May 13, 2009

Annual Potluck and Members’ Slideshow

Thursday, June 25. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Annual Potluck and Members’ Slideshow. 6:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. 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. The evening’s program will include the installation of new officers for the 2009-2010 year. It…

Antelope Valley Committee Meeting

The Prime Desert Woodland Preserve in the Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center, at 43201 35th Street, Lancaster. Contact Bob or Bonnie Weatherman (661) 269-2051.
May 1, 2009

General Membership Meeting

Everyone welcome. 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. Come early for social hour. Birds, Beasts and Bergs—a Southern Ocean Experience. Dave Weeshoff, SFVAS Board Member, will present photos and quips of his recent travels to the…

Chatsworth Nature Preserve – A BIRDATHON EVENT!

Sunday, May 10, 7:00 a.m. Chapter members will once again join members of the Southwest Herpetologist Society on a tour in- side the Preserve. We will divide according to interest, Herps or birds. Directions: Meet at the Plummer/Valley Circle gate on the north side of the Preserve approximately .9 miles west of the intersection of…

Tejon Ranch Breeding Bird Count

The Tejon Ranch Conservancy has organized a summer bird count and has invited SFVAS to bird one of the five sections that make up the entire 240,000 acre property now managed by the Conservancy. This is an excellent opportunity to get a first hand look at this beautiful property and help count birds. If interested…
March 25, 2009

General Membership Meeting

Thursday, April 23. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. 7:00 p.m. Everyone welcome. 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. Come early for social hour. Our speaker, Larry Arbanas will talk about birds from Alaska to Florida. Larry Arbanas, the…

Butterbredt Springs, Galileo Hills, and Piute Ponds

A BIRDATHON EVENT. Probable species: 115. Directions: Meet at 5:30 a.m. at the McDonalds on Crown Valley Road in Acton, or 6:00 a.m. at the park-n-ride lot on the east side of Avenue S in Palmdale. We will then stop in Palmdale for a brief search for LeConte’s Thrasher, then to Butterbredt Springs and onward…

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 17, 2009

Rancho Sierra Vista NRA Field Trip

We expect to see Blue Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, orioles, flycatchers, raptors, possibly Grasshopper Sparrow. Directions: Take the Ventura Freeway (101) to the Lynn Road exit in Thousand Oaks. Go south on Lynn Road and proceed 5.3 miles to Via Goleta. Turn left at Via Goleta to the preserve entrance. The main gate officially opens at…

Placerita Canyon State Park Field Trip

Meet at the Walker Ranch entrance. We will look for Costa’s Hummingbird, Lazuli Bunting, flycatchers, warblers, orioles and much more. Directions: Take the 405 or 5 Freeway north to the Antelope Valley Freeway (14). Exit the 14 at Placerita Canyon Road. Turn right at the end of the off ramp and proceed for about two…