Natural History of Fresno-Area Birds ⏤ Virtual General Meeting Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting November 10th 7:00pm This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom with guest speaker Jeff Davis Register to receive login information. New to Zoom? Check out all you need to know here...
Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Field Trip (Zoom) Register for Wastewater Treatment Plant Virtual Field Trip (Zoom) Saturday 21 November 2020. 9-10 am This virtual field trip will be broadcast online via Zoom. Register to receive login information. New to Zoom? Check out all you need to...
Gary Woods Bird Photography ⏤ Virtual General Meeting
Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting November 8th 7:00pm
This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom with guest speaker Gary Woods. Register to receive login information.
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Join Fresno bird photographer Gary Woods for our December program featuring bird photos and videos from the past 12 months. Gary retired last year after walking Ag fields for 43 years. This summer he was able to tick 2 items from his retirement bucket list, including a week in southeastern Arizona in May and a 12-day trip to North Dakota in June. He will present his best pictures from these trips plus various California rarities on December 8th at 7pm.
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Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting January 12th 7:00pm
This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom with guest speaker Ken Sobon Register to receive login information.
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What do you know about Saw-whet Owls? If you’re like most of us, probably not much. But these little birds are all around us, year-round, fighting out their fierce lives in our forests and woodlands. Come learn about these neighbors from Ken Sobon, director of the Northern Saw-whet Owl Research and Education Project in Northern California.
Ken Sobon is an avid birder, field trip leader, Vice President of Altacal Audubon Society, and is now the Northern California representative on Audubon California board of directors. For the past five seasons he has been the Director of the Northern Saw-whet Owl fall migration monitoring project. In addition, Ken has been a science teacher to middle school students in Oroville since 1995. He has shared his love of science and birding with his students both in the classroom and in field.
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If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
Wildlife Photography Photo Editing ⏤ Virtual General Meeting
Quang Ngo
Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting February 9th 7:00pm
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Quang will introduce the tools and techniques he uses to edit his wildlife photographs. This presentation will cover Photoscape X Pro, Luminar 4, NIK Collection, Topaz Denoise AI, Topaz Sharpen AI.
Quang Ngo is a nature and wildlife photography enthusiast who enjoys creating videos and images of wildlife and likes sharing his passion through his work. He’s been a wildlife photographer for about 2 years and is fascinated with wildlife photography and will continue to strive to improve his craft of bird photography.
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Membership Drive now underway!
If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
For Facebook users, the event can also be accessed here: Facebook Event
Membership Drive now underway!
If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
Register for River Center Virtual Field Trip (Zoom)
Saturday 20 March 2021. 9-10 am
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With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, in-person field trips are still on the back-burner for the foreseeable future. Well, FAS is here to bring you the next best thing: live virtual field trips! Join us as we take you to some local birding hotspots to show you some of the birds on site and teach you ways to identify them. This is the perfect opportunity to see a diverse array of local birds and interact with the hosts in real time, all from the safety of your home!
The next virtual field trip is scheduled for Saturday, March 20 at 9:00 am. We will be visiting the River Center, which is a great spot for herons, egrets, ducks, sparrows, raptors and many others! You definitely do not want to miss this!
You can see an example of what you will experience below, where Rachel will give you tips on identifying Least Sandpiper.
If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
Register for Roeding Park Virtual Field Trip (Zoom)
Saturday 20 March 2021. 9-10 am
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With COVID-19 restrictions still in place, in-person field trips are still on the back-burner for the foreseeable future. Well, FAS is here to bring you the next best thing: live virtual field trips! Join us as we take you to some local birding hotspots to show you some of the birds on site and teach you ways to identify them. This is the perfect opportunity to see a diverse array of local birds and interact with the hosts in real time, all from the safety of your home!
The next virtual field trip is scheduled for Saturday, April 10 at 9:00 am at Roeding Park. We will start at the heron rookery where Cattle Egrets, Snowy Egrets and other herons annually breed. We may also find other birds to show during the hour. The event will start at 9:00 am. This should be a lively trip with some great birds, and Rachel will give pointers for identifying the birds we see.
You can see an example of what you will experience below, where Rachel will give you tips on identifying Least Sandpiper.
If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
Tricolored Blackbirds in the Foothills ⏤ Virtual General Meeting
Dan Airola
The talk will provide background on the unique population ecology of California’s near-endemic Tricolored Blackbird and the causes for its historic decline. Dan will review the importance of the the breeding population in the foothills based on surveys conducted over 2014-2020. Study results describing nesting and foraging habitats will be presented. Dan will also present the results of an analysis of the conservation status of the foothill population, which will describe habitat losses due to grassland conversion to orchards and vineyards and development, and the levels of habitat protection currently afforded under existing conservation management, county zoning, and the several Habitat Conservation Plans.
Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting April 13th 7:00pm
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Membership Drive now underway!
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May 8th is World Migratory Bird Day as well as the Global Big Day. To celebrate, Fresno Audubon will hold our first in-person field trip in over a year at Lost Lake Recreation Area. The state and county orders allow “Recreational social and community classes,” and we believe a field trip fits this category. We are currently in the red tier where the maximum allowed group size is 50. Everyone must do their own risk assessment before participating, but we believe risks to be very low if we follow state and CDC guidelines. All attendees must sign our liability waiver, and registration is required. You can register here. By registering you will be agreeing to our liability waiver and will not need to sign again onsite.
We will operate the event according to state and county guidelines: Masks must be warn in public except when outdoors and maintaining at least 6 feet of social distance from others not in their household. You must have a face covering with you at all times and must put it on if you are within 6 feet of others who are not in your household.
We don’t recommend sharing scopes and won’t be sponsoring a group meal at the end of the trip.
This will be a 2-hour trip to comply with county requirements. We will meet at the Audubon Nature Trailhead at the south end of the park. Please join us for a wonderful morning of group birding!
From Alaska to the high Andes of South America, join us as we explore the magic of hummingbirds! With 360 species recognized globally, we’ll discuss their remarkable biology, expansive range, ecological significance, and the best way to attract them to your yard using native plants or feeders!
Benny Isaac Jacobs-Schwartz owns and operates a bird guiding business and lifestyle brand called BIRDS by BIJS (pronounced Bee-jus). Working professionally as a naturalist guide, expedition trip leader, and international bird guide, Benny works in a variety of locations. Most recently brought him to such exotic places as coastal Alaska, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Ecuadorian cloud forest.
Benny or BIJS, has returned to his roots where he works leading birding adventures, and Program Directing a youth outdoor education non-profit called Biocitizen Los Angeles. He is also a passionate photographer, specializing in birds. Benny uses his impressive collection of content to leverage his active 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!
Register for Fresno Audubon General Meeting May 11th 7:00pm
This meeting will be broadcast online via Zoom
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Membership Drive now underway!
If you haven’t yet joined Fresno Audubon this season, please join here for a low cost annual membership. NEW this year you’ll receive a copy of our ‘Birding Resource Guide’ which provides tips about local area birding along with a Fresno Audubon sticker!
