The Earth Day Events at the Bernard Field Station (BFS) were a huge success. I have received numerous calls and letters of thanks from the community. I intend to make this an annual event, so mark your calendars for next year.
I want to thank everyone who volunteered and participated in this event. Below are some pictures of the event:
A banner on the Foothill Blvd fence announces the BFS Earth Day events. ©Nancy Hamlett.
The participants of the bird tour scanning the lake. Later they were lucky enough to spot a merlin. ©Wallace Meyer.
Prof. Nina Karnovsky (Pomona College) teaching participants on the Family Day Tour about our native bird fauna. ©Wallace Meyer.
Prof. Chris Clark’s (Harvey Mudd College) students taking community members in the lake to drive a robot built to monitor fish populations, an activity that was part of the Family Day Tour. They use the field station often to test the performance of their robots before taking them to the ocean. ©Wallace Meyer.
Tour leaders Dr. Chris MacDonald (UC Cooperative Extension Service) and Prof. Nancy Hamlett (Harvey Mudd College) with Scarlet Delphinium (Delphinium cardinale) on the wildflower tour. ©Mike Tschudi.
Prof. Paul Stapp (Cal State Fullerton) explains acoustic bat detection. The detector is on the tall pole in the background. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Jesus Bolanos from the University of La Verne oversees blacklight insect trapping. ©Nancy Hamlett.