On Thursday, October 20, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, the G2 Gallery and Audubon together with James Currie, Green Mountain Digital, Renee Thompson and Three Hoots Winery invite you to eat, drink and find out Why Birds Matter at the Second Annual “Not Your Grandmother’s Audubon.” Food, wine and complimentary valet will be provided. A [...]

By Lisa Fimiani Barbara Jean Courtois Sept 7, 1935 – Aug 14, 2011 For those of us who were privileged to work alongside and befriend the late Barbara Courtois over her 20 year involvement with the Ballona Audubon Education program she helped to create, we are surely sad to see her leave us. Barbara’s passion [...]

By Lisa Fimiani, Executive Director Some very important citizen science projects go on this time of year, and it has nothing to do with religion or Christmas, really. Once upon a time birds were SHOT for sport at Christmas time, until someone figured out, “oh, we might not have many more birds around if we [...]

Los Angeles Audubon’s plover conservation and education efforts, and especially the work of Director of Interpretation, Stacey Vigallon, are featured in the next Audubon magazine and in a web exclusive with artwork and video. The article is here: http://www.audubonmagazine.org/dispatch/dispatch1011.html Additional web-only materials are here: http://www.audubonmagazine.org/web/plovers/ Congrats to everyone involved! Sharevar el = document.getElementById(‘share-link-2624559868′);el.params = {title: [...]

“Rock the Boat” L.A. River Documentary Screens Tonight Last Friday we burbled with enthusiasm over the Friends of the Los Angeles River’s victory in their long struggle to improve the water quality of, and restore habitat in and around, the LA River. We mentioned that they had used kayaking trips as a public education tool [...]