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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – On Friday, Feb. 23, community members will have the opportunity to take part in a fun, educational and informative evening where they will learn about the reality of what's going on with our climate and practical steps they can take to do something about it.

Costa Rica is home to amazing wildlife. Don’t miss Redbud Audubon’s interesting program on Thursday, February 15, 2018, in Lower Lake, Calif., where images of animals like the mantled howler monkey will be viewed. Photo by Bob Keiffer.


LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Come spend an evening visiting the wild Pacific-side of Costa Rica on Thursday, Feb. 15, at Redbud Audubon’s monthly program meeting at the Lower Lake Methodist Church Social Hall, starting at 7 p.m.

The speaker is Bob Keiffer of Hopland, a well-known local presenter of fabulous interesting programs.

Keiffer and his wife Beth visited the diverse country of Costa Rica last year, and he was able to get lots of great images from their travels.

Visit special places on the Pacific-side of Costa Rica and see basilisks at Corcovado National Park, tent-making bats at Manuel Antonio Park, sloths at Carara National Park, hummingbirds at Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, turquoise waters of the Rio Celeste and crocodiles on the Tarcoles River.

Discover spectacular sunset beaches to wild jungles. Find out that it does not take a huge, expensive camera and lens to capture memorable wildlife photos.

Keiffer’s great photography and his engaging talks always provide for an entertaining evening.

“Beth and I traveled the Pacific-side of Costa Rica for over two weeks last February, visiting many of the parks and preserves. I chose not to carry my heavy Canon camera and 400 millimeter lens with me .. .instead taking a small lightweight Lumix camera with a 30X zoom lens. I was surprisingly pleased with the ease of use and quality of wildlife photographs that I was able to obtain,” he said.

The American crocodile is seen in the Tarcoles River in Costa Rica. Photo by Bob Keiffer.

The program should be entertaining and filled with color, wildlife, and country customs and lore.

Robert Keiffer is a native of Mendocino County. He attended Humboldt State University from 1974 to 1979 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management.

He went on to work for the US Fish & Wildlife Service at Hart Mountain, Sheldon and Modoc refuges, Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, Mendocino County Resource Conservation District and ended up with a career with the University of California at the Hopland Research and Extension Center as the Principal Superintendent of Agriculture. Keiffer retired in July.

Redbud Audubon Society holds monthly program meetings September through April along with frequent monthly field trips during those same months.

Redbud is the oldest conservation organization in Lake County and is active in educating the public about birds and wildlife here.

The public is cordially invited to all Redbud Audubon programs and activities.

For more information, go to www.redbudaudubon.org.

The turquoise-browed motmot is just one of the lovely birds that can be found in Costa Rica. Photo by Bob Keiffer.
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