Tahoe’s Avian Summer Visitors

Summer is a perfect time to learn about birds that migrate to the Lake Tahoe Basin for the season. Join Kirk Hardie, Co-Executive Director of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science for two events introducing the migratory birds of the Lake Tahoe region. Kirk will present a talk on these avian visitors to the area on Thursday, June 14, 2012 (no-host bar at 5:30pm, presentation begins 6 pm, $5 donation suggested) at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences on the Sierra Nevada College campus and a bird watching walk on June 16 starting at the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station.
Contact (775) 881-7566, tercinfo@ucdavis.edu or visit http://terc.ucdavis.edu.
Meanwhile, go birding with an expert. Kirk Hardie, Co-Executive Director of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will lead a bird-watching walk on Saturday, June 16, 2012 (8 – 10 am, $5 donation suggested), beginning at the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station. Bringing binoculars is recommended. After the walk, the UC Davis Tahoe City Field Station will be open from 10 am – 2 pm with a volunteer docent available for tours of the wetlands, stream restoration, and native plant demonstration gardens as well as opportunities to participate in citizen science projects for water quality monitoring, phenology monitoring, and bird watching.

About Kirk Hardie, M.S.
Kirk grew up in Sacramento, California and spent most winter weekends skiing in the Tahoe area. He has been an environmental educator in Idaho, Oregon, California, and Nevada, highlighting the beauty of birds in the natural world, among many other topics. In 2009, he received his Master of Science degree in Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno, where he developed a four-week high school curriculum based on the ecology of the Great Basin. His background in field ornithology has included research projects with Gunnison Sage Grouse and Lewis' Woodpeckers, in addition to co-leading international birding trips. Kirk also teaches Field Ornithology courses as an adjunct faculty member at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, NV. His favorite pastimes are hiking, biking, snowboarding, and snowshoeing…when he is not birding.

Other Upcoming Events
May 22-24, 2012: Tahoe Science Conference – Environmental Restoration in a Changing Climate
June 2, 2012: Tahoe City Field Station (Historic Hatchery) Open House
June 14, 2012: Tahoe’s Avian Summer Visitors with Kirk Hardie, Tahoe Institute for Natural Science
June 16, 2012: Birdwatching with Kirk Hardie, Tahoe Institute for Natural Science at the Tahoe City Field Station
June 19, 21 and 23, 2012: Docent Training
July 3, 10, 17, 31, August 7 and 14: Green Thumb Gardening Tuesdays at the Tahoe City Field Station
July 10 and 11, 2012: Climate Reality Project with Dr. Peter Joseph
July 18, 2012: Be Bear Aware Community Forum
July 26, 2012: Sugar-associated Health Risk Factors, with Dr. Kimber Stanhope, UC Davis Department of Nutrition
August 11, 2012: Annual Children’s Environmental Science Day

Visit http://terc.ucdavis.edu/calendar/ for additional information.

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