Meeting Programs
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October 9, 2025 - ZOOM
A Once in a Lifetime Work: The Wall of Birds Turns Ten
Jane Kim
October 9, 2025 - ZOOM Link
A Once in a Lifetime Work: The Wall of Birds Turns Ten
Jane Kim
With 2025 marking the 10th anniversary of the "Wall of Birds" at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, artist Jane Kim takes the audience on a spectacular 375-million-year artistic journey celebrating the evolution and diversity of birds. Jane reflects on how the mural has shaped her career and reveals lessons and tales learned from the project that hold more relevance today than ever before.
Jane is a visual artist, science illustrator, and the founder of Ink Dwell. Her art career started when she was a little girl obsessively painting flowers and bears on the walls of her bedroom. She received more formal training with a BFA in Printmaking from RISD and then attended California State University Monterey Bay, where she received a master's certificate in science illustration. She has created large-scale public art across the country, including the Wall of Birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and produced works for the National Aquarium, the de Young Museum, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and more. She is the creator of the Migrating Mural campaign, a series of public installations that highlight wildlife along migration corridors it shares with people. She still enjoys painting flowers and bears, though nowadays she doesn't get in trouble for painting on the walls. See some of her work at inkdwell.com.
November 13, 2025 - ZOOM
Border to Border: Tracking American Kestrels in California Using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Teresa Ely
November 13, 2025
Border to Border: Tracking American Kestrels in California Using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System
Teresa Ely
Teresa Ely is a raptor biologist specializing in migration and long term monitoring. She is currently using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System to study American Kestrels across California, with a focus on wintering populations at the Salton Sea. She has also applied Motus to track Sharp-shinned Hawks, expanding our understanding of raptor movements across the region.
Teresa is a Golden Eagle Biologist with East Bay Regional Parks and contributes to international raptor research collaborations through Boise State University’s Raptor Research Center. She previously managed a long-term fall raptor migration banding station in the Marin Headlands, where she trained hundreds of volunteers and led large-scale monitoring projects. Her broader fieldwork experience includes studies of Swainson’s Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Ospreys, and Great Gray Owls, providing her with a comprehensive perspective on raptor migration and movement patterns across diverse landscapes..
December 11, 2025 - ZOOM
My Start in Birding
Cello Caruso-Turiello
September 11, 2025
My Start in Birding
Cello Caruso-Turiello
Cello Caruso-Turiello, a young birder from Redwood City, will speak about how the San Mateo County Bird Alliance has furthered his love of nature more than he could have imagined. His childhood love of snorkeling led to a love of diving, which led to a love of underwater photography, and then to a love of wildlife photography; though, it wasn’t until receiving a scholarship to the ABA’s Camp Colorado from the SMCBA that Cello considered himself a true birder—a title he’s since carried with him around the globe.
Cello's first outing with SMCBA was just over two years ago, and you'll be astonished to learn about his sightings and see some of his fantastic photos.
Session Recordings:
San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting September 11, 2025
San Mateo County - one of the world's seabird hotspots!
Alvaro Jaramillo
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting August 14, 2025
Building a Bird Friendly City
Glen Phillips
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting July 10, 2025
Wildlife Photography
Vishal Subramanyan
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting May 8, 2025
Point Blue's Palomarin Field Station
Dr. Kristy Dybala
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting April 10, 2025
A Rose by Any Other Name
J. R. Blair
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting March 13, 2025
Owlet Nightjars and Hoatzins - a taxonomical endgame
Robert Siegel, M.D., PhD
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting February 13, 2025
Bay Area Wildlife
Jeff Miller
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San Mateo County Bird Alliance Monthly Meeting January 9, 2025
The Secret Perfume of Birds
Danielle J. Whittaker, PhD
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2024
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting December 12, 2024
Caring For the Land
Barbara Dye, Coastside Land Trust
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting November 14, 2024
Urban Exploits from an Animal Control Officer
Michael Barnett
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting August 8, 2024
Bay Area Puma Project
Alys Granados, the Felidae Conservation Fund
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting June 13, 2024
Patch Birding
Kimberlie Moutoux
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting May 9, 2024
iNaturalist
Tony Iwane
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting April 11, 2024
Japan's Iconic Species
Donna Pomeroy
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting March 14, 2024
Birds and Climate Change
Frank Niccoli
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting February 8, 2024
Biking for Birds
Dorian Anderson
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting January 11, 2024
Raptors Are the Solution
Vishal Subramnyn
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2023
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting December 14, 2023
From Mono Lake to Mar Chiquita: A future for phalaropes and saline lakes
Ryan Carle, Oikonos Ecosystem Knowledge
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting November 9, 2023
Purple Martins
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space, Karine Tokatlian
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting October 12, 2023
San Bruno Mountain: a Guide to the Flora and Fauna
Doug Allshouse and David L Nelson
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting May 11, 2023
The Chinstrap Penguins of Elephant Island
Noah Strycker
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting April 13, 2023
New Zealand and New Caledonia
Robert Siegel, MD PhD
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting March 9, 2023
Creating fire resiliency while supporting biodiversity
Cat Chang and Maru Echeverria
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting February 9, 2023
Scoping Out Tomorrow: A vision for helping young people make birds a permanent part of their lives
Jennie Duberstein
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting January 12, 2023
Kinship: Seabirds and the Human Connection to the Ocean
Sea McKeon
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2022
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting November 10, 2022
Longitudinally Yours – A Decade of Grassroots BioBlitzes in the Bay Area
Jennifer Rycenga, Sequoia Audubon President and Merav Vonshak, BioBlitz Club President
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting October 13, 2022
California Central Coast Joint Venture
Connor Jandreau, Conservation Coordinator
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting September 8, 2022
San Mateo County Raptor Palooza
Alvaro Jaramillo
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting June 9, 2022
In Defense of Plants
Sara Scharf
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting May 12, 2022
The Condor Comeback
Kara Fadden, Ventana Wildlife Society
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting April 14, 2022
Birds, Bees and More!
with Madeline Morrow
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Ornitherapy
with Holly Merker
The presenter has requested the program recording be made available only to Sequoia Audubon Society members. Please email office@sequoia-audubon.org for the link to the meeting video.
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting February 10, 2022
Laura's Best Bird EVER! I went looking for birds and found joy, love, redemption, and more.
with Laura Erickson
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting January 13, 2022
Birds of Protected Lands: The Peninsula Open Space Trust
with Diane and Peter Hart
Meeting Recording
2021
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting December 9, 2021
Birds & Wildlife of the Western Pacific
with Joe Morlan
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting October 14, 2021
A Message of Hope
Heath Packard, Island Conservation
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting Septermber 9, 2021
Encouraging Birders: Expanding What It Means to Be a Twenty-first Century Birder
A Multi-generational Discussion with Ted, Hannah, and Andrew Floyd
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting June 10, 2021
Hummingbirds: Small Wonders
with Sheri Williamson
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting May 13, 2021
Community Science: Long-Term Lessons:
Perspectives from Three Years of Mushroom Monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains
with Christian Schwarz
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting April 8, 2021
Gender Equity and Public Access on the California Coast
Sabrina Brennan, former San Mateo County Harbor Commissioner
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting March 11, 2021
Avian Wonders of Morocco with John Sterling
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting February 11, 2021
The Remarkable Story of Sam McDonald
Katherine Wright, San Mateo County Park Ranger
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting January 14, 2021
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird - Mary Ellen Hannibal
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2020
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting December 10, 2020
"Skunks & their Role in California Habitats" with Jen Hunter
Meeting Recording
Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting November 12, 2020
Curiosity & Connection Through a Decade of Birding with Ioana Seritan
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Sequoia Audubon Society Presentation October 8, 2020
"Cape to Cape Birding" with Joe Morlan
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Sequoia Audubon Society Monthly Meeting September 10, 2020
Taxonomic Puzzles by Alvaro Jaramillo
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"Audubon's Climate Change Strategies" on May 14, 2020
with Juan Pablo Galván
Unedited recording of meeting. Meeting begins at 1:27; Program begins around 28:30
"The California Center for Natural History"
with Damon Tighe on April 9, 2020
Unedited recording of Damon Tighe's presentation and subsequent Q&A session.
The programs for additional meetings will be posted when available. (Topics subject to change.)