CREATING 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...
BIRD 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...
Sandor “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...
PLEASE 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...
PLEASE 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...
PLEASE 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...
PLEASE 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,...
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm A BIRDING SAFARI IN KENYA To travel the world looking for small birds is to see everything, for how can you miss an elephant, leopard, historic monument or larger bird? In March and April 2022, Lifetime Naturalist and Conservationist, retired U.S. National Park Ranger, World...
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm FROM THE ASHES: LIFE AFTER WILDFIRE IN THE LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST Bryant Baker What happens in the first days, weeks, and months after a fire comes to our region and leaves nothing but burnt stems and ash behind? What do our local ecosystems look...
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm CALIFORNIA’S NATIVE BEES California is home to over 1,600 species of native bees, and they are a vital part of many ecosystems. They are important pollinators and a sign of a healthy garden. Through macro photography you’ll get to know more about these native bees, their...
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING CALIFORNIA NATIVES California native plants can make excellent, drought tolerant choices for our gardens, saving water and providing food and shelter for native insects, birds, and other animals, but there’s also a long history of how our local indigenous peoples made use...
PLEASE NOTE THE NEW TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM - 7:00pm MAY MONTHLY PROGRAM BIRDING THE SPINE OF SOUTH AMERICA: TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE ANDES MOUNTAINS By David Pereksta Andean Cock-of-the-Rock. Photo by David Pereksta The Andes Mountains form the backbone of South America; extending along the entire length of the western side of...