Birds & Botany Hike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We'll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: HealdsburgCost: Free
42nd Annual Santa Cruz Fungus FairLearn about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz/Monterey and Bay Area. Find fungi on display in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features three days of fantastic fun, informative speakers and demonstrations, with fungal activities for the whole family. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $5
'Of Mice and Plants' and 'Secretive inhabitant of the beach and dunes: Snowy Plovers on the West Coast'Native mice on sand dunes consume the seeds of plants. Recent research at Point Reyes National Seashore has shown that invasive European beachgrass provides shelter that allows mice to consume large quantities of fruits of the endangered plant, Tidestrom's lupine. The recent large-scale restoration at Abbotts Lagoon, which has removed ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
Our Fantastic MoonThe full moon is the second brightest object in the sky. This talk will be initiated with a historical overview of the role played by the moon in Indian, Mesopotamian, and Meso-american cultures. It will be proceed with a discussion of few curious facts about the geometry of its orbital ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Green Friday: 'Racing to Zero'At the January Green Friday Racing To Zero will be shown. Racing To Zero is a documentary film 55 minutes long shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in October, 2014 that portrays the existing programs and plans of San Francisco's high "let's end waste" goals. Racing To Zero is ...
Steve Gottlieb has been an active observer and catalogue junkie for over 25 years and member of SFAA since 1981. He's written a number of deep-sky observing articles for Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, Deep Sky Magazine as well as the SFAA bulletin. His 600 favorite deep-sky objects are featured in ...
