November 25, 2008

Annual Conservation Award Dinner

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 experience in broadcast journalism, aerospace communications, and college teaching to create nature programs…
November 1, 2008

Hansen Dam Weed Removal Project

See here for details.
October 28, 2008

General Membership Meeting featuring Dave Weeshoff

Due to the seasonal holidays there has been a change in our regular meeting schedule. The normal General Membership Meetings for November and December have been canceled. Instead we are having a combined November/December General Membership Meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2008, 7:00 p.m.   Aquatic Bird Rehabilitation by Dave Weeshoff   Dave Weeshoff, docent…

Antelope Valley Audubon General Meeting and Holiday Banquet

Location: The Prime Desert Woodland Preserve in the Elyze Clifford Interpretive Center, at 43201 35th Street, in Lancaster. You are invited to bring a food item and/or anything you would like to share from recent outdoor nature experiences. A media projector will be available.   Contact Bob or Bonnie Weatherman (661) 269-2051 for more information.

O’Melveny Weekday Walk

    This walk was formerly the Weekday Wanderers Bird Walk.   Directions: Take the 118/Ronald Reagan Freeway and exit at Balboa Blvd. Turn north, driving two miles to Sesnon, turn left going west .6 mile, turn right at park entrance. Meet in the parking lot. RAIN CANCELS.   Contact Carolyn Oppenheimer at, (818) 885-7493,…

Merry Christmas! Next Membership Meeting January 22, 2009

Due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the regular 4th Thursday General Membership meetings normally held in November and December have been canceled and replaced by a single meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Happy Thanksgiving! Membership Meeting Next Week

Due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, the regular 4th Thursday General Membership meetings normally held in November and December have been canceled and replaced by a single meeting on Thursday, December 4, 2008. Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

Ventura Harbor and Water Treatment Ponds

Monthly Field Trip Carpool Members are encouraged to carpool to all field trips. Three or four passengers per car will reduce travel expenses. Recommended contribution to the driver is $5. Details are included below.   Directions: From the San Fernando Valley, take the 101 Freeway to the city of Ventura, exit Seaward Avenue, turn left…

Sepulveda Basin Bird Walk

Directions: Exit the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on Burbank Blvd.Go west about one-half mile to Woodley Avenue and turn right (north).Travel about one-half mile to the second possible right turn (at sign for the Water Reclamation Plant and Japanese Garden). Turn right and go east about one-half mile to Wildlife Area parking at the end…
October 13, 2008

San Fernando Valley Christmas Bird Count

Please refer to the December issue of the Phainopepla or to Christmas Bird Count Information for count sites and meeting times. Count Compiler: Art Langton, 818/887-0973.