Meeting

Friday, April 18th – 5:15 PM (different time) PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM AND IN PERSON AT THE LEARNING CENTER AT THE SAN JOAQUIN MARSH. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST IN-PERSON OPTION FOR THE GENERAL MEETING SINCE COVID! THE EARLIER TIME IS TO ACCOMMODATE OUR DOUBLE FEATURE: AMY TAN AT […]

Friday, February 21st – 7:00 PM Via Zoom “Travails of a Jetty Black Oystercatcher” Presented by Joel Weintraub Against all odds, Orange County, California produced at least three juvenile Black Oystercatchers from the 2024 season. The Black Oystercatcher is designated as Climate Endangered. This talk follows the journey of one of them from near hatchling […]

Friday, January 17th – 7:00 PM Via Zoom “Sounds, Wild and Broken”  presented by David Haskell Birdsong offers delight to our ears and also reveals hidden aspects of birds’ lives. David Haskell will discuss how careful listening can help us understand why birdsong is so diverse, how birdsong is embedded in the other sounds of […]

Friday, November 15th – 7:00 PM Via Zoom “Preserving the Central Platte River Valley- a Critical Stopover Site for Migratory Cranes”  presented by Matt Fong The non-profit Crane Trust utilizes research-based practices to preserve critical habitat for migrating North American cranes along the central Platte River Valley in Nebraska. Each spring, over 1 million Sandhill […]

Friday, October 18th – 7:00 PM Via Zoom “The Wonderful World of Bats” presented by Erin Cord Erin Cord, a community engagement coordinator for Bat Conservation International, will be presenting on the importance of conserving bats and their ecosystems. Bats have been on Earth for 50 million years and include more than 1400 species! Bats […]

General Meeting – Online Presentation June 21, 2024 – 7:00 PM “Mountain Chickadee Breeding Ecology in the Northern Sierra Nevada” Presented by Lauren E. Whitenack   The Sierra Nevada is a snow-driven ecosystem where the amount and duration of winter precipitation affects the flora and fauna year-round. Animals living at high elevations not only experience […]

General Meeting – Online Presentation May 17, 2024 – 7:00 PM “Keep Looking Up: The Powerful Healing of Birding” Presented by Tammah Watts   Tammah Watts is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Certified Kripalu Mindful Outdoor Guide, birder, and advocate for the equitable accessibility of nature, health, and mental health for all. She […]

General Meeting – Online Presentation April 19, 2024 – 7:00 PM “Status and Biology of the Gray Vireo in Baja California” Presented by Philip Unitt, from San Diego Natural History Museum Philip Unitt is a native of San Diego and a graduate of San Diego State University. Curator of birds and mammals at the San […]

General Meeting – Online Presentation February 16, 2024 – 7:00 PM Via Zoom “Northern Jaguar Project” Presented by Roberto Wolf The Northern Jaguar Project (NJP) is a binational non-profit organization that works in Sonora, Mexico to preserve and recover the world’s northernmost breeding population of jaguars. With the help of its Mexican partners, NJP manages […]