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In-Person Lecture

Name: Hiking in Southern California’s Desert Parks, Our Favorite Hikes
Start: 2026-12-04T18:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-12-04T19:30:00-08:00
Location: ABDNHA Library

Nov 2025
- Sat 22
  - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Stargazing: Exploring the Milky Way and its Neighbors – CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
Dec 2025
- Sat 13
  - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    
    Propagating Desert Plants
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 20
  - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Stargazing: The Orion Nebula, Star Factory in the Great Hunter
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 27
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Boomer Archaeologist
    
    $8 – $12
Jan 2026
- Fri 2
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Native Baskets – Function and Art – CANCELLED
- Sat 3
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Plants of Anza-Borrego Desert
    
    $8 – $12
- Wed 7
  - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    
    Lecture: Life in the Borderlands – the History of Crossing the California-Mexico Border
- Fri 9
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: The Story of the Salton Sea – FULL
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 10
  - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    
    Astronomy Lecture: Fossils of the Solar System
    
    $8 – $12
- Fri 16
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Leeches, Land Mines, and Lizards; The Nature of Researching Nature in Cambodia
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 17
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Where it All Began, El Presidio of San Diego
    
    $8 – $12
- Tue 20
  - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture and Stargazing: Winter Star Clusters
    
    $8 – $12
- Fri 23
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Flash Floods in Semi-Arid Landscapes – FULL (waitlist)
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 24
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Geology of San Diego County’s Peninsular Ranges
    
    $8 – $12
- Fri 30
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: The Urban Ecosystem
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 31
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: The Birds of the Salton Sea
    
    $8 – $12
Feb 2026
- Fri 6
  - 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    
    ABDNHA Travel Series: Romania Travelogue – Beautiful Landscapes and Complex Identities
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 7
  - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    
    Plants of Anza-Borrego – FULL (waitlist)
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Applied Earth Science – The Rare Earth Elements
    
    $8 – $12
- Fri 13
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    SPECIAL ROCK ART WEEKEND: Dr. Whitley’s Lecture, Part 1 – Understanding Native Californian Rock Art (FULL)
    
    $8 – $12
- Sat 14
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    SPECIAL ROCK ART WEEKEND: Dr. Whitley’s Lecture, Part 2 – European Cave Paintings & the Origins of Art & Religion
    
    $8 – $12
- Fri 20
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Mojave Desert Tortoises
- Sat 21
  - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    
    Talk & Walk: Plants of Anza-Borrego
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Revealing the Wonders of Five Iconic Desert Plants
- Sun 22
  - 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    
    Stargazing: Cosmic Gems of the Late Winter Sky – FULL (Waitlist)
- Fri 27
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Beauty of the Universe – The Astrophotography of Michael Scott Poirier
- Sat 28
  - 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    
    Lecture: Native American Life, Use of Native Plants
  - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    
    Featured ABDNHA Desert Lecture Series: Pursued by a Mountain Lion
Mar 2026
- Fri 6
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: “I May Still Be Speaking” – Indigenous Oral Tradition of Northern Baja California
- Sat 7
  - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    
    Talk & Walk: Plants of Anza-Borrego
  - 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    
    Lecture: Native Bats of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
  - 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Swainson’s Hawk Incredible Migration
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Plant Sex – Everything You Didn’t Know to Ask about Sex in the Desert
- Fri 13
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Dudleya, California’s Unique Succulent
- Sun 15
  - 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
    
    Lecture: What’s Up with the Hawkwatch?
- Fri 20
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture: Burrowing Owls Acoustic Research
- Sat 21
  - 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    
    Talk & Walk: Plants of Anza-Borrego – CANCELLED
- Fri 27
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Program: The Trail Less Traveled – Baja
- Sat 28
  - 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    
    Featured ABDNHA Desert Lecture Series: Bobcats in the Neighborhood
- Sun 29
  - 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    
    Botany Club Meeting
Nov 2026
- Fri 6
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Stargazing Borrego’s Dark Sky
- Sat 7
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Lecture & Webinar: Deep Space Photography of Michael Poirier
- Fri 27
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    The Fascinating Story of Borrego’s Sky Art
Dec 2026
- Fri 4
  - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    
    Hiking in Southern California’s Desert Parks, Our Favorite Hikes

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