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The Internet: What is the Internet? | Video
What is the internet? Short answer: a distributed packet-switched network. This is the introduction video to the series, “How the Internet Works”. Vint Cerf, one of the “fathers of the internet” explains the history of how the net and how no one person or organization is really in charge of it.
Part XI (4 minutes) of the series produced by Code.com explaining computers in terms most of us can understand. We’re getting past the ins & outs of downloads and uploads and into the guts. We’ll post a new installment approximately every ten days until we run out.
If you like this series and want to go through it at your own rate, the 17 videos listed HERE include the 12 which I have scheduled so far. Having some familiarity with the topics, I watched the first 12 in about an hour. It’s time well spent.
[Chuck Almdale]
https://youtu.be/Dxcc6ycZ73M
Malibu Lagoon Field Trips: Sunday, 24 November, 8:30 & 10am.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (C. Bragg 11-25-18)
Lots of migrants and wintering birds and dwindling crowds of humans make it a great day for the lagoon. Usually sunny, sometimes cool, with dolphins dancing in the waves. Forget those Thanksgiving table birds: see your birds here with us.
Some of the great birds we’ve had in November are: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser, Pacific & Common Loons, Horned & Western Grebes, Osprey, American Kestrel, Merlin, Snowy Plover, American Avocet, Spotted Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit, Boneparte’s & Glaucous-winged Gulls, Belted Kingfisher, Common Raven, Bushtit, Bewick’s, House & Marsh Wrens, California Towhee, Great-tailed Grackle, Lesser Goldfinch.
Adult Walk 8:30 a.m. – Beginner and experienced, 2-3
Have you donated Yet? (Clipartkid.com)
hours. Species range from 40 in June to 60-75 during migrations and winter. We meet at the metal-shaded viewing area (see photo below) next to the parking lot and begin walking east towards the lagoon. We always check the offshore rocks and the ocean. When lagoon outlet is closed we continue east around the lagoon to Adamson House. We put out special effort to make our monthly Malibu Lagoon walks attractive to first-time and beginning birdwatchers. So please, if you are at all worried about coming on a trip and embarrassing yourself because of all the experts, we remember our first trips too. Someone showed us the birds; now it’s our turn.
Children and Parents Walk 10:00 a.m. One hour session, meeting at the metal-shaded viewing area between parking lot and channel. We start at 10:00 for a shorter walk and to allow time for families to get it together on a sleepy Sunday morning. Our leaders are experienced with kids so please bring them to the beach! We have an ample supply of binoculars that children can use without striking terror into their parents. We want to see families enjoying nature. (If you have a Scout Troop or other group of more than seven people, you must call Jean (310-472-7209) to make sure we have enough binoculars and docents.)
Cackling Goose is uncommon at the lagoon (C. Bragg 11-25-18)
Map to Meeting Place
Directions: Malibu Lagoon is at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Cross Creek Road, west of Malibu Pier and the bridge. Look around for people wearing binoculars.
Parking: Parking machine recently installed in the lagoon lot: 1 hr $3; 2 hrs $6; 3 hrs $9, all day $12 ($11 seniors); credit cards accepted. Annual passes accepted. You may also park (read the signs carefully) either along PCH west of Cross Creek Road, on Cross Creek Road, or on Civic Center Way north (inland) of the shopping center. Lagoon parking in shopping center lots is not permitted.
Prior checklists:
2019: Jan-June
2018: Jan-June, July-Dec 2017: Jan-June, July-Dec
2016: Jan-June, July-Dec 2015: Jan-May, July-Dec
2014: Jan-July, July-Dec 2013: Jan-June, July-Dec
2012: Jan-June, July -Dec 2011: Jan-June, July-Dec
2010: Jan-June, July-Dec 2009: Jan-June, July-Dec.
[Chuck Almdale]
Bio Blitz at Malibu Lagoon Reminder: Sunday 10 am, 24 November
There will be a Bio Blitz at Malibu Lagoon on
Sunday 24 November during and immediately
following our lagoon birdwalks (8:30am & 10am)
The BioBlitz volunteers will be joining us on our 8:30am walk, then begin their BioBlitz at 10am. They welcome additional volunteers (such as you).
Here’s what they say about themselves:
CALeDNA is a community-science program dedicated to mapping out and monitoring biodiversity across the entire state of California using environmental DNA (eDNA)— DNA shed by organisms as small as microbes and as large as whales! Join us this Sunday, November 24th at Malibu Lagoon in one of our fall BioBlitzes. Here, we’ll collect soil samples with eDNA and try to identify as many species as possible with field guides, naturalists, and of course iNaturalist. All ages are welcome, no experience required! We will join the Santa Monica Audubon Society on their bird walk at 8:30AM and start our BioBlitz at 10AM.
You can read more about our program at www.ucedna.com and sign up for FREE at data.ucedna.com/events
Questions? Email Miroslava at mnmunguiaramos@ucdavis.edu with the subject “CALeDNA Malibu Lagoon BioBlitz 2019.” Looking forward to seeing all birds and volunteers Sunday!”
Honey Bees Make Honey … and Bread? | Deep Look Video
Honey bees make honey from nectar to fuel their flight – and our sweet tooth. But they also need pollen for protein. So they trap, brush and pack it into baskets on their legs to make a special food called bee bread.
This is another installment of the PBS Deep Look series; this installment is adapted from the “It’s OK to be Smart” series. If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you. [Chuck Almdale]
The Internet: Wires, Cables & Wifi | Video
This educational video introduces how the physical infrastructure of the Internet moves information.
Part X (7 minutes) of the series produced by Code.com explaining computers in terms most of us can understand. We’re getting past the ins & outs of downloads and uploads and into the guts. We’ll post a new installment approximately every ten days until we run out.
If you like this series and want to go through it at your own rate, the 17 videos listed HERE include the 12 which I have scheduled so far. Having some familiarity with the topics, I watched the first 12 in about an hour. It’s time well spent.
[Chuck Almdale]
https://youtu.be/ZhEf7e4kopM
SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG 