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SAN JOAQUIN AUDUBON
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California Chapter of the National Audubon Society Serving the communities of
Stockton, Lodi, Tracy, Manteca, Escalon, Ripon, and Lathrop--All of San
Joaquin County.
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LINKS TO AUDUBON INFORMATION and more...... |
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Places to Visit on
our Website
Chapter Officers & Board Members
· Program and Field Trip Information · Field Checklist of the
Birds of San Joaquin County
· Bird Sightings
in San Joaquin County
· San Joaquin
County Birding Areas
· Membership Benefits-JOIN US!
You Can Now Join San Joaquin Audubon ONLINE. Please select CHAPTER CODE "C22, SAN JOAQUIN AUDUBON" so a portion of your dues come back to our local chapter! JOIN NOW |
Other
Web Pages to Visit
· What
to do with an injured or orphaned bird · Central Valley
Birds Listserve |
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Saturday, June 22, 2013 We wiill hold the annual San Joaquin County Summer Butterfly Count. This family-friendly field trip is a cooperative project of the San Joaquin Audubon Society, the University of California Cooperative Extension, and the North American Butterfly Association. We will begin at 8:30 am at the Nature Center at Oak Grove Regional Park on 8-mile Road and finish the count between 3:00 and 4:00 pm. No experience or expertise is required for butterfly counters. All participants will need to bring a hat, sunscreen, water, and lunch or a snack (and books, binoculars, and nets if you have them). Call Kathy Schick (209) 612-5130 or e-mail kaschick@berkeley.edu for more information. BREEDING BIRD SURVEY
What should I do if I find a baby bird? WALK ON THE WILDSIDE!May 18th, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Come take a 'Walk on the Wildside!' at this free outdoor festival with live animals, kids’ activities, tours, music, conservation booths, and more! If you'd enjoy a fun, FREE family-oriented day in the country with lively entertainment and up-close personal views of many wildlife species, mark your calendar and plan to attend Walk on the Wildside. Join Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and local partners in celebrating International Migratory Bird Day and local conservation successes on the SRCSD Bufferlands Beach Lake Preserve. This fun outdoor celebration highlighting local efforts in protecting and restoring native Central Valley habitats and wildlife offers a great opportunity to access normally closed wildlife areas on the SRCSD Bufferlands and Stone Lakes NWR. Explore wetlands and a riparian forest on your own or with a guided tour, and discover the rich natural history right in our own backyard. Children can win a prize by participating in fun activities run by the local Girl Scouts and watch live wildlife during special presentations by Wild Things, Inc. Visit exhibits, buy a snack to eat, and listen to toe-tapping music by Horse Sense. Directions: Exit I-5 at Pocket Road and head east. At Freeport Blvd., turn south. Continue two miles through the town of Freeport and past the golf course. Turn left at the signs and continue until you reach the Beach Lake Picnic Area. For a map to the event, please visit the SRCSD Bufferlands webpage. INVESTIGATING LOCAL BIRDS Recently I was surprised to hear from one of my Delta College students from 20 years ago. It was nice to get an e-mail from Phil Kahler who thanked me for the great times that he had back when he was a Delta College biology student. He had joined us on two Christmas Bird Counts and still remembered the first Phainopepla and Lewis's Woodpecker that I had pointed out to him all those years ago. I helped him to get San Joaquin (Stockton) Audubon support for his participation in the Audubon Expedition Institute. Students and instructors traveled all over the United States in a yellow school bus for a college year. When he returned he presented a program to Audubon about his experiences. He has been teaching high school biology in Hillsboro Oregon now for 20 years. His parents still live in Tracy and belong to San Joaquin Audubon. San Joaquin Audubon gave Phil my contact information. Phil has a bird blind and feeding station on his campus where students conduct their own bird research studies. They participate in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology "Bird Sleuth Program.” Many of his students have had their research papers published in "Classroom Birdscope.” To get his 10th grade biology students engaged in relevant community science, he introduced them to local birds. Now his students annually study local birds. They have done many studies including analysis of fluctuations in the number of species and the number of individuals per species as they vary from year to year. Other students in Virginia have studied annual arrival and departure dates. Data can also be compared to that from other areas. Check out student work at http:/tvja.org/sciencestudentreports.htm Read about their feeding station at http://tvja.org/science/birdblind.htm Learn about BirdSleuth at www.birds.cornell.edul/birdsleuth Project FeederWatch can be found at www.feederwatch.org and eBird at http://ebird.org These last two data bases make it possible for students to connect with people around the world as they make observations, pose questions, conduct investigations, and build deeper connections with the natural world. Also see an May I make a suggestion for a New Year’s Resolution? Remember a teacher or other person from your past who did something to get you started birding (or something else which you have enjoyed) and persuaded you to continue or develop your interests). Then get in touch with them and tell them what you have been doing. It is appreciated. Steve Stocking, Education Chair and Wallace -Bellota Christmas Bird Count compiler, snlsox@earthlink.net
BIRD SIGHTINGS February 20, 2013 – April 19, 2013
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For San Joaquin Audubon Field
Trips visit our Field
Trips Page.
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Membership in the National
Audubon Society includes:
To sign up today please click here» Audubon Membership |
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