Posts Tagged ‘Monthly General Meeting’
Monthly Program: Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary: Protecting and Promoting Southern California Wildlands with Sandy DeSimone
The National Audubon Society’s Starr Ranch Sanctuary, located in Southern Orange County, is one of the few places in Southern California that still looks as it did hundreds of years…
Read MoreMonthly Program: Pelagic Birding in San Diego with Stan Walens
Pelagic (ocean) birding trips can seem daunting—a moving vessel with distant dots zooming past. Identifying anything seems nearly impossible. How does one go about pelagic birding? What should we look…
Read MoreBird Migration: The More we Learn, the Less we Know, with Ed Pandolfino
Ever since Aristotle wondered where the swallows went in winter, humans have been curious about the movements of birds. Even given the very basic methods available in the 19th and…
Read MoreMonthly Program: The First People— Medicinal Plants of Southern California Tribes
The Payómkawichum creation story tells us that among The First People were plants, trees, and animals. Their natural medicines derived from native plants are as healing and as powerful today…
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Monthly Event…stay tuned for topic!
Planting for Birds—Using Native California Plants to Create Habitat at Home, with Scot Pipkin
Plants are the foundation of most ecosystems on earth. If we want to create rich, diverse, and resilient habitats in our yards and communities, we must start with the appropriate…
Read MoreMonthly Program: Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay with author Julie Zickefoose
Naturalist/artist/writer Julie Zickefoose thinks of herself as an unsung, minor, rather dirty superhero. Her superpower— saving small, economically worthless wildlife that would otherwise perish. An orphaned jay named Jemima was…
Read MoreLittle Fish, Big Impact for Seabirds in California with Anna Weinstein – Monthly General Program
Our beloved seabirds in Southern California and on the west coast are tough and built to last. But they must have access at the right times and places to the…
Read MoreThe Wonderful Life of a Dying Tree with Gillian Martin – Monthly General Program
You are unlikely to view dead trees the same way again after Gillian Martin passionately and persuasively illustrates their contribution to the diversity and sustainability of forests. Yes, even the…
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