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QUIZ - - - NEVADA’S BIRDS ○ ○ Gift Idea

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by Chuck Kleber ○
eed an idea for a holiday
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Match these Nevada birds with the description on the right and you can fly. ○ ○ gift for family and
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○ Nfriends? How about a gift
(1) Mallard Duck (A) Dullish brown with white throat and ○ membership to Friends of Red
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breast. Long bill makes it easy to pick ○ Rock Canyon? It’s just $10 a year
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(2) Killdeer up insects. ○ for an individual or $15 for a fam-
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ily. They’ll be kept informed about
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(B) Flanks have bold black and white ○
(3) American Kestrel ○ Canyon issues and programs, learn
stripes. Gray breast. Bill and legs are red. ○
some interesting bits about the
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(4) Chukar ○ environment, wildlife, plants, ge-
(C) Bulky shape. White throat and promi-
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nent, tufted ears. ○ ology, culture and history of the
(5) Great Horned Owl ○ ○ Wild and not-so-Wild West. Most
(D) Chunky gray bird with black wings. ○ ○ important, their support will help
(6) Belted Kingfisher ○ Friends in the conservation of Red
(E) White body feathers with mixed black ○ Rock Canyon.—Pat Williams
(7) Pinyon Jay and white on wings. The crown is streaked ○
with red or orange. ○ ○
(8) Clark’s Nutcracker ○ ○ Desert Trumpet
(F) Male has metallic green head and neck, ○
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with a narrow white collar and ○
(9) Canyon Wren ○ Editor
chestnut breast. ○
Barb Wolin
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(10) Hairy Woodpecker (G) Male and female have a broad, slate ○ Contributing Writers
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blue band on white breast feathers. ○ Louis C. Kleber
Tom Pfaendler
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Jack Ryan
(H) Has distinct, double breast bands, a ○
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red-orange rump (visible in flight) and a ○
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piercing call. ○ Layout, Design & Publishing
Norm Kresge
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Donald Schoengold
(I) Double black stripes on white face with
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○ Christina Wilkinson
a russet back and tail feathers. ○ Barb Wolin
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○ ○ The Desert Trumpet is published monthly by
(J) Blue overall with white streaks on throat. ○
and for FORRC members. Statements, opinions
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and points of view expressed by writers are their
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Answers on page 3 ○ own and do not necessarily reflect those of
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FORRC. Please submit all articles, photos and
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artwork NLT the15th of each month by calling
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Boot Tracks, continued from page 5 ○ climbing wall. Be forewarned, however, ○ of the Desert Trumpet Committee, contact Edi-
tor at 256-8043.
that these hikes are R-rated and not suit- ○
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able for all audiences. FORRC is a non-profit 501 (3) (c) organization
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with deep canyon scenery, lichen-cov- ○ ○
Pine Creek Canyon is vastly popular ○ dedicated solely to the welfare of the Red Rock
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ered boulders and magnificent Ponderosa ○ ○ Canyon National Conservation Area. FORRC
for its variety and accessibility. The over- ○
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pine trees. As you drop down into the ○ ○ provides both volunteers and funding for
all experience scores high on my 1 to 10 ○ projects including environmental education,
wash, you can pick your way across the ○ ○ teacher workshops, natural resource protection,
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rocks to stay on the loop and return to ○ rating system, but loses a few points for ○ ○ cultural resource monitoring, hike programs and
the steep access trail, crowds of people other services. Annual individual membership
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the meadow, or you can venture further ○ ○
○ and noisy rock climbers. Even with those ○ is $10.00. General meetings are held four times
into the canyon along the wash toward ○ ○ a year; Board meetings are held on the second
○ distractions Pine Creek Canyon scores a ○
Mescalito Peak. The south fork will take ○ ○ Tuesday of each month at Sahara West Library
solid seven boots! ○ unless otherwise posted. Messages may be left
you into an area called “The Terraces” ○ ○ at 255-8743. Visit our website at
and the north route leads into “Fern Can- ○ www.friendsofredrockcanyon.or g
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yon” and the famous “Dark Shadows” ○
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