Calendar of Events Winter/Spring 2019 Preview: Save the Dates!

Here is the preview of lectures and field trips for our Winter/Spring 2019 Calendar. Full descriptions and details, including registration information, will be provided in the coming weeks via email, our Magpie Calls newsletter, and here on our website: www.syvnature.org. Please note that our evening lectures have variable start times.

Featured photo of a Madagascar sundew (Drosera species) by William Hoyer

Mushrooms in Southern California: The 10 Best, the 10 Worst, and the 10 Ugliest
Lecture with Professor Bob Cummings
Thursday, February 7, 7:00 p.m.
Please join us at 6:45 for a brief annual meeting preceding the lecture.

Mozart’s Starling and Other Avian Tales
Lecture and book signing with Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Co-hosted by Sedgwick Reserve
Saturday, February 23, 7:00 p.m.
Depending on conditions, there may be a pre-lecture outing to view Starlings at Sedwick at 5:00 p.m.

 
Unexpected Appetites: The Bizarre World of Carnivorous Plants
Lecture with William Hoyer
Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:00 p.m.

Birds and Ecology of the Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve
Field Trip with Larry Ballard, Joan Lentz, and Guy Tingos
Saturday, March 23, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Exploring the Natural History of Quiota Creek
Field trip with Tim Matthews
Sunday, April 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Causes and Consequences of Changing Fire Regimes
Lecture with Nicole Molinari
Co-Hosted by the Los Olivos Library
Wednesday, May 15, 7:00 p.m.

Plant Life and Natural History of Pine Mountain Ridge
Field Trip with Rick Burgess and Larry Ballard
Saturday, June 8, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Wildflower Wildcard: Spring Hike Where the Flowers Are
Field Trip with a botanist
Date and location to be determined, based on area blooms