Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who help our birding community grow! “If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.” --Author Unknown
We are excited to share we earned the 100% Giving Board Award 2023 from the Community Foundation of Northern Nevada. Our Board is making a difference in our community by supporting the programs that support our local bird communities. Through youth education, bird walks, meeting programs, research presentations, community science, and conservation, Lahontan Audubon Society is your local nonprofit that builds our community and works to preserve the open spaces for birds and us! Lahontan Audubon Society is one of 116 local nonprofit organizations recognized for exemplary Board giving! Since 2008, the Community Foundation’s 100% Giving Board Award recognizes Northern Nevada nonprofits for the financial support their board members contribute to their organization’s work. The Community Foundation celebrates nonprofit board members working together for our community and personally demonstrating their belief in the work being done. Today, our Field Trip Chair, Lauren Whitenack and our youngest field trip leader, Steven Cavros, led a bird walk through May Arboretum and Rancho San Rafael Park. Click here for the eBird Report :) Steven is part of the American Birding Association's Young Birder Program and is one of the up and coming young leaders! Look for his field trips. He will be leading another walk at Virginia Lake next week!
The Pelican-- Hummingbird and Pollinator Garden Planting at Valley Wood Waterwise Gardens10/19/2023 Free Vulture Talk!
Where: Galena Creek Visitor Center When: Saturday, October 21, 2023 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am Some say they are ugly - a face only a mother could love, some say they are beautiful. Whether you love them or hate them they are indispensable for our ecosystems. Vultures are the “clean-up” crew, removing dead animals from the environment before they can contaminate the surrounding habitats. Join Alan Gubanich, long-time member of the Lahontan Audubon Society, for a look at the life and habits of our native Turkey Vultures and their cousins, the Black Vultures. And if there is time, Alan might also discuss other vultures from around the world. Photo taken earlier this year, Turkey Vulture near Winnemucca Pass Road, by Diane Wong-Kone On October 14, 2023, Lahontan Audubon Society celebrated World Migratory Bird Day by participating in EBird's October Big Day. We offered 3 bird walks that day and over 5,000 birds were seen! Check out our eBird Report for the full list of birds seen this day! Share your Big Day eBird list with us at lasbirdinggroup :) Photos by Dave Reynolds and Diane Wong-Kone.
Date: Saturday Oct. 21, 2023 Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM Place: River School Farm, 7777 White Fir St, Reno Click for Map Link Organic gardening is a great way to keep your garden healthy. Healthy gardens are good for us, the birds, and wildlife too! In this event, we will make juice and learn about composting for our gardens. This is an event for the whole family! Bring the kids and let them help. Do you have a tree filled with apples and don’t know what to do with them all? Let’s make some juice! Tom Stille is inviting us to bring our apples, even if they have a worm hole – that gets filtered out – to make some juice or apple cider vinegar. Bring your apples and a container to take some juice home. Learn hands-on how apple juice is made, how to measure sugar or alcohol content, and how to use the leftover pulp for composting in your yard. Tom rents the equipment to crush the apples but is generously inviting us all to join in the fun at the farm! Donations are welcome to help pay for the rental. Enjoy a day by the river while you are there! |
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