Category: Conservation - Page 6
March 25, 2009
Sepulveda Basin 2009 Wildlife Reserve Cleanup
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please help restore the creek’s beauty! Directions: Take Woodley Avenue (which is 1/2 mile west of the I-405 Freeway) north from Burbank Boulevard. Go 1/2 mile north to the signs for the Wildlife Reserve and Japanese Gardens. Turn east (right). Bear right where the road forks. Continue east 1/2 mile to the end…
February 10, 2009
“Curbing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce future California bird loss,” a New Report Claims
This Audubon California study, linking declining bird populations and greenhouse gas emissions, was released today simultaneously with a complementary National Audubon report on the same topic that also includes public policy recommendations. We urge all our members and readers here to read these documents and become conversant on the subject. We also encourage you to…
February 8, 2009
“Hummingbirds! Beauty and the Beast” – Tom Kaminski at Annual Conservation Dinner
SFVAS Annual Awards Banquet, Airtel Plaza Hotel Friday, March 13, 2009, 6:00 p.m. Featured Speaker: Tom Kaminski Avian Video Center Producer Tom Kaminski, sponsored by The Hummingbird Society, recently traveled to Isla Robinson Crusoe (a Chilean possession) to film the endemic and critically endangered Juan Fernández Firecrown Hummingbird (Sephanoides fernandensis). Tom Kaminski has combined his…
February 3, 2009
Give a Hoot! Join the Great Backyard Bird Count!
You are invited to join tens of thousands of everyday bird watchers for the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), February 13-16, 2009. Anyone can take part, from novice bird watchers to experts, by counting birds for as little as 15 minutes (or as long as they wish) on one or more days of the event…
January 28, 2009
Help Stop Needless Killing of Acorn Woodpeckers!
After turning aside generous offers of help from Audubon California and the local Mt. Diablo Audubon Society, two homeowners groups in this city just east of San Francisco have decided to move forward with plans to shoot up to 50 Acorn Woodpeckers that have damaged several structures. We need your help to make sure that this…
December 28, 2008
Christmas Bird Count Day Dawns Bright and Cold
Fourteen people showed up at Hansen Dam in clear, 35-degree weather, separated into 4 counting teams and went out to count species and individuals in the 2.5-3.0 square mile area in and around the dam. 92 species were recorded in the area, somewhat less than the expected number, but more than recorded there last year.…
December 11, 2008
Christmas Bird Count, Saturday, December 27th – Join Us!
Here is a great opportunity to get outdoors between Christmas and New Years Day and contribute to avian science! Bring yourself, family and friends to one of the locations below to help with the censusing of birds wintering in the San Fernando Valley Count Circle. Volunteers are needed at all locations. For directions and other…
November 17, 2008
Sierra Club to Host Cleanup of Haskell Creek
November 22, 2008 (Saturday) 8:00am to 11:00am Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Area Cleanup Help the San Fernando Valley Sierra Club clean up Haskell Creek at the Sepulveda Wildlife Basin. You will have fun and create a clean environment for the Basin birds, fish, and mammals at the same time! Learn about the animals that live in…Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Refuge for birds and birders, not fishermen
Check out this article by LA Times reporter, Pete Thomas, for an update on unlawful uses of the Refuge and Wildlife lake. Fortunately the Los Angeles City Park Rangers are increasing their presence there in response to the problem. If you encounter fishing, off-leash dogs or other highly inappropriate behavior at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife…
October 28, 2008