KELSEYVILLE – The Redbud Audubon Society is resuming its monthly program meetings, starting on Thursday, Sept. 16, with an excellent program on sandhill cranes.

The society will no longer be meeting at the Kelseyville High School Library, but instead will meet both at the Kelseyville Presbyterian Church Social Hall, and later in the year at the Lower Lake School House Museum.

This Thursday’s meeting will convene at 7 p.m. at the church social hall, located at 5340 Third St. in Kelseyville. The program starts at 7:30 p.m.

This month’s meeting features the magnificent sandhill cranes that winter in California’s Central Valley.

The speaker is Paul Tebbel, executive director of Friends of the River an environmental group based in Sacramento.

Tebbel managed National Audubon’s 1,400-acre Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in Nebraska for 11 years.

The Platte River is known for the world’s largest concentration of sandhill cranes during their spring migration. The Rowe Sanctuary is managed for the cranes and other water birds.

With a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in zoology, Tebbel studied sandhill cranes for his thesis. His work with cranes for his thesis at the Rowe Sanctuary, and the International Crane Foundation is the basis for his presentation.

The public is invited to attend and for more information about the Redbud Audubon Society, go to www.redbudaudubon.org.