Ohlone Audubon Society

Upcoming Membership Meeting:

May 6, 2025 7:30

Joanna Wu: The Most Overlooked Birds in North America - Females

Description: Female birds often hide in plain sight. Typically drabber and more inconspicuous than males, there is an unconscious bias towards male birds in birdwatching, photography, and even in our scientific knowledge about birds. This talk explores the history of focus on male birds, why it’s important to focus on females, and gives female bird identification tips. Joanna challenges the audience to confront their own biases in our pursuit of birds

Speaker: Joanna Wu is a PhD student studying female birds in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. She previously worked at the National Audubon Society and is a member of the Galbatross Project, a group of birders, scientists, writers, and conservationists who are passionate about spreading awareness about female birds.

Nominations 2025-2026

In accordance with the Bylaws of our organization, the slate of officers nominated for the upcoming year must be presented to the membership, followed by the election of officers to occur at the May monthly meeting. In view of the current situation, the slate of Officers for the Board of Directors 2025-26 FY is listed below and members will be asked to vote “virtually” or by mail. Other board positions are appointed by the President. Please send your vote (yea or nay) electronically via this link:

VOTE HERE

Or you can print the paragraph below (Slate + yea/nay line) and mail it to: OAS, 1922 Hillsdale St, Hayward, CA 94541.
Write-ins are also accepted. Please vote by May 31, 2025. Thank you.

Slate of Officers for FY 2025-2026

President: Bill Hoppes

Vice President: Marty Morrow

Treasurer: Gail Ryujin

Recording Secretary: Kathy Robertson

Corresponding Secretary: Jackie Bertillion

Director at Large (2027) Vicki Robinson

I accept the above slate of Officers Yea __ Nay ___ Write in:______________