| We
hope you will join us in some of our chapter activities - |
Attend
a meeting and introduce yourself to us
Go on
one of the many birding field trips.
Come
to our Annual Dinner in March.
Join
us at the Summer Barbecue in July.
Come
to our Pancake Breakfast in October.
Volunteer
to help at Audubon House.
If you
enjoy working with children, sign up to be a Volunteer Naturalist.
Attend
a Conservation and/or Education Committee meeting.
Volunteer
to help with a chapter exhibit.
If you
are new to the chapter, introduce yourself so that we'll
get to know you better.
If you've already
attended several of our activities, volunteer to take a more
active part. |
| We
look forward to meeting you! |
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| Here
are some specific ways you can get involved with Sea &
Sage: |
| EDUCATION
PROJECTS: |
1.
Become a new Volunteer Naturalist.
(Tuesday and Thursday mornings).
SIGN
UP NOW for Naturalist Training
Sea & Sage
Audubon is seeking volunteers for its exciting, hands-on nature
program for 4th - 6th grade students at the San Joaquin Wildlife
Sanctuary. The next training class will be Thursday,
September 21st, at 9:00 a.m. in the Duck Club on the grounds
of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Benefits of being
a naturalist include making children's contact with nature
positive and meaningful, working outdoors in a beautiful habitat,
increasing your knowledge about birds and the wetland ecosystem,
meeting new people, making new friends, and being part of
a highly praised education project. YOU can be a part
of all this. To register, contact Trude Hurd, Project
Director of Education by email at
or contact her by phone at 949-261-7963. |
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2.
Become a Junior
Naturalist. (summer
day camp)
Assist with Day
Camp program. Age requirement - 13 to 18 years of age.
Call Trude Hurd
at (949) 261-7963 or contact her by e-mail at
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3.
Help with the Summer Barbecue on the last Saturday in July.
Helpers are
needed to lead late afternoon or evening bird walks, help
with set up or clean up, and help in other ways. Contact
Nancy Kenyon, a member of the BBQ planning committee, at
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4.
Help with the Annual Pancake Breakfast on October 28.
We always
need people to lead bird walks, help with set up and clean
up, and help in other ways.
Contact
Scott Thomas, chairman for this event, at
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5.
Help with Grant Writing.
Help write grants
and research potential sponsors.
Call
President Al Baumann at (949) 859-5081or contact him by e-mail
at |
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6.
Help with the Taxidermy.
Help with the quarterly
dusting of mounted specimens.
Call Trude
Hurd at (949) 261-7963 or contact her by e-mail at
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7.
Help with Computer Projects.
Help develop flyers
and summaries about our various educational activities.
Call Trude
Hurd at (949) 261-7963 or contact her by e-mail at
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8.
Help with the donated Bird Magazines.
Either donate bird
magazines to Audubon House yourself or help clip articles
from magazines
already donated.
Call Trude Hurd at (949) 261-7963 or contact her
by e-mail at
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| CHAPTER
PROJECTS: |
1.
Help at Audubon House.
Join a committee
on Education, Conservation, Membership, Field Trips, etc.
Contact:
Judy Fritts at
or call Audubon House at (949) 261-7963. |
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2.
Help Monitor Tree Swallows Nest Boxes.
Count eggs and
chicks in the nest boxes at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.
Find out all about
this program by clicking here.
Contact Christine
Tischer, Nest Box Coordinator for this program, at
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3.
Nature Shop at Audubon House.
Help with the monthly
inventory.
Contact Debby Thyssen,
Sales Manager for the Audubon House bookstore, at
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4.
Community Presentations.
Help with the Chapter
Slide Shows, Exhibits, Power Point Programs.
Contact President,
Al Baumann, at
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5.
Provide Expert Advice.
Carpentry, Financial,
Computer, other.
Contact
President, Al Baumann, at
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6.
General Meetings - on the 3rd Friday of the month
Help provide refreshments
for our General Meetings.
Contact
Merri Levy at
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7.
Conservation E-Mail Activists
Join our e-mail
activist group by sending your e-mail address to Conservation
Committee member
Chris Byrd at
. For more information on the e-mail Activist
group, see the Conservation
webpage. |
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| OTHER
PROJECTS: |
1.
Help the nesting Snowy Plovers & the Least Terns at the
mouth of the Santa Ana River at Huntington Beach State Beach.
Volunteers are
needed to help with a new project involving a small group
of Snowy Plovers and a larger group of Least Terns which nest
at the mouth of the Santa Ana River. We need help not
only to monitor the nesting birds, but also to help
educate the beach goers so that they stay away from the nesting
area.
Please email Cheryl
Egger
if you are interested in helping. |
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2.
Help the Littlest Terns at Bolsa Chica.
Volunteers are
being sought by the California Department of Fish & Game
to monitor breeding activities of the endangered California
Least Tern at Upper Newport Bay and Bolsa Chica
Ecological Reserves from mid April through mid July.
The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge successfully instituted
a volunteer program last year that is credited with a successful
breeding season for the Least Tern at that site. That
program will continue. Activities will primarily involve
observation and recording observations. Training will
be provided. Contact Peter Knapp at (562) 439-6474 (sorry
- no e-mail) to sign up or get additional information on this
project. |
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3.
Help the Least Terns at other sites.
Background:
Each year, the endangered California Least Tern migrates between
its wintering grounds in Mexico and Central America and its
breeding grounds along the Southern California coast.
One of these nesting sites is located within the Anaheim Bay
estuary in Seal Beach.
Volunteer responsibilities:
The "Eyes on the Colony" monitoring project places birders
on-site to monitor for avian predators (ravens, crows, kestrels,
shrike, peregrines and owls). If necessary, these volunteers
scare away potential predators by shouting and whistling.
In previous years, the level of California Least Tern breeding
success at this site has depended on the presence and efforts
of these volunteer monitors.
Hours
Needed: The "Eyes on the Colony" monitoring project
asks volunteers to watch during a four-hour shift: 7-11
a.m., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or 3-7 p.m. Volunteers need
to show up 15 minutes early to pick up a notebook and cellular
phone. New volunteers need to arrange a general orientation.
This year’s project begins April and extends until the end
of July or early August.
Contact
Person: If interested, please contact Kirk Gilligan
at the Refuge office at (562) 598-1024 or by email at
. Thank you for your help! |
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4.
Help Monitor Urban Nesting Raptors
Volunteers are
needed to monitoring hawks which nest in urban areas within
the county. For more information about this program
and how you can help, click here. |
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5.
Birders' Exchange
Within the constellation
of organizations and programs striving to provide the scientific,
financial, and community requirements for hemispheric bird
conservation, Birders' Exchange occupies a crucial niche.
Run cooperatively by ABA (the American Birding Association)
and the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Birders'
Exchange accepts donations of used but still useable birding
equipment for distribution to research and education organizations
in the Neotropics. Optics, books, and other supplies
are carried to their destination by volunteer couriers.
The idea is stunning in its simplicity: equipment that
might otherwise gather dust on a shelf goes instead to where
it can further the efforts of dedicated - but poorly funded
and ill equipped - teachers, ornithologists, and conservation
workers in Mexico and Central and South America.
Creative partnerships
are the key to conserving migratory and resident birds in
the Neotropics. And the efficient and carefully targeted
efforts of Birders' Exchange can supply a vital piece to
the puzzle. If you can support Birders' Exchange with
a donation of books, equipment, or money, or if you can
serve as a volunteer courier, please contact one of the
program's administrators listed below.
Betty Peterson
at ABA
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| 6.
Take part in Environmental Volunteer Opportunities in other
areas of Orange County. Click
here for information. |
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7.
Take part in one of our chapter's Bird Research Programs.
Click
here for information. |
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