North American Butterfly Association
8th Biennial Members’ Meeting
Kernville, California
June 26-29, 2008
Schedule

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, June 25
7:00am-8:00am, Pre-Count Breakfast, Cheryl’s Diner, Kernville
8:00am-5:30pm, North Fork Kern River Valley Butterfly Count
5:30pm-7:00pm, Post-Count Dinner & Count Compilation, TBA

Thursday, June 26
7:00am-9:00am, Kernville to Frazier Park for Mt. Pinos Pre-Meeting Field Trip
9:30am-2:00pm, Mt. Pinos Pre-Meeting Field Trip
1:30pm-7:30pm, NABA Meeting Registration, Exhibitors/Vendors open
7:30pm-9:00pm, Welcome & Program: An Introduction to Butterflies of the Kern River Valley & Southern Sierra Nevada presented by Fred Heath

Friday, June 27
7:30am-8:00am, Pick up box lunches and gather for trip departure
8:00am-5:00pm, Field Trips
5:00pm-6:45pm, Book Signing, Exhibitors & Vendors open
7:00pm-9:00pm, Raffle, Dinner, & Evening Program: Big Picture in a Small Frame: The Natural History of Kern County and the Southern Sierra Nevada presented by Alison Sheehey

Saturday, June 28
7:30am-8:00am, Pick up box lunches and gather for trip departure
8:00am-5:00pm, Field Trips
5:00pm-6:45pm, Exhibitors & Vendors open
7:00pm-9:00pm, Auction, Dinner, Evening Program: Guest presenter TBA

Sunday, June 29
7:30am-8:00am, Pick up box lunches and gather for trip departure
8:00am-2:00pm, Field Trips
2:00pm-5:00pm, Exhibitors & Vendors open
3:00pm-4:00pm, Workshops: Butterfly Gardening, Julie West, NABA Member & 2nd Vice-President, California Garden Clubs, Inc. + 2 other concurrent topics TBA
4:10pm-4:30pm, Meeting Finale

Monday, June 30
7:00am-8:00am, Pre-Count Breakfast, Cheryl’s Diner, Kernville
8:00am-6pm, Giant Sequoia National Monument South Butterfly Count
6pm-7:30pm, Post-Count Dinner & Count Compilation, TBA

Tuesday, July 1
5:30am-12pm, Inyokern/Le Conte’s Thrasher & Kern River Preserve/South Fork Valley Birding Trips

Wednesday, July 2
5:30am-8pm, Kern Plateau Transect Birding Trip (includes dinner stop)

Thursday, July 3
5:30am-12pm, Inyokern/Le Conte’s Thrasher & Kern River Preserve/South Fork Valley Birding Trips

Book Signings
On the schedule is the opportunity to have books, artwork, t-shirts, etc. signed by numerous attendees. Anticipated at one or more signing sessions are:

RICK CECH
Butterflies of the East Coast w. Guy Tudor

KEN DAVENPORT
Butterflies of Kern and Tulare Counties, California
Yosemite Butterflies

JON DUNN
Birds of the Los Angeles Region w. Kimball Garrett & Bob Morse
National Geographic Birding Essentials w. Jonathan Alderfer
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America w. Jonathan Alderfer
Peterson Field Guides: Warblers of North America w. Kimball Garrett
Peterson Reference Guides: Gulls of the Americas w. Steve N. G. Howell

JEFF GLASSBERG
The Big Little Book of Butterflies
Birds of North America w. Tom Wood & Sheri Williamson
Butterflies through Binoculars: The East
Butterflies through Binoculars: A Field, Finding, and Gardening Guide to Butterflies in Florida w. Marc C. Minno, and John V. Calhoun
Butterflies through Binoculars: The West
Butterflies of North America
Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: A Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America w. Thomas J. Allen and Jim Brock
Enjoying Butterflies More
A Swift Gude to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America

MIKE GOCHFELD & JOANNA BURGER
Butterflies of New Jersey

FRED HEATH
An Introduction to Southern California Butterflies
National Audubon Society: Field Guide to California w. Peter Alden

JOHN SCHMITT
Birds Asleep (illustrator)
Birds of Peru (all raptor artwork)
Birds of Prey of the Indian Subcontinent (all artwork)
Birds of South Asia (artwork for several plates)
A Field Guide to the Raptors of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa (all artwork)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America (artwork for several plates)
The Natural History of the White-Inyo Range (pen & ink artwork for ornithology section)

ALISON SHEEHEY
Natureali publications

BOB STEELE
National Geographic Birding Essentials (photographic consultant)

CLAY & PAT SUTTON
How to Spot Butterflies
Birds and Birding at Cape May (What to See, When and Where to Go)
Birds of Prey of North America w. Richard Walton
Birdwatching -- Insight Guide (contributing author)
City Birding (contributing author)
Hawks in Flight w. Pete Dunne and David Sibley
Good Birders Don?t Wear White (contributing author)
How to Spot Hawks & Eagles
How to Spot an Owl
National Geographic Reference Atlas to the Birds of North America (contributing authors)

GUY TUDOR
Butterflies of the East Coast w. Rick Cech