While participating in Cornell Lab’s “Project Feeder Watch” this season, I noticed a different visitor at my feeders. Turns out this bright yellow bird with distinct gray cap, eye line and malar or “moustache stripe” (below the eye) is an exotic species, thought to be a pet trade escapee native to Africa, the common name […]
Fall is in full swing and our species counts at both our 2nd Saturday Hellman Lowlands walk and 4th Sunday Zedler Marsh walk are showing it! To see our Facebook page photo gallery of these walks, click here. At the Zedler walk on October 28th we observed 25 species at this little pocket marsh with […]
Join El Dorado Audubon on Saturday, December 15th for the 119th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC)! Started in 1900 by ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, an early officer of the National Audubon Society, he got 27 of his birding friends to go out and count birds, instead of shooting them as was the custom back then. […]
As promised, this year’s Least Tern fledgling count: 42! This is up from last year, thank goodness. Many thanks to all who helped out with Eyes on the Colony and monitoring. We will need help again staring in May of 2019. Mark your calendars. We celebrated National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on September 29th. Rick […]
Fall is here and now is the best time to plant native plants for birds! Turning your yard into your own private bird watching habit is easy. Just add food, shelter and water. Native plants are an excellent choice for feeding birds the “natural way”, plus they are drought tolerant. No need for pesticides, California […]
This is a no pressure, lend a helping hand if and when you can opportunity. Just provide us your name, interests and phone number and when the need arises we’ll give you a call and check if you are available to help. Why volunteer? There are lots of good reasons. Here are a few: Meet […]
Audubon Assembly in November, Long Beach, CA, by Mary Parsell Chapter leaders, members, and friends are invited to join Audubon California Nov. 2nd through 4th in Long Beach for the 2018 Audubon Assembly. The theme of the 2018 Assembly is Look Up! The weekend will be an opportunity to look outside our local programs and […]
Many thanks to Carolyn Vance and all the volunteers for their hard work at the Refuge! To sign up for Public Land’s Day at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, before 9/24/18, please call 562-598-1024 for a reservation and specify “Lands Day Planting”. Also thanks to Carolyn for all her work on our Twitter Page, she posts a […]
We have a lot of great events and walks scheduled for our new year beginning in September. You should be receiving our September newsletter in your mailbox soon. Our first program of the year begins with Tom Ryan on Least Terns, details below. At the refuge the September tour is a National Public Lands Day […]
** Class is now full** This workshop is now closed, with 7 people on the wait list. Please contact Anne Maben at afmaben@gmail.com close to the workshop to see if there will be any openings. For those who registered please watch your email for communications from the instructors, if you can’t make it to class […]
Cindy CrawfordUnusual SuspectDecember 2, 2018 - 7:16 pm
Cindy CrawfordWalk Recap–Los Cerritos Wetlands Oct. & Nov.November 11, 2018 - 9:15 pm
Cindy Crawford119th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), by Carolyn VanceNovember 7, 2018 - 2:23 am
Carolyn VanceSeal Beach National Wildlife Refuge Update, by Carolyn VanceNovember 7, 2018 - 2:12 am