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Pileated Woodpeckers – By Sylvia Hunt

Speaker Series Archived Recordings

2024

June – “Marin’s Declining Shorebirds” – by Nils Warnock
May – “Ethical Wildlife Photography” – by Sarah Killingsworth
April – “Monarch Butterfly” – by Mia Monroe and Ole Schell
March – “Re-discovering and Conserving the Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon, A Critically Endangered Species” – by Jordan Boersma, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
February – “Western Snowy Plovers” – by Matt Lau – National Park Service
January – “Northern Spotted Owls” – by Taylor Ellis

2023

November – “My Favorite Birds of the Sierra Nevada Mountains” – by Rich Cimino
October – “Unique and Rare Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa” – by John Sterling
September – “The Marvelous Hummingbird – From Sea to Summit” – by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
June – “Tour of Marin Audubon Tidelands” – by Jude Stalker
May – “The Importance to Islands and Avian Evolution” – by Bob Lewis
April – “California Condor – Forever Free” – by Kurt Leuschner
March – “Bay Area Mountain Lions” – by Winston Vickers

2022

December – “Domestic Cat Management in Marin County” – by Grant Sizemore
November – “Anacapa Island Seabird Restoration” – by Annie Little
October – “Hummingbirds of California and Beyond” – by Bob Lewis
September – “Beauty and the Beast – California Wildflowers and Climate Change” – by Rob Badger and Peter H. Raven
June – “Conservation of the Tri-colored Blackbird and its Habitat in the Sierra Foothills and Central Valley” – by Daniel Airola
May – “Northern Spotted Owl Monitoring in Marin County” – by Renee Cormier
April – “Hansen’s Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevadas” – by Keith Hansen
March – “Turkey Vultures, California Condors and the Migration of Raptors Across the Desert” – by Kurt Leuschner
February – Minnesota’s Sax-Zim Bog & the “Invasion of the Vole Snatchers” – by Sparky Stensass
January – “Birding in New Mexico” – by Rich Cimino

2021

December – “Monarchs in Marin. How Much Trouble Are They In?” – by Mia Monroe and Ed Nute
November – “Birding Adventures in Morocco” – by Stirling Bird Tours
October – Amigos Alados “Feathered Friends” – by Alison Quoyeser
September – Birds and Mammals of Tanzania – by Wendy Dreskin
June – For the Love of Hummingbirds – by John Shewey
May – A Worldwide Collaboration to Track Bird Migration – by Amie MacDonald
April – Discovering Wood Warblers in Marin County – by Daniel Edelstein M.S.
March – Birding by Kayak on the Russian River – by Theresa & Miles Tuffli
February – Marin’s Booming Bird Population – by Roger D Harris
January – Change in Bird Status in the Central Valley – by John Sterling

2020

December – When Waterbirds are in Crisis – by JD Bergerson
November – Habitat Potential – by M.T. Clark
October – Birds of the Sierra – by Bob Lewis
September – Natural History of the Gulf of the Farallon Marine Sanctuary – by David Wimpfheimer
June – Habitat Potential – by Josiah Clark