Past Membership Meetings
Below is a list of past meeting topics and locations going back to 2018.
2024 Membership Meeting Topics
April 2024
A Journey To Photograph all Fifty State Birds
March 2024
Birding Adventures in the Central Himalayan Kingdoms of Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan
February 2024
Invasive Spartina Removal Efforts
January 2024
A Century of Field Identification
2022 Membership Meeting Topics
December 2022
Membership Meeting - In Person Cookie Exchange and Member Photos, no recording!
November 2022
October 2022
Field Journaling and Birds - How, Why, and Where to Start; Presenter: Alex Cho
September 2022
2021 Membership Meeting Topics
Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/258ebvvk
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Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/322s9xse
Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/186430x7
January 2021
OMG - Is that a New Species? By Alvaro Jaramillo, author, biologist, birding guide.
Video recording:https://tinyurl.com/yydc3xfo
Audio recording:https://tinyurl.com/y5k4h26e
2020 Membership Meeting Topics
December 2020
Members Slide Show-n-Tell
Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/yy9gfacp
Audio recording: https://tinyurl.com/y3xw2oo3
November 2020
Shorebirds by Ed Harper, wildlife photographer, birding guide, and a retired mathematics professor
Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/yy9gfacp
Audio recording: https://tinyurl.com/y3xw2oo3
October 2020
Trans-Pacific Migrations by Peter Pyle, author, ornithologist and marine biologist
Video recording: https://tinyurl.com/yyflg7cg
Audio only recording:https://tinyurl.com/y4vw6z5o
September 2020
The Canary Islands by Jaan Lepson, trained zoologist and a practicing astrophysicist
Video recording:https://tinyurl.com/y49ajsek
Audio only recording:https://tinyurl.com/y3p78tfh
No meetings in April, May, and June of 2020 due to COVID-19. All membership meetings conducted virtually via Zoom starting September 2020.
March 2020
Audubon Climate Change Report by Juan Pablo conservation biologist.
February 2020
Birding Wine Regions of the World - California, Chile, South Africa and Beyond by Alvaro Jaramillo, author, biologist, birding guide.
Niles Discovery Church
January 2020
Mimicry in Raptors by Hans Peeters, author, biologist, and emeritus professor in ecology.
Carlton Plaza, Fremont
2019 Membership Meeting Topics
December 2019
Holiday Cookie Exchange and Photo Show by members; Least Tern Recovery and Monitoring at Eden Landing by Ben Pearl of SFBBO biologist.
Robert Livermore Community Center
November 2019
Biking for Birds: 365 days, 18,000 miles, 618 species, 1 amazing adventure by Dorian Anderson, author and birding guide.
Castro Valley Adult School
October 2019
Sahul - A Paradise for Birds by Bob Lewis, trained chemist, birding educator, guide, and award wining photographer
Niles Discovery Church
September 2019
Ecology and Conservation of the Gulf of the Farallones, California, by Peter Pyle, author, ornithologist and marine biologist.
Carlton Plaza, Fremont
May 2019
The Fabulous Falklands by Ed Harper, wildlife photographer, birding guide, and a retired mathematics professor
San Leandro Library
April 2019
Avian Olfaction: The Road Less Travelled, by Gabrielle Nevitt, scientist, professor (UC Davis), and author
Castro Valley Adult School
March 2019
Bird and Rhinoceros Poaching in South Africa and Botswana, by Jill Hedgecock, author, conversationist, and birder
Robert Livermore Community Center
February 2019
Birds and Bees, by Debbie Wong, birder, bird bander, SF Asian Art Museum docent, and beekeeper
Niles Discovery Church
January 2019
Convincing Details And Other Birding Fiction, by Joe Morlan, field ornithology professor and author
Carlton Plaza
2018 Membership Meeting Topics
December 2018
Holiday Cookie Exchange, Photo Show, John Muir Land Trust Almond Ranch, by JMLT staff Krista Vossekuil, Associate Director of Development and Communications and Hannah Hodgson, Community Programs Associate
Robert Livermore Community Center
November 2018
Birds and Flowers Ink Brush Painting: Demo and DIY!, by Pauline Tsui, artist, a writer, and a docent of the Asian Art Museum
Castro Valley Adult School
October 2018
Birding Winter Wonderland in Japan, by Alvaro Jaramillo, biologist, author and birding guide
Niles Discovery Church
September 2018
Birding in the Caribbean, by Bob Lewis, trained chemist, birding educator, guide and award winning photographer
Carlton Plaza
June 2018
Annual Potluck Dinner, Installation of Officers, Equipment Show-N-Tell and Birder's Fair!
Alviso Adobe Community
May 2018
"Restoring Common Murres to Devil's Slide Rock", by Gerry McChesney, Wildlife Refuge Manager for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
San Leandro Library
April 2018
"What's That Bird with Ed", by Ed Harper, wildlife photographer, birding guide, and a retired mathematics professor
Castro Valley Adult School
March 2018
“A Case Study in Shorebird Restoration”, by David “Doc Quack” Riensche, biologist, teacher, and author
Pleasanton Middle School
February 2018
“How Diet Plays a Role in the Recovery of the California Least Tern”, by Meredith Elliott, Senior Scientist with Point Blue Conservation
Niles Discovery Church