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Looking for a way to help birds in your neighborhood? If you've got a cat, why not build a Catio! Outdoor cat enclosures, keep cats safe, healthy, happy and help protect birds and wildlife. Cynthia Chomos, catio designer and founder of Catio Spaces, will share the many ways you can create a visually appealing catio for your home and garden.

Looking for a way to help birds in your neighborhood? If you've got a cat, why not build a Catio! Outdoor cat enclosures, keep cats safe, healthy, happy and help protect birds and wildlife. Cynthia Chomos, catio designer and founder of Catio Spaces, will share the many ways you can create a visually appealing catio for your home and garden.

Once thriving in the East Bay, the Burrowing Owl has been forced to move inland and the consequences for many have been fatal. Conducting long-term research on these colonies, Shawn Smallwood and Doug Bell have observed the rate of mortality for Burrowing Owls living within the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, as wind turbines within the area continue to contribute to avian bird deaths.

Purple Martins have been in long-term decline in California due to factors such as habitat loss, competition with European Starlings, and dwindling food supply due to neonicotinoid insecticide use. Dan Airola has been studying and working to conserve the last Central Valley population, which nests in elevated freeways and overpasses in Sacramento.

Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new avian species and the extinction of others. Although over 80 percent of bird species live on continents, 92 percent of extinctions since 1500 have been on islands. Join us to view some marvelous island species and learn about the conservation issues unique to islands.