Chapter Meetings

Committee Meetings

General Meetings

Annual Dinner

General Meeting Friday - May 17th- 7:30 pm

In the Duck Club (building) at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

"Why We Become Birders"

presented by Steve Kaye

Join us for an enjoyable photo tour of local birds. Sea & Sage member and Nature photographer, Steve Kaye, will show his photos and tell the stories behind them. He'll also offer practical tips on how to take photos of birds. Steve has been taking photos since 1965. Three years ago, he experienced a life changing moment that caused him to specialize in birds. Since then, he has published 45 articles about birds, nature, and photography. His photos are on sale at the Fullerton Arboretum and Fine Art America. He has conducted seminars on Nature Photography at the Fullerton Arboretum and the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach. Find photos and links to his articles at www.stevekayephoto.com . This is an excellent program for your friends who might be interested in watching birds, and it's a wonderful reminder of the extraordinery beauty that we find when we go out watching birds. So bring a friend. And if you have yet to attend a meeting, this program is for you.

We hope you will join us for this program which will be held in the Duck Club, at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine.  The doors open at 7:00 for refreshments and fellowship, and the meeting and program will begin at 7:30 pm. Remember, you must access Riparian View from Campus Drive, not from Michelson. Bring a flashlight to light your way back to your car after the meeting since the parking lot is not well lit in the evenings. Audubon House will be open from 6:30 to 7:15 for those who arrive early.

—Pat & Dick Cabe, Program Co-Chairs

Directions to our General Meeting: From the 405 Freeway south, exit on Jamboree. Turn right onto Jamboree. Turn left at Michelson. Turn right at Harvard. Turn right at Campus Drive. Make an immediate right into the marked entrance to the IRWD San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight to light your way back to the car since the parking lot is not well lit at night. We expect a lot of people to be attending this meeting, so you might consider arriving early to get a good seat.

 
 

General Meetings for 2012-2013

General Meetings are held the third Friday evening in September, October, November, January, February, April, May and June. The meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. (The Irvine Ranch Water District neither supports nor endorses the cause or activities of organizations which use the district's meeting rooms, which are made available as a public service.)

Sept. 21, 2012 Topic: Birds of the San Jacinto Mountains -presented by Lori Hargrove   Oct.12, 2012 "Trans-Pacific Migration" -presented by Peter Pyle   Nov. 16, 2012  "The Deserts of North America" -presented by Sylvia Gallagher   Dec. 1, 2012 "On Arctic Ground" presented by Debbie Miller   Jan. 18, 2013 "Birders: The Central Park Effect"   Feb. 15, 2013 "Birds Across the U.S. in the Spring" presented by Clair and Susan deBeauvoir, photographers   Mar. 15, 2013 "What We Have Learned from eBird" presented by Brian Sullivan     April 19, 2013 "Native Plants & the Birds That Love Them" presented by Trude Hurd     May 17, 2013 "Why We Become Birders" presented by Steve Kaye     June 21, 2013 "My Big Year" presented by John Hargrove

 
 

Annual Dinner Meeting

The Annual Dinner meeting takes the place of a regular General Meeting.  It is usually held on the third Friday night in March. In 2013, the Annual Dinner meeting was held on Friday, March 15th and our speake was Brian Sullivan who presented a program about eBird.

 
 

Committee Meetings

Committees do the chapter's work and welcome all interested members. They include: Conservation, Education, Bird Information, Programs, Partners in Flight, Field Trips, Exhibits, Hospitality, Exhibits, Membership, and Publishing. Not all of these committees have regular monthly meetings.

Conservation Committee Meetings

The Conservation Committee meets the first Tuesday evening of each month. The meetings begin at 6:30 pm and are usually held in the Blue House in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. For more information contact Susan Sheakley at  or by phone at 949-552-5974.

4th Tuesday Conservation Lecture Series - 7:30 pm at Education Center (the big gray building), in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. Our next Conservation Lecture will be on Tuesday, May 28th. Vic Leipzig will present a program on "The History, Birds, and Politics of the Salton Sea."