On February 24, 2019 the FAS board met at the Fig Garden Library conference room for a regularly scheduled meeting. All members attended; Nancy Gilmore attended as a visitor. Work is continuing on the bird surveys planned for two locations along the San Joaquin River: Jensen...
President's Message We have been very busy at Fresno Audubon Society over the past month. We have a new board member, (Nancy Gilmore) a new Instagram account (@fresnoaudubon) managed by Nancy Gilmore and Max Nichols, a new project to survey the San Joaquin River Parkway plant...
After reviewing the year-end results from the FAS on-line store, the board decided to wrap up its efforts to sell logo items. Members will have an opportunity, between now and early summer, to buy what they need. Thereafter, FAS will be happy to provide information...
President's Message Our speaker this month is Larry Parmeter, former president of Fresno Audubon and current trip leader. He will talk about bird navigation, a subject that combines his two loves: birds and astronomy. This should be a very interesting presentation since there has been quite...
Each December, FAS by-laws require that the board conduct an evaluation of its activities for the prior year, along with holding board elections and reviewing members coming to the end of their two-year terms. The bulk of the meeting focused on these activities. One board...
The November 2018 meeting of the Board of Directors for Fresno Audubon Society (FAS) took place at the Fig Garden Library conference room on 11/25/2018. FAS continues to maintain a prudent reserve and ensured that, for 2018, it took in enough money from contributions and membership...
President's Message Happy New Year everyone. 2019 promises to be a good year for Fresno Audubon as we move forward with our partnership with the San Joaquin Parkway and River Trust. We are finalizing the Introduction to Birding class curriculum and have purchased 10 pair of...
President's Message This month's members meeting will feature Gary Woods with his annual presentation of videos and photographs captured with his 600 mm lens. Gary will also discuss eBird and why you should use it whenever you go birding. The meeting will be held at the...
President's Message Most of our members love seeing photographs of birds at our monthly member meetings, so this month's presentation by Robert Long should be very popular. Robert has been going to Texas the last few years photographing the spring migration. This last spring he was...
President's Message We have a great program this month by Alex Single who has just finished his masters degree in Biology at Fresno State. He will discuss the nesting of Black Swifts in the Southern Sierra. Alex spent many days in the high Sierra looking for...
