Events

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Mt. Tam and Corte Madera Marshes

    Birding in Marin - Season 9, Trip 3
    Saturday, March 2, 2024
    8:30 AM to mid-afternoon
    Birding with Jim White and Bob Battagin
    Register HERE for this field trip

    Registration opens Wednesday, February 21st at 8 AM.

    Mount Tamalpais, rising like an icon above Marin, hosts some birds uncommonly seen in the rest of the county such as Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Purple Finch, Red Crossbill, and in the winter, 1 or 2 Townsend’s Solitaire.

  • The Ponds at Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District

    Thursday, March 7, 2024
    8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
    Birding with Sande and Bob Chilvers

    No registration required.  All participants are welcome to join this trip.

    Join old friends and meet new ones on our regularly scheduled walks on the first Thursday of the month at Las Gallinas. We welcome bird enthusiasts of all levels, especially beginning birders, on this leisurely walk around the ponds. Special thanks to Bob and Sande Chilvers for volunteering once again to lead our monthly walks in search of waterfowl, waders, songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds. Among other birds, we will see various species of rails, swallows and teals.

  • Re-discovering and Conserving the Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon, A Critically Endangered Species

    Thursday, March 14, 2024
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Speaker: Jordan Boersma, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
    Register HERE for this speaker series

    Topic:
    Jordan will discuss the Black-naped Pheasant-Pigeon, a critically endangered species that hasn’t been documented by scientists since it was first described in 1882. In 2022, Jordan and his team embarked on an expedition to Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea, and by leveraging the natural history knowledge of local hunters, was able to confirm the existence of this species, known locally as Auwo., thus demonstrating the invaluable role of Indigenous communities in ongoing efforts to relocate species lost to Western science. Plans are to build on the partnerships formed in 2022 to help conserve this elusive and culturally important species and continue to uncover natural history information about Auwo and other endemic taxa on Fergusson island.

  • Rodeo Lagoon – Marin Headlands

    Thursday, March 7, 2024
    8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
    Birding with Sande and Bob Chilvers

    No registration required.  All participants are welcome to join this trip.

    Join old friends and meet new ones on our regularly scheduled walks on the first Thursday of the month at Las Gallinas. We welcome bird enthusiasts of all levels, especially beginning birders, on this leisurely walk around the ponds. Special thanks to Bob and Sande Chilvers for volunteering once again to lead our monthly walks in search of waterfowl, waders, songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds. Among other birds, we will see various species of rails, swallows and teals.

  • Loch Lomond Marina – San Rafael

    SPECIAL INTRODUCTION TO BIRDING – WINTERING WATERBIRDS
    Thursday, March 21, 2024
    10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
    Birding with Roger Harris
    Register HERE for this Field Trip

    Registration required. Registration opens on March 11 at 8:00 AM

    Join Roger Harris and other Marin Audubon board members for a field trip specifically designed for people interested in getting some of the birding basics down. And there is no place better suited for that than the half-mile-long flat and paved levee path at the Loch Lomond Marina. With panoramic views of the surrounding bay, we should get close-up views of wintering waterbirds including Black Turnstones, diminutive Least Sandpipers, Black Oystercatchers with bubblegum pink legs, Snowy Egrets sporting golden slippers, and a variety of ducks, grebes, gulls, and cormorants. This is a terrific place for photography, if you like, but each participant is requested to bring binoculars.

  • The Ponds at Las Gallinas Sanitary District (LGVSD)

    Thursday, April 4, 2024
    8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
    Birding with Sande and Bob Chilvers

    No registration required.  All participants are welcome to join this trip.

    Join old friends and meet new ones on our regularly scheduled walks on the first Thursday of the month at Las Gallinas. We welcome bird enthusiasts of all levels, especially beginning birders, on this leisurely walk around the ponds. Special thanks to Bob and Sande Chilvers for volunteering once again to lead our monthly walks in search of waterfowl, waders, songbirds, raptors, and shorebirds. Among other birds, we will see various species of rails, swallows and teals.

    With overwintering birds present, we are likely to spot some interesting species, so come assist in our search. We all help each other to find and identify the birds, and there are usually several experienced birders to assist. You don’t even have to arrive on time because we spend the first 30-60 minutes studying the birds around the first pond, and our group is easy to find.

  • Nicasio / Tomales Bay – Birding in Marin – Season 8, Trip 4

    Birding in Marin, Season 8, Trip 4
    Saturday, April 6, 2024
    8:30 AM to mid-afternoon
    Birding with Jim White and Bob Battagin
    Register HERE for this Field Trip

    Registration is required. Registration opens Wednesday, March 27 at 8 AM

    The rolling hills of central Marin are covered with pastures, horse ranches, forested ridges, homes, reservoirs and occupied by many interesting birds. We will look for them in and around Nicasio and along the nearby stream before heading three miles north to see what is on and around Nicasio Reservoir. This is Bob’s birding “patch” and he has found both Bald and Golden Eagles recently with a nice array of other birds in this vicinity.

    We expect to travel the few miles to Point Reyes Station for a lunch break or picnic. In the after- noon we will explore the south end Tomales Bay. Then, as time allows, we can explore the eastern edge of Tomales Bay along Highway 1, which supports a winter population of thousands of ducks, geese and shorebirds. We might travel 10 miles north to see if an Eagle’s nest is having success. Heavy Rain cancels.

  • Olompali State Historic Park – Novato

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024
    8:30 AM to 12 PM
    Birding with Rich Cimino

    No registration required. All participants are welcome to join this trip.

    This year we will be birding the Olompali Park well into spring migration. We will be looking for early spring migrant arrivals. It’s always an exciting time to birdwatch at Olompali State Historic Park. We’ll be looking for early spring arrivals such as the Western Flycatcher, Ash-throated Flycatcher and the Hooded Oriole. Beginning and experienced birders are invited to join leaders Rich Cimino and others to bird the park. Early spring arrivals should be on hand as we walk the old ranch road to the park’s reservoir. Olompali State Park features oak savanna, open grasslands and riparian habitat: There is a good assortment of species, raptors, flycatchers, swallows, vireos, warblers, woodpeckers, nuthatches, thrushes, and orioles. Be early, the field trip will start at 8:30 AM in the parking lot. There is an $8.00 parking fee, pay by cell is now possible in the park. Rain cancels.

  • Monarch Butterfly

    Thursday, April 11th
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    Speaker: Mia Monroe and Ole Schell
    Register HERE for this Speaker Series

    Topic:
    Where have all the monarchs gone?  Recent population trends and data on the Monarch Butterfly will be shared, as well as the good habitat work going on throughout Marin, especially Ole Schell's West Marin Monarch Sanctuary.  Tips for how you can help will be offered, and a few controversies will be discussed, such as the role of eucalyptus and the dangers of tropical milkweed.  Local photographers will be featured, and the work of the Marin Monarch Working Group will be a focus.

  • Rodeo Lagoon – Marin Headlands

    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
    7:30 AM to 12:00 PM
    Birding with William Legge & David Wiechers
    Register HERE for this Field Trip

    Registration is required for this trip. Registration opens April 7 at 8 AM.

    With spring migration underway will be looking out for migrant wildfowl, shorebirds, grebes, loons and passerines. As usual, the weather will dictate our focus with onshore northwest winds ideal for spring sea watches, while offshore easterly winds promise a good selection of passerine migrants. Join us for a Sea Watch at 7:30 AM or arrive later at 8:15 AM for a circuit of the lagoon.