OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, January 14 5:00-6:30 p.m. Community Center
 Enjoy wine and cheese and meet fellow birders in the Vendor Fair area. Browse through the vendor booths featuring binoculars and scopes, books and CDs, native plants and garden art, watercolors and nature photography, wood carvings, jewelry, clothing and more! Keynote speaker John Muir Laws will be on hand to sign his new book.
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EVENING PROGRAM
Saturday, January 15 7:00-8:30 P.M. Morro Bay High School
| KEYNOTE SPEAKER: John Muir Laws "Finding Connection in Nature" |
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John Muir said "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe". Join us for an exciting evening of appreciation of some of the most astounding and unappreciated species in the Sierra Nevada. In this illustrated lecture, John (Jack) Muir Laws (no relation to the other John Muir) will help us follow a series of astounding relationships between plants and animals from coastal California. You will be delighted and amazed by the subtle and essential threads that connect species. Jack will also discuss some of the conservation challenges in the region and what stewards of nature are doing to confront them. Whether you're a botanist, birder or hiker, don't miss this great opportunity to enrich your next exploration in the the Golden State!
Jack delights in exploring the natural world and sharing this love with others. Laws has worked as an environmental educator for over 25 years in California, Wyoming, and Alaska. He teaches classes on natural history, conservation biology, scientific illustration, and field sketching. He is trained as a wildlife biologist and is an associate of the California Academy of Sciences. In 2009, he received the Terwilliger Environmental Award for outstanding service in Environmental Education. He has written and illustrated books about the natural history of California including Sierra Birds: a Hiker's Guide (2004), The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada (2007), and The Laws Pocket Guide Set to the San Francisco Bay Area (2009). He is a regular contributor to Bay Nature magazine with his "Naturalists Notebook" column. He is currently writing a field guide to coastal California.
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EVENING PROGRAM
Sunday, January 16 7:00-8:30 P.M. Morro Bay High School
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Kara Hagedorn:
"Sunshine's Mothering Miracle-
Lessons learned from a Red-tailed Hawk"
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| Join raptor biologist Kara Hagedorn and Sunshine, an injured Red-tailed Hawk, for an entertaining and informative story about raptor adoption. Every year Sunshine builds a nest and lays infertile eggs. In April, 2008, Kara and Sunshine were given a two-day old Red-shouldered hawk chick and a peeping egg. Hear Sunshine's story and learn the details of raptor reproduction, development and behavior. |
