The monthly General Meeting always includes a speaker or program and is held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month (except June, July, August and December - dates and programs listed below)
At the Effie Yeaw Nature
Center Assembly Room in Ancil Hoffman Park.
If you have a Sacramento County Parks Pass or an ARNHA membership card
remember to display it when you park.
If you do not, an Audubon member will be in the parking lot with
temporary permits for your dashboard.
Directions: From
California Avenue in Carmichael, turn into Ancil Hoffman Park on Tarshes
Drive. Follow Tarshes past the entrance
kiosk. At the next stop sign turn left on to San Lorenzo Way
and drive a few hundred yards. The
Nature Center parking lot will be on your right. Please note that the Palm Ave only allows vehicles to exit the park onto
Palm. There is no entry at the end of Palm Ave.
To get customized directions, in the map below click on the blue "Directions" (near top right corner), and enter where you are coming from.
January Meeting -Thurs. Jan. 19, 2012 Great Grey Owls By Josh Hull The great gray owl exists in low numbers in the Sierra Nevada and is listed as endangered by the State of California. These owls live in mid- and high-elevation forests and meadow systems in and around Yosemite National Park. Although a highly charismatic species much of the life history and ecology of these secretive birds remains a mystery. In order to promote conservation efforts, a team of agency and academic scientists has been studying the great gray owls of the Sierra Nevada. Josh Hull will be presenting some of the recent evolutionary and ecological findings from this work.
Josh Hull works with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Sacramento on endangered species recovery and is also an Adjunct Professor at UC Davis. In addition to his work with great gray owls, Josh is involved with several other raptor research projects including an examination of North American merlins and raptor banding in the Marin Headlands.
February Meeting -Thurs. Feb. 16, 2012
Audubon California and Renewable Energy
By Garry George
State and federal policies have stimulated renewable energy production to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases from burning coal and fossil fuels and bring us closer to independence from foreign oil. But large scale wind, solar and geothermal generation facilities bring conservation challenges with conflicts with biological resources and habitats that we know and love. Audubon California is working throughout the state on policies and projects to avoid, minimize and mitigate for impacts of renewable energy on birds and habitat. Garry George leads a discussion to inform us of the work of the state office and seeks our input as a key chapter in California.
Garry George is Renewable Energy Project Director and Chapter Network Director for Audubon California, the state office of National Audubon Society. He was elected to represent Southern California chapters on the Audubon California Board 2004-2008 and serves on the Board of Los Angeles Audubon as Conservation Chair, a position he has held since 2003. Garry birds worldwide and his trip reports are published throughout the internet.
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2011-12 Meeting Dates
September 15, 2011 October 20, 2011 November 17, 2011 January 19, 2012 February 16, 2012 March 15, 2012 April 19, 2012 May 17, 2012 ___________________
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Scheduled Programs:
Farming Shorebirds in Ca. Rice Fields - Khara Strum Bird Species Changes in Central Valley- John Sterling Anza-Borrego’s Sister Park in Mongolia -Mark Jorgensen Great Grey Owls- Josh Hull Audubon CA. & Renewable Energy - Garry George Around the world starting at Mono Lake - David Carle TBD Native bees in our Yards -Julie Serences _______________________________________
Past Presentations at the General Meetings:
2010-11 Programs: Tricolor Blackbirds Blue Whales Our birds and Baja California Birding in Chile Birds of Antartica Winter Raptors Central Valley Red Fox East African Mammals and Birds
2009-10 Programs Sandhill Cranes Sparrow Identification Hokkaido in Winter Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area- Pesent & Future Protecting Calif. Birds A first visit to Australia Africa on Steroids Birding in Delhi, India
2008-09 Programs The Farallones Raptor Identification Christmas Count Workshop Save Our Sandhill Cranes Wildlife Care Birding Alaska Exploring the Sierra Nevada Swainson’s Hawk
2007-08 Programs Natural History of Red Crossbills Bird Banding in Hungary Christmas Count Workshop Bluebird nesters want your help Kirkland Warbler and others Checkerspot Butterfly Sacramento’s Purple Martins Audubon California Projects
2006-07 Programs Burrowing Owls in California Birds of the Tahoe Rim Trail Chrismas Count Workshop The Ivory Billed Woodpecker Art, Nature & the Sierra Nevada Raptor tracking at Golden Gate The California Black Rail Birds and Beauty of Bhutan
The Sacramento Audubon Society Board of Directors meet on the last Tuesday of each month at the Sacramento Municipal Utilities Building at 65th and "S" Streets.
