EVENT CALENDAR - Fresno Audubon Society
Mar
26
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Mar 26 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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Apr
11
Tue
2023
General Meeting – April 2023 Daniel S Karp: Harmonizing Bird Conservation with Food Production in Farming Landscapes @ Zoom
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
23
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Apr 23 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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Apr
30
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Apr 30 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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May
9
Tue
2023
General Meeting – May 2023 Tom Hahn, University of California, Davis: Natural History of Western Finches @ Zoom
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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May
21
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
May 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

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May
28
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
May 28 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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

No Virtual General Meeting

Meetings resume in September


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Jun
25
Sun
2023
FAS Board Meeting @ Zoom meeting
Jun 25 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

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

No Virtual General Meeting

Meetings resume in September


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