The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is updating
the Sepulveda Basin Master Plan.
We want your input on current and future operations.
Please join us:
Saturday, December 5, 2009
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sepulveda Basin Garden Center
16633 Magnolia Blvd. Encino CA 91406
The second annual Neighborhood Green Fair will be held at 301 North Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena on October 31 (Halloween) from 10 AM until 3 PM.
The event showcases green products, services and non-profit organizations. Alan Pollack, our Audubon-at-Home Chair, will again be tabling there with lots of information to hand out about wildlife friendly gardening.
Admission and parking are free and there will be lots of healthy food, music, a water-wise plant sale and fun activities for kids.
Thirteen SFVAS birders met in southeast Arizona for 8 days of birding led by Michael McQuerry. We covered the canyons of the Huachucas, the San Pedro Riparian area, Willcox Ponds and Portal and the scenic canyons and high elevations of the Chiricahuas.
Altogether 156 bird species were seen with another 5 heard, plus some interesting reptile and mammal sightings. A great trip! All who participated want to do it again.
Submitted by: Jim Moore
The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
and the Mountains Restoration Trust present
SUMMER CLASSES
IN BEAUTIFUL CALABASAS
FOR WATERWISE GARDENERS
Look, Ma, No Lawn! with Lili Singer
Take out your turf and fill the space with low-care native plants that need no fertilizer and use a fraction of the water required for turf.
Saturday, July 25, 9:00-11:00am;
repeating Friday, July 31, 6:30-8:30pm;
Saturday, September 19, 9:00-11:00am;
and Friday, September 25, 6:30-8:30pm
California Native Plant Horticulture
with Lili Singer
The basics on gardening with California flora – recommended for beginners.
Saturday, August 22, 9:00am-noon;
repeating Friday, August 28, 6:30-9:30pm
Instructor Lili Singer is an award-winning horticulturist and garden writer, and Special Projects Coordinator for the Theodore Payne Foundation.
Location: Headwaters Corner at Calabasas, Masson House,
23075 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas
Fee: $40 per class. Preregistration required.
Call Theodore Payne Foundation at (818) 768-1802.
Wilson's Warbler by David Tan
Every year, in the spring and early summer, there is a desire on the part of many persons and agencies to clear out brush, trim all the trees and bushes in sight, and to “tidy things up!” But, as we all know and often overlook, all that “messy” vegetation provides food and safety for many a wild denizen of our neighborhoods, including many of our breeding birds.
If you encounter such clearance underway, we urge you to approach the worker or supervisor and ask, “What are you doing?” Sharing with them that it is breeding season and that some birds and other critters may be endangered by their undertaking may get them to postpone their task to late summer or fall.
In many instances, such destruction of habitat may be a direct infringement of protections afforded to threatened and endangered species, not to mention all the birds protected under the Migratory Bird Act and International Migratory Bird Treaty. If the work does not stop, you can call the California Department of Fish and Game Hotline, 888-DFG-CALTip (888-334-2258), to report the alleged violation.
Be Vigilant! Help us preserve what remaining habitat we have.
