Free on-line lecture with Dennis and Jess Beebe

Co-hosted by the Solvang Library and the UC Sedgwick Reserve

View the recording of the online presentation at your convenience. Viewers with an existing Dropbox account will be able to view the recording without downloading it. Viewers without a Dropbox account will be required to download the file in order to view the full length of the presentation. We are working on resolving this inconvenience.

The lecture is an hour’s duration, followed by Q & A.
Presentation link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uj1b33ppo0fnz2r/Corvids.mp4?dl=0
This online lecture was first presented “live” by the Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society and partners via Zoom on Thursday, July 2, at 7:00 p.m.

First and foremost: this is an entertaining and informative lecture about our local CORVIDS and has nothing todo with COVID-19! The Corvids are a family of loud, raucous perching birds. Their members are so common,you probably encounter one every day. But what do you know about them? The five corvid species seen in theSYV and greater Santa Barbara region are the Steller’s Jay, the Yellow-billed Magpie, the California Scrub Jay,the American Crow, and the Common Raven. These are opportunistic omnivores who have been the stuff of legend and myth for centuries.

Dennis and Jess Beebe, father and daughter, reprise this popular multi-media lecture for the on-line audience via the Zoom application. Dennis is interested in all things related to natural science and the outdoors, is a charter member of the Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society and a docent for the UC Sedgwick Reserve.

Jess is a superb birder whose passion has taken her to Alaska, Africa, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands. She visited the Tower of London to investigate a legend involving the raven. Jess also serves as Dennis’ computer graphics expert and researcher. Both Dennis and Jess are docents for the nature education non-profit NatureTrack.