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SUMMARY:The Ponds at Las Gallinas Sanitary District - San Rafael
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 1\, February \, 2024\n8:30 AM to 12:00 PM\nBirding with Sande and Bob Chilvers  \nNo registration required.  All participants are welcome to join this trip. \nJoin 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.  \nWith fall migration underway\, 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.  \nDIRECTIONS: From Hwy 101\, exit at Smith Ranch Rd. Drive east on Smith Ranch Rd. toward McInnis Park. Turn left immediately after crossing the railroad tracks and drive about 0.5 mile through the LGVSD gates and into the parking lot at the end of the road. Meet the group by the bridge just past the parking lot. There is an outhouse in the parking area for public use or you can use the bathrooms at nearby McInnis Park. 
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/the-ponds-at-las-gallinas-sanitary-district-san-rafael-4/
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SUMMARY:Sausalito\, Mill Valley\, Strawberry Point
DESCRIPTION:Birding in Marin\, Season 9\, Trip 2\nSaturday\, February 3\, 2024\n8:30 AM to 3:30 PM\nBirding with Jim White and Bob Battagin\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration opens Wednesday\, January 24 at 8 AM. \nWe are going to explore the bay from the Sausalito water front to the Golden Gate and Richardson’s Bay around to Strawberry Point and on to Blacky’s pasture in Tiburon. Many ducks\, loons and grebes winter on the bay waters and we may find close comparative looks at similar species pairs like Eared and Horned or Clark’s and Western Grebes\, of Red-throated\, Pacific and Common Loons or Greater and Lesser Scaup. We are likely to find some shorebirds too\, perhaps a Spotted Sandpiper or a rather rare Wandering Tattler. \nHerring runs happen around this time of year and if we are lucky they will still be numerous. Herring deposit large numbers of eggs on eelgrass\, which water birds\, especially gulls\, love to feast on. Last year near this time I think that 10 species of gulls were located. So brush up on your gull IDs and join Bob and I along the shore. \nDIRECTIONS: Meet at the east end of Harbor Drive. Handicap Accessible. We will park where the birding is close\, near level and smooth. Thanks to enlightened development planning\, Harbor Drive and the rather posh Strawberry spit have fine public shoreline paths. 
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/sausalito-mill-valley-strawberry-point/
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Snowy Plovers
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 8\, 2024\n7:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nSpeaker: Matthew Lau\, U.S. National Park Service\nRegister HERE for this Speaker Series \nTopic: \nThere is a small but locally significant breeding population of western snowy plovers at Point Reyes National Seashore. They are federally listed as Threatened and California state listed as a Species of Special Concern\, but the local breeding population size has been gradually increasing over the past half decade due to intensive management and monitoring across the range. Matt will present on the fascinating breeding biology of western snowy plovers\, cover local conservation issues that snowy plovers face\, and review local population trends and ongoing research and management at Point Reyes National Seashore. \nSpeaker Bio: \nMatt is a wildlife biologist with Point Reyes National Seashore and leads the management and monitoring program for western snowy plovers. He has worked with snowy plovers for over a decade\, at Point Reyes National Seashore and in northern California while working on his master’s degree at Cal Poly Humboldt. As a National Park Service biologist\, he also conducts surveys of breeding northern elephant seals\, Point Reyes Mountain beavers\, and tule elk. His interests include shorebird ecology\, bat conservation\, spatial ecology\, conservation education\, and diversity and inclusion work. \nPhoto: Queen of Limantour\nPhoto by: NPS/Matt Lau \nNext Speaker Series\n“Avian Diversity”\nThursday\, March 14\, 2024\nSpeaker: Jordan Boersma\, Cornell Ornithology Lab
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/snowy-plovers/
LOCATION:Zoom Event\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Winter Birds of the Delta - Boat Trip
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, February 18th\, 2024 – Rescheduled from 2/4 due to bad weather\n8:40 AM to 4:00 PM\nBirding with David Wimpfheimer\nRegister HERE for this Boat Trip \nThe trip costs $130. Registration for this trip opens January 8 at 8 AM.\nA waitlist will open if the trip sells out. Add your name to the list by clicking Contact Organizer prompt. You may cancel your ticket for a refund until 9AM on February 2nd by clicking Contact Organizer on the Ticketbud site and leaving a message. \nAfter meeting at 8:40 AM for sign in and instructions\, we’ll depart from the Antioch Marina at 9AM and enter the San Joaquin River\, keeping an eye out for overwintering birds and any marine (or other) animals that happen to show up. As we head east\, we enter a number of the smaller sloughs and waterways with views out over the flooded agricultural fields that provide a refuge for flocks that nest in the north but winter here. \nAlong with the flocks of snow geese\, white fronted geese and Tundra swans\, numerous ducks\, shorebirds\, and raptors are usually spotted. Well known birder and naturalist David Wimpfheimer will provide commentary and Ronn Patterson (captain and naturalist) will fill in bits about the history of the delta as we transit this altered but still viable ecosystem. \nCoffee\, tea\, hot chocolate is provided\, bring lunch and snacks. Bring rain gear as needed!  \nTicket holders will receive instructions and directions to the Antioch Marina\, where the trip begins and ends\, approximately one week prior to the trip.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/winter-birds-of-the-delta-boat-trip-2/
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SUMMARY:Tomales Bay State Park
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 28\, 2024\n10:00 AM to 1:00 PM\nBirding with Rich Cimino\nRegister HERE for this field trip \nRegistration required. Registration opens February 18th at 8 AM. \nAs we bird the trails of the State Park on this field trip\, we will also discuss the Forest Health & Fire Resilience management plan for the California State Parks. \nWe will meet at the parking area on Pierce Point Road just 0.1 mile before the entry to Tomales Bay State Park. \nRain cancels. Please dress in layers. \nDirections: From 101\, Take Lucas Valley Rd\, Nicasio Valley Rd\, Pt. Reyes – Petaluma Rd and Sir Francis Drake Blvd 6.4 miles to Pierce Point Rd. Entrance will be on the right. The parking lot in Tomales Bay State Park costs $8\, pay by card only.
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