Monthly Program
Monthly Program – October 2021
THE WONDERFUL LIFE OF A DYING TREE A dead tree needlessly cut down and hauled away is a tree deprived of half its life value and commendable destiny. Gillian Martin’s presentation unveils the habitat value of dead trees. She persuasively illustrates their contribution to the health and sustainability of forests, yes, even the urban forest....
Monthly Program – November 2021
WILDLIFE CROSSING AT LIBERTY CANYON Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation, leader of the #SaveLACougars Campaign, and the author of When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California, will speak to us on November 1st about this month’s conservation topic. To attend this meeting, use...
Monthly Program – December 2021
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingTHE BIRDS NEED OUR HELP! Population declines have hit many of our favorite birds, and it's time we talk about how we can help them out. Join our President, Frank DeMartino, who will take a closer look at Cornell's Seven Simple Actions as well as some other local organizations and projects that are helping restore...
Monthly Program – January 2022
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingA GUIDED TOUR OF PANAMA’S COLORFUL BIRDS Guido Berguido In Panama, where there is an amazing variety of environments within a small space. From marshes to dry scrub to rainforests to foothills and all the way up to mountainous cloud forests over 3,000 feet high, brightly colored resident birds share their home with thousands of...
Monthly Program – February 2022
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingNESTING IN THE CITY With Daniel S. Cooper PhD Dan Cooper Bird populations, particularly in urban areas, are in constant flux, with some species adapting and thriving, and others declining. Daniel S. Cooper Ph.D. will describe two studies he recently conducted as part of his dissertation for his Ph.D. from UCLA (Biology, 2020). First, he...
Monthly Program – March 2022
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingCREATING AN EVOLVING BACKYARD HABITAT With Don and Chrystal Klabunde Over the past 35 years, the Klabunde's have worked to create a comfortably natural environment in their half acre of rocky clay hillside in Simi Valley. Many bird, mammal and reptile species, visit them regularly to shelter, nest, and feed. To enhance the productivity of...
Monthly Program – April 2022
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingBIRD MIGRATION IN THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS With Dr. Ryan Terrill Dr. Ryan Terrill Bear Divide is a narrow pass in the San Gabriel Mountains, just outside of Los Angeles, that is home to spectacular dawn flights of migrating birds in the spring. With thousands of migrants funneling through such a narrow corridor, this is...
Monthly Program – May 2022
CVAS Monthly Program Zoom MeetingSandor “Alex” Havasi and his wife, Marilyn Fordney, will take us to visit a variety of wet-land locations in our area with stories about their experiences while taking photos of thebirds they found in each place. They’ll also report how these areas have been affectedby encroachment and the effect of weed killers. Each photo will...
Monthly Program – September 2022
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CAPLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm Each September, our first meeting of the season is dedicated to the birding trips and adventures of our members, so you are invited to submit your recent, or not-so-recent photos. Those of you who wish to share your photos, please contact Don Klabunde for instructions and the...
Monthly Program – October 2022
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CAPLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm EVOLUTION OF VISUAL SYSTEM AND COLOR DIVERSITY IN BIRDS Birds can see an astonishing diversity of colors that span not only the human visible spectrum but into the ultraviolet as well. They can also display these colors in their plumage. This array of hues is...
Monthly Program – November 2022
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CAPLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm A 27 YEAR WILDFLOWER JOURNEY: the making of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Rob Badger and Nita Winter take you behind the scenes on their 27-year journey photo-graphing wildflowers throughout California and the West. It began in the year 1992 when...
Monthly Program – December 2022
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo, CAPLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm SPECTACULAR JAPAN Varied Tit There is no doubt that Japan is one of the great civilizations of our planet, yet there is another side that one usually doesn’t contemplate, and this is the natural world of Japan. If one word had to sum it up,...