Sunday, November 3, 2024
12:10-1:00 PM
Crete Hall, Hutchins Street Square, Lodi, CA
With the advent of the many online resources that are available to birders today, it’s been heralded by many that we’re now in the Golden Age of Birding. With instant information as to where birds are precisely being found, identification apps for your phone that can immediately identify birds either by sound recordings or downloaded photos, and the ability to communicate with friends and other birders so easily, it’s an easy statement to make. But is the quality of birding truly better than in years past? Are bird sightings as significant now as in the recent past? David has been an active birder for over 50 years. He will address this, using San Joaquin County and the neighboring areas from the coast to the mountains as points of reference.
David Yee started actively birding at the very young age of 10. By the time he was in high school birding had become his favorite hobby and passion. He went to college at UC Santa Cruz, majoring in biology, with bird science always his focus. David went on to become a full-time chemist, but birding remained his passion, and according to his wife of 40+ years, his obsession.
Considered the top birder and field ornithologist in his native San Joaquin County, David has authored the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of San Joaquin County and was a Regional Editor of North American Birds, Northern California Region from 1986-1994.
David has travelled throughout the state of California, birding its every corner. Always in pursuit of birds, he has travelled extensively throughout the US, and has made numerous visits to Mexico, Central America, and Southeast Asia.
An active field trip leader and bird teacher since his college days, David has, for decades, led numerous birding tours throughout the US and Central America. He has always made sharing birds a high priority in his birding career and loves people more than birds (which is saying a lot!).
David is a past president of San Joaquin Audubon, the Central Valley Bird Club, and the Western Field Ornithologists. He and his wife helped start the Central Valley Birding Symposium in 1997, and he continues to serve on the steering committee.
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