CCBER Flourishing
I have been fortunate to attend, when possible, CCBER Monday evening one-hour seminars on subjects in which I have much interest but little knowledge – a good background to the nature photography I enjoy. I was also fortunate to see the formation of CCBER and their moving into new quarters, and seeing them grow and thrive since then. As Jennifer Thorsch stated in her foreword in the 2009 newsletter — “CCBER continues to flourish”.
(Kids-in-Nature lunch, May 29, 2009)
The location of the CCBER building has many advantages: excellent parking and adjacency to a number of accessible areas. On the east side a sandy area useful for open-air gatherings, on the south a large area useful for grass-based activities, and on the west portions being used for plantings, bird monitoring and aviaries.
This was demonstrated at a recent Kids-in-Nature (KIN) activity, where children from Franklin Elementary attended a day at CCBER. The day was filled with many educational activities both inside and outside of the building, followed by a lunch in the sandy open-air area. All photos in this post were taken at that event.
(Kids-in-Nature birds, May 29, 2009)
(Kids-in-Nature insects, May 29, 2009)
(Kids-in-Nature herps, May 29, 2009)
(Kids-in-Nature flora, May 29, 2009)
In appreciation, I volunteer my services for the construction of the yearly newsletter – a very enjoyable task, especially in reading what has been accomplished during the previous year and in learning more about subjects that are interesting.
For this year’s impressive collection of articles such as Cataloging the CCBER Algal Herbarium, The Katherine Esau Digital Archive, Study of California Voles, Male Eyes Apollo, Nyx the Female Eyes, CCBER Launches New Course, Kids in Nature Evolves, and the many articles on restoration (Restoration Updates, San Clemente Habitat Restoration, Restoration Research at South Parcel), please see the newsletter at the link below.
(Kids-in-Nature rope activity, May 29, 2009)
(Kids-in-Nature bird monitoring, May 29, 2009)
CCBER Newsletter “The Nature Press”