October 7, 2025

Cover of Kate Marionchild's book, Secrets of the Oak Woodland

Communal, Competitive, and Quirky:
The Wild World of Acorn Woodpeckers

Tuesday, October 7 at 7 p.m.
Location: Odd Fellows Hall, 1226½ Lincoln Way, Auburn

Rat-a-tat-tat. Rat-a-tat-tat. You hear and see woodpeckers all around. Learn what makes them a fascinating inhabitant of our local oak trees, on Tuesday evening, October 7, in Auburn.

Naturalist Kate Marianchild, author of the bestseller Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: Plants and Animals among California’s Oaks, will give a rollicking presentation on acorn woodpeckers. She’ll explain why these birds have the most extraordinary and complex social structure of any vertebrate species.

The Role of Oaks

Because acorn woodpeckers are acorn eaters, Kate will also give an overview of the role of oaks as North America’s most life-giving trees and ways in which acorn woodpeckers, jays, woodrats and other acord-eaters have adapted to them.

About Kate Marionchild

A speaker and nature guide as well as author, Kate is known for the clarity of her teaching, her affection for her subject matter, and her contagious enthusiasm. Kate will bring copies of Secrets of the Oak Woodlands, which she will sign and sell, plus her Guide to Identifying the Common Oaks of Northern and Central California.

Presentation Details

The presentation will be at Odd Fellows Hall, 1226½ Lincoln Way, Auburn. Doors open at 6:30, program at 7.

We’re pleased to say that this presentation is a joint venture with the Sierra Foothills Audubon Society (SFAS), the Sierra Nevada Group of the Sierra Club, and the Redbud Chapter of the California Native Plant Society. For questions, call SFAS Program Chair Theresa Thomas at 530-264-6742.

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2 Comments

    1. We would love to do this. So far, we just don’t quite have the tech bandwidth to pull this off. Someone may be able to set up and record this, but we need someone who can do a bit of editing to get the recording ready for posting on YouTube. Anyone interested, please just let us know. Email nativeplanthelp@gmail.com

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