April 18th (Wednesday) 7:00PM-8:45PM
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex - A Globally Important Bird Area
Speakers: Dan Frisk, Sacramento NWR Complex Manager & Mike Peters, Colusa & Sutter NWR Manager
For thousands of years the Sacramento Valley Complex, established in 1937, has provided a winter haven for ducks geese and swans. Waterfowl migrate here by the millions from as far away as the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada and Siberia. This 35 thousand acre complex is the single most important wintering area along the ancient western flyway. Join us to discover the most spectacular concentration of waterfowl on the continent. Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. Admission is $5. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007.
The Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex - A Globally Important Bird Area
Speakers: Dan Frisk, Sacramento NWR Complex Manager & Mike Peters, Colusa & Sutter NWR Manager
For thousands of years the Sacramento Valley Complex, established in 1937, has provided a winter haven for ducks geese and swans. Waterfowl migrate here by the millions from as far away as the Arctic regions of Alaska, Canada and Siberia. This 35 thousand acre complex is the single most important wintering area along the ancient western flyway. Join us to discover the most spectacular concentration of waterfowl on the continent. Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. Admission is $5. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007.
November 1st (Thursday) 7:00PM-8:30PM
Stingers, Fangs & Venom
Guest Speaker: Michael Marchiano, Bay Area Naturalist
Learn the truth and the myths about often maligned creatures that share our planet! Do you fear those little eight legged creatures? How dangerous or deadly are tarantulas, scorpions, the black widow and slithering rattlesnakes? Join us to learn the facts and actually see these amazing creatures live! Learn the real truth about these "media monsters" moving among us ... silently in Sonoma. Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. Admission is $5. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007.
Stingers, Fangs & Venom
Guest Speaker: Michael Marchiano, Bay Area Naturalist
Learn the truth and the myths about often maligned creatures that share our planet! Do you fear those little eight legged creatures? How dangerous or deadly are tarantulas, scorpions, the black widow and slithering rattlesnakes? Join us to learn the facts and actually see these amazing creatures live! Learn the real truth about these "media monsters" moving among us ... silently in Sonoma. Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. Admission is $5. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007.
November 29th (Wednesday) 7:00PM-8:30PM
The Mighty California Condor - The Race To Save Our Largest Bird From Extinction
Guest Speaker: John Moir - Renowned National Environmental Journalist
Author - Return of the Condor
With a wingspan of nearly ten feet, the rare and amazing California Condors are North America’s largest bird. Spectacular, rare and allusive! The Condor project is the most expensive species project ever undertaken in the US. Learn about where best to view this remarkable bird, current recovery programs, habitat and behavioral challenges for new generations of this species. Today there is approximately 210 in the wild. In 1982, only twenty-two California Condors remained in the world. Admission $5.00. Open to the public! Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007. The 2012 series is co-sponsored with Sonoma County Regional Parks.
The Mighty California Condor - The Race To Save Our Largest Bird From Extinction
Guest Speaker: John Moir - Renowned National Environmental Journalist
Author - Return of the Condor
With a wingspan of nearly ten feet, the rare and amazing California Condors are North America’s largest bird. Spectacular, rare and allusive! The Condor project is the most expensive species project ever undertaken in the US. Learn about where best to view this remarkable bird, current recovery programs, habitat and behavioral challenges for new generations of this species. Today there is approximately 210 in the wild. In 1982, only twenty-two California Condors remained in the world. Admission $5.00. Open to the public! Sonoma Veterans Memorial Building - 126 First St. West, Sonoma CA 95476. For additional info, email us or call 707-939-8007. The 2012 series is co-sponsored with Sonoma County Regional Parks.
Sonoma Birding was founded in 2004 in Sonoma Valley, CA. as a volunteer "citizen science" based conservation organization that has established sustainable bird and nature related activities and programs for all ages through a variety of partnerships in the United States and Canada.