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Information
About These Field Trips |
| Monthly
Trips |
| SANTIAGO
OAKS REGIONAL PARK (monthly bird walks) |
| Sunday
mornings — 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (1st Sun. morning
of each month) |
| Aug.
1, Sept. 5, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 2, Feb. 6, etc. |
| Join
Linette Lina for a monthly bird walk at Santiago Oaks Regional
Park on the 1st Sunday of every month at 7:30 am. It's summertime,
and breeding season is in full swing. The park is teaming
with bird families nesting, feeding, and fledging their
young. Come see the fascinating interactions among the parents
and their young as the kids learn to fly. |
Directions:
(Santiago
Oaks is located at 2145 Windes Drive in Orange.)
Take the 55 freeway to Katella Ave in Orange. Exit and drive
east on Katella 3.2 miles to Windes Dr. Turn left on Windes
Dr. and follow the signs to the park. OR, take Jamboree
towards the mountains, all the way to its intersection with
Santiago Cyn. Rd; turn left and follow Santiago to Windes
Dr. Turn right on Windes and follow it to the park. Be prepared
to pay the $5 entrance fee if you don’t own a county
parks pass. We
will meet in the upper end of the parking lot. |
| Linette
Lina, Leader |
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| SAN
JOAQUIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (Monthly Bird Walk) |
| Sunday
mornings — 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon (2nd Sun. morning
of each month) |
| Information
about the SJWS and its birds |
|
July 11, Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, Dec. 12, Jan.
9, Feb. 13, etc. |
| Join
Chris Obaditch for a monthly bird walk around the ponds
of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Irvine at 8:00
am on the 2nd Sunday morning of each month. Join us to watch
the Mallards with their duckling families in tow, the avocet
and stilt chicks in the shallow water, and the returning
shorebirds (in mid to late July), some still in breeding
plumage. The walk, which is open to interested birders of
all ages, will meet by the front door of Audubon House.
Children under the age of 11 must be accompanied by an adult.
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Directions:
(The San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary
is located at 5 Riparian View in Irvine.)
From the San Diego Fry. (405), exit on Jamboree south toward
Newport Beach. At the 1st signal, Michelson, turn left.
Continue on Michelson to the 3rd signal which is Riparian
View; turn right toward the Irvine Ranch Water District
plant. Follow the signs directing you to Audubon and the
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Follow the sign directing
you to turn right down a short hill into our parking lot.
The first house you see will be Audubon House; parking is
ample. Beyond Audubon House are the ponds and marsh mitigation
areas of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary which are open
every day from dawn until dusk. |
| Chris
Obaditch, Leader |
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|
Birding
Upper Newport Bay by small boat
(R)
(Monthly
Boat Trip)
|
| Wednesday
mornings — 8:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (3rd Wed. morning
of each month) |
| RESERVATIONS
ARE NEEDED FOR THIS TRIP; space on the boat is limited to
only 6 people! |
| Information
about our past UNB trips: |
|
July 21 (full), Aug. 18, Sept. 15 (full), Oct. 20, Nov.
17, Dec. 15, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, Mar. 16, etc. |
| Join us for
the rare chance of birding the Upper Newport Bay from the
deck of a small boat. Spotting birds from the water offers
one a different perspective and the birds seem to view us
differently also. Trip duration is about 3 hours. Space
is very limited because the boat is small; 3 of the 6 seats
are already taken by birders doing a bird count during the
trip. Directions to the meeting location and other trip
information will be provided after you make your reservation.
Advance reservations are mandatory. Contact Nancy Kenyon
for trip reservations at
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Kenyon |
| Nancy
Kenyon, Leader |
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| Other
Trips |
| BOLSA
CHICA |
| Sunday
morning, July 18th — 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. |
| Saturday,
August 14th — 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. |
| Bolsa Chica
is one of the best wetlands areas in Southern California.
Though many of the shorebirds and waterfowl are not back
yet from their breeding grounds up north, there is still
a lot of bird activity at the reserve, especially on the
nearby tern island, and a trip there in the summer is always
full of surprises. We will meet in the parking lot of the
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve at 7:30 a.m. in the. morning..
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| BRING:
binoculars,
scope if you have one, and a field guide. Dress in layers.
It can be cool and breezy there in the morning, even in
the summer, but it usually warms by mid morning. |
| DIRECTIONS:
Meet in
the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve parking lot on the inland
side of Pacific Coast Highway at the only signal between
Seapoint Ave and Warner in Huntington Beach.
|
| Pat
& Dick Cabe, Leaders |
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| SUMMER
SHOREBIRD TRIP at Piute Ponds in the Antelope Valley
(R) |
| Sunday
morning, August
15th — 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. — Trip
Lists from 2007, 2008 & 2009 trips |
| The main focus
of this trip will be to observe shorebirds at the Piute
Ponds and other west Mojave “hot spots” (literally
and figuratively) in the Antelope Valley of northern Los
Angeles County. Thousands of sandpipers and plovers stage
at these isolated wetlands during their southerly migration
and we will be there to meet them. Baird’s Sandpiper
is nearly guaranteed to be present and Semipalmated Sandpiper
is possible. In addition to a variety of shorebirds, some
still in breeding plumage, (if this weren’t enough),
the surrounding desert can produce Prairie Falcon, LeConte’s
Thrasher, and lots of Horned Larks and Sage Sparrows. The
Piute Ponds are located on Edwards Air Force Base which
has restricted entry. |
| The area we
will be birding is on the property of Edwards Airforce Base.
Our group will be limited in size to 12 people and reservations
are necessary. Please provide your phone number when you
make your reservation. Contact Nancy Kenyon for trip reservations
at
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| Our leader,
Jon Feenstra, has a permit to take our group into the area.
He will be leading a similar trip for Pasadena Audubon the
previous day, so he’ll have a good idea of where to
find the most interesting birds. |
| Jon
Feenstra, Leader |
| Nancy
Kenyon, Reservations |
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| FALL
PELAGIC TRIP out of Dana Point
(R) |
| Saturday,
Sept. 25th — 6:30 a.m . to 1:00 p.m. |
| Target
Birds:
Black-vented, Sooty & Pink-footed Shearwaters; Black
& Least Storm-Petrels; Cassin’s & Rhinoceros
Auklets; Parasitic
& Pomarine Jaegers, a variety of shorebirds, terns,
gulls, and possibly some whales & dolphins. Our trip
will take us out to the Fourteen Mile Bank where the more
interesting birds are. |
| Our trip will
be led by Jerry Tolman, an experienced pelagic birder and
trip leader. We will be using the Sea Explorer, a research
vessel belonging to the Ocean Institute of Dana Point.
The boat is a large, comfortable 70 foot research vessel
with ample deck space & seating for great viewing
of the ocean, good restroom facilities, great deck stability,
two decks (upper and lower) and good power for quickly
covering the distances not occupied by birds. |
| Advance
reservations are necessary;
this trip usually fills up early so don’t wait until
the last minute to sign up.Trip fee
is $50 per person, (payable to Sea & Sage Audubon).
Mail to: Pelagic trip, c/o
Nancy Kenyon, 32 Almond Tree Ln, Irvine CA 92612. Include
your phone number & your email address, or a self-addressed
legal size envelope for trip confirmation and additional
information. |
| For
additional trip info,
visit the SoCalBirding at: www.socalbirding.com/trips/danapoint25sep2010.html |
| Jerry
Tolman, Leader |
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| Contact
Nancy Kenyon, field trip chair, if you have any questions
about these field trips.
Some trips require advance reservations; these are marked
(R).
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