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Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society Vol. XLII #6 Oct./Nov. 2020 Audubon Online Oct. 20 @ 7PM Audubon Online Nov. 17 @ 7PM The Marvelous Hummingbird The Great Lakes Express Join our chapter online for a presentation by That may sound like the name of an old railroad Benny Jacobs-Schwarz as he takes us on a line, but it was a three-week birding tour of the whirlwind tour from the tropics to Alaska to Great Lakes area that Ann and Eric Brooks fi nd those feathered treasures, the humming- shared with fi ve birds. Go to www.pvsb-audubon.org for the link. intrepid explorers in May, 2019. Birds migrating north/ south through the Midwest have to go around or over the Great Lakes, creating concen- tration points that have become Meccas for birders. Join Ann and Eric as they present their story of adventure, braving north winds and high water in search of migrating birds. Audubon Creates A founding member of our Audubon chapter, Program Director Position Eric taught birdwatching fter a lapse of seven years, our Audubon classes for almost 40 years. chapter is pleased to report that a He has been studying birds staffA position has once again been funded. and traveling to experience By the end of October, a Program Director birds ever since he caught will be working with the board and others birding fever when he saw on a series of programs, including ones Painted Redstarts and of long standing, such as the YES (Youth Scissor-tailed Flycatchers Environmental Stewards) program. The while serving in the Army position is half time for now, but we hope in Texas. Ann joined the Bird Classes and rose to that support from chapter members will the rank of co-teacher. Fortunately, she shares allow this to grow into a full time Executive Eric’s passion for birds and for travel! Eric and Director’s position. An outline of immediate Ann lead fi eld trips for PV/SB Audubon Society objectives and an introduction to the new and birdwalks at Kenneth Hahn Park for the Program Director will be in the next issue Los Angeles Audubon Society. of Hummin’. Go to www.pvsb-audubon.org for the link. 2 October/November 2020
Conservation Concerns was acquired by the state. conservation property for The land was paid for with a larger parcel of ruderal Does “In Perpetuity” taxpayer funds allocated to grassland and coastal sage permanent habitat protection. scrub they own. However, that Mean Forever? It was money well spent, and land is not suitable habitat the parcel is now one of the for the butterfly. One would last known occupied sites for a think such a proposal should species that was once common go straight into the trash can. in southern California. But no, the County Board The quino almost went of Supervisors has already extinct with no one noticing. approved the swap. The It was not until Rudi Mattoni, weasels have been busy. who helped us establish our Under California and first butterfly count here on federal law, there are very tight the peninsula, began asking strictures on what can be done around about the butterfly with such properties. As long By Jess Morton three decades ago that as the habitat and the species the quino’s plight became using that habitat thrive on To most of us, in perpetuity apparent. No one had seen one a property, it must remain in means forever. One would in the LA basin in a long time, conservation. And there is the think the same goes rub. The land can be when dedicating open exchanged if it can be space “in perpetuity” demonstrated that for conservation. it no longer serves However, when it the original conser- comes to protecting vation need. It can land in California also be exchanged under law, some if it can be proved exceptions apply. that the compen- And where there is satory parcel(s) weasel room, one can provide improved be sure the weasels conservation for the will turn up sooner species involved. or later when a tasty Historically, there morsel is to be had. March, 2019, Procter Valley landscape with butterfly. have been a few A proposal now Photo by Robb Hamilton land swaps using being considered these provisions, but in San Diego County could and there were only scattered none were of a substantive render “in perpetuity” to reports elsewhere. By the time nature. Those have involved mean only until inconve- the quino had gone through lot line adjustments and the nient for a well-connected the federal listing process, like. They certainly were not developer. It involves a land it was so rare that it was land exchanges resulting in a swap in San Diego County’s officially designated an endan- loss of a significant portion of Procter Valley. Some years gered species in 1997. an endangered species’ world ago, a piece of critical habitat Development interests in population, such as this one there for the endangered the county are seeking to does for the quino checkerspot. Quino Checkerspot Butterfly exchange the Procter Valley www.pvsb-audubon.org 3
Of course, the exchange conservation needs in Procter until early October, when we must also satisfy all the regu- Valley. expect a vote to come down. latory and governmental Thus it’s up to NGOs like If the WCB doesn’t deny, units involved in setting up Audubon, and in this case, then the NGOs will have to and managing the original especially the Endangered look to the courts to uphold purchase. But what happens Habitats League (EHL), to the law. If this land swap is when all those agencies cave carry the flag for conserva- completed, no publicly owned in to political pressure? Under tion. At the August meeting conservation land will ever the present federal admin- of California’s Wildlife be safe from exploitation. istration, the US Fish and Conservation Board (WCB), Furthermore, private land which also has holders wishing to donate land veto power over to the state for conservation the swap, EHL purposes will be far less likely presented a to do so, knowing that their convincing legal cherished property could easily and biological go to some developer well-con- case for pres- nected with local government ervation. The officials. This particular land developers, of exchange may be in San Diego course, had all County, but its implications sorts of propo- are state wide, and they are nents for their monumental. Our Audubon Quino Checkerspot Butterfly. project, but chapter, along with EHL and Photo by Robb Hamilton lacking was many local, state and national Wildlife Service is not likely to any sound reason the WCB organizations, has urged the defend its own federal listing should not turn the proposal WCB to deny this proposal. of the species. California is down. Because of the number It is not simply a lousy deal considering the butterfly of speakers at the meeting for a butterfly. The precedent for state listing, but cannot (virtual, of course), the WCB established would be disaster be counted on to support its chose to postpone its decision for conservation.
Butterfly Count at 40 was first discovered by John take John home, he shouted, Snider on our first butterfly “Stop! Stop!” and leapt from By Jess Morton count back in 1981. John was the car, butterfly net in hand. July 11th marked our 40th the entomologist who made I could see nothing but a bare annual butterfly count. As I our counts possible. Back hillside and a couple of shrubs. have done for many years, I then, we in Audubon knew John whooshed his net above began in Chadwick Canyon birds--not butterflies! one of them and smiled. “Got seeking Square-spotted Blue The day had been an it,” he said, and showed me Butterflies, kin to the endan- exciting one of discovery for the delicate creature at rest gered El Segundo Blue that I me. We had covered a lot of in his net. He told me he was would find later at the Point ground, and I, for one, had surprised to find this kind of Vicente Interpretive Center. seen creatures I had not blue butterfly here. These Chadwick Canyon known existed. At count’s Luckily for us, they were, blues belong to a population end, as I was driving down and have been here ever that may be endemic to PV. It Via Colinita on the way to since. 4 October/November 2020
Birds oF tHe The Semipalmated Sandpiper last two weeks of August, six peninsULa — not to be confused with the White Pelicans that stopped Semipalmated Plover — is by on Aug. 1, seven Acorn July–August 2020 closely similar to the Western Woodpeckers on Aug. 27 Sandpiper. Its breeding range and a Nutall’s Woodpecker by Vincent Lloyd overlaps that of the Western in throughout July and August; Alaska but extends all across Jeff Boyd and Becky Turley July marks the beginning of the North American tundra found a couple of early the fall southward migration to the Atlantic. Although Western Meadowlarks of sandpipers. It seems a bit abundant, it’s seldom seen in on Aug. 10, while an exotic odd to us humans as it’s high California because it migrates Black-headed Weaver hung summer, but the map tells mainly east of the Rockies. out thru August. Nearby, why. Western Sandpipers, Identifying the Semipalmated Hawk McFadzen discovered one of the most abundant of Sandpiper is a bit of a challenge a juvenile Yellow-Crowned our sandpipers, breed in the because it’s nearly identical to Night Heron at Dominguez tundra of far western Alaska the Western Sandpiper, but if Gap on Aug. 3. and across the Bering straits you want to try, in Russia. Winter comes early scan the fl ocks there and it’s 3000 miles to of Westerns for southern California, while birds that have some continue on as far as a rounder head South America. The Least and a shorter bill. Sandpiper, which breeds in This year Chris the taiga, doesn’t have to travel Dean spotted a quite so far, but is smaller Semipalmated than the Western. These two Sandpiper along are the most common “peeps”, the Los Angeles Northern Parula: Photo by Jonathan Nakai apart from the Sanderlings River at Alondra at the seashore. Many on July 5; many birders got Elsewhere, the Northern advanced birders scan the to see that one or another Parulas at Ernie Howlett fl ocks of Western and Least farther down the L.A. River Park continued thru July 31. Sandpipers for the similar at Willow Street in late July A female Rose-breasted Semipalmated Sandpipers. and August. Another unusual Grosbeak was in Chadwick sandpiper along the Canyon in Aug. 1 (Bobby T.). river was a Solitary Bobby came upon an immature Sandpiper Little Blue Heron in Averill spottted by Jeff Park in San Pedro on Aug. Boyd on July 29. 13, just a year after another Other interesting LBH was at Madrona; on birds along the Aug. 4 Bobby found his second river near Willow Red-eyed Vireo for the St. included a Sora year on Lower Willow Spring found by Sarah Ngo Trail in Rolling Hills. Band- and Jon Fisher on tailed Pigeons popped up July 4, a White- at Harbor Park on July 14 (J. winged Dove that Gamez) and Sand Dune Park Semipalmated Sandpiper: Photo by Kim Moore hung out during the on Aug. 29 (Scheels). An early www.pvsb-audubon.org 5
Fresh Breeze
Lull in the fi rst winter storm a November gale and gray gusts whip over the village green spurring the golden leaves at our feet and they scatter over wet pathways beneath the swaying limbs of sycamores.
Little Blue Heron: Photo by Bobby Trusela You had said this was your weather and I can see you watching me Wilson’s Warbler appeared at Harbor Park as I read aloud on the park bench on July 24 (J. G.). Cactus Wrens were seen at Alta Vicente Aug. 2 – 25; a couple were at its wood slats unfelt through the armor Founders Park in RPV on Aug. 29 (W. Covalt). we wear against wind and rain Phainopeplas were spotted at Entradero the words gusting from my tongue. Park on Aug. 11 (Charlie Keller) and Sand Dune Park on Aug. 19 (Dessi Sieburth). Charlie The storm will pass and the words blow also found a Loggerhead Shrike at Entradero through my memory, with your eyes on Aug. 22. Turkey Vultures were observed at Victoria Park, Harbor Park, Marilyn Ryan still close enough to know what love is Sunset Park in RPV, and along the river. A in the myriad ways two may be one California Gnatcatcher was at Madrona with the leaves chattering past Marsh on Aug. 17 (Jonathan Nakai). At the in the driving wind before rain. top of the hill in Rolling Hills, Jim and Cathy got some interesting visitors to their feeders: a From Findings by Jess Morton Brown Creeper (July 27), two Red-breasted Nutchatches (Aug. 6), and a “Ghost” Goldfi nch (an unusually pale Lesser Goldfi nch). The fi rst southward migrating Western Wood Pewee arrived at Friendship Park on Aug. “Ghost” Goldfi nch Photo by Jim Aichele 26 (B.T.).
The author seeks reports from readers about unusual birds you see in the South Bay area (the area west of the Los Angeles River and south of I-105.) Send reports to [email protected]. 6 October/November 2020 Dragonfly Counting By Jess Morton f it’s got wings, Audubon counts them! Thus our Audubon chapter has chalked up yet Ianother count to go with our annual bird and butterfly counts. On July 25th, nine Auduboners got out around the peninsula and South Bay to tally what could be found in the realm of Odonata, the order containing the dragonflies and damselflies. The count was organized and Red-tailed Pennant compiled by Vincent Lloyd. (about life size) Odonates included Blue Dasher. Blue-eyed Darner, Pacific Forktail come in two (2x life size) Flame Skimmer, Variegated Meadowhawk, flavors, drag- Common Green Darner, Red-tailed Pennant, onflies and Black Saddlebags and Red Saddlebags. The their more most spectacular dragonfly of the day was a delicate single Neon Skimmer, at Harbor Park. Flame cousins, the Skimmers are bright. This one is simply off the damselflies. charts! The latter Thanks to all who participated in this count, are generally which promises to become an annual event. slimmer than Next year, we will see what a count a little dragonflies, earlier in the year produces. fly lower to the ground, and fold their wings back over their bodies when perched. Dragonflies by contrast, hold their wings outstretched or cocked forward when they land, and are far more conspicuous than damselflies. Dragonflies become increasingly abundant as the summer season advances, while damselflies tend to be out before high summer arrives. That is partly because they frequently become meals for the dragonflies zipping around the wetlands in which they both live. Our count leaned heavily toward the drag- onflies that by the end of July had become the dominant members of the order. Of the 311 individuals of 14 species found, only 7 were damselflies (Pacific and Black-fronted Forktails and an unidentified blue individual). The two Pantala species (Spot-winged and Wandering Neon Skimmer Gliders) accounted for almost half of the (1.25x life size) day’s total. Others, in declining abundance, www.pvsb-audubon.org 7 Happy Halloween The first inkling I had of this one colony near my home alternate behavior was with through a three-month period, By Jess Morton the web of a good sized Western from June into September. year ago, I reported Spotted Orb Weaver in which That predatory behavior, first in these pages how, the host seemed trapped in a noticed last year, has proved to afterA fifty years of looking at sparse wrapping of silk. Not be common, and perhaps the spiders, I had come across only did it seem to be immo- dominant one for our coastal Dewdrop Spiders for the first bilized--dead or paralyzed, I population. time. I had found I have found them, small silvery dozens of instances blobs looking like of dewdrop spiders in water drops, inhab- webs with immobi- iting the webs of lized hosts. Of the six several much larger species I have discov- common orb weaving ered victimized, spiders, such as the Western Spotted Western Spotted Orb Orb Weavers and Weaver--the nemesis Labyrinth Spiders whose web you walk are the most common into going out your American Dewdrop Spiders victims. However, front door on a warm (Argyrodes elevatus) with that may just be a subdued web making host. summer evening. Two males on either side of the matter of relative I had reported to female who will leave her egg local abundance. you that these little sac in the web before departing. My guess is, that spiders were known whichever species in the literature are most common, about spiders to be kleptopar- could not tell which--a female those will be the most common asites. That is, they feed on Dewdrop Spider appeared to victims of Dewdrop Spiders. insects trapped in the web, as be feeding at a leg joint of the Perhaps the most telling piece does the web maker, but take much bigger spider. It was, of evidence for the behavior prey items too small to be of even for a spider watcher like is that while I frequently find interest to their larger hosts. me, a gruesome sight. This webs containing Dewdrop That behavior may be true in was decidedly more than just Spider egg sacs, the makers of much of their range, which biting the hand that feeds one. those webs are never present. stretches to the East Coast and This was Friday the 13th and Nor is the Dewdrop Spider south into Central America. a Halloween midnight rolled that made the egg sac. Either However, once Dewdrop into one. she dies afterwards or has Spiders reach reproductive That happened last year. I gone looking for another web maturity, our coastal southern did not report it in Hummin’, to invade. California population adopts assuming I was misreading If that is not Halloweenish a behavior decidedly worthy the situation and/or this was enough for you, let me describe of this Halloween season. a one-of-a-kind interaction. how these spiders mate. Well, Once having invaded a web to However, it did make me maybe not. Let’s reserve that take small prey, they have no curious. This summer I have little bit of bizarrerie for compunction in subduing the been watching out for Dewdrop another day! Oh, and do have host and completely taking Spiders. I have seen them in a pleasant lunch. over the web. several locations, and followed 8 October/November 2020
the genus containing the city Spotted Dove ASK ALLEN pigeon. It is said that there Dove are probably more doves than any other kind of bird in Doldrums the world. In North America, massive flocks of Passenger By Vincent Lloyd Pigeons swarmed across the incent: Allen, what’s the continent until their extinc- difference between doves tion a hundred years ago. andV pigeons? Today we’ve got the city pigeon instead. Doves and llen: The difference is that pigeons eat grain, seeds, and Photo by Salix from Wikimedia Commons Asome of them are called fruit. Allen, how many doves incent: I remember the pigeons and others are called are there in southern California? VSpotted Dove. It was intro- doves. The English language, duced into southern California unlike other languages, has two llen: Eight: in addition to from China in the last century, words for members of the dove the city pigeon, they are and used to be common here. family. “Pigeon” is a French word theA Mourning Dove, the White- A few were seen in Compton (said to derive from Latin pipio, winged Dove, the Common as recently as last month, but “chick”). “Dove” is a Germanic Ground Dove, the Inca Dove, they have not been reported in word of uncertain origin. Bird the Spotted Dove, the Eurasian Torrance in 8 or 9 years. If you books say that pigeons are bigger Collared Dove, and the Band- see one, let me know. (Look for and doves are smaller, but in tailed Pigeon. a black patch on the nape with actual practice the words little white spots.) The are used interchangeably. Band-tailed Eurasian Collared Dove Pigeon The wild ancestor of the seems to have taken their city pigeon, for example, place. Collared Doves is known as the Rock Dove escaped from a pet shop in in Europe (in America, the the Bahamas in the 1970s, North American Checklist made it to Florida in the Committee has changed 80s, and have since spread the name to Rock Pigeon). all across the U.S. I first In North America, the saw them here in 2010; trend is to call the larger, now they’re everywhere darker birds pigeons, while Photo by Glenn Bartley — even in Death Valley! the smaller, lighter-col- They’re easy to recognize ored birds are called doves; by the black collar on the however this is not a distinction of The Band-tailed Pigeon is nape. For a long time, the Spotted taxonomic significance. Genetic common in the San Gabriel Dove and the Collared Dove have evidence indicates, for example, Mountains, and occasionally both been placed into the Old that the Eurasian Collared Dove wanders to the South Bay. Seen World genus Streptopelia (Greek is more closely related to the city in a flock, it’s more uniformly for “collar dove”), but genetic pigeon than to the Mourning colored than the city pigeon and studies suggest that the Spotted Dove. lacks the whitish rump of the city Dove is intermediate between pigeon. When perched, it shows a Streptopelia and Columba. The incent: I have read that white mark on the nape. Unlike specific name of the Collared Dove Vdoves and pigeons form the city pigeon, the Band-tailed is decaocto, Greek for “eighteen”. the family Columbidae, which Pigeon is a true native, being An odd name for a bird! It refers contains over 300 species found found only in western North to a Greek myth about a servant all over the world. Columba is America. girl with a stingy employer who the Latin word for “dove” and paid her only eighteen cents a www.pvsb-audubon.org 9 month. The gods took pity on her West Indies with the East Indies sometimes wander to the L.A. and turned her into a dove, which in Asia. The West Peruvian Dove, Basin. For several years, there now continues to call out was a small population of dec-OC-to, dec-OC-to, Common Ground Dove Photo from naturepicsonline.com Ground Doves at Linden dec-OC-to. Allen, can you Chandler Preserve in help me tell the other Rolling Hills Estates. doves apart? This summer, there was a group along the San llen: You probably Gabriel River. The Inca Aare familiar with the Dove is much rarer. A Mourning Dove, which small group of them lived is widespread in North in Leon Washington Park America. It is so named in Watts from 2014 to not because it’s an early 2018. riser, but because of its The Ground Dove haunting, owl-like call: is quite small — about oh-WOE, woe woe woe. It’s the size of a junco. The slimmer and darker than Inca Dove is a bit larger, the Eurasian Collared Dove. If whose beautiful call I remember roughly the size of a towhee. the bird has an exceptionally from Chile, is closely related to They look rather similar, with long, pointed tail edged in white, the White-winged Dove. short necks and scaly heads and it’s a Mourning Dove; if it has a breasts. In flight they both show short rounded tail with white llen: The White-winged reddish primaries in the wings. corners, it’s a Collared Dove. ADove ranges from southern Be sure to check the tail. Ground Arizona and Texas south to Costa Doves have short, rounded incent: The Mourning Rica. In Arizona, it’s often seen tails. Inca Doves have long tails VDove was given the scien- perching on saguaro cactus. Its edged in white. The Inca Dove is tific name Zenaïda macroura by range extends into the Colorado scalloped on the back, whereas Bonaparte. “Macroura” means Desert area of California. “big tail” in Greek. Bonaparte’s Like the Mourning Dove, it’s wife was Zenaïde. Six other adapted to cities and occasion- American doves belong to the ally wanders to the L.A. basin. same genus, including the White- In flight, the long white stripes on the wings are unmistak- White-winged Dove able. On the perched bird, the stripe is an inconspic- uous white edge to the folded wing. The White-winged Dove is stockier and a bit Inca Dove Photo by Robert Kixmiller larger than the Mourning Dove and has a short, rounded the Ground Dove has a plain Photo from tail. It lacks the dark spots on back. hornpestmanagement.com the wing that the Mourning I hear that as of early Dove has. Close up, its eye is September a White-winged Dove winged Dove, Zenaïda asiatica. red, surrounded by a little blue is along the Los Angeles River Linnaeus is responsible for the patch. Its song is a scratchy Who at Willow Street and another is geographically-incorrect specific cooks for you? at Alta Vista Park in Redondo name asiatica. The type specimen Like the White-winged Dove, Beach. Scan those flocks of was from Jamaica, but somehow The Common Ground Dove Mourning Doves — and keep Linnaeus was misinformed; and the Inca Dove are birds an eye out for the little ground perhaps someone confused the of the southern deserts and doves! 10 October/November 2020
Meet, Learn, Restore, Enjoy for almost 40 years. They also lead field trips for PV/SB Audubon Society and the birdwalks Chapter Calendar at Kenneth Hahn Park for the Los Angeles Please note that all events will be Audubon Society. subject to the restrictions in place at Field Trips the time due to covid-19. Oct. 4th and 18th, and Nov. 1st and 15th. First and third Sunday bird walks at 8 at Harbor Visit our website at Park. Meet in the parking lot above the ranger station, located between Anaheim Street and pvsb-audubon.org Vermont Avenue. for cancellations, meeting location, or October 14th and November 11th. live streaming instructions. Second Wednesday bird walk at Madrona Marsh, led by Bob Shanman
Events October 11th and November 8th. October 20th, at 7PM at the Madrona Marsh Second Sunday bird walks at the South Coast Nature Center or online via Zoom, World Botanic Garden led by David Quadhamer. Meet traveler Benny Jacobs-Schwartz takes us in the parking lot at 8. There is an entrance from coastal Alaska to the island nation of fee to the garden for people who are not SCBG Trinidad and Tobago Foundation members. and onward up October 18th and into an Ecuadorian Zebra Longwing November 15th. cloud forest with a Third Sunday bird program titled From walks at Ballona Sea to Summit: Wetlands led by Bob The Marvelous Shanman. See Bob’s Hummingbird. website
The Palos Verdes/South Bay Audubon Society and the 2020 Palos Verdes Butterfly Count National Audubon Society, of which PV/SB Audubon is the local chapter, are dedicated to the understanding by Vincent Lloyd and preservation of our natural heritage. Within the The 40th Palos Verdes Summer Butterfly framework of National Audubon Society policies, we seek and implement ways to preserve indigenous flora Count was held on July 11. Despite the and fauna, especially that of our local area, and provide unusual circumstances, we had an good educational services to the region's communities with turnout this year: 28 observers in 18 respect to birds, wildlife, ecology and conservation. parties, including 12 backyard observers. Executive Officers The species count this year was pretty President: David Quadhamer, 310 833-3095 good: at least 28 (30 if tentative ID’s of an Vice-Pres.: Ann Dalkey American Lady and two West Coast Ladies Treasurer: Jess Morton, [email protected] were correct). A total of 1475 individual Secretary: Vincent Lloyd, [email protected] butterflies was observed. Directors: Paul Blieden, Tracy Drake, Tracy Drake at Gardena Willows had the highest number of individual butterflies Committees: — 323 — demonstrating the importance Calendar: Evi Meyer, [email protected] of this preserve. Mike Bell walked miles Christmas Bird Count and Field Trips at Linden Chandler Preserve and vicinity Ann and Eric Brooks, [email protected] to wrack up the highest species count: 20 Hospitality: Alene Gardner, (possibly 21). [email protected] We had a good year for Buckeyes; nine Hummin’: Jess Morton, [email protected] were scattered over the area. Dave Moody Mailing List: Bob Shanman, [email protected] had a Queen in his backyard, the first seen Programs: Jan Gardner, [email protected] since 2016. In the skipper department, we Paul Blieden, Bob Carr, Candy Groat had four unusual Northern White Skippers, Snowy Plover Tommye Hite [email protected] a species that had been counted only eight Webmaster: Paul Blieden, [email protected] times before! YES: David Quadhamer Most surprising was Randy Harwood’s [email protected] Zebra Heliconian (AKA Zebra Longwing, see photo on opposite page). This beautiful Photos by the author unless stated otherwise. butterfly of the tropics is common in Florida and Mexico, but rarely observed in California. No one knows whether it got Chapter Support here by itself or arrived in the form of an Name______egg or larva on an imported passion vine, but Andrew Johnson saw another one in Address______Wilderness Park about the same time. City/State/Zip______Because the Zebra likes humid climates, Phone______it seems doubtful that an invasion is underway, but if you see one, please let me E-mail______know at [email protected]. Thank you to all who participated. Special thanks to those who made contri- Your donation is tax-deductible $______butions to the North American Butterfly Please make checks to PV/SB Audubon and mail Association, which manages the butterfly to: PO Box 2582, Palos Verdes, CA 90274 counts. THIRD TUESDAY PROGRAMS 7 PM AT MADRONA MARSH or VIEW ONLINE
October 20th: Benny Jacobs- November 17th: Ann and Schwartz presents “From Sea Eric Brooks recount their to Summit, the Marvelous adventures on the Great Hummingbird,” a journey Lakes Express: Ohio, through the Americas to see Ontario, Michigan and the world’s smallest and most Minnesota Birding on a amazing birds. search for our rarest warbler.
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I look like a flower, but am a bird. Have a guess!