

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Courage of Birds: Ways They Survive Winter
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Presented by the Santa Barbara Audubon Society and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

Pete Dunne, recipient of the American Birding Association’s Roger Tory Peterson Award for lifetime achievement in promoting the cause of birds, will describe the various adaptations of North American birds that allow them to survive winter’s hardships. Despite the seasonal life-sapping cold, birds have evolved strategies that meet winter’s challenges head on, driven by the imperative to make it to spring and pass down their genes to the next generation. Dunne will discuss unique migration patterns and survival strategies of individual species as well as address the impact of changing climatic conditions on avian longevity.

Dunne is an author and founder of the World Series of Birding, former Director of Natural History Information for the New Jersey Audubon Society, and former director of the Cape May Bird Observatory. An experienced tour leader, he is well-known for his columns and contributions to publications such as American Birds and Birding. He is also the author of more than twenty books, including Birds of Prey, Gulls Simplified, The Art of Pishing, The Wind Masters, and most recently, The Shorebirds of North America.

Courtesy of Chaucer’s Bookstore, books by Pete Dunne will be available for purchase and signing at the event.

Tickets $5, reserve yours online today: https://tickets.sbnature.org/events/019aad3c-d5f0-3c6c-ae11-5e45ba974c15

For more information, contact kperry@sbnature2.org.

Black-capped Chickadee illustration by David Allen Sibley
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Santa Barbara
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93105
- **lat**: 34.44036
- **long**: -119.71474
- **full address**: 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93105

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- **organizer**: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (https://allevents.in/org/santa-barbara-museum-of-natural-history/5067742)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, California 93105
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, nonprofit
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