California's State Parks Need You!
Did you hear, California's Budget Conference Committee voted to eliminate $70 million in General Fund support for the CA state park system for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. As an additional action, the committee voted to adopt the State Park Access Pass and develop a dedicated funding source to keep California's state parks open. The State Park Access Pass would institute an annual $15 surcharge on vehicle license fees of non-commercial vehicles, in order to provide Californians with free day-use access to state parks, and generate much-needed revenues for the state park system. This surcharge would spread the cost over the entire population of park visitors and allow our parks to stay open. This impacts everyone and the wildlife. To learn more about this extremely important issue please visit http://www.calparks.org/ and show your support for this situation. California's state bird the California Quail provided by Ron Wolf
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Upcoming Events, come join!
| Saturday, June 20 |
California Coast from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz |
| Saturday, July 25 |
Central Valley's summering Swainson's Hawks |
| Saturday, August 15 |
In search for Big Sur's California Condors |
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So what is birding?
A hobby, a sport, a challenge, a good time |
 Non-birders often ask,
what is birdwatching?
They aren't quite sure of the goal. In a nut shell, birding gets people outside to enjoy nature. Looking for birds is like going on a treasure hunt. Everywhere you look you know you can find a real gem & if you're lucky, it flew in from Russia! As you get into the sport you end up with great toys from the best in high powered optics, to fancy tripods, cameras and ipods. Then there are all the latest outdoor clothes that keep you warm, cool or dry depending on the habitat you plan to visit. Birding motivates one to explore the open space lands that people have worked so hard to preserve while also appreciating the birds in your own yard. Eventually birders travel the world to find species they had only seen in a National Geographic Magazine. Birders climb mountains, visit glaciers, cross deserts and go out far into the ocean. You meet great people and often end up doing service for organizations that can use a little help. That's what birding is. |
| Birding Tip Of The Month |
Its summer - time to get outside! So turn off your computer, put the cell phone down, go outside and look around!
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