KAS Swag – Help Us Meet Fundraising Goals
Snag a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the Kern Audubon Society logo to help us meet our fundraising goals!
Founded in Bakersfield, CA in 1973 and incorporated in 1979, Kern Audubon Society is a thriving environmental organization in Kern County. The chapter continually plans a number of exciting, fun, and educational projects for the community. There are regular program meetings and field trips to both common and unique habitats in California.
Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of the month September – June with January being dark. See our Calendar under the Events Tab for Meeting and Field Trip details. Join us at a meeting or a field trip!
Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler at Cesar Chavez NM by Jacob Abel, 2/10/18
Founded in Bakersfield, CA in 1973 and incorporated in 1979, Kern Audubon Society is a thriving environmental organization in Kern County. The chapter continually plans a number of exciting, fun, and educational projects for the community. There are regular program meetings and field trips to both common and unique habitats in California. Meetings are generally held the first Tuesday of the month September – June with January being dark. See our Calendar under the Events Tab for Meeting and Field Trip details. Join us at a meeting or a field trip!
Snag a t-shirt or sweatshirt with the Kern Audubon Society logo to help us meet our fundraising goals!
The common but cryptic Collared Forest-Falcon is the largest, most wide-ranging member of its genus (Micrastur), a group of raptors found only in the Neotropics.
Carol Gates, after 14 years of organizing and running our Tehachapi group of Kern Audubon Society is stepping down.
We cannot thank her enough for all of her dedication to maintain the group in Tehachapi.
Both the genus and species names for the Sword-billed Hummingbird derive from the Latin words for “sword bearer” – a fitting description for the only bird in the world with a bill longer than its body.
The Grasshopper Sparrow is named for the insect-like quality of its songs. The Grasshopper Sparrow appears big-headed and large-billed when compared to more familiar species like the Savannah Sparrow.
The Northern Bobwhite, also known as Virginia quail or partridge, is a New World quail species in the same family as the Montezuma and Scaled Quails. Like its relatives, the bobwhite has a short, curved bill; a chunky, roundish body; and a short tail.
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