Membership Meetings
Ohlone Audubon Membership Meetings:
Ohlone holds ten monthly Membership Meetings featuring programs on birds and the environment and are open to all! Because Ohlone covers all the cities of Southern and Eastern Alameda County, we alternate our monthly meeting places in order to better serve our entire membership. We're always on the lookout, and welcome suggestions, for attractive, affordable, and conveniently located meeting facilities. If you know of a room in a school, church, retirement facility, etc., that may possibly be suitable for OAS membership meetings, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. through email by clicking on her mail.
Bring your washable cup to enjoy hot or cold beverages with the delictable morsels provided by volunteer chefs. This is our chance to converse and compare sightings with other bird observers. You may volunteer to provide refreshments for future meetings by signing the form circulated at the meeting.
Below is a list of past meeting topics and locations:
October 3
"Sunda – A Land of Birds, Beasts and Dragons" by Bob Lewis, a trained chemist, birder, educator, and the recipient of 2016 ABA's Chandler Robbins Award.
Niles Discovery Church (Niles)
September 5
"Double-crested Cormorant Colony on SF-Oakland Bay Bridge" by Mark Rauzon, a scientist, biologist, and teaches in Lanley College, and Meredith Elliott, a scientist, biologist with Point Blue Conservation.
Carlton Plaza of Fremont
June 6
"Pelagic birds of the Bay Area" by Alvaro Jaramillo, biologist, birding guide, and author
Alviso Adobe (Pleasanton)
May 2, 2017
"Management Plan for the Salton Sea" by Andrea Jones, birder, biologist, and Director of Bird Conservation, Audubon California.
San Leandro Library
April 4, 2017
"Birding the Four Seasons of Montana" by Ed Harper, wildlife photographer, birding guide, and a retired mathematics professor
Castro Valley Adult School
March 7, 2017
"Bluebird Birdhouse" with Mike Azevedo, avid birder, California Bluebird Recovery Program Nestbox Coordinator for Santa Clara County
Pleasanton Middle School
February 7, 2017
"Dead Whales do Tell Tales" with Moe Flannery, Ornithology and Mammalogy Collection Manager at the California Academy of Sciences
Niles Discovery Church
January 3, 2017
"The Use of Remote Cameras to Assess Wildlife Diversity in the Sunol-Ohlone Regional Wildernes" with Steve Bobzien, wildlife ecologist
Carlton Plaza of Fremont
December 6, 2016
Members' Night: Member Slideshow and Annual Cookie Exchange
Pleasanton Middle School
November 1, 2016
"Molt Patterns and More, in Birds" with Peter Pyle, ornithologist, marine biologist, and researcher
San Leandro Library