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2011 Field Trip / Meeting Calendar
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Time |
Event |
Location |
| Feb 4 | 8:00 AM | Field Trip | Carrizo Plains National Monument (2-day trip) | | Feb 6 | 7:30 PM | General Meeting | Western Foundation Building | | Feb 12 | 8:30 AM | Field Trip | Lake Casitas | | Feb 25 | 9:00 AM | Photography Workshop (2-day) | WFVZ Classroom & Ventura Harbor | | Feb 26 | 8:00 AM | Shore Bird Workshop | Santa Clara River Estuary | | Mar 4 | 8:00 AM | Field Trip | Antelope Valley | | Mar 5 | 7:30 PM | General Meeting | Western Foundation Building | | Mar 8 | TBD | Beginner's Bird Walk | TBD | | Mar 10 | 8:00 AM | Plant / Bird Walk | Rancho Sierra Vista | | Mar 18 | 8:00 AM | Field Trip | Happy Camp Cyn. / Rustic Cyn. Golf Course |
FIELD TRIPS
February 2012 Field Trips
Saturday, February 4th - Field Trip / Carrizo Plains National Monument (2-day trip)
We will meet at 8:00 am sharp at the junction of Hwy 166 and Soda Lake Road for two days of driving with beautiful plains scenery, plentiful birds and few bathrooms. Our route will be dependant on trip reports and on the road conditions. We hope to include the southern portion of Bitterwater Road if time allows. If schedule changes do not interfere we will have Adam Searcy as a guest leader. We hope to see Ferruginous Hawks, Prairie Falcons, Golden Eagles, Merlins and Mountain Bluebirds. If luck is with us we’ll see the Mountain Plovers and cross your fingers, the Le Conte’s Thrasher. The trip organizers, Bill and Carol Langford will stay in the Motel 6 Central in Buttonwillow. Please reserve your own room. Others have indicated they will be camping. Scopes and FRS radios are helpful. Contact Carol Langford to sign-up or for more information.
Contact: Carol Langford / 360-742-6059
Monday, February 6th - General Meeting / Western Foundation Building
Naturalist and photographer, Guy Commeau is back yet again with the third installment of his popular program on the wonders to be found right here in the state of California. Although his travels have included New Zealand, Nepal, Alaska, Peru and his native France, he says he loves California the best. An excellent photographer with an artistic bent, this popular presenter will entertain us with one of his exciting stories and photographs.
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Sunday, February 12th - Field Trip / Lake Casitas
Meet at Lake Casitas parking lot at 8:30 am. Lots of duck, grebes, sparrows, hawks and woodpeckers.
Contact: John Pavelco / 805-640-9040
Saturday, February 25th - Photography Workshop (2-day) / WFVZ Classroom & Ventura Harbor
Basic camera skills; Nature/bird photo hints; classroom exercises. Bring camera and manual – Limited enrollment. Send name, email address, and phone number to reserve a spot to: photographer@ conejovalleyaudubon.org.
Contact: CVAS Photographer / photographer @ conejovalleyaudubon
Sunday, February 26th - Shore Bird Workshop / Santa Clara River Estuary
Meet at the Las Posas Park & Ride at 8:00 am. This workshop will emphasize the study and identification of shorebirds.
Contact: Dee Lyon / 805-499-2165
March 2012 Field Trips
Sunday, March 4th - Field Trip / Antelope Valley
Join us as we explore the Antelope Valley in search of raptors and other interesting birds. Email Carol Langford at berry50@yahoo.com for information. Space is limited.
Contact: Carol Langford / berry50@yahoo.com
Monday, March 5th - General Meeting / Western Foundation Building
Banning Ranch is a 400 acre parcel of coastal bluffs and adjacent wetlands located in the vicinity of West Newport Beach, close to where the Santa Ana River enters the Pacific Ocean. It is home to southern coastal bluff scrub and vernal pool habitats, as well as protected species such the California Gnatcatcher, Coastal Cactus Wren, California Least Tern and Belding’s Savannah Sparrow. Remarkably, the property has thus far escaped the high-density development that is characteristic of most of Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Huntington Beach – thanks in part to its status as a working oil field. But now a proposed development at Banning Ranch is the absolute largest allowed under the Newport Beach General Plan, twice as large and six times as dense as anything built along the Orange County coast in recent memory.
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Thursday, March 8th - Beginner's Bird Walk / TBD
Call Angie Kobabe (818) 991-4055 between 9:00 am and 9:00 pm to let her know you are coming and to find out where it will be held. Rain will cancel.
Contact: Angie Kobabe / 818-991-4055
Saturday, March 10th - Plant / Bird Walk / Rancho Sierra Vista
Meet at 8:00 am at the main parking lot; rain cancels. The trip will emphasize the native plants of RSV while enjoying the birds found in this habitat. South on Wendy to Lynn Road. Rt. On Lynn past Reino to Park Entrance on left of Lynn (which becomes Potrero). Leader is Mary Ann Campbell.
Contact: Mary Ann Campbell / 805-522-2354
Sunday, March 18th - Field Trip / Happy Camp Cyn. / Rustic Cyn. Golf Course
From Hwy 118 in Moorpark, turn north on Princeton Ave., then left on Campus Park Dr. Meet at the gate at 8:00am. You may bird a few hours or continue with the leader for a long, mostly flat hike back to oaks burned by previous year’s fire. Bring lunch and water for longer version. Leader is Matthew Page.
Contact: Matthew Page / 805-990-6534
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