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Officers Elected, Budget Discussed at Annual Meeting March 1
Jackie Van Willigen was reelected to serve another year as president of Audubon Society of Kentucky at the annual spring luncheon and general meeting March 1. Jim Hodge was elected to the newly established office of president-elect. Terri Koontz was elected secretary. Reelected were Bernice Wood, vice president, and Jim Williams, treasurer.
In the business session, most of the discussion concerned profits from the seed sales, which were restarted
last fall after a break, and how much money would be available to budget. The amount of seed sale profits was
not known at the time, but was expected to be enough to cover ASK operating expenses (newsletter, luncheon
honorarium, CBC fees, mail box fee, and miscellaneous), a total of $890. It appeared doubtful that there
would be enough funds available to support all the educational activities at the level of previous years. Treasurer
Jim Williams presented a proposed budget including only four such items: Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary $300, the
Eyrie $100, Nature Conservancy $100, and Kentucky Conservation Committee $100, for a total of $600.
Members approved the budget.
Jim Williams, in his dual role as webmaster of the new ASK website, is working on putting the newsletter on the site. This is not intended to replace mailing the newsletter, at least for now. David Lang volunteered to compile a list of good birding locations in the area, to be added to the website.
A committee headed by Bobbi Shain was appointed to investigate finding a less expensive location for the next luncheon.
In Search of Spring Warblers
Return to Pine Mountain May 2- 4
ASK birders will renew their annual search for spring warblers and other migrants as we return to Pine Mountain State Resort Park on Derby Weekend, May 2-4.
Located in Pineville in southeastern Kentucky, Pine Mountain was the first state park, established in 1924. From Lexington, take I-75 south to Corbin, exit on Hwy. 25-E (signs will indicate Cumberland Gap and Barbourville), and take 25-E to Pineville where signs will direct you to the park entrance. Only 15 miles farther south, in Middlesboro, is Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, where overlooks offer a view of three states (Virginia and Tennessee, besides Kentucky).
Birding is the featured activity of the weekend, but we also have a potluck picnic supper, a Derby party, and a Saturday evening program. The reintroduction of the elk species into Kentucky will be the subject of a talk by Dean Henson, park naturalist. This effort has been so successful that Kentucky now has the largest elk herd east of the Mississippi River. Also on the program, ASK member Wayne Davis will discuss placement of nesting boxes.
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