Finding butterflies in Santa Monica Mountain habitat

The National Park Service will present Fred Heath, author of "An Introduction to Southern California Butterflies," at 2 p.m. Sat., March 31 at the National Park Visitor Center, 401 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks.

Heath will explain when and where to see butterflies and how they behave in their habitats. He will discuss how they depend on the flowers and plants of this area.

Heath and photographer Herb Clarke will autograph the book, which will be sold at the lecture. The free lecture is the fifth in a series.

For more information, please call (805) 370-2301 or visit www.nps.gov/samo.