Posts Tagged ‘Monthly General Meeting’
Restoring 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…
Read MoreAn Evening with Guy McCaskie: Formation, Functioning, and Accomplishments of the California Birds Records Committee
On May 27, legendary birder and field ornithologist Guy McCaskie recorded his 500th species in San Diego County, a Hudsonian Godwit spotted on the tidal mudflats at the mouth of the San Diego River. Five hundred! Everyone was amazed but no one was surprised. After all, Mr. McCaskie is credited with transforming California (and eventually…
Read MoreSearching for the Gold Spot: The Wild After Wildfire – Monthly General Meeting
California has been center stage for the massive wildfires now all too common in America’s West. Research has intensified as scientists and firefighters seek more effective ways to both prevent and mitigate the effects of these “super blazes” primed by a warmer world. Searching for the Gold Spot documents the remarkable return of life in…
Read MoreSaving America’s Wild Birds (David Younkman) – Monthly General Meeting
The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is a leading bird conservation organization that works throughout the Western Hemisphere to protect rare and endangered bird species, conserve habitat, and address threats that affect all birds. Across the Americas, more than 500 native bird species are threatened with extinction — 12 percent of 4,230 species. In the United…
Read MoreMonthly General Meeting – Citizen Science and the Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California with Brad Hollingsworth
We humans seem to have a fascination with our fellow animals, especially the adorable, colorful, or majestic. For the citizen scientists among us (our members and readers!), that fascination is also fueled by the complexity, novelty, and intricate interweaving of life and habitat. Two groups of animals often go ignored or unappreciated. They live in…
Read MoreCelebrities in the Midst: Lake Hodges and Brian Caldwell – Monthly General Meeting
Celebrities in the Midst: Lake Hodges and Brian Caldwell Lake Hodges lies just 22 miles southeast of the Buena Vista Nature Center, but it seems a world away from the coastal wetlands and the Pacific Ocean. On our last visit, a dozen White Pelicans kettled overhead while Western and Clark’s Grebes dominated the water’s surface.…
Read MoreSwainson’s Hawks by the Thousands – Hal Cohen – Monthly General Meeting
Join BVAS for our Monthly General Meeting: This March, if rains have graced the Anza-Borrego Desert, an explosion will occur. Blooms of lily, primrose, and sand verbena will blanket the valley floor. Neon-colored Sphinx Moth caterpillars then emerge to decapitate the flowers. And thousands of Swainson’s Hawks will divert from their 6,000-mile migration to feast…
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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a Caribbean cultural melting pot renowned for its Carnival, pulsating to the beat of steel drums, soca music, and calypso. But it’s nature at its finest that draws us in; it’s colorfully kaleidoscopic. The size of Delaware, the two-island nation off Venezuela’s coast is home to 482…
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