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Explorations - Summer 2008
Shorebird Stewards Report on Their Season by Cathy Folio and Terri & Bruce Allen From Cathy Folio As the full moon of May approaches the Delaware Bayshore each year, a herculean mass of species is on the move. Waves of Horseshoe Crabs enter the bay currents heading for ancient breeding grounds. A veritable typhoon of migrating shorebirds - red knots, ruddy turnstones, dunlins, sanderlings, and semipalmated sandpipers - is surging up the Atlantic coastline en route to a crucial meeting with the crabs. And an army of humans is converging on the bay to roll out the red carpet for these weary, breeding travelers from another time and place. < read more > From Terri and Bruce Allen Every year we face the arrival of the shorebirds in May with both anticipation and a sense of foreboding. Anticipation because of the pleasure of long warm days sitting reading, trying to look official with our tags and Shore Bird Project Tee-s and caps, looking through the binoculars and scopes at new arrivals landing in clusters of ten, twenty or more, wheeling into the beach, changing direction to head out further on the bay, then for no apparent reason changing direction yet again and alighting on the edge of the bay where the sand meets the water, pecking, busy, looking for food. < read more > The View By: Margaret O'Gorman, Executive Director I really like and support New Jersey’s Community Colleges. I think they are a great resource for all of us who live in the state - for those who cannot commit to full-time education, those who seek to continue their education through night classes or those who maybe need a second chance to improve their grades before moving on to university. Over the years I’ve taken classes at both Burlington County College and Mercer County Community College in subjects ranging from HTML to bicycle repair and maintenance. < read more > A Better Bat Gate Read about our appeal to help save thousands of hibernating bats in New Jersey and your generous response to it. < read more > Days of the Peregrine - Endangered Species in the Classroom By: Maria Grace, Education Manager This spring, we had a wonderful opportunity to share the story of one of NJ's rarest residents, a pair of peregrine falcons as they attempted to raise a family through the Newspaper in Education Program in the Bergen Record. Through this program, we developed an 8 week educational activity series entitled, Days of the Peregrine that ran every Friday from April 18th to June 13th. The Bergen Record's Newspaper in Education Program provides over 14,000 newspapers a day to 1,000 teachers throughout Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, and Morris Counties. The program provides in-paper activities, such as Days of the Peregrine, and curriculum aids to help teachers and students use the paper effectively. <read more> Women and Wildlife: A Special Recognition By: Patricia Shapella, Director of Development With a cool breeze blowing and the marsh grass and blue water glistening in the afternoon sun, Conserve Wildlife Foundation gathered together more than 40 friends, family and colleagues of Stacy Moore Hagan on July 11, 2008, to celebrate her achievements as a outstanding woman wildlife scientist. Stacy was nominated posthumously for the 2008 Women & Wildlife Awards.Women & Wildlife: Special Recognition Award. <Read more > Please visit our website. Please consider a gift that gives twice. If you take any of the Amazon.com links placed throughout this edition of Explorations or through our website, a portion of the sale price (between 4-8% based on volume) will support our work and our wildlife without any effect on the price you pay. This is an easy way to support New Jersey’s wildlife and a very good deal for all! Click here for the listing of our upcoming events and festivals!	Shorebird Stewards Report The View by Margaret O'Gorman Days of the Peregrine A Better Bat Gate Women and Wildlife: A Special Recognition Calendar of Upcoming Events Archive of past issues
	Staff Margaret O'Gorman Executive Director Michael Davenport GIS Specialist Maria Grace Education and Outreach Manager MacKenzie Hall Private Lands Biologist Brian Henderson GIS Specialist Debbi Nichols Executive Assistant Todd Pover Beach Nesting Bird Project Manager Patricia Shapella Director of Development Larissa Smith Assistant Biologist Ben Wurst Habitat Program Manager
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