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Conservation Breeding and Release of San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikes
In the late 1980s, the U.S. Navy approached the San Diego Zoo asking for assistance in the recovery of the San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike. This shrike subspecies is found only on the U.S. Navy’s San Clemente Island, a highly valued training site. Numbers had dropped to as low as 14 birds and the Navy wanted…
Read MoreThe Amazing World of Bats with Don Endicott
Befitting our “Happy New Year” edition, Buena Vista Audubon is featuring San Diego County’s premier (mammalian) flyer, hosted by its champion, Don Endicott. Bats! Those strange, mysterious creatures of the night. Sporting skills of flight and acoustic navigation, bats contribute to our environment in many ways—devouring insects, pollinating wild fruits, and helping reforest disturbed lands.…
Read MoreKumeyaay Ethnobotany – Shared Heritage of the Californias with Michael Wilken-Robertson
Native peoples have lived in the Californias for thousands of years in harmony with nature and the native plants found in our region’s diverse habitats. Locally, the San Luis Rey River formed a boundary of sorts, with Luiseño to the north and Kumeyaay to the south. Each tribe had a distinct language but they interacted…
Read MoreInsects and Spiders of San Diego County with Johnson Jou and Joy Inton
Bees, ladybugs, and butterflies. Let’s face it—beyond that, insects and spiders need publicists. Enter Joy Inton and Johnson Jou, two of the most enthusiastic, creepy-crawly-ologists in our region. Johnson and Joy will educate us about the remarkable insect and spider diversity in San Diego County. Mixing natural history with a dash of storytelling, they will…
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Read MoreRestoring Nature in Your Garden with Dennis Mudd – Monthly General Meeting
For Dennis Mudd it all began with mountain biking through the natural areas of San Diego. The more time he spent in nature, the more he wanted to recreate it in his own garden. Along the way, Dennis’s nature restoration efforts started to work only after switching to all endemics. “I was astounded by the…
Read MoreOceans of Plastic with Dr. Jenni Brandon – Monthly General Meeting
The littlest things can have an enormous impact. And so it is with plastics in our ocean. Most of us are familiar with the “trash islands” of the open ocean, circulating in gyres, such as the Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches. Roughly 280 million tons of plastic is produced each year, with over five…
Read MoreMonthly General Meeting – Understanding the Environment and Rediscovering Ourselves in the Chaparral With Rick Halsey
For more than two million years we evolved outside, in Nature, driven by our instincts. Over the last several thousand years, our newly conscious minds have tried to reconcile the conflict among the demands of civilization, social expectations, and our ancient, wild selves. Yet despite our best efforts, the conflict persists, causing many of the…
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