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General Meeting – Speaker Robert Groos: Zambia Safari 7:00 pm
General Meeting – Speaker Robert Groos: Zambia Safari @ Zoom
Mar 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
General Meeting - Speaker Robert Groos: Zambia Safari @ Zoom
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 Virtual General Meeting Robert Groos Zambia Safari   Description FAS members travel alert: Join Robert Groos on safari to Zambia. No need to fly all the way to the other side of the world. On this photo and video expedition, you will experience the birds...
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2023
Latino Outdoors Fresno – Bird Watching and Picnic at Roeding Park @ https://latinooutdoors.org/eventbrite-event/bird-watching-and-picnic-at-roeding-park/
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Apr 1 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Event is currently full.

More information:

https://latinooutdoors.org/eventbrite-event/bird-watching-and-picnic-at-roeding-park/

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Apr
11
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2023
General Meeting – April 2023 Daniel S Karp: Harmonizing Bird Conservation with Food Production in Farming Landscapes @ Zoom
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Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 Virtual General Meeting

Daniel S Karp

Harmonizing Bird Conservation with Food Production in Farming Landscapes
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Daniel S Karp: Harmonizing Bird Conservation with Food Production in Farming Landscapes

 

Description: 

A critical challenge for this century is transitioning towards sustainable farming systems that simultaneously produce food and conserve wildlife. Yet conservation scientists and practitioners have traditionally fixated on protected areas and overlooked opportunities for conserving wildlife alongside us in working landscapes. Daniel uses ecological research to develop strategies for co-managing agriculture for bird conservation, crop production, and food-safety outcomes, both in the tropics and here in California. For this talk, Daniel will first discuss how climate change and habitat conversion are affecting tropical bird communities, and how shifts in farming practices may mitigate their combined impacts. Then, Daniel will shift his focus to California agricultural systems, where birds play multiple roles on farms, not only consuming crops and spreading foodborne diseases, but also consuming crop pests. Daniel will outline his lab’s work striving to find ways to manage California birds and take advantage of the benefits they can provide farmers, while minimizing harms to food production. 

Biography: 

Daniel Karp is an associate professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis. Daniel completed his Ph.D. in 2013 and undergraduate studies in 2009 at Stanford University’s Department of Biology. Following his graduate studies, Daniel became an inaugural NatureNet postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and the Nature Conservancy. He then received a Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at The University of British Colombia, before beginning his position at UC Davis in 2017. 

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Apr
15
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2023
Spring Potluck Lunch Sumner Peck Ranch @ Sumner Peck
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Apr 15 @ 11:30 am – 3:30 pm

FAS SPRING POTLUCK

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Sumner Peck Ranch

14439 N. Friant Road

11:30 am-3:30 pm

(12:00 Potluck Lunch)

To register for the potluck, click here.

It’s time to welcome Spring so, bring your favorite dish and join FAS for lunch at noon and birding at the beautiful Sumner Peck Ranch.  There is no entry fee and parking is free.  FAS will provide drinks and table service.  Take the drive from the gates to the parking area at the end of the drive.  The picnic area is just below the parking lot, next to the river. Let’s celebrate Fresno Spring birding together! Registration is required so that we have a head count. 

11:30-12:00 Set up
12:00 Potluck Lunch
1:00-3:30 No-host birding

To register for the pot luck dinner, click here.

For any questions, please contact Maureen Walsh, (559) 706-4980.
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Apr
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2023
Earth Day Fresno Celebration @ Fresno City College
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Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Earth Day Fresno is putting on a celebration on the Fresno City College campus from 10 AM to 4 PM.

 

This is a free, family-friendly outdoor festival that will feature various educational exhibits and activities.

 

Fresno Audubon will be running one of the educational booths. Be sure to stop by and say “Hello”!

 

For more information please see https://earthdayfresno.org/.

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May
9
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2023
General Meeting – May 2023 Tom Hahn, University of California, Davis: Natural History of Western Finches @ Zoom
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May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

 Virtual General Meeting

Tom Hahn, University of California, Davis

Natural History of Western Finches
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Tom Hahn, University of California, Davis: Natural History of Western Finches

 

Description: 

Finches are, in many respects, the archetype of what people think of when they hear the word “bird.”  Yet concealed in that “typical bird” form lies amazing variation.  Among our numerous western finches – goldfinches, siskins, crossbills, grosbeaks, and so forth – we have: birds that are about as likely to breed in January when the snow lies deep on the ground as they are in July, birds that perfectly match the calls of their mates, birds that pack their songs with precise imitations of the sounds of other species, birds that seldom breed in the same place two years running, birds that we can only tell apart reliably by their flight calls, birds that can breed “in the streaked plumage of youth,” birds who can nest far from their food sources because they possess hefty food-transport pouches, and birds whose mandible tips don’t even line up.  This presentation will be a tour of the striking natural history, behavior, morphology, and physiology of our western finches, and highlight ways that field ornithologists and bird watchers can add to our growing knowledge about these fascinating birds.

Bio: 

Tom Hahn is a professor of biology at the University of California, Davis.  He has been studying western Cardueline finches since the late 1980s, when he began working on reproductive schedules of red crossbills for his doctoral research.  Since then, he and his students have spent many hours in the field studying the reproductive schedules, migratory habits, vocal behavior, habitat associations and other aspects of the natural history of red crossbills, white-winged crossbills, evening grosbeaks, pine siskins, house finches, Cassin’s finches, purple finches, American goldfinches, lesser goldfinches, pine grosbeaks, common redpolls and gray-crowned rosy-finches.
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2023
Fresno Rainbow Pride Celebration @ Fresno City College
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Jun 3 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Fresno Audubon will have a booth at the Fresno Rainbow Pride celebration on the Fresno City College campus from 11 AM to 3 PM.

 

We will be distributing native plant seeds you can plant to attract birds to your yard.

 

Be sure to stop by and say “Hello”!

 

 

 

For more information please see https://fresnorainbowpride.com.

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Jun
13
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2023
No General Meeting – June 2023 Meetings resume in September @ Zoom
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Jun 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No Virtual General Meeting

Meetings resume in September
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Jul
11
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2023
No General Meeting – July 2023 Meetings resume in September @ Zoom
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Jul 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No Virtual General Meeting

Meetings resume in September
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Aug
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Tue
2023
No General Meeting – August 2023 Meetings resume in September @ Zoom
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Aug 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

No Virtual General Meeting

Meetings resume in September
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Sep
12
Tue
2023
September 2023 General Meeting @ Zoom
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Sep 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

September 2023 General Meeting

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Sept 12, 2023

Speaker: Rob Furrow
Title: Flight Calls to Monitor Nocturnal Migration in the Central Valley

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Description: 

Most songbird migration happens while we’re sleeping, with warblers, sparrows, and other birds passing overhead during their nocturnal flights. These migrating birds are not entirely silent during the night; many species repeatedly make short calls as they fly, referred to as nocturnal flight calls. In this presentation Rob will outline the basics of how bird migration can be monitored using audio recordings of nocturnal flight calls. Then he will describe initial results from a pilot study of nocturnal flight calls in the Central Valley, conducted with UC Davis undergraduate Cameron Tescher, as well as more recent work recording sight-verified flight calls of western migrants at ridge migration sites. Throughout, the audience will learn about when and where they might be able to hear these flight calls, and how to identify a few of the most common calls.

 

 

Speaker Bio: 

Rob Furrow is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis. He has been birding since his youth and revels in early mornings with migrating songbirds. Nocturnal flight calls have long been an interest of his, so he was thrilled to take on these projects working alongside curious and dedicated UC Davis undergraduates.

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