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Long-billed Curlew by Rachel Clark
Registration is required for this event for each participant.
Registration closes 24 hours before the event or when full.
Please join Fresno Audubon on Saturday, May 31 as we escape the Valley heat and journey to Morro Bay.
We will meet at 5:30 AM at the Walmart parking lot on the southeast corner of Blackstone and Ashlan to arrange carpooling. The plan is to depart by 5:45 AM.
The first destination will be Montaña de Oro State Park. Goal birds at this location will be Brown Pelican, Western Gull, Brandt’s Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant, Black Oystercatcher, Pigeon Guillemot, Wrentit, California Thrasher, California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Bewick’s Wren, California Quail, and many more!
Next, we will visit Morro Bay State Park, where we will visit the Marina/Boardwalk Trail and the heron rookery. Our goal birds at these locations will be Heermann’s Gull, Caspian Tern, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Willet, Black-crowned Night Heron, and many more.
Sometime while in Morro Bay State Park, we will sit down for lunch. Our next birding destination will be Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, where our goal birds will be Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Common Yellowthroat, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Violet-green Swallow, Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Egret, and many more. If there is time, we will stop by Morro Rock to look for Peregrine Falcons and various shorebirds.
The plan is to leave Morro Bay around 3:30 or 4:00 PM and be back in Fresno by 6:30 PM. Participants should bring snacks, lunch, water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. Please be aware that there is poison oak along the trails at Montaña de Oro State Park and other locations along the coast; long pants and poison oak/ivy wipes are recommended.
Registration is required and there is a limit of 25 participants.
Registration is required for this event for each participant.
Checklist: binoculars, scope, field guide, snacks, lunch, water, sunscreen, hat, radios
Trip leader: Rick Grijalva at 559-578-6168 or rickgrijalva2@gmail.com.
Saturday Bird Walk at Swanson Meadow (Shaver)
All participants must agree to the FAS Liability Waiver Form when they register. The form can be found here
Registration is required for this event.
Swanson Meadow is near the rest area on Dinky Road east of the town of Shaver. We will be walking in and around the meadow which will be wet in places so wear appropriate footwear. Expected species are warblers, woodpeckers, flycatchers, nuthatches, towhees, vireos among others. If time allows we may go the McKinley Grove.
We will meet at 6:45 AM in the Target parking lot in the River Park Shopping Center on El Paso Ave east of Blackstone Ave to carpool or you can meet at the Southern California Edison rest area .7 miles east of Shaver where there is a restroom and parking lot at 8:00 AM. We plan to be finished by Noon.
Participants should bring snacks, lunch (if desired), water, hat, sunscreen, binoculars, and should dress in layers.
Fresno meeting location: https://maps.app.
Shaver meeting location: https://maps.app.
Participants should bring snacks, lunch (if desired), water, hat, sunscreen, and binoculars, and should dress in layers. Registration is required for this event. If you have any questions, please reach out to trip leader George Folsom at georgefolsom@icloud.com.
Registration is required for this event.