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SUMMARY:Online Birding:  The Biology of Owl Vocalizations – What ARE They Talking About?
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Program – CLICK HERE to sign up\nStart Date:  CORRECT TIME: Wednesday\, October 14\, 2020\nTime:  CORRECT TIME: 7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Joe Mueller \nThe sounds of owls talking late into the night may seem mysterious\, but there are solid biologically accepted reasons for their diversity of vocalizations.  The variation has much to do with how owls have evolved\, becoming the dominant nocturnal avian predators.  Join Joe for an introduction to owls with a focus on the exploration as to why owls have evolved such a plentiful repertoire of hoots\, howls\, wails\, screams\, whistles\, yelps\, shrieks\, barks\, whines\, and whinnies. \nAs a Professor of Biology for 30 years Joe has been teaching a rich diversity of courses ranging from ornithology to marine invertebrate zoology as well as leading field courses from Alaskan tundra to Costa Rican Tropical Rain Forests.  His teaching style has developed from a view of life focused on systems thinking and how interrelationships make up the essential nature of life.  He developed and coordinates the Natural History Program at College of Marin and is the 2008 recipient of the Terwilliger Environmental Education Award. \nPhoto Credit: Elyse Omernick
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/online-birding-the-biology-of-owl-vocalizations-what-are-they-talking-about/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips,Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201021T190000
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SUMMARY:Online Birding: The Natural History of Osprey in Marin County: Colonization and Population Growth
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Program – CLICK HERE to signup\nStart Date: Wednesday: October 21\, 2020\nTime: 7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Jules Evens \nSince the establishment of a nesting colony of Osprey at Kent Lake beginning in the mid-1960’s\, the local population grew exponentially\, at least over the next three decades. Beginning in the mid-1990’s\, the numbers leveled off and then began to decline somewhat. This presentation will trace the dynamics of that founding population\, discuss the reasons for its local decline as well as the population’s expansion in the greater Bay Area. \nBorn and raised in New England\, Jules lived with his family and worked as a wildlife biologist in western Marin County for over three decades. He currently lives in coastal Oregon but returns to Marin for field work and friendships. His primary research focuses on tidal wetlands\, avian population trends\, and species at-risk. He has written three California Natural History Guides: The Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula (3rd ed. 2008)\, An Introduction to California Birdlife with Ian Tait (2005)\, and Birds of the Northern California Coast with Rich Stallcup (2014). \nPhoto Credit: Dave Strauss
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/online-birding-the-natural-history-of-osprey-in-marin-county-colonization-and-population-growth/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips,Zoom Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201028T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201028T203000
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SUMMARY:Online Birding:  Red Tales\, Hawkish Behaviors\, and Migratory Stories – Revelations from the GGRO’s First 35 Years
DESCRIPTION:Zoom Program – CLICK HERE to signup\nStart Date:  Wednesday\, October 28\, 2020\nTime:  7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Allen Fish \nEach fall\, tens of thousands of birds of prey funnel overhead at the Marin Headlands\, the largest known raptor migration along the Pacific Coast.  In the early 1980’s a few Marin citizens started conducting counting and banding studies on the flight\, studies that drew many volunteers and soon evolved into the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory\, a full-fledged program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in cooperation with the National Park Service. Today\, the GGRO is part of a broad program of community science and ecological stewardship coordinated by the Parks Conservancy\, including ONE TAM\, and the Native Plant Nurseries. \nNow 35 years old\, with four staff and 240 volunteers\, the GGRO is the only barometer of migrating raptor populations in California\, providing population trends and migration locations for up to 19 species of hawks\, kites\, falcons\, eagles\, osprey\, vultures\, and harriers.  Along with keeping an annual pulse on California’s raptors\, the GGRO has forged long-term relationships with local biologists – to study a range of stressors on the wild birds of prey we have in hand\, among them\, diseases\, parasites\, rat poisons and other toxins. \nCome join us for an entertaining discussion of the GGRO\, Migratory Story and all things raptor\, as GGRO director Allen Fish delves into the best stories from Hawk Hill\, as well as the unique meaning of 2020 for long-term bird monitoring.  For many Bay Area birders\, Allen needs no introduction.  The GGRO’s first director\, he was hired in 1985.  With a background in evolutionary ecology and conservation biology from UC Davis\, Allen has a particular interest in bird population responses to urban development\, climate change\, and other human pressures. His presentations always manage to inform and entertain audiences.  This program will no doubt continue that tradition.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/online-birding-red-tales-hawkish-behaviors-and-migratory-stories-revelations-from-the-ggros-first-35-years/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips,Zoom Webinar
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SUMMARY:Online Birding: Improving Habitat for Central Valley Waterbirds
DESCRIPTION:Improving Habitat for Central Valley Waterbirds\nWednesday\, November 11\, 2020\n7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Khara Strum\nSign up for the Zoom Webinar HERE \nDid you know that over 50 percent of the potential habitat for migratory waterbirds in the Central Valley is also agricultural land? Farm fields might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of waterbirds\, but here in California farmland is essential to supporting the millions of waterbirds that call the Central Valley home.  Join Khara Strum for a tour of some of the ways Audubon California is working with farmers and private landowners to support migratory waterbirds in the Central Valley. \nKhara Strum is a Conservation Project Manager for Audubon California.  For the last decade\, Khara has worked with agricultural industry groups\, private landowners\, and government agencies to increase the habitat value of farmland for birds and other wildlife in the Central Valley of California.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/online-birding-improving-habitat-for-central-valley-waterbirds/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201112T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201112T213000
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SUMMARY:Feathers and Flight: A Journey to the New World Tropics
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Benjamin Jacobs-Schwartz\nHost: Doug Waterman\nDate: November 12\, 2020\nStart time: 7:30 PM\nEnd time: 9:30 PM \nDescription:  International Bird guide\, naturalist and photographer\, Benny Jacobs-Schwartz will share his dazzling bird photos\, captivating videos\, and animated story-telling to bring a slice of the tropics to your screen! \nDelving into topics of migration\, tropical speciation\, and bio-diversity\, this media rich journey will share some of the fascinating and unique birds that inhabit the new-world tropics. Designed to both educate and entertain\, this presentation will certainly leave you with a deeper understanding of tropical ecology\, and knowledge about where some of our backyard birds spend their winters! \nBenny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz owns and operates a bird guiding business and lifestyle brand called BIRDS by BIJS (pronounced Bee-jus). Working seasonally as a naturalist guide\, expedition trip leader\, and international bird guide\, Benny works in a variety of locations. Most recently bringing him to such exotic places like coastal Alaska\, Trinidad and Tobago\, and the Ecuadorian cloud forest. \nSeasonally Benny or BIJS\, is based in Los Angeles\, where he leads public and private birding adventures to urban hotspots. He is also a passionate photographer\, specializing in birds. He uses his impressive collection of content to leverage his prolific social media presence. Benny hopes his love of the natural world will inspire others to conserve the open spaces around them and look up more often from their phones! \nCLICK HERE to join the Zoom Speaker Series Event. A Q&A will follow the presentation. To ask a question use the Chat feature on Zoom. \nPlease contact programs@marinaudubon.org for questions regarding Marin Audubon’s Speaker Series events.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/feathers-and-flight-a-journey-to-the-new-world-tropics/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201202T203000
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SUMMARY:Sandhill Crane Populations in California’s Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, December 2\, 2020\n7:00 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Gary Ivey\, Ph.D.\nCLICK HERE to register for the Zoom Event \nWhile only occasionally seen in Marin\, both breeding and wintering Sandhill Cranes can be found in greater abundance in California’s Central Valley and the broader Pacific Flyway. All things Sandhill Crane related will be covered in this program: some history\, their status\, their life history\, migration routes\, and breeding areas of the three subspecies that use our state. Dr. Ivey will also discuss where and when you can enjoy them during their winter season. \nDr. Ivey is an undisputed expert who has concentrated his work for over 35 years on waterbirds\, waterfowl\, and wetland conservation. Sandhill Cranes were the focus of both his Master’s Thesis and Ph.D. He currently serves as a Research Associate with the International Crane Foundation (Saving cranes and the places where cranes dance!) and works to further conservation of cranes\, Trumpeter Swans\, and other waterbirds in Western North America.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/sandhill-crane-populations-in-californias-central-valley/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T203000
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SUMMARY:Refuge - a Film from Gray Lodge Wildlife Area
DESCRIPTION:December 9\, 2020\n7:00 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Director Mark Lipman\nCLICK HERE to register for the Zoom Event \nWe invite you to immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of this dawn-to-dusk portrait of the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area in Gridley.  When he first visited Gray Lodge in 2011\, Director Mark Lipman was not a birder but was deeply touched by the beauty of the place and the symphony of bird sounds.  On the night of our program\, Mark will briefly introduce his film and be available for the Q&A session afterwards. \nMark created this beautiful film and sound recording over a period of three winters.  His program is vastly different from our previous webinars and does not offer a classroom-type-learning presentation.  Rather it offers an aesthetic\, meditative experience that we hope you will enjoy as you head into the busy holiday season. \nThis forty-five minute film is intentionally slow paced with no talking\, although we may have a birding expert quietly identify the varied birds as they appear on the screen CLICK HERE access a Bird List in advance of the program. Then you can bird your way through the film! We recommend that you view this film on your largest available screen as Mark has created a three-channel video with surround sound\, and viewing would be optimum on a large screen. \nMark has worked as a documentary filmmaker for over thirty-five years\, exploring a wide range of subjects from domestic violence to human sexuality to affordable housing and community organizing.  His films have been broadcast nationally on public television and won numerous awards.  Refuge is his first foray into video installations and the natural world.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/refuge-a-film-from-gray-lodge-wildlife-area/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201210T213000
DTSTAMP:20201122T074956Z
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SUMMARY:When Waterbirds are in Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: JD Bergeron\nHost: Doug Waterman\nDate: December 10\, 2020\nStart time: 7:30 PM\nEnd Time: 9:30 PM\nCLICK HERE to register for the Zoom Speaker Series Event. A Q&A will follow the presentation. To ask a question use the Chat feature on Zoom.\n \nDescription:\nIn 1971 after 800\,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the bay\, concerned individuals led by a registered nurse named Alice Berkner jumped into action\, bringing International Bird Rescue to life. We have always had to pave a road where there is none. Staff and volunteers work with tenacity alongside clients\, partners\, and the public to find solutions. Today\, we research best practices at our crisis response hospitals in California and Alaska and share them worldwide. Our mission is to inspire people to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis. We dream of a world in which every person\, every day\, takes action to protect the natural home of wildlife and ourselves. \nWe rescue thousands of Bay Area birds every year and provide high quality care for them in our Northern California wildlife center in Fairfield.  \nJD Bergeron is fascinated by birds. After 20 years of non-profit leadership\, JD found a way to bring his passion together with his work experience to become the Executive Director of International Bird Rescue\, a nonprofit founded during a major oil spill to help affected wildlife. An unconventional problem solver\, JD has redirected Bird Rescue’s impressive track record of working over 230 oil spills to take on the many challenges wild waterbirds face today. JD leads by example\, modeling qualities of integrity\, mindfulness\, and wonder for his dedicated team.  \nJD thrives on finding innovative ways to inspire others to take action. Moved by his time in the Peace Corps\, the nonprofit startup Kiva\, and his international travels\, he founded Chooda\, a volunteer-run incubator with the mission to help inspire change through outdoor adventures that engage individuals with world challenges.  \nA lifelong lover of nature\, JD retreats to the outdoors to gain perspective and to soothe the soul. He counts his month among a million albatrosses on Midway Atoll as the experience of a lifetime. After the magic of Midway\, JD returned to Bird Rescue with a renewed passion and commitment to protect the natural home of wildlife and ourselves. He lives with his husband and rescue dog Cosmo in Martinez\, CA. His interests include spirituality\, drawing\, writing\, cycling\, and volunteering as a Burning Man Ranger.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/when-waterbirds-are-in-crisis/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210114T213000
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SUMMARY:Changes in Bird Status in the Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: John Sterling\nHost: Doug Waterman\nDate:  January 14\, 2021\nStart time: 7:30 PM\nEnd time: 9:30 PM \nCLICK HERE to register for the Zoom Speaker Series Event. A Q&A will follow the presentation. To ask a question use the Chat feature on Zoom. \nJohn will discuss the changes in our knowledge of bird distribution and populations in the Central Valley since the publication of Grinnell and Miller’s book on California birds in the 1940s. Loss of habitats\, creation of new habitats\, reduction of ranges\, invasions of new species and other topics will be explored as we reconcile the fact that more species are detected now than prior to the book’s publication. \nJohn is a professional ornithologist and has worked for the Smithsonian Institution\, US Forest Service research stations\, HT Harvey & Associates\, Arizona and Oregon state universities among other organizations since 1981.  John has traveled extensively throughout California learning about local bird distribution and is an authority on that state’s avifauna. In 2015 he set the California’s new big year record with 501 species and has many big day records as well. John currently has his own company\, Sterling Wildlife Biology (www.sterlingbirds.com)\, specializing in tours\, birding classes\, research and environmental consulting for The Nature Conservancy\, National Audubon’s International Alliance Program\, CA Dept. of Water Resources among other organizations.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/changes-in-bird-status-in-the-central-valley/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210120T203000
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SUMMARY:Marin’s Breeding Birds (How We Know What We Know)
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 20\, 2021\n7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Dr. Dave DeSante\nSign up for the Zoom Webinar HERE \nBy way of welcoming the new re-study of the Marin County Breeding Bird Atlas\, Dave DeSante offers his reflections on the various sources of evidence we have for the birds who nest here. He’ll talk about the importance of the study of avian populations\, the Breeding Bird Survey sponsored by the US Geological Survey\, and the MAPS bird banding program organized by the Institute for Bird Populations. An engaging raconteur\, Dave will offer a rare-bird’s-eye-view that will interest birders of all levels. \nDr David F. DeSante received his PhD from Stanford University in 1973 with a ground-breaking study of ‘misorientation’ in bird migration. Over the course of a long career\, he has been interested in population trends and phenology in North American birds. In 1989\, he founded the Institute for Bird Populations\, a non-profit devoted to the conservation of North American birds. He is widely published\, writing both for popular and scholarly audiences. He resides in Forest Knolls.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/marins-breeding-birds-how-we-know-what-we-know/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210127T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210127T203000
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SUMMARY:New Breeding Bird Atlas
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 27\, 2021\n7 PM to 8:30 PM\nWith Atlas Coordinator Juan Garcia\nSign up for the Zoom Webinar HERE \nAs of this month\, the Marin Audubon Society is launching its new breeding bird atlas project. Project leader Juan García will tell us how we got here – and where we’re headed. He’ll review the history of the original project (resulting in the first atlas\, published in 1993)\, describe the goals of the new atlas\, and discuss how the volunteers will gather and store data. Listeners will not only learn how the current project is organized but get a preview of key innovations that will be introduced in the new study. \nJuan F. García is an independent contractor serving as overall Atlas Coordinator. He grew up on the coastal bend of south Texas\, where he began studying birds. A former college professor\, he has conducted field surveys for a wide variety of non-profits involved in avian conservation. He has been a Bay Area resident for many years\, living presently in Point Reyes Station.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/new-breeding-bird-atlas/
LOCATION:CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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