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Friday,
January 24 - Evening Events
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| 5:30
p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
Snow
Goose Reception (*note: registration for this event is closed)
Celebrating a Century of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge System
Come help us celebrate 100 years of the Refuge system at a reception in
the Mezzanine of the Sierra Nevada Brewery. Greg Mensik, Deputy Refuge
Manager of the Sacramento NWR Complex, will present a PowerPoint slide
show on snow geese that promises to be both educational and entertaining.
You'll have an opportunity to browse displays and bird mounts to help
you distinguish the characteristics of different types of geese -- lesser
snow geese, both blue and white phases and Ross’s geese, for instance.
Light hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar. Space is limited to the first 75
reservations.
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| 8:00
p.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
Owl
Prowl (*note: registration for this event is closed)
This field trip offers a unique glimpse into the amazing nocturnal world
of owls. Scott Toricelli has been leading the ever-popular Owl Prowls
into Bidwell Park for the Chico Creek Nature Center since 1986. The Prowl,
consisting of a leisurely hike into Bidwell Park, will start and end at
the Chico Creek Nature Center, and will surely leave you with a night
to remember. Field Trip Leader: Scott Toricelli is a well-known popular
naturalist and teacher who has an intimate knowledge of the Chico area.
He was a naturalist at the Yosemite Institute, has coordinated programs
for the Chico Creek Nature Center for several years, and has taught environmental
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Saturday,
January 25 - Evening Events
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| 4
p.m. - 6 p.m. |
Meet
& Greet author John Cowan
Return to the Masonic Center after your field trip excursions and informative
workshops for some casual conversation and an opportunity to meet renowned
author John Cowan. He will be on-hand in the lobby to share and discuss
his works and to sell and sign copies of his wonderful new book, A Jewel
in the Pacific Flyway, The Story of Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. Then, get
psyched up for still more interesting pleasures, as the popular sell-out
Saturday evening Banquet follows John's book signing. |
| 6:00
p.m. - 10:00 p.m. |
“Audubon”
Banquet
Dinner by Guzzetti's Catering
The
always-popular Saturday evening Banquet & Silent Auction returns.
Come enjoy live music and an entertaining impersonation of the preeminent
19th century naturalist and painter of birds, John James Audubon.
Actor/writer David Giesen brings the French-born chronicler of America's
birds to life in a one-man show that reveals Audubon's eloquence, enthusiasm
and struggle to shed light on the wonders of the American wilderness.
Audubon (1785-1851) ranks with John Muir and Henry David Thoreau as
a spokesman for the spirit of humanity as modeled in the great outdoors.
Chico
Masonic Family Center - Cost $24/per person
A slide presentation of many of Audubon's finest paintings and engravings
concludes the evening. A special note about another community program
that coincides with our glimpse into Audubon’s world: The Chico
Museum, 141 Salem Street, is featuring an exhibit of the works of Andrew
Jackson Grayson, who has been called the “Audubon of the West”.
The exhibit is on display from Dec. 18, 2002 through Feb. 7, 2003. The
museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 12 to 4 p.m. Admission
is free, though donations are gladly accepted.
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