Past Events

Recent past programs: Many thanks to our speakers for engaging and informative programs.

21 February 2024:  Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship: Reflecting on 10 Years of Bird Banding at Oxbow Preserve by Lynn Wickersham

15 November 2023: Declining Mallard populations in the Central Flyway by Catherine and Joseph Ortega.

17 May 2023. Costa Rica: Where to Go and What to see by Joseph Ortega, Rich Donley, and Steve Samora.

16 November 2022. American Dipper Project - Animas River and other streams in SW Colorado by Steve Monroe and Robert Winslow.

17 August 2022: Journey to the Enchanted Isles by Dr. Preston Somers: 

18 May 2022 eBird and Merlin apps, audio recording, and digiscoping hints, presented by Amanda St. Pierre and Chris MacDonald.1

12 February 2020: Birds Down Under by Preston Somers

13 November 2019: Birds of East Africa by Robert Winslow

14 August 2019: Effects of noise pollution on bird communities by Catherine Ortega

8 May 2019: Birding in El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico by Kristi Streiffert

13 February 2019: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship at Oxbow Park and Preserve: 5-Year Findings by Lynn Wickersham

14 November 2018: A rare glimpse of a white-eared hummingbird in southeastern Arizona. Nesting film footage by Charles Melton by Susan Allerton and Pete Roland

8 August 2018: Spring Migration in Southeastern Arizona by Brad and Noma Macurda

9 May 2018:Birding in Ecuador: from Hoatzins in the Amazon to Andean Condors soaring above 17,000' volcanoes by Catherine and Joseph Ortega

7 February 2018: Wildlife Conservation in China’s Nature Reserves—A good start, a long way to go by Tom Dahmer

8 November 2017: Birds in Literature by Diane Skinner:

9 August 2017: One by Land, Two by Sea: Spring Migration in Texas by Brad and Noma Macurda PDF of program

10 May 2017: Photo journal of birds in Homer, Alaska, featuring Bald Eagles by Robert Winslow

8 February 2017: Birds of the Lower Rio Grande Valley by Rich Donley. PDF of program.

9 November 2016: Breeding Ecology and Status of the Gray Vireo by Lynn Wickersham