BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b0b64abc04e9b7683c28929047077d07 CATEGORIES:Field Trips CREATED:20190831T120224 SUMMARY:“Best Bird Magnet” - Point Reyes National Seashore DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:
Leaders: David “Doc Quack” Riensche & Bob Toleno
FieldtripsATo hloneaudubon.org
Come explore this peninsula which protrudes seaward from the mainland and provides a “landing strip” for many miss-oriented mig rants that you can add to your species list. During the fall season we may see as many as twenty warbler species in one day with the high probability of one-or-two of them being eastern vagrants! We will start our avian explo ration by meeting at the Bear Valley Visitor Center (0830). Birding will be easy around the Visitor Center with plenty of raptor, woodpecker, warbler, wren, nuthatches, thrushes, and sparrow species to enjoy. We will then vis it Abbotts Lagoon which is an excellent spot to watch a wide diversity of w aders, waterfowl and shorebirds. While more than 30 bird species are presen t year-round, this number can climb to over 100 bird species during migrati on. This site has recorded 42 types of shorebirds including rarities such a s the Hudsonian and Bar-Tailed Godwits, Sharp-tailed and Buff-breasted Sand pipers. Sanderling and threatened Western Snowy Plovers may be seen running along the sandy beaches. Our next stop will be the grassland areas along t he Estero Trail which will provides hawk watching opportunities, while Grea t Egrets, Great Blue Herons, loons, terns, gulls, grebes, ducks (Eurasian W igeon, cinnamon teal), shorebirds and other waterbirds occur in the Drakes Estero. Due the distinct habitat types (bay, beach, dune, mudflat, marshes, grassland, and coastal scrub), Drakes Estero annually produces more than 6 0 bird species including three types of loons, four types of grebes, both p elican species, Ring-Necked Duck, Canvasback and Red-Breasted Merganser!
Directions: To reach the park from the town of Olema, turn right onto H ighway 1 and proceed approximately 100 yards, and make a left turn onto Bea r Valley Road and travel west about .5 miles and follow signs to Bear Valle y Visitor Center.
GPS 38.041146 N -122.80023 W to Bear Valley Visitor Center
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