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Programs For September, 2011 through June,  2012

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Norwalk High School seniors Stephanie Hollman and Brenda Santos will present a program on how to conserve water in your home and garden by using rain barrells and building a french drain at the September 15 meeting of the Whittier Area Audubon Society at 7:30 p.m.,located at the Whittier Community Center, 7630 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA. 90602. They will also talk about how third world countries can have access to clean water through a purification straw.

The Whittier Community Center is located on the corner of Washington Ave. (not to be confused with Washington Blvd.) and Mar Vista Sts. in the City of Whittier, across the street from the Whittier Public Library and next to a softball field. Light refreshments will be served. Admission is free. 

THURSDAY, October 20, 2011

Steve Ray, Executive Director of the Banning Ranch Conservancy will be the speaker at the Whittier Area Audubon meeting on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center, 7630 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA., located across the street from the Whittier Public Library, next to a softball field, on the corner of Mar Vista St. and Washington Ave., not to be confused with Washington Blvd. in Whittier.

Banning Ranch is a 400 acre parcel of coastal bluffs and adjacent wetlands located in the vicinity of West Newport Beach, close to where the Santa Ana River enters the Pacific Ocean. Today Banning Ranch is the largest privately owned parcel of open space in the West Newport Beach area, and is home to southern coastal bluff scrub and vernal pool habitats, as well as protected species such as the California gnatcatcher, coastal cactus wren, California least tern, Belding's savannah sparrow and fairy shrimp.

Banning Ranch also serves as a link between publicly owned open spaces on the South (Sunset Ridge Park), West (Army Corp of Engineers and restored wetlands which include Semeniuk Slough) and North (Talbert Nature Preserve). In an era where nearly all remaining privately owned coastal open space in Orange County is being developed, Banning Ranch is truly a gem worth preserving.

THURSDAY, november 17, 2011

Chris Quirante will present a program, "Birding the Puente Hills" at the Whittier Area Audubon Meeting on Thursday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center, 7630 Washington Ave., (not to be confused with Washington Blvd. ) Whittier, CA. The Community Center is located on the corner of Mar Vista St. and Washington Ave., across the street from the Whittier Public Library and next to a softball diamond.

Chris Quirante is an educator with Lou Henry Hoover Elementary School in the Whittier City School District. An avid local birder, he graduated from Whittier College with a Bachelors of Science in Biology. He is also a docent for the Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority. He leads nature walks in the local hills and specializes in birdwatching hikes. He has a strong passion for volunteering his time in the community.

THURSDAY, january, 2012

Papua New Guinea: Birds and People, with Chuck &   Lillian Almdale  -  Thursday, January 19, 2012 7:30 p.m. Whittier Area Audubon Society at the Whittier Community Center, 7630 Washington Ave., Whittier, CA.  on the corner of Washington Ave. (not to be confused with Washington Blvd.) and Mar Vista Sts. in the City of Whittier. The Community Center is located across the street from the Whittier Public Library and next to a softball field.
Papua New Guinea   is a land of huge diversity, in terrain, birds and people.  Almost half   of its 750 avian species are endemic.  Of its 830 indigenous languages,   half have fewer than 1,000 speakers.  In 2008, the Almdales visited six   locales in three weeks.  Their multi-media presentation features many   endemic birds especially the birds-of-paradise as well as the fascinating   people of New Guinea, including the Huli Wigmen of the central highlands and   the Yukoim cannibal-headhunters of Konmei Village on the Karawiri River in the east Sepik lowlands.  Come and remind yourself why you really want to go there.

Chuck & Lillian Almdale have been   active in the Audubon Society for over 25 years. When not birding   internationally, they lead local field trips, maintain records of Malibu Lagoon birds, census Snowy Plovers, comment on local and national bird blogs and chatlines, and have been on the board of Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society   for over 20 years. They both are retired accountants.

THURSDAY, march 15, 2012

Dick Purvis, who helped Whittier Area Audubon launch our bluebird monitoring program, will be back talking about his favorite topic, "Bluebirds," on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center, 7630 Washington Ave.,(not to be confused with Washington Blvd) in  Whittier, CA. The Whittier Community Center is located across the street from the Whittier Public Library and next to a softball field.

We have a bluebird monitoring program at the Rose Hills Memorial Park. Dick helped us build bluebird nest boxes and we installed them at Rose Hills. Jean Beaton was so inspired by his talk that she gathered a group together to start monitoring the cute little creatures. Many families of bluebirds were assisted by our nest boxes.