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| Long-billed Curlew Photo by Kaaren Perry |
Three weekly classes will be held in Morro Bay and two related field trips will also be offered with this series during the month of October.
For the workshop page with all the details, Click here.
NEW Workshop for Beginning & Casual Birders
Fund Raising Event at Sweet Springs Saloon
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Sweet Springs Saloon has committed to a $2,500 contribution to Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. Come join the fun!
FIELD TRIP: Shorebirds 101
Join leaders Norma Wightman and Jan Surbey, and the returning shorebirds, for this trip along Morro Strand State Beach on Thursday, September 13th, from 8-10AM.
Targeted for beginners, but all ages and experience levels welcome. Expect to walk about a mile or two along the beach.
Meet at the Morro Strand campground entrance to the beach at the north end of the campground. (Turn towards the ocean at Yerba Buena off Highway 1 in Morro Bay. Then turn left when road bends to the campground). Restrooms are available in the campground.
Dressing in “layers” recommended. Bring binoculars if you have them; if not, the leaders will have some binoculars you may borrow for the trip. No RSVP needed.
For additional information, contact Jan Surbey, MCAS field trip chair: jan@morrocoastaudubon.org
California Naturalist Certification Course
Cuesta College offers California Naturalist Certification Course. For more info see https://www.cuesta.edu/communityprograms/community-education/nature_science/naturalist.html.
EUREKA! THE BIRDS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY - June-July 2018
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MCAS Community Program - SEPT 17th - Sound, Nature, People, and Birds
The Sound Science Involving the Importance
of the Acoustic Environment to People and Birds
Presented by Clint Francis, Cal Poly Assistant Professor
Monday, September 17th, 7 pm
at SLO Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion in El Chorro Regional Park
Protected areas are important for the preservation of biodiversity and by offering people opportunities to experience nature. Yet biodiversity preservation and public access are often at odds. In this presentation, the speaker will present new Cal Poly research suggesting that managing protected areas for their natural sounds could serve as an important tool for both biodiversity preservation and safeguarding quality nature experiences for people.
Clint Francis grew up in the mountains of Colorado. His first spoken word was “bird.” He received his BA and BS from Pacific University, MS and PhD from the University of Colorado and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina before joining the faculty in Cal Poly’s Biological Sciences Department in 2013.
All MCAS Community Programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, please bring your own mug. As always, all ages are welcome.
of the Acoustic Environment to People and Birds
Presented by Clint Francis, Cal Poly Assistant Professor
at SLO Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion in El Chorro Regional Park
Protected areas are important for the preservation of biodiversity and by offering people opportunities to experience nature. Yet biodiversity preservation and public access are often at odds. In this presentation, the speaker will present new Cal Poly research suggesting that managing protected areas for their natural sounds could serve as an important tool for both biodiversity preservation and safeguarding quality nature experiences for people.
Clint Francis grew up in the mountains of Colorado. His first spoken word was “bird.” He received his BA and BS from Pacific University, MS and PhD from the University of Colorado and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina before joining the faculty in Cal Poly’s Biological Sciences Department in 2013.All MCAS Community Programs are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided, please bring your own mug. As always, all ages are welcome.
FALL BIRD WALK AT SLO BOTANICAL GARDEN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 9-11AM
San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is pleased to welcome back Jessica Griffiths of the Morro Coast Audubon Society for a birding walk through the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden and the surrounding environs including El Chorro Regional Park, Dairy Creek, the Bluebird Trail, and the grassy hillsides. This bird walk will be approximately one mile long at a slow to moderate pace, depending on where and how often we're seeing birds. The terrain is gentle, over a variety of surfaces. People of any birding skill level are welcome. We'll expect to see dozens of species in a variety of habitats, with likely sightings of: White-tailed Kite, Red-shouldered Hawk, California Quail, California Scrub-Jay, Western Bluebird and possible nesting Black-headed Grosbeaks and orioles. If you have binoculars please bring them; if not, loaners will be available. Walk will begin near Garden entrance.
Walk is $5 for Garden members/$10 non-members.
Please RSVP. For more information and to RSVP contact education@slobg.org.
County Parks charges a $3 parking fee weekends, April – September. Carpool and save!
Jessica Griffiths has been working as a field biologist for over 15 years. She grew up in Chicago, and received her undergraduate degree at Wellesley College outside of Boston. She then spent the next few years traveling around the country working for non-profits and government agencies in 7 states with a focus on songbird ecology. She received her Masters at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, where she studied monarch butterflies. She currently works as a biologist for Althouse & Meade, Inc. She is also actively involved with the Morro Coast Audubon Society, and leads year-round bird walks for birders of all ages.FIELD TRIP: Oso Flaco Lake with Jessica Griffiths
Field Trip at Oso Flaco Lake - Saturday, August 25th, 8:30-11:30 AM
Join leader Jessica Griffiths for a summer field trip. We will be looking for any and all birds that we can find. We will start at the Oso Flaco Lake parking lot and bird our way through the riparian woodland, across the lake boardwalk, and into the coastal sage scrub. Bring binoculars, water, and snacks as needed.Directions: Park at the Oso Flaco Lake parking lot at the west end of Oso Flaco Lake Road, off of Highway 1, north of Guadalupe. Parking in the lot is $5 per vehicle. No RSVP necessary.
For additional information email Jan Surbey, MCAS field trips chair, at jan@morrocoastaudubon.org.
We Need Your Photo!!
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| You want what!? - Cambria |
So far we have received only ONE entry into our Photo-to-Postcard contest, and we are hoping more photos will come in. Yours?
If you are concerned that your photo is "not good enough," put that thought aside and browse through all those photos you have taken of birds, nature, animals.
While doing that you will stop at a photo, remember where you were, what the weather was like, how you felt at the time... and think "I really love this photo!"
That's the one!
It could be a photo of a bird in your backyard, one that you took on a walk at the beach or along a trail, maybe even one you took while at Sweet Springs.
If you're not sure how to print and/or mount your photo, call Staples in SLO or ASAP Reprographics in Morro Bay and ask them about printing and mounting it for you.
Read more about the contest at https://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/p/mcas-photo-to-postcard-contest.html.
Find detailed contest rules at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GDJWNZaQ6u2wFnW2nFPbpeO8ciNeK8na/view.
Email questions to:
Nancy at nancy@morrocoastaudubon.org or
Joanne at joanne@morrocoastaudubon.org
Morro Bay Annual Fall Pelagic Boat Trip, Sep 22
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| Black-footed Albatross by Curtis Marantz |
Morro Coast Audubon is joining forces with Alvaro’s Adventures for the chapter’s annual fall pelagic bird trip. Those of you that have been lucky enough to join Alvaro on other California boat trips or heard him talk at a past Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival know how knowledgeable and personable he is as both trip leader and a speaker. This year’s trip will be on Saturday, Sep 22 and is leaving from Port San Luis, which is adjacent to Avila Beach. This is Alvaro’s first scheduled trip in SLO County and is sure to be a good one. The price is $140 and you can sign up at Alvaro’s Adventures website.
http://alvarosadventures.com/boat-trips/pelagics/
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
