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SUMMARY:Pacheco Pond
DESCRIPTION:Location: Novato\, CA\nTrip Leader(s): Bob and Sande Chilvers\nStart Date: Thursday\, March 5\, 2020\nStart Time: 8:30 AM\nEnd Time: 12:00 PM\nDescription: Join us again at Pacheco Pond where we’ll be watching for signs of resident breeding birds beginning the nesting season. There aren’t many eBird reports from Pacheco Pond for this time of year\, so help us fill in the gaps in our knowledge and compile a day list to be shared online. Pacheco Pond doesn’t have the glamour of many of our Marin birding locations\, but it does have the distinction of being “the best publicly accessible freshwater’ish pond in Novato with adjacency to other bird-rich areas.” (Thank you\, Jack Gedney.) 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.
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LOCATION:CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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SUMMARY:Deer Island Preserve & Simmons Slough
DESCRIPTION:Location: Novato\, CA\nTrip Leader(s): Sande & Bob Chilvers\nStart Date: Thursday\, February 6\, 2020\nStart Time: 8:30 AM\nEnd Time: 12:00 PM\nDescription: 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. \nAs 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. \nIf 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. \nDirections: 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.
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LOCATION:Deer Island Preserve\, Novato\, CA\, 94945
CATEGORIES:Field Trips
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