Natural Skies.” This group is coordinated by the Arkansas Natural Sky Association, and by joining, we have publicly “committed to responsible outdoor lighting practices—protective of the nocturnal environment while meeting legitimate needs for artificial lighting.” At a future AAS meeting, we hope to bring programming that will describe the problems of light pollution and provide tools for promoting natural skies for the birds, for us, and for other wildlife.

We also signed on to letters and authored a few of our own (see summaries below). For a more-detailed look at these letters, visit www.arbirds.org and click on the “conservation” link.

Letters authored by other groups• Addressed to our congressional representatives

and authored by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Coalition, this letter asked for support of a continuation of the enacted funding level and rejection of any efforts to do harm to the LWCF in the 2017 fiscal year appropriations bill. (Apr. 2017)

• Addressed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and authored by the American Bird Conservancy, this letter spoke to the FCC’s request for comments on whether the siting and construction of communication towers should continue to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, and Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The letter expressed strong support of environmental laws,

indicating opposition to exemptions for the FCC. (June 2017)

• Addressed to Majority Leader McConnell, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Ryan, and members of the Natural Resources Committee and Environmental Public Works Committee, this letter (authored by the Endangered Species Coalition) was signed by 422 groups to express our strong support of the Endangered Species Act. ( July 2017)

• Addressed to members of Congress and authored by National Audubon, this letter urged our representatives to oppose any legislation (such as HR.4239 – the SECURE American Energy Act) that undermines the effectiveness of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. This 100-year-old law is the bedrock of avian conservation, and a new interpretation of the law by the current administration frees private interests from prosecution and fines if birds are killed during their activities. ( Jan. 2018)

Letters we authored• Submitted a letter via National Audubon’s

Action Center that urged Congress to support legislation (S.820/HR.1889) to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Apr. 2017)

• Addressed a letter to Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to express our opposition of any amendments to the Bureau of Land Management’s sage-grouse land management plans. ( July 2017)

If you have conservation concerns you would like to bring to the attention of AAS, please email [email protected]


By MITCHELL PRUITTAAS Member

The night of October 30th was one of the first really cold ones of the season. The lingering high-pressure system brought with it no wind,

and the moon was illuminating the forest at 80 percent full. At 9 p.m., a dainty second-year male saw-whet owl was captured. Before release, he was banded and tagged with the last radio transmitter until the new shipment arrived. Like all of my tagged birds, he received a name: Moose. Just after midnight, another bird found its way into the nets: this one, an underweight second-year female. Having just run out of transmitters, she was banded and released without: 1104-35813.

On November 9th, while I was at a conference in Utah, field assistants captured 1104-35813 again. She was no longer underweight, but was too feisty to tag with one of the new transmitters. She was released. On November 15th, 1104-35813 was back and demanding a radio transmitter like her friends had. She got her

Arkansas Saw-whet Owl Project Update: Mitchell Plays Game of Hide and Seek with

Owls “Trip” and “Moose”!wish! Hat-trick (Trip) was her name, in honor of being captured three times.

Thanks to the transmitter, we now know that Trip spent most of the fall banding season at Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC), among the hustle and bustle. At night, she was often located right in front of the main building, probably making use of the open understory for hunting. Not long after her final capture, I was able to track her to a roost in an eastern red cedar on-site at ONSC. Trip was the first of my tagged saw-whets to have been located visually. I was awestruck by the tiny ball of feathers resting unnoticed in the cedar boughs. She was no higher than 13 feet and not far from the trunk.

Throughout winter, Trip enjoyed our mild-ish weather. She vacationed elsewhere during the last week of December but otherwise remained on the refuge until likely migrating northward. After a brief hiatus from wanting to be located, I was able to find another roost and locate her visually again. She’s the only individual I have tracked to cedars rather than short-leaf pine.

Trip in November. | Photo: MITCHELL PRUITT


As of February 26, faithful Trip was the only owl left in the area. Her most recent cedar was located in what I have termed the Hansel and Gretel forest, a dense and rather creepy swath of cedars with gnarly old trees dating back to who knows when. This was not the first time I have tracked Trip to the Hansel and Gretel forest and, I must say, it was much less eerie on a calm, sunny day than on a creaky, gloomy day. It didn’t take me long to pinpoint the tree and, after several minutes of searching the crown, I located a little mass of fluff perched serenely where the crown was thickest and limbs from another cedar encroached upon those of the roost tree. This time, Trip was higher, roosting at least 25 feet up and 4 feet from the trunk. With the naked eye, her silhouette could have been a tangle of cedar needles or, perhaps, some deciduous leaves captured in the evergreen’s grasp. Based on a quick Google Earth study, the domain she ruled from December to March was 12 acres.

Until late January, Trip’s traveling companion, Moose, remained in the area as well. The location of this tiny male proved difficult to triangulate on in the Ozark terrain, and his roost(s) remained a secret for nearly two months. However, his signal was unmoving during this time; unusual, as most of the tagged saw-whets were in and out of the area constantly. This caused reason for concern. A stationary signal is often a sign of a dropped transmitter or a dead study organism. In late January, I led a recovery mission, fully expecting to find an owl-less transmitter.

The signal bounced ceaselessly, guiding us up and down several hollows. Finally managing to pinpoint a precise direction, my crew and I were led to a rise covered in cedar and short-leaf pine. Things were looking up, quite literally, after discovering the strongest signal was coming from a tree and not the ground! It was a recovery mission no longer. For the next hour, we scoured a small cluster of conifers. Tired and hungry, I gave a final half-hearted look into the top of a pine. Wind whipping, a small ball of feathers clinging to a branch shot through my field of view. It was Moose! He held tightly, preening during a lull in the wind. His sacred roost was >70 feet up and about 10 feet from the trunk. We were ecstatic. Moose, probably not so much.

A quick search below the roost tree turned up 6 pellets, including one that was very fresh and sticky. A single gooey-fresh pellet from Trip was a nice find too. Analysis so far has turned up remains from both Blarina sp. (shrew) and Peromyscus sp. (mouse).

Without the aid of radio telemetry, saw-whets would surely go unnoticed, as they largely have since the time of Arkansas’s pioneering ornithologists. A low (25 foot) cedar roost seems to be out of the norm for our region; try finding one 75 feet up a pine! I certainly couldn’t have done it without the help of technology. 2017–2018 saw 16 transmitters deployed. Detections have been obtained from 9 individuals, and 6 roost sites have been found. Just a few weeks remain in the final monitoring season of my master’s and the Arkansas Saw-whet Owl Project.

Moose in a tall pine. | Photo: MITCHELL PRUITT


Distribution and Abundance of Arkansas BirdsThe Summer Season: June 1–July 31, 2017

By KENNY NICHOLSMember, Bird Records Committee

Uncommon but increasing, 9 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks were counted at Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery, Lonoke 14 Jul (Cindy

Franklin, Bill Burnham).Rare and local, an Inca Dove was spotted at the

Lake Chicot City Boat Ramp, Chicot 23 Jun (Michael Linz, Allan Mueller, Leif Anderson).

Just the third for the state, a Broad-billed Hummingbird was photographed visiting a feeder in Arkadelphia, Clark 7–9 July (Glenn & Evylen Good).

Rare and very local, 2 King Rails were photographed at Bundrick Farms, Lafayette 17 July (Charles Lyon).

Very rare in the summer season, 2 Sandhill Cranes were photographed east of Paragould, Greene 14 Jun (Timothy Jones).

An impressive 150 Black-necked Stilts were counted 8 Jul at Bald Knob NWR, White (Terry & Judy Butler); just as impressive so far north and east, 36 were counted on the Lafe BBS Route, Greene 7 Jun (LA).

Rare but annual, a southbound Piping Plover was photographed 13 Jul at Camp Nine Farm, Desha (Dick Baxter).

Uncommon and local, 9 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at West-Ark Sod Farms, Crawford were a bit early on 28 Jul ( Joe Neal, Bill & Toka Bell).

Just the tenth for the state, a Sooty Tern photographed at Bois D’Arc Lake, Hempstead 23 Jun (Bob Harden) was most likely a result of Tropical Storm Cindy.

A Forster’s Tern at Bald Knob NWR, White 3 Jul was about a week early (Glenn & Michelle Wyatt).

A Common Loon was observed on Bull Shoals Lake, Marion 7 Jun (Tony Heindel). This species is occasionally recorded during the summer season.

Rare but increasing, two Neotropic Cormorants were photographed at Bald Knob NWR, White 7–8 Jul (ML, Randy Robinson, Rhonda Townsend ph.); a single was identified at SWEPCO Lake, Benton 6 & 30 Jul ( Joe Neal, Terry Stanfill, Mitchell Pruitt).

Rare but annual, a Tricolored Heron was photographed south of Pine Bluff, Jefferson 1 Jul (Delos

McCauley).Rare so far north, an immature White Ibis was

observed north of Olyphant, Jackson 4 Jun (Kenny & LaDonna Nichols).

Perhaps just the second for Monroe, an impressive 12 Roseate Spoonbills were at Dagmar WMA 25 Jul ( Jeffrey Cothern).

Rare and very local during the nesting season, 3 Swainson’s Hawks were observed at Chesney Prairie Natural Area, Benton 24 Jun (JN, Joan Reynolds).

Willow Flycatcher is a rare and local breeder in areas of remnant prairie. One observed south of Centerton, Benton 1 Jun appeared to be on territory (JN).

Rare but regular, 2 Cave Swallows were at Millwood Lake, Hempstead 23 Jun (Charles Mills) while 3 were photographed at Camp Nine Farms, Desha 9 Jul (DB).

Hard to find so late in the season, a Louisiana Waterthrush was seen at Hobbs State Park, Benton 29 Jul ( JN, JR).

Rare and local, 2 Swainson’s Warblers were photographed at Pond Creek NWR, Sevier 4 Jul (CL).

A single Cerulean Warbler on the Hatfield BBS Route, Polk 12 Jun (LA) was unexpected for the Ouachita Mountains; an impressive 10 were counted on Whitney Mountain, Benton 2 Jun (JN, Jen Mortensen).

Yellow Warblers are rare and very local breeders in the state; one was observed on the Lafe BBS Route, Greene 7 Jun, and two were counted the next day on the Wilson BBS Route, Mississippi (both LA).

New Arkansas Audubon Society MembersCarla AndersonColeman & Gail Matthews, HamburgLinda Bly, Little RockJames Wear, North Little RockLynn Risser, Fayetteville

New Life MembersMarty Lynch

Donations to General FundRory SangsterKelly CollamoreJerri HoskynStephen Hasley


BirdLR Events Celebrate Birds in Central AR By DAN SCHEIMANAAS Trust Chair

This is the Year of the Bird, a recognition of the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. In celebration of that and World Migratory

Bird Day, Audubon Arkansas is calling all birders to participate in a Birdathon on May 12. This Birdathon is part of a larger bird-appreciation day in central Arkansas we’re calling BirdLR, our take on Audubon California’s Bird LA Day in Los Angeles.

Birdathons all over the country engage thousands of birders in raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for bird conservation. BirdLR’s Birdathon is a competitive search for birds plus a fun way to raise money for Audubon Arkansas’s bird conservation and environmental education work. Teams of 2–5 have set species and fundraising goals. Now they are collecting donations as well as pledges per species seen. Teams will

compete for prizes for the most species seen and money raised. The Birdathon boundary is Pulaski County on May 12 from 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. All teams will convene at a Bird Bash tally rally at 5 p.m. for food, fellowship, and awards, plus a BirdLR t-shirt! Check out all of the teams’ profiles at ar.audubon.org/conservation/birdathon.

While birders are doing their thing, non-birders will also be able to join in the fun through a Bird Search Scavenger Hunt. Teams will compete to find birdy things around downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock using a list of clues created by Audubon Arkansas. The $25/person registration fee also supports our work. Bird Search team registration is due May 9.

Want to support BirdLR but aren’t able to join a Birdathon or Bird Search team? Then Bird Your Way by helping a Birdathon team reach their fundraising goal, donating directly to Audubon Arkansas, or sharing your sightings with us through Facebook using #BirdLR.


By DOTTIE BOYLESNews of Members Editor

Dr. Ragupathy Kannan happily announces that his push to shore up the Arkansas Audubon Society Trust (AAST) endowment

reached a personal milestone. His 2018 Ecuador and Trinidad tours helped him reach $10,000 for the Trust. The AAST has set an ambitious goal of reaching $200,000 for the endowment by its 50th anniversary in 2022. Kannan thanks the many birders who participated in and recruited for his tours to Belize, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. He dreams of doing India/Singapore/Sri Lanka sometime, so please stay tuned!

Dan and Samantha Scheiman added Greater White-fronted Goose to their New York state list in November. This species is uncommon and irregular on Long Island. It took them three tries because the bird would come and go with a flock of Canada Geese to Belmont Lake State Park.

While in Wisconsin in December they drove to Kenosha just to see European Goldfinches. This clown-faced exotic can be found from Chicago to Milwaukee and beyond. They saw six birds visiting feeders at a wild bird supply store. It was a great season for Common Redpolls with up to eight visiting Samantha’s parents’ feeders every day of their visit.

Keith and Rayma Jean Hawkins and the birding dog DD spent the month of December 2017 in south Texas. Keith reports that the base of adventure was Laguna Vista, a small town just west of Port Isabel. It was a great break from an Arkansas December, cold and damp. However, the deep cold fronts reached south Texas, and one day it snowed, the first snow recorded for over 13 years. The wind seemed to blow more and

stronger than in previous experiences.Birding was fun! We hit all the usual spots including

Laguna Atascosa NWR, Santa Ana NWR, South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center, and others. I did get caught up in one fruitless rare bird chase. An orange something Mango was spotted at Quinta Mazatlan, and Rayma Jean strongly encouraged me to go for the bird. After the second day and approximately four hours it dawned on me: ‘Hawkins you are a bird watcher, not a birder, so get out of here and stop wasting time!’ The process was interesting, and I met people from as far away as Michigan and Alaska who had made the trip specifically to see the bird. One gal was up to something like 831 birds she had seen in the North America region. I love bird watching, but this is way out of my league of interest.

The food was awesome as usual. Willy’s Original BBQ just outside Alamo on the way to Santa Ana is our favorite! I did get to add two new birds to my life list: a pair of Tamaulipas Crows (that showed up this year at the Brownsville Landfill after many years absent) and a Zone-tailed Hawk. The hawk was thanks to Mr. Bill Beatty, a local birder. Were it not for Bill I would have ignored the bird as just another Turkey Vulture.

The Artists in Our Midst group will be hosting the fourth annual Art for the Birds exhibit at Big Cuppa Coffee in Morrilton, Arkansas from March 15 through May 1, 2018. This year’s theme will be Rare, Endangered, Extinct. The exhibit is seeking artwork in any media featuring birds which are rare to Arkansas, endangered in any habitat, or now extinct. To submit work for the exhibit or for more information, contact curator George R. Hoelzeman via email at [email protected] or text 501-416-0514. The exhibit is open to all Arkansas artists. Awards and reception date will be announced on the Artists in Our

Member News: Birders Escape Cold, Damp Arkansas Winter to Enjoy Birds, Food, and Flora of South Texas, Colombia, and Africa


Midst Facebook page.In early November, Allan and Kathleen Mueller,

Ray and Karen Holliday, and Ray’s twin sister Kay participated in a two-week Road Scholar Southern Africa Birding Safari to the countries of Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, and a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana. The trip included visits to both the Zambia and Zimbabwe sides of Victoria Falls. Namibia was a brief two-hour side trip that Allan, Karen, and Kay took to add another country to their passports. It was well worth the extra effort, as they saw their only Long-crested Eagle there.

Also, Allan, Kathleen, and Karen spent a week before the Road Scholar trip at a wonderful game lodge adjacent to the Greater Kruger National Park in South Africa. Their ranger and tracker were extremely skilled and made sure they saw numerous birds, the “Big Five” safari animals, and many more. Highlights included White and Black Rhinoceros, Cheetahs, Leopards, Lions, Painted Dogs, Hyenas, Giraffes, and hundreds of Elephants, Hippopotamus, and Cape Buffalos. All had babies because it was springtime.

Outstanding birds included Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, one of the largest owls in the world; Southern Ground Hornbills, the largest species of Hornbills and considered bad luck; African Finfoot; Fan-tailed Widowbirds; Grey Crowned Cranes; Taita Falcon; plus Spur-winged Geese, the largest waterfowl in Africa. Ruffs and Egyptian Geese were everywhere. The estimated number of bird species seen was: Botswana-86, Namibia-14, South Africa-162, Zambia-103, and Zimbabwe-200, with a trip total of 290 species. Almost all were life birds.

In January, Karen Holliday joined Shane Woolbright and Arthur Evans for a birding and orchid excursion to Colombia. The first week was spent in the Cali region birding the San Antonio Cloud Forest, KM 18, and the Anchicaya watershed. This area in the Colombian Andes is considered a top birding destination with over 300+ species, and for finding rare orchids. Cloud forest birds seen included Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Club-winged Manakins, and Ornate

Hawk Eagle. The KM 18 area attracts over 15 species of hummingbirds. Spotted were Booted Raquettail, Long-tailed Sylph, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, and many more, plus uncommon fruit eaters like Multicolored Tanagers and Toucan Barbets. In the watershed, the main target was the Andean Cock-of-the-rock. At an active lek, five large males flew in displaying and uttering loud, guttural croaks. Everyone was fascinated by this spectacular and bizarre-looking bird. Best orchid was the impressive Dracula Orchid.

The second week was spent at Mitu, a small town on the Rio Vaupes, a tributary of the Amazon River. Mitu is one of the most remote birding destinations in Colombia, accessible only by plane or boat. It is a hotspot for specific birds because of the white-sand forests, a rare type of subtropical rainforest. Each day a different trail wound through varied habitats. At a Guianan Cock-of-the-rock lek, four males cavorted and vocalized. The “rock” part comes from their preference for rocks and ledges to attach their mud cup nests to. The local guide led the group to a nest in a rock cave that was also filled with bats circling and jaguar prints in the sandy floor. Numerous endemic and near-endemic birds spotted included Amazonian Umbrellabirds, Ivory-billed Aracari, Red-fan Parrots, Pavonine Quetzal, Chestnut-crested and White-plumed Antbirds, Azur-naped Jay, and Tawny-tufted Toucanet. The trip total was close to 200 species, most life birds. No jaguars were seen.

Zone-tailed Hawk. | Photo: KEITH HAWKINS


Halberg Ecology Camp Gears Up for 2018; Please Donate and Spread the Word!

By BARRY HAASEcology Camp Treasurer

As this is being written in mid-February, we are waiting for the U.S. Forest Service to confirm our requested reservation dates at Camp

Clearfork for the two June Halberg Ecology Camp sessions. When that happens, it will trigger a flurry of activity.

The 2018 Halberg application forms will be finalized at that time, as will the one-page flyers we use to help advertise the camp. Also at that point the Camp Committee, Arkansas Audubon Society members, and others will do everything possible to fill the 100

openings, 50 each session, with boys and girls who will complete the 5th or 6th grade this spring.

Want to help? Think of friends and neighbors who have children in elementary school who you know love nature. Want to greatly expand their knowledge of nature? This is an exceptional hands-on nature learning opportunity.

Donations to fund the camp also help. Donors should make checks payable either “AAS Halberg Ecology Camp” or “Arkansas Audubon Society,” and mail them to P.O. Box 242088, Little Rock, AR 72223. All donations are tax deductible and acknowledged by letter or email (email when possible to save on postage expense).

Ecology campers enjoy an evening program during a 2017 camp session. | Photo: TAMZEN TUMLISON BRYANT


Fall AppealRickie Sterne & Chrisanda ButtonHelen ParkerKeith & Rayma HawkinsDottie PattersonLeif AndersonJohn & Donna SimpsonSusan McNuttCatherine HepinstallCatherine & Robert RossWilla HarkeyDr. Shirley Ann GilmoreCindy Franklin & Bill BurnhamRob & Lisa DosterHolly ChildsSteven & Laura ArnoldEd & Sil PembletonFrancie & Brian BolterMary Bess Mulhollan

Donations by Individuals

Linda & Douglas Morse

Endowment-Memorial FundRuth & Charles Anderson

Fall Appeal (Parents and Grandparents)

Bryan & Heather CarterHerschel Raney & Vicki Stancil

Scholarships & Tuition Assistance

Susan & Jeffrey HoeperAudubon Arkansas

Memorials and Honoraria

Ellen Turner in memory of Martha Johnson & in honor of Art Johnson

Linda & Douglas Morse in honor of Claire Shaw’s 80th birthday

Dawn Butler Graves as a Christmas gift for Terry & Judy Butler

Beth McKenzie in memory of Joyce GodfreyDon & Ann Godfrey in memory of Joyce

GodfreyHugh & Pat Donnell in honor of Dr. Hugh

Donnell’s birthday

Max Parker Fund

Helen Parker in memory of Max Parker and John Parker

Joseph & Terrisue Parker in memory of Max Parker and John Parker

Leslie Parker in memory of Max Parker and John Parker

Ecology Camp Donations(November 24, 2017–February 15, 2018)

AAS Trust Donations(November 24, 2017–February 15, 2018)

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