Ventura Audubon
Society
Ventura
Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society. We are located
in Ventura County
, California
.
Mailing address: P. O. Box 24198
, Ventura
,
California
93002
What's
Happening
Birdathon - It's that time of year when we look for donations to pay for our
chapter's activities. Your generosity means we can continue the
conservation, education and field events that we bring you every year.
Read more in the April Newsletter.
Check out the April & May 2008 Issue of our
Newsletter...You will find
Field Trips, Program Meeting news, Field Notes and other
news.
Click on the newsletter link at
the left, then choose the issue you want.
(PDF file opens in new window.You can download a free copy of the program
to read it here: Download
Reader ) You will see an enitre
year of newsletters available in case you've forgotten the date of the
field trip you saw the Yellow-breasted Pink-warbler on or want to re-read one of
David Pereksta's great articles.
Two New
Ways to Painlessly Contribute Funds to Ventura Audubon:
Now you can help support Ventura Audubon Society by purchasing optics
equipment through Eagle Optics. To participate you may click on this link: Eagle Optics.
For every purchase through this site, Eagle Optics will donate
5% of the sale to Ventura Audubon. If you prefer to order by phone
(800-289-1132), please be sure to ask for the 5% donation to Ventura Audubon
when you order.
Bird Watcher's Digest Magazine will donate 1/2 of the initial subscription
price to Ventura Audubon. This excellent publication contains information about
bird life history, bird distribution, bird feeding, bird art and birding and
conservation articles. Many of our members already enjoy it. You may click on
this link to subscribe: Birdwatcher's
Digest .
Worried about Global Warming?
To find out what
things you can do: Click Here .
Ventura County Bird Checklist 2007 is now available in a handy field checklist form. Click on
the Publications link on the left and order one.
Two
additions to the website:
1) If you find a sick or injured bird
you can get help with it by following the bottom item in the menu on
the left.
2) Confused about what rare birds to
report? Go to the Links page using the menu on the left and look for the
information under Research.
You can now contribute to the scientific endeavor
to keep track of bird populations. Audubon
California has made a special effort to encourage birders to record their
observations on eBird. This data will be used by
researchers to understand what birds are where and how many there are at various
times of the year. "Hasn't that been done?" you ask. Well we checked
eBird
for the Santa Clara River
estuary for the last 5 years and discovered there were no birds reported
there...so there is room for improvement.
Just go to the links page.
Look under research and follow the link provided there.
Question about local birds?
E-mail Ventura Audubon for an answer:
E-mail
New Membership Options
- Click
on Membership Link at left.
Field Trips
galore this month. Click
on the Newsletter Link at the left.
Volunteer Opportunity
- Ventura Audubon has committed to helping restore a portion of the Santa
Clara River
to native forest. Click Here to discover how
you can participate.
Our Mission
The mission of the
Ventura
Audubon Society is to promote at the local level, by education and action,
the protection and restoration of bird populations and wildlife habitat
for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biodiversity.
Our
Mission
is achieved by the following activities:
- Conducting volunteer research
on bird distribution and populations.
- Working to restore natural areas
through removal of non-native plants and re-vegetation with native plants.
- Education about natural habitats
and the species that use them and Audubon activities through monthly programs
and newsletters.
- Education of children to be good
stewards of the earth through supporting Audubon Adventures programs in
local classrooms.
- Working to preserve natural habitats
by reviewing and commenting on environmental documents for land use projects
to the various government agencies involved in planning and, where necessary,
supporting legal action to ensure protection of environmental quality and
diversity
- Creating an appreciation of various
habitats and their wildlife and plant resources by conducting field trips.
Contact Us:
Send E-mail to Ventura Audubon Society, Inc.Click
Here
R. Smith, Webmaster