Presenter: Chris Torres, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Department of Biological Science, UOP Sixty six (66) million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth and killed more than 75% of all life on the planet. That turned out to be a really good day for birds, who went on to become the world’s most diverse group of terrestrial… Read More »Birds across the end Cretaceous mass extinction
Come join us to learn more about the Mickie Grove Zoo on Tuesday, February 11 @ 7:30pm. Micke Grove Zoo is a five-acre zoo with amphibians, mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates.The zoo that exists today is very different from the zoo that first opened its gates in 1957. Today, the collection of Micke Grove Zoo… Read More »Zookeepers Don’t Just Clean Exhibits
Speaker: Dr. Kathy Schick In 1975 the Stockton Butterfly Count was launched under the coordination of county staff. San Joaquin County was one of the first counts in this nationwide event. Years later, the count was paused due to budget cuts until local Audubon members revived it in 1986, thanks to Dr. Kathy Schick. Please… Read More »Stockton Butterfly Count – Talk by Kathy Schik
Speakera: 3 Calhoun Sisters Please join us for a visit from the 3 Calhoun Sisters, cattle ranchers located in Livermore, Ca. They have been farming in the Livermore area for over 100 years. The 3 Calhoun Sisters have recently been certified by Audubon Conservation Ranching for Beef Raised on Bird-Friendly Land. The ranch has set… Read More »Beef Raised on Bird-Friendly Land
Dave will give an overview of the Delta Tunnel Project and discuss the projects potential impacts on bird habitat. Locations of proposed mitigation sites will be detailed and evaluated.
Join us for special joint meeting of the Sierra Club and Audubon to learn about the state parkland known as Tesla. Located in eastern Alameda County near the San Joaquin County line, Tesla has been as the center of conservation efforts in the northern Diablo Range for over 2 decades. Celeste Garamendi, a founding member of Friends… Read More »Tesla – “Hismet Warep” – “Sacred Earth” Presentation
Speaker: Karan Odom Most bird enthusiasts are familiar with the intricate, beautiful songs of male songbirds. However, it is less well known that females of many bird species also sing. While male songbirds sing to attract mates or defend territories, the reasons that females sing can be much broader, including competing for year-round resources for… Read More »Listening to Nature’s Divas: What Female Songsters Tell Us
Please join us for our annual Christmas Bird Count review with updates provided by our very own David Yee. David will discuss the latest information on birds in the Central Valley, the State, North America, and the World. David has his finger on the pulse of all-things bird related so you can rest assured that… Read More »Christmas Bird Count Review and Prep
The Delta is a place of connections where rivers meet each other, where freshwater meets salt water, where ocean fish come inland, where birds from the north come for the winter, and where birds from the south come to breed. The Delta is also a place of complexity. How water interacts with land and forms… Read More »Birds of the California Delta by Aaron Haiman
The Zuni region enjoys a history of ornithological study that must be the envy of every other place in interior western North America. The specimens collected in the second half of the 19th Century and the early years of the 20th Century are mostly still extant and form the basis of assessing how the regional… Read More »Climate Change and the Birds of the Zuni Mountains Region of New Mexico: Past and Present, and Maybe Future
Presenter: Jim Gain In the late fall of 2025, I joined five other adventurers for a descent into the Amazon Basin. This Zoom Program centers on our time at the Sani Bird Lodge. Nestled deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon near the broad, meandering Napo River, Sani Bird Lodge sits at the heart of one of… Read More »Rainforest in Flight: Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Presenter: Peter Ottesen Will discuss my book of the same title, going from the time of the northern Yokuts, to Cattle Baron Henry Miller, to the dewatering of the San Joaquin River, to fighting for water to sustain and protect the 240,000-acre Grassland Ecological Area.Legacy: A classic example of private ownership fighting for a public… Read More »Against All Odds…Protecting the West’s Largest Wetland
