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SUMMARY:The Ponds at Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 5\, 2024\n8:30 AM to 12:00 PM\nBirding with Mark Clark \nAll participants are welcome to join this trip. \nWe welcome bird enthusiasts of all levels\, especially beginning birders\, to join leader Mark Clark on our monthly walk around the ponds at Las Gallinas.  On our search we’ll be looking for waterfowl\, waders\, songbirds\, raptors\, rails and swallows. With fall migration underway\, shorebirds are arriving from their nesting grounds and we are likely to spot some interesting species\, so come assist in our search. \nThe packed dirt paths around the ponds are wide\, flat and easy to navigate. Heavy rain cancels \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 a portable restroom in the parking area for public use.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/the-ponds-at-las-gallinas-valley-sanitary-district-2/
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Volunteer to Count Vaux's Swifts
DESCRIPTION:September begins the fall migration of Vaux’s Swift through Marin County  \nMarin Audubon and the Bay Area Vaux’s Swifts Working Group are expanding efforts to count Vaux’s Swifts and are seeking new volunteers with various abilities to join in the effort through this Workshop.  This is part of a wide effort to understand the largely unknown movement and roosting patterns of Vaux Swifts. \nWe invite you to join us for this exciting citizen science opportunity! \nVolunteers will engage with knowledgeable Vaux’s Swift counters/members of the Working Group who bring years of experience to share with newly-motivated  birders. Volunteers will learn about and participate in refining the methods used to count these large congregations of Vaux’s Swifts and plan future counting activities. \nThe Workshop has two parts: \n–  Thursday\, September 5th – 7PM  – a meeting on Zoom at which you will hear an overview of the  conditions at the overnight roost areas\, efforts to count the swifts at this local site\, and the various ways you can help.\n \nRegister HERE for this Zoom Workshop \nProgram:\nWelcome – Barbara Salzman\, President Marin Audubon Society\nMC – Rich Cimino\nPresenters – Michael Helms\, Rusty Scalf    \n–  Sunday\, September 8 \, 6 to 8PM   A site visit to the Vaux’s Swift migration roost at Mc Near Brick Yard\, San Rafael for on-site experience and guidance from experts. \nContact Rich Cimino for more information:  via email at yellowbilledtour@gmail.com or text 925-353-0266
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/volunteer-to-count-vauxs-swifts/
CATEGORIES:Special Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T153000
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SUMMARY:Point Reyes Lighthouse to Drakes Beach – Birding in Marin
DESCRIPTION:Birding In Marin\, Series 9 – Trip 9\nSaturday\, September 7th\, 2024\n8:30 AM to mid-afternoon\nBirding with Jim White and Bob Battagin\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration is required for this trip. Registration opens August 28 at 8AM. \nThis is the place to be for fall birding. Many migrants like hawks\, jaegers\, shorebirds and loons follow the coast south. Many songbirds migrate at night and seem to have a compass bearing in mind\, momma said “fly 15 degrees east of due south for 4 days.” Millions of recently fledged birds undertake a journey of 2\,000-4000 miles\, many without further parental guidance and without google. Some get lost. \nImagine that you are a dyslexic Connecticut Warbler hatched in early June in the boreal forest of north central Canada. It is your second night flight\, but you are flying west instead of east or south. You crossed some mountains so that you are flying sort of high\, morning is approaching so you descend thru the clouds and there is nothing but ocean water. A fog shrouded coast was not in your flight plan. You reverse directions\, trying to avoid the gulls and jaegers pursuing you\, when you see trees in the distance sticking out above the fog. Relief\, a place to land\, to rest\, and to find something to eat. These vagrant warblers and other eastern songbirds are the reasons that the tree islands of the Point Reyes peninsula are so popular with birders. \nWe intend to visit the nearby Fish Docks after the lighthouse then work our way back to Drake’s Beach for lunch and much more birding. \nDirections: Meet at 8:30 at the Light House parking area. The lighthouse parking area is at the west end of S F Drake. Going north thru Inverness follow Drake to the lighthouse. Allow 30 min from Inverness or 1.5 hour from San Rafael.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/point-reyes-lighthouse-to-drakes-beach-birding-in-marin-2/
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240911T073000
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SUMMARY:Rodeo Lagoon - Marin Headlands
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 11\, 2024\n7:30/8:15 AM to noon **See start time locations below\nBirding with William Legge and David Wiechers\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration required for this trip. Registration opens on September 1st at 8 AM. \nJoin William and David for this third fall migration field trip at Rodeo Lagoon. This is their long-time “patch\,” which never seems to disappoint birders with daily variations in species and a good chance of an unusual sighting. On this trip\, our group will be targeting Parasitic Jaeger\, migrating shorebirds and scarcer migrant passerines. We will begin the morning with a Sea Watch from Rodeo Beach at 7:30 AM. Those arriving later may join us at 8:15 AM for a circuit of the lagoon. A brief mid-morning ‘coffee-stop’ is planned at Headlands Center for the Arts and it would be appreciated if participants come willing to contribute via the onsite ‘tip-jar’ as a thank you to the Headlands Center for the Arts for accommodating our group. This field trip is less suitable for beginners. \nDIRECTIONS: Head south on Hwy 101 and take the last Sausalito exit just before the Golden Gate Bridge. At the exit stop sign\, turn right and go under the freeway\, then follow the road down to the left. Within 300 feet turn left at the sign to the Marin Headlands (This is the only available left turn before you begin the descent into Sausalito). You should see the tunnel with the five-minute light. Proceed through the tunnel on Bunker Rd to the Rodeo Lagoon Parking Lot at the end. Meet by the bridge over the channel to the beach or join MAS birders with scopes along the nearby beach area. 
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/rodeo-lagoon-marin-headlands-17/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240912T190000
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SUMMARY:Vagrancy in Birds
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 12th\n7:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nSpeaker: Daniel Edelstein\nRegister HERE for this Speaker Series \nTopic: Do you chase rare birds that accidentally occur in our area outside of their normal migration range? If so\, you enjoy finding vagrant birds\, a phenomenon many Marin County birders pursue at the Outer Point within Point Reyes National Seashore and other California coastal areas. This presentation will highlight the reasons for vagrancy in birds\, noting how birds navigate during migration and reasons for their orientation errors that result in their unexpected presence primarily from mid-August through October in west Marin County. In addition\, the discovery of vagrancy at the Outer Point by Rich Stallcup and David DeSante will be discussed\, along with the role vagrancy may play in colonization and eventual speciation of birds. \nSpeaker Bio: Daniel Edelstein is a freelance Consulting Biologist (who is a Certified Wildlife Biologist Asc.) who has led birding tours for more than 25 years and presented public birding presentations in more than 20 states. Daniel’s web site — WarblerWatch.com — hosts several birding handouts (via the “Birding Links” pulldown menu) and his warbler-centric blog — WarblerWatch.blogspot.com— has hosted warbler articles and photo quizzes since 2007. He has also taught diverse adult birding classes since 2003 at Merritt College in Oakland\, CA and for the Pt. Reyes Nat. Seashore Assn.\, Marin Audubon\, and Golden Gate Bird Alliance.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/vagrancy-in-birds/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T200000
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SUMMARY:Vaux's Swifts at McNear Brick and Block
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 13th\, 2024\n6:00 to 7:40 PM depending on the weather\nBirding with Rich Cimino\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration is required for this trip. Registration opens September 3rd at 8AM. \nJoin other MAS members for an evening opportunity to witness Vaux’s Swifts during their fall migration through Marin\, which occurs in September and October. Dan McNear of McNear Brick & Block has kindly allowed Marin Audubon to access this remarkable site where decommissioned smokestacks provide an important communal roosting place for the swifts. \nWatching thousands of swifts as they descend into the stacks just before night- fall is an unforgettable sight. At the peak of migration\, as many as 19\,000 swifts have been counted in one evening. However\, keep in mind that the number of swifts varies greatly from night to night and can range from a few hundred to thousands. Like everything else in birding\, there are no guarantees! \nSunset on the evening of our visit will be at 7:09 PM\, so plan on arriving on time to be ready. If the weather on the day of our trip is particularly cool or windy\, the swifts are likely to enter the stacks early\, so plan accordingly. Bring scopes\, binoculars\, and\, if desired\, folding chairs for your seating comfort. It can be chilly at dusk. Please stay with our group and do not enter any of the private areas on the property. Use soft voices and be sure to respect the privacy of local residents. \nDIRECTIONS: From Hwy 101 take the Central San Rafael exit. Head east on Third St./Point San Pedro Rd for about 3.5 miles. The brickyard will be on the right. The address is 1 McNear Brickyard Rd. Park as close to the San Pedro Road entrance as possible. Please do not drive to or park near the closed gate.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/vauxs-swifts-at-mcnear-brick-and-block/
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Cypress Grove Research Center
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 17\, 2024\n8:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nBirding with David Lumpkin\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration is required. Registration opens September 7th at 8AM. \nJoin avian ecologist David Lumpkin\, for a field trip to his work location\, Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Cypress Grove Research Center. All levels of birding enthusiasts are welcome on this easy two-mile walk. \nSightings on our walk to and along Tomales Bay at this time of year may include ocean birds if conditions are right (Jaegar’s come down the bay chasing the migrating terns around then)\, the occasional vagrant passerine\, and an influx of interior breeders not seen in the summer. Other migrating shorebirds and waterbirds may be seen as well as the usual mix of coastal prairie species. Rain does not cancel. \nDirections: Address for Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Cypress Grove Research Center is 20545 State Hwy 1\, Marshall\, CA 94940 \nGoing north on Hwy 1\, look for a green metal gate (which will be left open) on the Tomales Bay side and a Cypress Grove sign. The gate is roughly a 1/2-mile north of Hog Island Oysters in Marshall (and the turnoff to the Marshall-Petaluma Rd.) and well before Nick’s Cove. Drive down the dirt road to where it splits\, bear left\, and park at the visitor parking lot.
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/audubon-canyon-ranchs-cypress-grove-research-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T083000
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SUMMARY:Black Mountain Ranch Bird Walk - CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:This trip has been canceled. We will notify you if/when it is rescheduled. Sorry for the inconvenience!
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/black-mountain-ranch-bird-walk/
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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