Marin Audubon Society

SOLD OUT - Sacramento Delta Boat Trip
2020-02-02 08:00 - 16:30 UTC | Antioch Marina, 5 Marina Plz, Antioch, CA, 94509
Location: Boat leaves from and returns to the Anioch Marina
Trip Leader(s): David Wimpfheimer
Start Date: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Start Time: 8:15 AM
End Time: 4:30 PM
Description: Join us aboard Dolphin Charters’ River Dolphin for a wonderful day of exploring the richness of the California Delta with naturalist David Wimpfheimer as our guide. Ronn Patterson, a Bay Area historian and naturalist, is captain of the River Dolphin and owner of Dolphin Charters. The boat is very comfortable, and the outer decks provide views over the levees of the amazing array of birds found in the Delta during the winter. This rich area hosts a wide variety of raptors including Swainson’s Hawks, Peregrine Falcons, and Great Horned Owls. Large numbers of shorebirds, Sandhill Cranes, Tundra Swans, Snow, Canada and White-fronted Geese, ducks, as well as gulls, terns, bitterns and passerines make this cruise a highlight for birders. Uncommon mammals such as beaver, river otter, and mink often add interest to the cruise. We also will learn about the history, ecology and politics of the levees and the Delta as we travel through its meandering channels.
The cost will be $110 per person for Marin Audubon Chapter Supporting Members and $145 for all others. If you are not yet a Marin Audubon Chapter Supporting Member, please sign up now at www.marinaudubon.org to enjoy the reduced cost of this trip. Online registration is now closed. If you wish to be placed on a wait list, contact Jeanine Starritt at jeanineis@comcast.net. Include the name, email address and phone number of each possible participant.
Those confirmed on the trip will receive directions to the Antioch Marina and other instructions the week before the trip.

Skaggs Island and Hudeman Slough - Registration Closed
2020-01-28 09:15 - 14:00 | CA, United States
Location: Sonoma County
Trip Leader(s): Murray Berner
Start Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Start Time: 9:15 AM
End Time: 2:00 PM
Description: Trip full. Wait list only. Space available on February 10 trip.
Skaggs Island is part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The area is not open to the general public and requires special permission to access, which will be granted to Marin Audubon with our guide, Murray Berner. Because of the high level of interest in this area, we are requiring advance registration for this trip, which will begin on Monday, December 23, 2019. Registration will be limited to 25 people.
If you would like to participate in one of these trips, please contact Jeanine Starritt at jeanineis@comcast.net. Be sure to specify whether you wish to participate in the January 28 or February 10 field trip and include the names of people who will be attending with you.
A second trip is scheduled for Monday, Feb 10 (see alternate trip description. To sign up for this January 28 trip, contact Jeanine Starritt at jeanineis@comcast.net. Be sure to include the names of the people who will be attending with you. Jeanine will confirm your registration via email.
Our leader, Murray Berner, has been a longtime field trip leader for Napa Solano Audubon and is the author of the Solano County Breeding Bird Atlas. Our visit will coincide with the peak season for raptors. In previous years our group has spotted Golden Eagle, Rough-legged Hawk, Prairie Falcon, and Burrowing Owl, plus dozens of kites and harriers. Songbirds flock in the former residential area, harassed by Merlin and Accipiter.
Please arrive promptly at the south entrance to Skaggs Island off of Hwy 37. Those arriving late may find themselves locked out! We will travel by car across the island, stopping to bird along the way, and depart through the north gate at approximately 1 PM. From this point interested birders may continue with the group to Hudeman Slough where we will bird on foot. Dress in layers and sturdy shoes and bring lunch and water. Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: Take Hwy 101 north to Hwy 37 East. At the intersection with SR 121 (Sonoma Raceway), continue straight on Hwy 37 for 3.8 miles and turn left at Skaggs Island Road. No restrooms available.

Save the Date: January 2020 Field Trips
2020-01-26 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-25 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-22 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-20 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-18 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-16 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-01-11 08:00 - 12:00 | CA, United States
January 11 San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge With Ruthie Rudesill
January 16 Birding the Northwest Passage With David Wimpfheimer
January 18 Bolinas With Jim White & Bob Battagin
January 20 Loch Lomond Yacht Harbor With Jim White
January 22 Corte Madera Ecological Preserve (CMER) With Rich Cimino
January 25 Western Yolo County With John Klobas
January 26 Rodeo Lagoon With Joseph Zeno & William Legge
January 28 Skaggs Island With Murray Berner Registration Opens December 23, 2019
February 2 Boat Trip: Sacramento Delta Boat Trip With David Wimpfheimer Registration Opens December 9, 2019

Rodeo Lagoon
2020-01-26 07:30 - 12:00 | CA, United States
Location: Marin Headlands
Trip Leader(s): Joseph Zeno & William Legge
Start Date: Sunday, January 26, 2020
Start Time: 7:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Description: This month’s trip will be led by youth birder Joseph Zeno and Rodeo Lagoon veteran William Legge. Joseph is a student at Terra Linda High School and an active member of the Bay Area Chapter of the California Young Birders Club. He is skilled at both identifying and photographing birds. William, of course, we know from previous field trips and recognize him as an expert at this location. We will be targeting migrant ducks, grebes, loons, gulls, and wintering passerines such as Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, and Sayâ€™s Phoebe. Join us for a Sea Watch at 7:30 AM or arrive later at 8:30 AM for a circuit of the lagoon. Directions: 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 Road to the Rodeo Lagoon Parking Lot at the end and meet by the bridge over the channel to the beach.

Birding Western Yolo County
2020-01-25 08:00 - 15:00 | CA, United States
Location: Beginning in Winters
Trip Leader(s): John Klobas & Sarah Brooks
Start Date: Saturday, January 25, 2020
Start Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 3:00 PM
Description: Located within a one and one-half hour drive of many North Bay locations, Yolo County offers diverse habitats ranging from Coast Range mountains to near sea level agricultural lands of the Sacramento Valley. This one-day trip will visit prime birding sites in western Yolo County during the height of winter bird diversity and numbers. We will meet in Winters where we will introduce our itinerary for the day and our target birds for the morning at Lake Solano Park. This park straddles both Yolo and Solano counties along Putah Creek at the base of the Coast Range. We will bird both outside and inside the park ($6/car day use fee) and, weather permitting, have lunch there, as well. Specialties here include Hooded Merganser, Barrow’s Goldeneye, Phainopepla, Wood Duck, various raptors, perhaps even Pileated and Lewisâ€™s Woodpecker. After lunch we will walk along Putah Creek watching for both water and land birds. The day will conclude with a stop at a raptor hot spot near Woodland where overwintering specialties may include Ferruginous Hawk among several raptor species. The companion trip to this day features eastern Yolo County and is scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2020. This trip begins in Davis. Directions: We will meet at Rotary Park located at Main and Railroad Streets in Winters. From Marin take Highway 101 North to Highway 37. Then exit onto Highway I-80 East. In approximately 22 miles, take Exit 56 at Vacaville to merge onto I-505 North toward Redding. Take the Highway 128 exit (west toward Lake Berryessa) from Highway I-505. Take a left over the freeway, then stay on Highway 128 until the light at Railroad Avenue. Turn left (south), travel 2 blocks to the intersection of Railroad and Main. Rotary Park is at the south side of this intersection. We will meet at the gazebo in the park.

Corte Madera Ecological Reserve (CMER)
2020-01-22 09:30 - 12:00 | Corte Madera Ecological Reserve (CMER), CA, United States
Location: Corte Madera Creek
Trip Leader(s): Rich Cimino
Start Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Start Time: 9:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Description: Purchased in 2016 by Marin Audubon, this important bayland property has undergone extensive restoration work in subsequent years thanks to the hard work of Marin Audubon Society board members, hired restoration specialists, and volunteers. The area is now a restored marsh that supports an important population of Ridgway’s Rails and other special status species and includes a newly created high tide refuge habitat where volunteers have planted 16,200 native plants. Regularly scheduled workdays are held here for those who might like to help with the continuing restoration work, but on this particular day, we will join Rich for a tour of the area with a focus on BIRDS! Recently Rich began visiting the area regularly and will share his discoveries with us. Species we may see are ducks, long-legged waders, shorebirds, rails, plovers, kites, osprey, sparrows and meadow larks. No restrooms are available here. Bring binoculars, scopes, layers, water, and snacks. Heavy rain cancels. Directions: CMER is located behind Trader Joe’s at the eastern end of Industrial Way in Corte Madera. Meet and park behind Trader Joe’s.

San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
2020-01-11 09:00 - 15:00 | San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2714 Dairy Rd, Vernalis, CA, 95385
Ruthie Rudesill of Redwood Regional Ornithological Society fame will lead this trip as a follow up to her presentation at our Speaker Series on January 9 entitled “Little Known Great Birding Locations in Northern California.” The San Joaquin River NWR is situated where three major rivers (Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin) join in the San Joaquin Valley, creating a mix of habitats that provide ideal conditions for high wildlife and plant diversity.
The refuge was initially established primarily to protect and manage habitat for the Aleutian Cackling Goose but now provides important nesting habitat for Swainson’s Hawks, herons, cormorants, as well as the endangered least Bell’s Vireo, which was absent from the area for five decades. The refuge is also home to the largest wild population of Riparian Brush Rabbits in the world that approached extinction in the 1990’s.
Bring optics (scopes would be useful), lunch, and dress in layers. There is a restroom at the refuge headquarters. No fees are collected here. Heavy rain cancels.
This field trip is co-sponsored by RROS and Marin Audubon. Sonoma County folks who wish to carpool can meet at the Petaluma Park N’ Ride at the junction of Highways 101 and 116 at 7:15 AM. These Sonoma participants will meet up with Marinites who wish to join a carpool at the Smith Ranch Road and Highway 101 Park N’ Ride at 7:35 AM. For more information about this trip, contact Ruthie at (707) 833-6026 or (707) 481-0768.
Directions: From Highway 580 southbound after Altamont Pass, take the Maze Blvd Exit onto Highway 132 (east towards Modesto). The NWR is at the San Joaquin River. Turn left on North Gates Road from Highway 132. Travel northbound on Gates Road for approximately 3 miles. Turn left on Beckwith Road. Travel westbound on Beckwith Road for 2 miles to the refuge parking lot on the left side of the road. Our first stop will be at the Migratory Bird Viewing Platform on Beckwith Road. Later we will return to Highway 132 and travel to the refuge headquarters at 2714 Dairy Road, Vernalis.

Little Known Great Birding Locations
2020-01-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, CA, 94920, United States
Most birders visit the famous spots: Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Bodega Bay, Golden Gate Park, Vic Fassio Yolo Wetlands, Klamath/Tulelake and Sacramento NWRs, Monterey Bay, Arcata Marsh, etc. But there is a growing number of lesser known spots, hidden gems for birding and scenery. Ruthie Rudesill will share birding stories and discuss a few special places for those who want to travel to new exciting areas of Northern California. Swainson’s Hawk Courtesy of Ruthie Rudesill
Speaker Ruthie Rudesill is Past President of Redwood Regional Ornithological Society. She has a Wildlife degree from Humboldt State University. She has led and participated in many Christmas Bird Counts, surveys and field trips for over 30 years. Ruthie maintains the records for rare birds in Sonoma County and sends quarterly reports to North American Birds (part of the American Birding Association).

Deer Island Preserve & Simmons Slough
2020-01-02 08:30 - 12:00 | Deer Island Preserve, Novato, CA, 94945
Location: Novato, CA
Trip Leader(s): Sande & Bob Chilvers
Start Date: Thursday, February 6, 2020
Start Time: 8:30 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Description: Join our “First Thursday walk” walk of the new year in the oak woodland at Deer Island Preserve with views of the surrounding marshland visible from parts of the trail. Red-shouldered Hawks and White-tailed Kites nest here with additional resident and winter raptor sightings possible during our visit. The woodlands are home to woodpeckers, owls, juncos, and towhees, and we’ll also watch for egrets and White Pelicans.
As usual, birding enthusiasts of all levels are invited to join our group. We always help each other find and identify the birds. We will be walking approximately 1.5 miles on a dirt trail with some gradual up and down slopes. Dress in layers and bring binoculars, scopes, and water. There are no restrooms at this location. Heavy rain cancels.
If Marin has received any rain by the date of this field trip, we may stop by Simmons Slough, a diked off tributary of Novato Creek and one of Marin Audubon’s properties, to look for wintering waterfowl. This property is part of what Marin Audubon envisions as a Simmons Slough Wildlife Corridor consisting of wetlands and adjacent uplands associated with the watershed. The area is popular with ducks when the seasonal marsh becomes flooded.
Directions: From Highway 101 in Novato, take the exit for Atherton Avenue east 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Olive Ave and left onto Deer Island Lane. The gate is on your right with a nearby dirt parking lot.

A Bird's Rainbow with Bob Lewis
2019-12-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, CA, 94920, United States
Description: Many birds are brightly colored, others use patterned feathers for camouflage. How do these colors originate? What’s the difference between colors from pigments and physical colors? From Yellow warblers to Anna’s Hummingbirds, from Snow Geese to Brewer’s Blackbirds, each species makes unique use of the feather colors it possesses. What do the colors indicate to other birds? And do birds see the same colors we do? Bob will unravel some of the mysteries of color in birds with a little chemistry, a bit of physics, and a lot of brightly colored slides.
Bob Lewis trained as a chemist and worked in the energy field for 33 years. He’s taught birding classes in the Bay Area for over 25 years, and served as the chair of Golden Gate Audubon’s Adult Education Committee. He’s co-aught a popular Master Birding class at the SF Academy of Sciences with Jack Dumbacher and Eddie Bartley, and Birds of the Bay Area with Rusty Scalf. He taught Avian Evolution with Bruce Mast for Marin Audubon. He loves to travel and photograph birds, and has recently returned from a trip to Namibia, chasing the brightly colored birds of that area, and passing 5,000 on his life list.
Image: The pigment that creates the yellow color in King Penguins is still undefined.

Jean and John Starkweather Shoreline Park Bird Walk
2019-12-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Jean and John Starkweather Shoreline Park, San Rafael, CA, 94901
Join Rich for an easy bird walk on level ground during a high tide. We will bird the shoreline of San Pablo Bay watching for shorebirds on the rocks and diving ducks, loons, and grebes on the bay. We will also look for the Puget Sound variety of White-crowned Sparrow. Bring your scope, water, and snacks. Restrooms are available at the bird walk halfway mark (Target Store). Meet in the parking lot for the Jean and John Starkweather Shoreline trailhead. Heavy rain will cancel.
Directions: From the north, take Highway 101 to the Bellam Blvd exit. Turn left on Bellum then right on East Francisco Blvd, which parallels I-580. Head east (toward the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge for about 1-1/2 miles. You will see a Bay CafÃ© sign at the Bay Park Center. Turn left on Pelican Way then right to the trailhead parking area. From the south you can take the exit to the San Rafael Bridge getting off at the last Marin exit, the San Quentin exit. For GPS, use the Bay CafÃ© address, 2165 Francisco Blvd, San Rafael.

Beginning Birding at McInnis Park
2019-12-10 08:30 - 11:30 | McInnis Park, 310 Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, CA, 94903, United States
Once again, Carol is leading her first trip as a birding field trip leader. (She unfortunately had the flu last month and couldn’t complete her official first trip.) She is enrolled at the San Francisco Master Birding Course offered by the California Academy of Sciences, which includes scientific training and at least 100 volunteer hours.
Any and all beginning birders are encouraged to join her on this very leisurely stroll around a soccer field at McInnis Park and along the path adjacent to Gallinas Creek. We can expect to see Western Bluebird, Black Phoebe, Say’s Phoebe, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and more around the soccer field. On our stroll along the creek channel, we hope to see fall migratory waterfowl such as Ring-necked Duck, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, and, of course, our usual residents such as Great and Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, and Greater Yellowlegs. We’ll also look for sparrows foraging on the ground and raptors soaring overhead.
Wear sturdy shoes, dress in layers, and bring water, binoculars, scopes, and your birding enthusiasm! Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: We will meet at McInnis Park. From Highway 101, take the Smith Ranch Road exit east toward McInnis Park. We will meet at the first parking lot to the right after you enter McInnis Park. There is plenty of parking available.

Marta's Marsh
2019-12-08 08:00 - 11:00 | Marta’s Marsh, Corte Madera, United States
Marta’s Marsh hosts a wide variety of bird species and provides great viewing opportunities. Typically, shorebirds, ducks, gulls, terns, and some of Marin’s only endangered Ridgway’s Rails can be seen at this Marin birding hotspot. We will take a short walk alongside San Clemente Creek to the creek mouth where it then enters the bay. Some of our target birds include Blue-winged Teal, Ridgway’s Rail, Dunlin, Western and Least Sandpiper, and the possibility of encountering raptors such as Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, and Northern Harrier.
We will time our walk to put us at the creek mouth a few hours after low tide, as the incoming tide causes sandpipers, gulls, and ducks to fly from the bay mudflats to the high tide refuge at Martaâ€™s Marsh. As we walk, we will listen for rails as well as any other migrants that we may run into. The fennel patches and grassy areas surrounding the marsh can also be productive for a variety of sparrow and warbler species. At the mouth of the creek we will scope the bay looking for ducks like Lesser and Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Wigeon, and possibly Canvasback or Redhead.
Heavy rain cancels. Bring binoculars and, if you have one, a spotting scope. There are no restroom facilities in the marsh.
Directions: From Hwy 101, take Exit 449A at Tamalpais Drive in Corte Madera; go east 0.2 mile toward the bay; turn right at the Home Consignment Store and go 0.4 mile on San Clemente Drive; make the first left onto Harbor Drive for 0.2 mile; turn right onto Yolo Street for 400 feet. Then turn left onto Channel Drive. We will meet where the road dead ends at the marsh.

Bahia, Rush Creek & Rowland Avenue Wetlands
2019-12-07 08:30 - 15:00 | Bahia Wetlands, 499-401 Bahia Dr, Novato, 94945, United States
Please meet at the foot (east end) of Bahia Drive in Novato where Marin Audubon has completed a large restoration project. Shorebirds, ducks, herons, swallows, and rails will be reaping the benefits here for years to come. After viewing the birds and the restoration area, we intend to walk the trail along the edge of the mixed oak woodland. We then plan to drive around to the end of Topaz Street to view the Horseshoe Pond where some diving ducks, including a few Barrow’s Goldeneyes, like to winter. During the day we may practice some bird counting to help prepare for the upcoming Christmas Bird Count season. After lunch we will take a look at two nearby areas-Rush Creek and the Rowland Avenue wetlands. Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: From Hwy 101 in North Novato, take the Atherton Avenue exit east about 0.9 miles, then turn left onto Bugeia Lane, which becomes Bahia Drive. Follow it to the end where there is street parking. No restrooms available here.

Pacheco Pond
2019-12-05 08:30 - 12:00 | Pacheco Pond, 600-748 Bel Marin Keys Blvd, Novato, CA, 94949, United States
We’ll repeat a trip to Pacheco Pond for our first Thursday of the month walk in December. It’s hard to compete with Las Gallinas, but Pacheco Pond has provided a reasonable substitute location for our usual Las Gallinas walk. The area provides habitat for a variety of ducks, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Common Gallinule, Sora, and Virginia Rail. The adjacent non-native eucalyptus provides additional habitat for both songbirds, egrets, and a number of raptors including Peregrine Falcon.
Thank you, Bob and Sande, for continuing as our competent and friendly guides on this popular monthly walk. We welcome bird enthusiasts of all levels and help each other to find and identify the birds. The area around Pacheco Pond is mostly flat, but we will be walking across some rocky, uneven surfaces. Dress in layers and bring binoculars, scopes, and water. Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: Take the Bel Marin Keys Blvd exit from Highway 101. Travel east on Bel Marin Keys Blvd for 2 miles passing through a commercial/industrial section until arriving at a small parking area on the right, which faces the pond. We will meet in the parking area and walk to the trail a short distance up the road.

Schollenberger Park
2019-11-22 08:00 - 17:00 | Schollenberger Park, 1400 Cedar Lane, Petaluma, CA, 94954, United States
Head to Petaluma to explore Shollenberger Park, one of the major hotspots in the North Bay. We’ll walk the ~ 3-mile loop leisurely, looking for waterfowl, rails, shorebirds, waders, raptors, sparrows, and other wintering and year-round passerines. Perhaps we’ll see a White-tailed Kite or a Northern Harrier. Maybe a cooperative Virginia Rail or Marsh Wren will give us a look-or at the very least-a listen! Say’s Phoebes and Lincoln Sparrows might be back in town as well! Let’s go find out!
Learn about the common birds, animals, and plants of Shollenberger in the newly published Petaluma Wetlands Field Guide: https://petalumawetlands.org/field-guide/
If you’re a Shollenberger first-timer, check out Miles & Teresaâ€™s recap of an August 2019 bird survey here: https://imbirdingrightnow.com/2019/08/22/pwa-bird-survey-shollenberger-8-20-19/
Bathrooms at parking lot. Heavy rain cancels. Bring binoculars, layers, sunscreen, water, lunch, or snacks.
Directions:. From Marin, head north on Hwy 101, take Exit 472B for CA-116 East (Lakeville Hwy). Head east ~ 1 mile to South McDowell Blvd and turn right. Turn right onto Cader Lane (tiny street) and park in the lot. Well meet at the entrance.

Albatross of Kauai, Their style and Story
2019-11-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd, Tiburon, CA, 94920, United States
Albatross have likely nested in the Hawaiian Islands for millions of years, but disappeared with the arrival of humans. About 40 years ago, individual birds began returning to Kauai, and the population has gradually grown since then. Now, as their mother ship at Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands becomes more and more treacherous, Kauai may become the birds’ Noah’s Ark.
Hob Osterlund, MSN, APRN, is an award-winning writer, photographer and conservationist living on the island of Kaua’i. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic Explorer, Audubon, National Wildlife, Nature Conservancy, Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines), Ms. Magazine and more.
She is the founder of the Kauai Albatross Network and has served as a habitat liaison for a number of private landowners for several years. Her work includes direct services such as systematic monitoring of all Laysan albatross on those properties, assisting with predator control and serving as a link between private landowners and state and federal wildlife agencies. For five nesting seasons Hob worked as a Kaua’i Coordinator for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Cam project. As a result, Laysan albatross live streaming images were played via the “TrossCam” as the chicks grew from hatch to fledge. From 2014-2018 there were 60 million views and 450 million minutes watched by viewers from 190 countries. In 2019 Hob’s primary focus is her new documentary Kalama’s Journey. The film is about an albatross chick adopted by a female pair of birds on Kaua’i, and about the chick’s role in facing her species’ biggest threat.

Drakes Beach and the Fish Docks
2019-10-31 08:00 - 17:00 | Rodeo Lagoon, Marin Headlands, CA, 94941, United States
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Fall Migration Hotspots
2019-10-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Visitor Center Access Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, 94956, United States
No sleeping in will be possible for those who want to join Derek and Bob on this trip to some of the best-known migrant hotspots in Marin. Our plan for the day will depend on what birds have been seen in the area. Point Reyes has proven to be one of the greatest migrant traps on our continent with more than half of all North American birds (at least 502 species) seen there.
We will be looking in the areas of Drakes Beach and the Fish Docks/Chimney Rock. We may also stop to check the fields and trees surrounding some of the ranches in the area as well as the more inland riparian area around the Inverness Tennis Club. Come help us find something rare and unexpected. Fall birders in these areas are rarely disappointed! This time of year, as Rich Stallcup said, The Outer Point never gets old. It is never the same.
We will meet at Whitehouse Pool and bird that area as participants gather before carpooling to the Outer Point. Dress in layers (plan for wind and fog), and bring a hat, sunscreen, water, and lunch. Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: From Hwy 101 in Larkspur, take the Sir Francis Drake exit 20.4 miles to Olema. Turn right onto Hwy 1 and go 2 miles. Before the green bridge, turn left (continuing on Sir Francis Drake Blvd.) and drive 0.7 mile. Look for the White House Pool sign and parking lot on the right.

Rodeo Lagoon
2019-09-30 08:00 - 15:00 | Point Reyes National Seashore, 1 Bear Valley Visitor Center Access Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, 94956, United States
