Audubon California will update us on the Working Lands program. This work encourages bird-friendly practices on farms, wetlands and other managed lands in the Central Valley. It is done by cultivating relationships with landowners, advocating for statewide policies that secure water and habitat for birds, and engaging our grassroots network in their communities. Our work provides protection for focal species […]
Acorn Woodpecker Female Dr. Walt Koenig was a Research Zoologist at Hastings Reservation, a field station located in the upper Carmel Valley run by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at UC Berkeley, from 1982 to 2008. He subsequently was a Senior Scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, New York, from 2008 to […]
Mike Azevedo and Georgette Howington have been studying cavity-nesting birds for decades, leading to nest-box experience with nearly twenty species. Nest boxes aren’t a hobby, but a critical component of habitat. Mike and Georgette will talk about the organization for which they volunteer, the California Bluebird Recovery Program, and why the work of replacing the homes […]
Have you ever had trouble identifying a duck flying overhead at your favorite lake or river? Can you ID flocks of birds as you scan an open waterway at Turtle Bay or the Sacramento Wildlife Refuge? If you'd like to learn more about identification of our local waterfowl you won't want to miss this presentation. […]
Black-headed Oriole By Karthik Sai K Mr. Sai guided our RRAS president, Gail Kenny, and her family on an amazing bird excursion during a trip to Southern India this past August. Also known as ‘‘Bird Man,’’ Mr. Sai is a wildlife researcher, photographer, guide, and conservationist in Tirupati, India where he works as a wildlife […]
Barred Owls have been increasing in forests from Northern California to British Columbia for several decades and are now imperiling Northern Spotted Owls throughout their range. The newcomers outcompete the smaller owls for both territory and prey. To address this problem, several Barred Owl removal studies have been initiated. In Northern California, these studies have […]
The Yurok tribe is in partnership with the National Park Service and the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service to restore the California Condors to Yurok Ancestral Territory. The tribe has relocated groups of Condors to the Klamath River watershed after extensive biological and watershed assessments. Tiana Williams will provide a report on this exciting project, including […]
Emily Wells is the Conservation Program Manager for Conservation Farms and Ranches, The Nature Conservancy’s related entity managing California's Staten Island. She first started working on Staten as a temporary avian technician in 2013 and left to pursue her masters degree in Range and Wildlife Management at Texas A&M Kingsville where she studied the wintering […]
Larry Jordan has been enthralled with birds since he spotted a Burrowing Owl in his Oak Run driveway on the way home one evening over 30 years ago. He didn’t know what the bird was so he bought his first field guide and opened up a whole new world of wonder. Since that evening he […]
