Date: 3/14/26 5:09 pm From: Marina Suh via groups.io <marina...> Subject: [sbcobirding] SB Audubon March Program: Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of American Woodpeckers with Paul Bannick #SBAS
Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of History are pleased to present:
*Woodpecker: A Year in the Life of American Woodpeckers*
Date: March 31, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Fleischmann Auditorium at the SB Museum of Natural History
Photographer and author Paul Bannick will deliver an illustrated public lecture on North American Woodpeckers, one of our most interesting and unique birds, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM in Fleischmann Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The event is presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Back by popular demand following his outstanding presentation in May of 2025 on North American Owls, celebrated bird photographer Paul Bannick’s new program will focus on the 41 woodpecker species of North America. Woodpeckers have evolved in ways that make them ecologically critical to forest health, serving as keystone species in a variety of wooded habitats across the continent. Their distinctive drumming sounds out a familiar rhythm, while their presence supports a myriad of birds and animals making them catalysts of diversity in the places they inhabit. They are, in many ways, the heartbeat of the forest.
Informed by his own experiences in the field as well as extensive research, Bannick will present woodpeckers in every season: their courtship and nest selection in Spring; life in the nest during Summer; fledging and gaining independence in Autumn; and the challenges of surviving the Winter. Bannick will also takes a closer look at the most important woodpecker habitats in North America and what we can do to protect them.
Paul Bannick is an award-winning author and wildlife photographer specializing in the natural history of North America with a focus on birds and habitat. He is the author of three books including The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters with North America’s Most Iconic Birds. His work can be found prominently in bird guides from Audubon, Peterson, The Smithsonian, Stokes, the National Wildlife Federation and in several volumes of the The Handbook of the Birds of the World.
