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For a limited time only, San Fernando Valley Audubon is offering printed T-shirts for sale in four new designs:  Birds in Blue, Hummingbirds, Red-tailed Hawk, and Skyprints.

Shirts are 100% cotton, preshrunk, printed with PVC-free water-based ink, and are available in a variety of sizes (S-XL) and styles (short-sleeve, long-sleeve, and ladies cut).

All proceeds from this sale will benefit the conservation and education programs of San Fernando Valley Audubon Society.

Please use the order form to view the designs and to pre-order the designs, styles, and sizes you want.  Shirts will be available for pick-up at the September 23 meeting of SFVAS.  No payment is required until shirts are picked-up in September.

Send orders via email to diana.keeney@sfvaudubon.org or US Mail to Diana Keeney, PO Box 7769, Van Nuys, CA 91409.

Last date to order is July 31, 2010.

The results of our annual Birdathon are now in! You have probably received your pledge letter for this annual fundraiser, a sponsored birding event, and returned it with your pledge. Please review the results below and return your pledged amount as indicated on the pledge form.

If you did not receive a pledge form and would like to be a donor, please click here or e-mail rose.leibowitz@sfvaudubon.org, who will be happy to send you a form.

Many donations have already been received and the Officers and Board of Directors want to thank all of our donors for their generosity and support of this effort.

The money raised helps support our educational programs for school children, including the Sepulveda Basin Environmental Educational Program (SBEEP) based at the Sepulveda Wildlife Bird Sanctuary.

BIRDATHON EVENT RESULTS
(Open Participation)

Kris Ohlenkamp – Sepulveda Basin, April 4 – 60 species
Art Langton – Malibu Creek State Park, April 18 – 51 species
Caroline Oppenheimer – O’Melveny Park,
April 20 – 34 species
Jim Moore – Butterbredt Springs, Galileo Hills, Piute Ponds,
April 21 – 115 species
Richard Barth – Morongo Basin, April 24 – 66 species
Nancy Herron Knode – Descanso Gardens,
May 9 – 44 species

BIRDATHON EVENT RESULTS
(Individual or Team Participation)

Art Langton – 76 species
Jim Hardesty – 105 species
Muriel & Allan Kotin – 111 species
John & Andrew Willis – 86 species

The “Mean” Team – 75 species

GET INVOLVED AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

The Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the following slate of candidates to serve on the Board of Directors of the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society for the 2010–2011 program year. The election will be held at the May 27 General Membership meeting at the Encino Community Center and installation of the officers will take place at the June 24 meeting.

President:……………………. Dave Weeshoff
1st VP:…………………… Mike Van Norman
2nd VP:………………………. Rose Leibowitz
Treasurer:…………………. Ann Ohlenkamp
Corresponding Sec:…… Heather Medvitz
Recording Sec:………………. Diana Keeney
3rd Year Board:……………. Mark Osokow
2nd Year Board:……………. Donna Timlin
1st Year Board:…………… Aurelio Albaisa
1st Year Board:…………….. Lynn Maddox

The committee would like to thank all SFVAS members who have served the chapter in any capacity. We invite those of you with an interest in becoming more active in chapter activities to let us know.

Respectfully Submitted,

The Nominations Committee

The months of April and May bring our annual Birdathon. You have probably received your pledge letter for this annual fundraiser, a sponsored birding event. The money raised covers most of our ongoing expenses and helps support our educational programs for school children, including the Sepulveda Basin Environmental Educational Program (SBEEP) based at the Sepulveda Wildlife Bird Sanctuary.

Please join us in pledging a set amount of money on the number of species to be spotted during a designated bird walk and then do come on the walk itself! Many members choose this event to honor the leader whose walks she or he has been able to enjoy.

If you did not receive a pledge form, please e-mail me at rose.leibowitz@sfvaudubon.org and I will be happy to send you a form.

BIRDATHON EVENTS

Join us and help count at one or more of these walks!
See the Calendar Section for directions and times.

Kris Ohlenkamp – Sepulveda Basin, April 4
Art Langton – Malibu Creek State Park, April 18
Caroline Oppenheimer – O’Melveny Park, April 20
Jim Moore – Butterbredt Springs, Galileo Hills, Piute Ponds, April 21
Richard Barth – Morongo Basin, April 24
Nancy Herron Knode – Descanso Gardens, May 9

Additionally, there will be four teams undertaking “Big Day” efforts on behalf of the Birdathon. The team leaders are Muriel & Allan Kotin, John & Andrew Willis, Art Langton and Jim Hardesty.

- Submitted by Rose Leibowitz, Birdathon Chair

Everyone welcome. Come early for social hour.

Encino Community Center, 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino. Located between Moorpark and Ventura Blvd., on the west side of Balboa, just south of the Presbyterian Church.

Our speaker, Jonathan S. Feenstra Ph.D., will talk about Tricolored Blackbirds in Southern California.

The Tricolored Blackbird is North America’s only colonial nesting landbird and is nearly endemic to the state of California. In the past century the statewide population has seen a precipitous decline, and for nearly 15 years state and federal agencies have been monitoring and trying to save major breeding colonies. For the past few years the population in Southern California has been attracting more attention. In this presentation Jon describes the latest results of how our local Tricoloreds are doing and what is on the horizon.

Jon Feenstra is a freelance ornithologist living in Los Angeles. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical physics from Caltech but now works as an ecological consultant and bird surveyor, and as a tour leader for WINGS. When he is not looking through binoculars, he cooks, reads, climbs, bikes, listens to music, and travels the world.