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Bay Area Wildlife Guide
Thursday, February 13, 2025 Speaker: Jeff Miller Register HERE for this Speaker Series Jeff Miller will discuss his book ‘Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide’, a quirky and entertaining wildlife guide to the greater San Francisco Bay Area, which invites readers to connect with and conserve local species. Featuring over 100 native creatures, from mammals to invertebrates, this informative primer is a treasure map for regional wildlife. Learn about the Bay Area’s furred, feathered, and fork- tongued neighbors—from “screaming death parrots” (aka peregrine falcons) to “bad-ass Looney Tunes velociraptors” (roadrunners). The book’s colorful descriptions cover each species’ natural history and fun facts, tips on when and where to find watchable wildlife, and notes on each animal’s conservation status. Jeff Miller is an amateur naturalist and professional conservationist, and is the founder of the nonprofit Alameda Creek Alliance, serving as its executive director since 1997. He is a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, spearheading biodiversity protection campaigns throughout the Bay Area and California. Over the last quarter century, he has been involved in conservation efforts for dozens of the most iconic imperiled wildlife species in the Bay Area, from tule elk to steelhead trout.
Beavers
Thursday, March 13th 7:00pm - 9:00pm Speaker: Heidi Perryman More information coming soon!

Pileated Woodpeckers – By Sylvia Hunt
Speaker Series Archived Recordings
2025
January – “Migratory Shorebird Act” – by Matt Reiter PhD
2024
December – “Colombia – South America’s Birdies Country” – by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
November – “Christmas Bird Count 2024” – by Josiah Clark
October – “Raptor Quest: Chasing America’s Raptors” – by Scott Harris
September – “Vagrancy in Birds” – by Daniel Edelstein
August – “Vaux’s Swifts Counting Training” – by Michael Helm
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