BALDWIN HILLS BIRD CONSERVANCY
Bald Win Hills or Bald Eagle Hills
(Time for a Name Change)

Birding Field Trips in the Baldwin Hills: Third Sunday of the Month at 8:00 a.m.
Meet at Baldwin Hills STATE PARK (at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area)
Take La Cienega Boulevard to State Park Recreation Area and park near kiosk booth

January 20, 2001 with Kimball Garrett, Ornithology Consultant, LA Audubon Society
February 17, 2001 with Jean Brandt, Editor of WESTERN TANAGER, LA Audubon Society
March 17, 2001 with Raymond Schep, Vice-President, LA Audubon Society
April 21, 2001 with Roy van de Hoek, Field Trip Leader, LA Audubon Society
May 19, 2001 with Roy van de Hoek, Field Trip Leader, LA Audubon Society
June 16, 2001 ... leader to be announced in Western Tanager

The Baldwin Hills Bird Conservancy works closely with California State Parks, and works diplomatically to facilitate the transfer of LA County government from the state park lands, since it has been managed poorly for native birds. For example, once the golf course concept is eliminated from the Baldwin Hills, LA County will want to leave the State Park. To accomplish its mission, the Conservancy uses education programs such as the monthly field trips. We also disseminate information through this web site regarding ecology, history of birds in the Baldwin Hills, and environmental awareness at meetings that the California State Parks is conducting for public participation. These meetings are in the format of a Baldwin Hills Conservancy. The Baldwin Hills Bird Conservancy will be acquiring some small amount of land, for a nature center, in order to be a stakeholder with the State Conservancy and Culver City.

The web pages was provided to you to give you breadth to understanding the need for better protection of natural open space in Los Angeles, so that there can be a home for the native birds. The web page is also for educational purposes, knowledge, and curiosity of the natural landscapes of the Baldwin Hills as a significant part of CALIFORNIA WILD NATURE.

Winter Solstice - December 21, 2000
Rainy Winter Evening - February 20, 2001
Spring Equinox - March 21, 2001
Dense Fog Evening - May 9, 2001

Web Pages Gathered Around Education and Awareness
1. Bird News, Kimball Garrett*, AUDUBON IMPRINT, Volume 24 July 2000, Santa Monica Audubon Society.
2. Baldwin Hills Natural History, Kimball Garrett*, HUMMIN, Volume 23, Feb.2001, Palos Verdes Audubon Society.
3. THE SECRET LIFE of the BALDWIN HILLS, Kimball Garrett*, WESTERN TANAGER, Volume 67, March 2001, LA Audubon Society.
4. Faunal Changes in Los Angeles, George Willett, 1945, First Curator of Birds, LA Museum of Natural History

*note: Kimball Garrett is the fourth Curator of Birds for LA Museum of Natural History.