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• The folks from the Sacramento Wildlife Care Association will discuss caring for injured birds during a Sacramento Audubon Society meeting at 7 tonight at the Shepard Garden and Art Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd.
Donations will be accepted.
For more information: (916) 632-1862.
• Observe the life of the small hooded merganser and follow the migration route of the monarch butterfly at the fifth annual Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival at 6 p.m. Saturday at Bear Valley Lodge, 3 Bear Valley Road, Bear Valley.
The cost is $8-$18.
For more information: www.sierrafilmfest.org.
• Discover how climate change has affected the birds and mammals of the Sierra at a lecture titled "Surveying the Sierra: Then and Now" by zoologist Jim Patton at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
It will be held in Sewell Hall on Sierra College's Rocklin campus, 5000 Rocklin Road, Rocklin. The cost is $5 general, $2 seniors and students, free for members. Parking is $1.
For more information: www.sierracollege.edu/museum.
SNAG SOME TROUT
Drop your hook into a stocked Howe Pond on Saturday at a Fishing Derby hosted by the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District as part of the California Department of Fish and Game's Fishing in the City Program.
It starts at 9 a.m. at Howe Park, 2201 Cottage Way. Fees are $8-$25.
For more information: (916) 927-3802, ext. 114.
MORE THAN A PUDDLE
See what lives in the vernal pools at Mather Field during a Critter Walk with the folks from Sacramento Splash at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Meet at Splash Education Center, 4426 Excelsior Road, Mather. The cost is $10 general, $5 ages 5-18.
For reservations: (916) 364-2437.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
The Green Living Project will present a multimedia program on anti-poaching efforts in Zambia, among other wildlife conservation topics, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sacramento REI, 1790 Expo Parkway.
For more information: (916) 924-8900.
RIDE WITH REI
Has the Amgen Tour of California inspired you to take up cycling? You can learn the basics of road cycling in an introductory class offered through REI Outdoor School, to be held 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 21 (bikes included).
Cost is $75 general, $55 for REI members.
For more information: www.rei.com.
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