118th Annual Christmas Bird Count

Please join the El Dorado Audubon Society for this year’s Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 16th, 2017, from 7:30am to 4pm. For those of you who wish to participate but do not yet have an assignment, please meet me (Cindy Dunbar) and Carolyn Vance at the El Dorado Branch Library, Spring and Studebaker, Long Beach, at 7:30am on December 16th. After the count or at approximately 4:30pm, we will meet at Glory Days Beachside Restaurant, 620 Pacific Coast Hwy, Seal Beach for dinner and a recap of the day’s event. We’re looking forward to another great year! — Cindy Dunbar

For more details please see http://eldoradoaudubon.org/event/christmas-bird-count/

Birds in Art 2017, By Annabelle Rice

“The source of limitless creative inspiration, birds connect us to the rhythms of life. Their migrations mark the shifting seasons, their music heralds each dawn, and their shoreline searches highlight the ebb and flow of the tide.
Avian art resonates and inspires in endlessly novel ways, too. Talented artists from throughout the world push standards ever higher, continually striving to be among those selected for the internationally renowned Birds in Art exhibition.” – Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

Following the close of the annual Birds in Art exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum each fall, 60 of the 100 plus artworks embark on a national tour. I am excited to tell you that, for the third year in a row, the Fullerton Arboretum Nikkei Heritage Museum will host the Birds in Art exhibit from the Woodson. Dates are Dec. 8th, to Jan. 25th. Open: Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays 12pm to 4pm. Having been to the Woodson twice and having seen three of the traveling art exhibits in California, I can say if you love birds, you will love Birds in Art.

Fullerton Arboretum: fullertonarboretum.org, (657) 278-3407.

For more info also see venues list and touring exhibitions.