THE 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...
A 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...
NESTING 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...
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...