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Chapter
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General
Meeting
Friday
- February 17 - 7:30 pm
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"The Natural History of Kern County "
presented
by Alison Sheehey
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| Why does landlocked Kern County have such an impressive list of flora and fauna? A diversity of geology and biology unparalleled for any area in North America, north of Mexico is why. Come learn about the natural history of Kern County from its beginnings: geology, tectonics, paleontology, Floristic Provinces, Native Americans, early settlers and the diverse assemblage of flora and fauna in the modern day. This whirlwind journey is the result of 20+ years of research and field explorations reconstructing the pieces on why this region is so diverse. It began as a result of working on endangered species issues back in the 1980's, where inquiries to researchers, government officials and literature yielded little information on life before European conquest of area Indians and common wildlife species. This program is an amalgamation of searches of literature, museum collections, interviews of experts, and Ali's own field work. Expect to leave this presentation with a deep appreciation for why this area of central California is so special. |
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| Alison is the Outreach Coordinator for Audubon California’s Kern River Preserve, where she is the webmaster and newsletter editor, develops educational materials, leads field trips, and coordinates four nature festivals each year. She moved to the west side of Kern County in 1980 and now lives in the Kern River Valley area. She is a talented photographer and her own website contains a vast array of natural history material and photos covering many areas of CA: www.natureali.org/toc.html . |
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Alison’s program will be shown in the Duck Club at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. The doors open at 7:00 for refreshments and fellowship, and the meeting and program begin at 7:30 pm. We hope you will join us. |
—Pat
& Dick Cabe, Program Co-Chairs |
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Directions
to our General Meetings:
Our General Meetings are held in the Duck Club, the
building next door to Audubon House. The doors open at 7:00
pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30. Since the Duck Club
is so close to Audubon House, we will have Audubon House (and
its bookstore) open from 6:30 to 7:15 so that you can stop
by on your way to the meeting. There is ample parking. (map)
— If you have not been to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary
recently, you may need to review the directions for getting
there. Please read the directions below. |
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| From
the San Diego Freeway (405), exit on Jamboree south toward
Newport Beach.
At the 1st signal (which is Michelson), turn left. Continue
on Michelson (past the old entrance to the SJWS) to the 5th
signal which is Harvard and turn right. Drive to University
Drive & turn right. Drive to Campus Drive & turn right.
Stay in far right lane and immediately turn right onto Riparian
View which will enter the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.
( If you miss the turn and reach Carlson, turn right and go
around the block again to Harvard.) There is a green sign
at the entrance marking this as the entrance road into the
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. At the end of the road, you
will make a sharp left turn down a sloping driveway and into
the parking lot.The 1st building you will see will be Audubon
House; the Duck Club is adjacent to Audubon House. Beyond
this area are the ponds and marsh mitigation areas of the
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary which are open every day from
dawn to dusk. |
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General
Meetings for 2010-2011
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| General Meetings are held the
third Friday evening in September, October, November, January,
February, April, May and June. The meetings begin at 7:30
p.m. (The Irvine Ranch Water District neither supports
nor endorses the cause or activities of organizations which
use the district's meeting rooms, which are made available
as a public service.) |
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| Sept.
16 |
"Hummingbirds:
Magic in the Air"
-Directed
& produced by Ann Crum; narrated by F. Murray
Abraham |
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| Oct.
21 |
"Best
of Birding; (includes birding festivals & hotspots")
-presented
by Stephen Ingraham |
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| Nov.
18 |
"Black-backed
Woodpeckers & Forest Burns"
-presented
by Steve Shunk |
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| Dec.
16 |
NO PROGRAM THIS MONTH. |
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| Jan.
20 |
"A
Photographic Adventure at Midway Atoll"
presented by Bob Steele |
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| Feb.
18 |
"Natural
History of Kern County"
presented
by Alison Sheehey |
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| Mar.
18 |
2012
Annual Dinner guest speaker - John Muir Laws will
present a program entitled
"Natural History of the Sierra Nevada" |
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| Apr.
20 |
"Cavity
Nesters"
presented by Sylvia Gallagher |
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| May
18 |
to
be announced |
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| June
15 |
to
be announced |
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Annual
Dinner Meeting
| The Annual Dinner Meeting takes
the place of a regular General Meeting. It is usually
held on the third Friday night in March. In 2011, the Annual
Dinner Meeting was on Friday, March 18th and our speaker was
Kimball Garrett. In 2012, the Annual Dinner will be on Friday,
March 16th, and our speaker will be John Muir Laws who will
present a program entitled "Natural History of the Sierra
Nevada". |
Committee
Meetings
| Committees do the chapter's
work and welcome all interested members. They include: Conservation,
Education, Bird Information, Programs, Partners in Flight,
Field Trips, Exhibits, Hospitality, Exhibits, Membership,
and Publishing. Not all of these committees have regular monthly
meetings. |
Conservation
Committee Meetings
| The
Conservation Committee meets the first Tuesday evening
of each month. The meetings begin at 6:30 pm and are usually
held in the Blue House in the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.
For more information contact Scott Thomas at
or by phone at 949-293-2915. |
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| 4th
Tuesday Conservation Lecture Series - 7:30
pm at Education Center (the big gray building), in the San
Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine. Our next Conservation
Lecture will be on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at which time Dr. Kris Preston will speak on the "Orange County Cactus Wren Survey." |
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Photographers'
Meetings
The Photographers meet three
times a year at Jim Gallagher's house in Huntington Beach,
to share photos and discuss various photographic techniques.
The date for the next meeting Friday, April 27.. The limit
is 30 photos per person. For more information on these
meetings and/or directions to Jim's house, call Jim at 714-962-8990.
If you will be bringing digital pictures, please follow
the guidelines listed below.
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| 1.
Photographs should be in JPEG format. TIFF and RAW files
are too large, could bog down the presentations, and are unnecessary
for digital projection. |
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| 2.
Presentations should saved and brought to the meeting on either
a CD-ROM or CF (Compact Flash) card to avoid delays from connecting
the digital projector to multiple laptops. |
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| 3.
It is recommended that photographs are sized with dimensions
of 1000 pixels for the longest side (Width) for landscape
formatted photos and 750 pixels for the longest side (Height)
for portrait formatted photos. Photos with these dimensions
should fill the screen. |
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| Questions?
Contact
Jim Gallagher; |
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