Cupertino resident Teresa Cheng’s photograph of a Townsend’s Warbler is a part of a web-based gallery created by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society for its inaugural September Bird Celebration. “We had almost 50 people submit their artwork, including several youth,” mentioned Cheng, who led the hassle. (Photo by Teresa Cheng)
The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (SCVAS) is constant its inaugural September Bird Celebration with a web-based gallery that includes photographs and paintings of birds submitted by neighborhood members. Submissions may even be featured in SCVAS supplies together with Instagram, Facebook and newsletters.
“We had almost 50 people submit their artwork, including several youth,” Teresa Cheng, the volunteer main the September Bird Celebration, mentioned in an announcement. “While this was the first year for this event, we’re very pleased with how it went and look forward to sponsoring similar initiatives in the future.”
Artists and photographers represented within the gallery at embrace Cheng and Floy and Dave Zittin of Cupertino and Jeremy Frank, Ed Reed and Camden Bac of Sunnyvale. San Jose residents with works within the on-line gallery are Sushanta Bhandarkar, Chris Johnson, Kristin Lynn, Rajesh Pasupathy, Orizema Cruz Pina, Howard Friedman, Sapana Kapadia, Karen Maor, Chris Henry, Christopher Klein and Tiphaknee Tamboury.
SCVAS Executive Director Matthew Dodder famous that whereas the entries included many images of birds, the gallery additionally options a number of sketches and work, and even a felt sculpture.
“September is a wonderful month to bird in the Bay Area,” Dodder mentioned. “After a quiet end to the summer, shorebirds, warblers and crowned sparrows arrive in numbers. Rare birds make brief appearances. The September Bird Celebration invited everyone to get out in nature, and to capture and create images during this dynamic period and share them with others in our community.”
The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society is headquartered at McClellan Ranch Preserve in Cupertino. For extra info, go to www.scvas.org.
