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SUMMARY:Sausalito\, Strawberry Point - Mill Valley
DESCRIPTION:Birding in Marin\, Season 10 – Trip 2\nSaturday\, February 1\, 2025\n8:30 AM to mid afternoon\nBirding with Jim White and Bob Battagin\nRegister HERE for this Field Trip \nRegistration required. Registration opens at 8 AM on January 22 \nWe get a fine view of the San Francisco Bay waters from the small park at Harbor Point and the nearby rocky shoreline. Some grebes\, loons\, gulls\, cormorants and a few shorebirds are often visible. We hope for Black Turnstones and a Spotted Sandpiper. \nWe will walk or take the short drive to see if Sausalito’s Yellow Crowned Night Heron has returned for another winter\, usually offering a direct comparison to our Black-crowned Night Heron. \nWe then intend to drive the 2 miles to Fort Baker under the West end of the Golden Gate Bridge to see birds in the active bay mouth and the calmer Coast Guard boat harbor. We wonder if the Wandering Tattler will be spending another winter on the breakwater. \nBring lunch for a quick break for our final stop at Strawberry Point\, a rather new development with a fine public path along the Richardson Bay shore. This portion of San Francisco Bay is protected from boating\, hunting and fishing\, so many diving ducks spend some of the winter there. If the herring are running this can be an active space. \nDIRECTIONS: Meet at 8:30 at the bay end of Harbor Drive. From Bridgeway in North Sausalito take Harbor Drive to the ample parking lot at its bay end.
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SUMMARY:The Ponds at Las Gallinas Sanitary District
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 6\, 2025\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 first Thursday walk around the ponds at Las Gallinas.  On our search we’ll be looking for waterfowl\, waders\, songbirds\, raptors and rails. 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.
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SUMMARY:Bay Area Wildlife Guide
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 13\, 2025\nSpeaker: Jeff Miller\nRegister HERE for this Speaker Series \nJeff Miller will discuss his book ‘Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide’\, a quirky and entertaining wildlife guide to the greater San Francisco Bay Area\, which invites readers to connect with and conserve local species. Featuring over 100 native creatures\, from mammals to invertebrates\, this informative primer is a treasure map for regional wildlife.  Learn about the Bay Area’s furred\, feathered\, and fork- tongued neighbors—from “screaming death parrots” (aka peregrine falcons) to “bad-ass Looney Tunes velociraptors” (roadrunners). The book’s colorful descriptions cover each species’ natural history and fun facts\, tips on when and where to find watchable wildlife\, and notes on each animal’s conservation status. \nJeff Miller is an amateur naturalist and professional conservationist\, and is the founder of the nonprofit Alameda Creek Alliance\, serving as its executive director since 1997.  He is a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity\, spearheading biodiversity protection campaigns throughout the Bay Area and California. Over the last quarter century\, he has been involved in conservation efforts for dozens of the most iconic imperiled wildlife species in the Bay Area\, from tule elk to steelhead trout. \n 
URL:https://marinaudubon.org/event/bay-area-wildlife-an-irreverent-guide/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Redwood-San Andreas Marsh and Piper Park - Larkspur
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 15\, 2025\n8:30 AM – 12:00 PM\nBirding with Rich Cimino \nAll participants are welcome to join this trip \nThis field trip is a twofer: We will bird the Redwood-San Andreas Marsh\, located behind Redwood High School in Larkspur on Lucky Drive\, and Piper Park pine forest and athletic field. During low tides\, the marsh supports shorebirds and waders\, and during high tides\, it supports many duck species and waders. We’ll meet at 8:30 AM in the DMV parking lot located at 75 Tamal Vista Boulevard Corte Madera and make a short walk to the marshlands. \nWe’ll move on to Piper Park\, which is located off Doherty Road behind the police station. Piper Park has an Oak-Pine ornamental “forest” around its picnic area\, which can have Pygmy Nuthatches\, Pine Siskins\, three species of woodpeckers\, and Red-breasted Sapsuckers. The athletic field may have Canada Geese\, White-fronted Geese\, Cackling Geese\, American Pipits\, Western Meadow Larks\, Western Blue Birds\, and Says Phoebe. Piper Park has a restroom. \nThe field trip ends at noon. Those who want to enjoy the picnic grounds\, please bring your lunch and drinks. Rain cancels.
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SUMMARY:Winter Birds of the Delta - Boat Trip
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, February 16\, 2025\n8:40 AM to 4:00 PM\nBirding with David Wimpfheimer\nRegister HERE for the Boat Trip \nThe trip costs $130. Registration for this trip opens January 19 at 8AM. A waitlist will open if the trip sells out. Add your name to the list by clicking Contact Organizer prompt.  \nIf you cancel your registration one week before the start of the trip and we can fill your spot with someone else on the waitlist\, you will be reimbursed unless you would like to convert your registration fee into a donation to MAS. \nThis cruise is a winter highlight for birders and provides a specialized look at the richness and history of the California Delta. After meeting at 8:40 for sign in and instructions\, we’ll depart from the Antioch Marina at 9AM. \nAs we head east\, we enter 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. Along 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. Light rain will not cancel. \nTicketholders will receive instructions and directions to the Antioch Marina\, where the trip begins and ends\, approximately one week prior to the trip.
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