Spring Meeting Schedule
(at Unitarian Universalist Church)
Wed. February 11 — Bob Foehring on a Big Year
Wed. March 11 — Cathy Wise on Pinyon Jays
Wed. April 8 — Evalyn Bemis, Birding the Texas Coast
Programs
Saving the “Blue Crow”: How You Can Help Pinyon Jays
Presented by Cathy Wise of Audubon Southwest
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 — 7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church
You aren’t imagining it…Pinyon Jay numbers are decreasing across their range, and quickly. Come learn more about this iconic bird of the Intermountain West…
Santa Fe Birder Bob Foehring Shares What It Took To Make 2025 His “Big Year”
Wednesday, February 11, 2026 — 7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 107 West Barcelona Rd, Santa Fe
Many birders dream about it, but few actually attempt it…
Dragons and Damsels in the Desert Southwest: Odonate Diversity and Ecology in New Mexico
Karen Gaines, NM Department of Game & Fish
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 — 7:00 pm
Randall Davey Audubon Center, Henderson Pavilion
Karen Gaines has been studying dragonflies and damselflies for over 30 years. She will speak about the amazing odonate species diversity in our state, the environmental factors that help drive that species diversity, and the fascinating life cycle and ecology of these creatures.
Ecological Restoration: Past, Present, and Future at Valles Caldera
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 — 7:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
A ranger will speak on ecological restoration at Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Energy Management in Migrating Hummingbirds
Shayne R. Halter, UNM
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 — 7:00 pm
Unitarian Universalist Church
Shayne’s research investigates how four species of hummingbirds balance their energy levels, as they transit the arid landscapes of the American Southwest.
Caja del Rio – Santa Fe’s Back Yard
Rev. Andrew Black, Public Lands Field Director
National Wildlife Foundation
Weds. April 10 – 7:00 pm
Randall Davey Audubon Center
Stretching along the Rio Grande from Buckman to La Bajada and east towards the city, the Caja covers approximately 107,000 acres of scenic, culturally rich and ecologically diverse landscapes. Through a dynamic presentation focused on the cultural, historical and wildlife values, Black will share what makes the Caja unique and the efforts being made to protect it.
Evening Program: Birding the Midnight Sun
Tom Taylor, Chapter Board Member
Weds. Feb. 14 – 7:00 pm via Zoom
Join Tom Taylor as he takes you on a one-week June birding tour around Alaska. Stops in Anchorage, Nome and Barrow will feature the far-north scenery while introducing you to of a variety songbirds and waterfowl.
Evening Program: The Glory of Diversity in the Tropics
Wednesday, November 9, 7:00 PM.
Speaker: Gail Hewson Hull.
Ms. Hull will show photos of birds and other creatures on 17 acres that she owned between 1994 and 2019 at an elevation of 4,000 feet on Costa Rica’s southwest Pacific Slope. The presentation will focus on how quickly complex life can return to land degraded by cattle and coffee farming when reforestation, including understory restoration with native species, occurs.