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SUMMARY:MDAS Field Trip—Jewel Lake
DESCRIPTION:Tilden Regional Park.  Birds are migrating already and will be walking near the Nature Center and Jewel Lake in Tilden Regional Park. A short morning visit may allow us to see Wilson’s\, Black-throated Gray and Yellow Warblers\, Red-breasted Nuthatches and more. \nThis hike is limited to 15 participants. All Field Trips are first-registered\, first-served. Participants acknowledge the MDAS Liability Waiver (available during registration). \nRating: Category 2 – Moderate\nDistance: 2 miles\nElevation change: N/A\nLeader: Hugh Harvey \nRegister for this field trip HERE.\nWilson’s Warbler Photo: Maren Smith
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/mdas-field-trip-jewel-lake/
LOCATION:Jewel Lake\, Tilden Nature Area\, California\, 600 Canon Dr\, Berkeley\, CA 94708\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94708\, United States
CATEGORIES:Birding,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210902T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210902T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
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SUMMARY:Monthly Program: September 2021
DESCRIPTION:Main Program:\nBirds (and Other Wildlife) of Zambia\nJerry Britten\, MDAS President \nZambia may not be one of the first countries in Africa one thinks of as a safari destination\, but perhaps this lends to its appeal. Zambia in fact is a politically stable country about the size of Texas\, with many parks and safari areas teeming with diverse wildlife in a variety of subtropical habitats\, offering a true wilderness experience far from crowds. Jerry Britten\, currently MDAS President and Christmas Bird Count Compiler\, has traveled to Zambia twice\, in 2014 and again in September 2019\, the latter being his last overseas travel prior to the current pandemic. He will present highlights of the many birds and animals he was able to photograph\, and offer his perspective on the sights and sounds of this part of Africa. \n\nWhen not birding or engaged with MDAS goings-on\, Jerry is an independent contractor/consultant in the fields of optical coatings and diffractive optic design and manufacture. He retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2016 after a 30+ year career as a chemical engineer.\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSulphur-breasted Bushshrike\nPhoto:Jerry Britten\n\n\n\n\n  \n\nBirding Info:\nMDAS Field Trip Reservations\nMarc Desin\, MDAS Newsletter and Website Editor \nMDAS Field Trips are back! Our new field trip RSVP system will enable you to reserve your spot on one of our field trips. Marc will provide an overview of how to use the new field trip reservation system on the MDAS website.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/monthly-program-september-2021/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Program
ORGANIZER;CN="Ariana Rickard":MAILTO:arianajrickard@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210907T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210907T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210708T203424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210711T194240Z
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SUMMARY:Magic & Mystery Of Migration - 4 sessions on Tuesdays
DESCRIPTION:This summer\, somewhere in Canada\, a Blackpoll Warbler will hatch\, fledge\, and grow to young adulthood. Come August\, this half-ounce bird will fly 3\,000 miles to the Maritime provinces and then out over the Atlantic Ocean to catch a northwest tail wind that will take it south to around Bermuda. A northeast trade wind will carry it back to land to complete its 80-hour journey over 2\,000 miles of open ocean. Why? Join Bruce Mast for a four-week exploration of the magic and mystery of bird migration. We’ll consider why birds migrate\, how they navigate\, how they fuel their marathon flights\, and the evolutionary forces that have shaped migration over the millennia. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. \n\nInstructor: Bruce Mast\nFour 1 ½ hour Tuesday classes via Zoom\, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on September 7\, 14\, 21\, and 28.\n$50 for GGAS members\, $75 for non-members.\n\nNote that we are also offering two sets of optional six-hour field trips — on Saturdays September 18 and October 2\, OR on Sundays September 19 and October 3 — for an additional fee of $100/members or $125/non-members. Field trips run from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.\, and locations will be provided to registered participants. Each set of trips is limited to 10 people. \nIf you ONLY want to sign up for the Zoom classes\, click HERE or use the “Register” button below. (Cost of $50/members or $75/non-members.) \nIf you wish to sign up for the class plus the optional Saturday field trips\, click HERE. (Total cost of $150/members or $200/non-members.) \nIf you wish to sign up for the class plus the optional Sunday field trips\, click HERE. (Total cost of $150/members or $200/non-members.) \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 95 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/magic-mystery-of-migration-4-sessions-on-tuesdays/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T183000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T215408Z
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SUMMARY:Snowy Plover Conservation in the Bay Area
DESCRIPTION:Snowy Plover Conservation in the Bay Area: Successes and Challenges in a Shifting Landscape \nThe Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) is a federally threatened\, ground-nesting shorebird species that breeds\, roosts\, and forages along the Pacific Coast from Southern Washington down to the tip of Baja California. While their typical habitat across the range is sandy beaches\, within the San Francisco Bay\, where up to 10% of the range-wide breeding population may be found\, Snowy Plovers instead utilize salt panne habitat found within former salt production ponds. Snowy Plovers in the Bay Area face unique challenges to recovery compared to other parts of the range due to their habitat type and location within a large urbanized area. For close to 20 years\, SFBBO has been working closely with federal\, state\, and local agencies to better understand these challenges and help Snowy Plovers meet regional recovery goals. This talk will focus on recent Snowy Plover conservation successes and challenges within the South Bay\, especially within Alameda County\, which annually holds the majority of Snowy Plover breeding in the Bay Area. \nBen Pearl is a science director at SFBBO who specializes in Snowy Plover and Least Tern research and conservation. Ben grew up in San Luis Obispo\, where he attained an early love for nature exploring the nearby tide pools and oak forests. He completed his B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at U.C. Santa Cruz\, and first came to SFBBO while beginning his Masters at San Jose State University. For his Master’s thesis\, he examined how various factors affect plover foraging habitat selection during the winter in the South San Francisco Bay.  \nPlease register – the Zoom link will be sent in the confirmation. If you have any questions\, please contact Sirena Lao\, Environmental Education and Outreach Specialist\, at slao@sfbbo.org. \nThis program is possible thanks to SFBBO donors with additional support from Cargill. To help keep these events going\, we hope you’ll consider making a suggested donation of $5 or more if you can. Your tax-deductible donation helps us make these events available to the public and engage broad audiences with birds\, nature\, science\, and conservation. You may donate in increments of $5 below\, click here to donate a different amount\, or contact us for other ways to donate.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/snowy-plover-conservation-in-the-bay-area/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T200000
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SUMMARY:Nature Journaling At Lake Merritt - 10 sessions
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Clay Anderson\n10 sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom and field trips to Lake Merritt\nCome celebrate nature on Lake Merritt. Our nature journal class spans the myriad issues surrounding Lake Merritt’s natural world and the practice of nature journaling. Come share your love of journaling and commune with others  of like mind. This year-round course charts the evolution of  Lake Merritt’s seasons as the oldest Wildlife Refuge in the United States!\n\n\n\n\n\nIslands created for birds in Lake Merritt\nPhoto by Ilana DeBare\nZoom meetings on the 2nd Thursday evening of each month\, September through June\, with Lake Merritt field trips on the Saturday morning after the lecture. \n\nClasses by Zoom on the second Thursday of each month\, from 7 to 8 p.m.\nField trips at Lake Merritt on the Saturday morning after each Zoom meeting\, from 7 to 8:30 a.m.\n$200 for GGAS members\, $250 for non-members.\n\nThe meeting spot for field trips will be provided during each monthly class. Once this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/nature-journaling-at-lake-merritt-10-sessions/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210909T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210817T212119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T212119Z
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SUMMARY:Birds & Mammals of Tanzania
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Wendy Dreskin \nFamous for having the biggest concentrations of large mammals on the planet\, Tanzania is also an exciting birding destination.  This presentation will feature birds travelers would be likely to see on a safari to Northern Tanzania in the winter\, before migratory birds have left for their breeding grounds\, as well as some of the large mammals. Birds you will meet include the Hammerkop\, a compulsive nest-builder\, the Sacred Ibis\, extirpated from Egypt but easily seen in Tanzania\, the vulnerable Southern Ground Hornbill\, the endangered Saddlebilled Stork and other storks\, Ostriches\, Coursers\, Bee Eaters\, the Secretary Bird\, and a variety of eagles. \nWendy Dreskin is a professional nature educator.  She has been teaching the popular class\, Meandering in Marin\, at College of Marin for over 20 years as well as teaching nature education classes for children. She has been leading trips to Tanzania since 2014.   \nPhotos in the presentation are by William Dreskin\, an award-winning photographer whose photographs have appeared in books and magazines including Marin\, and Bay Nature. He has exhibited in numerous galleries and national exhibitions\, and his photographs are in private and corporate collections.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/birds-mammals-of-tanzania/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210822T213922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210822T213922Z
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SUMMARY:The Changing Seasons—Birds of the East Bay Hills with Bob Lewis
DESCRIPTION:The Bay Area is rich in varying habitats that are home to many bird species. As the seasons change\, some birds arrive\, others depart\, and some just stay here at home. We’ll talk about many bird species that can be found in our gardens\, with some discussion of things one can do to enrich these bird habitats. The talk includes many illustrations of our local birds. \nBob trained as a chemist and worked in the energy industry for 33 years. He’s taught birding classes in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years and is the past chair of Golden Gate Audubon’s Adult Education Committee. His life bird list is over 5000 species\, and he loves to travel. He’s an award-winning photographer\, focusing on birds. Bob was honored with American Birding Association’s Chandler Robbins Award for Education and Conservation in 2016 and GGAS’ Paul Covel Award for Education in 2017. \nRegister with your email to attend live and the Zoom information will be sent to you on the day of the event. The event will be closed captioned.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/the-changing-seasons-birds-of-the-east-bay-hills-with-bob-lewis/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
ORGANIZER;CN="Contra Costa County Library":MAILTO:admin@library.cccounty.us
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T203000
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SUMMARY:Fall Rarities: Searching For The Unexpected (Session 1)
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Alex Henry \nFor Bay Area birders\, finding rarities in the fall is part of the fun. Our location on the edge of the Pacific Americas Flyway brings many species of birds through our area on their way south. Birds that normally migrate over the ocean get blown off course and land in the Bay Area\, while off-course birds that normally migrate over the North American continent may stop in the Bay Area to avoid going out over open ocean. In many species\, the adults begin migration before the juveniles\, so young birds may get lost and spend a few days here. By studying when and where these off-course migrants are seen\, and what weather patterns are associated with their arrival\, we can attempt to predict their occurrence and increase our chances of crossing paths with them. \nJoin Alameda County birder Alex Henry for a Zoom lecture presentation and field trip to sharpen your skills and hunt for fall rarities. \nTo maximize opportunities\, we’re offering two separate sessions of this class: This one in September and another one in October. Choose whichever class works best for you. (The material in each session is the same.) Field trip locations and directions will be announced in class. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for a limited period of time. These two classes are the first of a series. We plan to offer similar winter\, spring and summer rarity classes. \n\nZoom lecture on Thursday September 16\, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.\nField trip on Sunday\, September 19. Time to be announced.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\nEach class is limited to 20 participants.\n$40 for GGAS members\, $60 for non-members.\n\nIf the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/fall-rarities-searching-for-the-unexpected-session-1/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210817T211502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210817T211502Z
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SUMMARY:Purple Martins In The Central Valley: Going\, Going\, Gone?
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Dan Airola\nThursday\, September 16 — 7 p.m. via Zoom \nMale Purple Martins in Sacramento\, by Lisa Alvarez\nPurple Martins have been in long-term decline in California due to factors such as habitat loss\, competition with the European Starling\, disturbance from construction projects\,  and declines in their insect food supply due to  neonicotinoid insecticide use. Dan Airola has been studying and working for over two decades to conserve the last Central Valley population of Purple Martins\, which nest in elevated freeways and overpasses in Sacramento.  This program will present his study results and describe conservation measures that have been implemented and are needed to protect this species and help it recover. \nAbout the Speaker \nDan Airola is a wildlife biologist and ornithologist who has worked for over 40 years on bird conservation issues in Northern California.  His recent research addresses status\, ecology\, migration\, and conservation of at-risk species including the Tricolored Blackbird\, Swainson’s Hawk\, Yellow-billed Magpie\, fire-adapted forest species\, and migrant songbirds.  Dan also serves the Central Valley Bird Club as a Director\, Conservation Chair\, and editor of the journal Central Valley Birds.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/purple-martins-in-the-central-valley-going-going-gone/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210919
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210904T204314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210904T205740Z
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SUMMARY:California Coastal Cleanup 2021
DESCRIPTION:Participate in the CA Coastal Commission’s Coastal Cleanup Day on September 18\, and throughout the month! \nDue to COVID\, organized cleanups won’t be scheduled by our local Contra Costa Resource Conservation District\, but they encourage you to do your own self-guided one. The District has resources to make this easier. See their cleanup page HERE. \n \n 
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/california-coastal-cleanup-2021/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Conservation
ORGANIZER;CN="Contra Costa Resource Conservation District":MAILTO:info@ccrcd.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210708T215723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T220649Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginning Birding – Morning Lectures
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Anne Hoff\n5 sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nDid the Covid lockdown spark or renew your interest in birding? Want to move beyond being able to tell a robin from a jay and be able to sort out the sparrows? Moved across the country and finding new birds? Or maybe you’re finally retired and have time to do what you love? Outdoors person who wants to enhance the experience? Or maybe you took a beginning birding class and want more?\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite-tailed Kite by Mark Rauzon\nThis Advanced Beginning class is geared to people who meet all those descriptions and more. Participants must have and use binoculars confidently. Field trips will be to East Bay shoreline\, woodland\, riparian\, and grassland locations. This class will help you understand the various bird families and work on tricky IDs. It will also introduce you to community science (bird counting/monitoring) activities and current bird conservation issues. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. Please note that we are also offering a version of this class with Zoom lectures in the evening. Choose whichever fits your schedule! The content is the same in both classes. \n\nFive Wednesday morning classes by Zoom on September 22\, 29\, and October 6\, 13\, 20\, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.\nFive three-hour field trips to a different site every week\, on Sundays September 26 and October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class. Field trips meet at the field trip site. Carpooling is encouraged if you are comfortable sharing a ride.\nMust have binoculars and use them competently.\n$125 for GGAS members\, $150 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/advanced-beginning-birding-mornings/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210922T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210708T215948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210708T220511Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Beginning Birding – Evening Lectures
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Anne Hoff\n5 sessions on Wednesdays and Sundays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nDid the Covid lockdown spark or renew your interest in birding? Want to move beyond being able to tell a robin from a jay and be able to sort out the sparrows? Moved across the country and finding new birds? Or maybe you’re finally retired and have time to do what you love? Outdoors person who wants to enhance the experience? Or maybe you took a beginning birding class and want more?\n\n\n\n\n\nWhite-tailed Kite by Mark Rauzon\nThis Advanced Beginning class is geared to people who meet all those descriptions and more. Participants must have and use binoculars confidently. Field trips will be to East Bay shoreline\, woodland\, riparian\, and grassland locations. This class will help you understand the various bird families and work on tricky IDs. It will also introduce you to community science (bird counting/monitoring) activities and current bird conservation issues. \nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants for a limited period of time. Please note that we are also offering a version of this class with Zoom lectures in the evening. Choose whichever fits your schedule! The content is the same in both classes. \n\nFive Wednesday evening classes by Zoom on September 22\, 29\, and October 6\, 13\, 20\, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30p.m.\nFive three-hour field trips to a different site every week\, on Sundays September 26 and October 3\, 10\, 17\, 24\, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class. Field trips meet at the field trip site. Carpooling is encouraged if you are comfortable sharing a ride.\nMust have binoculars and use them competently.\n$125 for GGAS members\, $150 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \n\n\n\n\n\nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 12 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/advanced-beginning-birding-mornings-copy/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210928T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210822T214409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210921T155511Z
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SUMMARY:Feathered Hunters – Identifying Raptors with Bob Lewis
DESCRIPTION:Raptors include hawks\, falcons\, eagles\, vultures\, and owls. They are efficient hunters\, catching a variety of prey from small mammals and birds to snakes and large insects\, using razor-sharp talons. Although identification may seem a bit difficult at first\, with a little experience it is possible to identify many raptors in flight as well as when they are perched. We’ll look at raptor taxonomy to understand differences between the various families and learn identifying characteristics of Bay Area species. The talk will be illustrated with many interesting images of these birds. \nBob trained as a chemist and worked in the energy industry for 33 years. He’s taught birding classes in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years and is the past chair of Golden Gate Audubon’s Adult Education Committee. His life bird list is over 5000 species\, and he loves to travel. He’s an award-winning photographer\, focusing on birds. Bob was honored with American Birding Association’s Chandler Robbins Award for Education and Conservation in 2016 and GGAS’ Paul Covel Award for Education in 2017. \nRegister with your email to attend live and the Zoom information will be sent to you on the day of the event. The event will be closed captioned.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/feathered-hunters-identifying-raptors-with-bob-lewis/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
ORGANIZER;CN="Contra Costa County Library":MAILTO:admin@library.cccounty.us
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
CREATED:20210708T221651Z
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SUMMARY:Avian Adventures In The Bay Area
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Miya Lucas And Wendy Beers\n6 sessions on Thursdays and weekends\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips\nFall is an avian wonder in the Bay Area. Our location on the Pacific Flyway brings many migrants through as they head south for the winter.  This class will introduce you to some of these visitors\, both their visual field marks and their songs and calls.  Of course we’ll also include our large and diverse resident bird population. We will also introduce you to the miracles of avian physiology in small\, focused vignettes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSora by MIya Lucas\nThis class welcomes both beginning and intermediate birders\, and those who want to hone up on their bird identification skills. Lectures will not be recorded. \n\nSix Thursday evening classes by Zoom\, on September 30\, October 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, November 4\, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.\nFive weekend field trips to a different habitat each week on Saturday or Sunday. For the last weekend (November 6 and 7) we’ll take an overnight trip to the Sacramento Delta and Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. This trip will last from Saturday morning through Sunday noon\, and participants are responsible for their own lodging. (Although we will provide recommendations about where to stay.)\nStart times for most field trips will be 8 a.m. but some  will start around noon\, due to tides. Two field trip sites involve steep uphill climbs.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced in class.\n$175 for GGAS members\, $200 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 30 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/avian-adventures-in-the-bay-area/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210930T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T141756
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SUMMARY:Birding By Ear
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Denise Wight\n6 sessions on Thursdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips \nAutumn is a great time to start slow and learn some of our local bird sounds.  This class will introduce you to 20 common birds found in the East Bay in fall. We will cover a wide variety of techniques used for learning bird sounds\, as well as prepare and review bird sounds we might expect on each location. Field trip will focus on all the bird sounds we hear as well visual important visual comparisons. \n\n\nNorthern Mockingbird with toyon berries by Steve Zamek\nThis 6-week course will take place between September 30 and November 13\, with a possible week off in the middle to the instructor’s need to travel for a special family celebration that is still being planned. Due to the interactive nature of this course\, class presentations will not be recorded. \nPlease visit the instructor’s website for more information: DENISEWIGHTBIRDS.COM/ \n\nSix Thursday evening classes by Zoom\, between September 30 and November 11— from 7 to 8:30 pm.\nSix Saturday morning field trips\, 2 days after the lecture—from 8 to 11 a.m.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip locations will be announced on the instructor’s website.\nLimited to 20 participants\n$150 for GGAS members\, $175 for non-members\n\nOnce the class is full\, you may sign up to be on a waiting list. \nMDAS members pay the same rate as GGAS members! \n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration opens: July 1\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLimited to 20 participants
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/birding-by-ear-2/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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