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SUMMARY:Winter Sparrows Workshop 2021 - Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Dates:\nNov 1 & 3\, 2021\n6:00pm – 8:00pm\n$100 total per person for both sessions \nThis workshop will be a basis to identify the wintering sparrows in California\, with a focus on the Bay Area. We hope to also give you a background to understand a bit about the biology\, evolutionary history\, migration\, and behavior of our sparrow fauna. With regards to identification\, we will give more details on the trickier species. Although this is not a bird sound workshop\, we will dabble in the vocal aspects of sparrows\, particularly those useful for identification or that are particularly interesting\, such as the recent song change that is racing through populations of White-throated Sparrows. Apart from the classic field guide\, “field mark” approach to identification\, we will try to short-cut to holistic ways to identify sparrows by looking at the entire bird\, shapes\, impression\, and facial expression to aid in identification. We are lucky to have a really varied set of sparrows in California that remain with us through much of the winter or move south towards us during this season. Unlike the warblers where most of them are gone in winter\, the sparrows are often more abundant and diverse in winter in many spots in the continent\, so take this workshop to prepare for the Christmas Bird Counts and a winter full of sparrow watching!
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/winter-sparrows-workshop-2021/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211102T190000
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SUMMARY:Raptors In Winter
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Maureen Lahiff\, With Anne Ardillo on Field Trips\n3 sessions on Tuesdays and Saturdays\nVenue: Zoom plus field trips \nYear-round resident hawks\, falcons\, and eagles of the greater Bay Area and the Central Valley are joined  by a number of wintering migrants (including Ferruginous and Rough-legged Hawks). We’ll explore the rhythm of their lives and discuss identifying juveniles and adult birds\, including birds in flight. We’ll travel to eastern Alameda and Contra Costa\, and to Napa\, Solano\, and Sonoma counties. One of the nice things about raptors is that we don’t have to be on scene at daybreak to get good looks at these birds\, so we can travel a bit further afield. \n\n\nRed-tailed Hawk\nRecordings of the lecture presentations will be available to class participants  for a limited period of time. \n\nThree Tuesday evening classes by Zoom on November 2\, 9\, 16\, from 7 to 9 p.m.\nThree Saturday morning field trips on November 6\, 13\, 20.\nLectures are via Zoom. Field trip times and locations will be announced in class.\n$75 for GGAS members\, $100 for non-members.\n\nOnce this class is full\, you can 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/raptors-in-winter-2/
LOCATION:Online and Field Trip
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211103T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211103T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201554
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SUMMARY:Winter Sparrows Workshop 2021  - Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Dates:\nNov 1 & 3\, 2021\n6:00pm – 8:00pm\n$100 total per person for both sessions \nThis workshop will be a basis to identify the wintering sparrows in California\, with a focus on the Bay Area. We hope to also give you a background to understand a bit about the biology\, evolutionary history\, migration\, and behavior of our sparrow fauna. With regards to identification\, we will give more details on the trickier species. Although this is not a bird sound workshop\, we will dabble in the vocal aspects of sparrows\, particularly those useful for identification or that are particularly interesting\, such as the recent song change that is racing through populations of White-throated Sparrows. Apart from the classic field guide\, “field mark” approach to identification\, we will try to short-cut to holistic ways to identify sparrows by looking at the entire bird\, shapes\, impression\, and facial expression to aid in identification. We are lucky to have a really varied set of sparrows in California that remain with us through much of the winter or move south towards us during this season. Unlike the warblers where most of them are gone in winter\, the sparrows are often more abundant and diverse in winter in many spots in the continent\, so take this workshop to prepare for the Christmas Bird Counts and a winter full of sparrow watching!
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/winter-sparrows-workshop-2021-copy/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T210000
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SUMMARY:Monthly Program: November 2021
DESCRIPTION:Birding Info:\nCabin Lake Bird Blinds Photos\nJerry Britten\, MDAS President\nMDAS President Jerry Britten will share some photos he has taken at the Cabin Lake Bird Blinds in Central Oregon. \nMain Program:\nOwls Through the Ages\nKarla Bloem\, Executive Director of the International Owl Center \nOwls are omens of death. Owls are creator beings. Owl eggs can cure serious diseases. These are all views that are currently held in different cultures on different continents. \nWhy is it important to understand these different cultural beliefs? Because conservation efforts depend heavily on cultural attitudes. Where people have positive attitudes towards owls it is much easier to promote actions that are beneficial to owls. If people fear them\, they will be more likely to want to kill owls than conserve them. \nEducation and personal gain have both been successfully used by several innovative individuals to make the world a better place for owls. This presentation will take you on a tour around the world throughout history to see how owls have been viewed\, and hear inspiring stories of people who are creatively changing negative views. \nYou’ll also get to meet a live owl and ask questions. Karla Bloem is the founder and Executive Director of the International Owl Center. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarla Bloem banding an owlet\, photo by Chris Sargent \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/monthly-program-november/
LOCATION:Zoom\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Monthly Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ariana Rickard":MAILTO:arianajrickard@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211105T210000
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SUMMARY:The Falconer – An Online Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join Peninsula Open Space Trust for a special free online screening of “The Falconer” in honor of the Fall Raptor Migration Season! The event is free but registration is required. Guests who register for the event will receive a viewing link and password to access the film anytime between 7pm Friday\, November 5 through midnight on Wednesday\, November 10th. \nThe Falconer is a documentary feature that captures beauty and hope in the story of master\nfalconer Rodney Stotts on his mission to build a bird sanctuary and provide access to nature for his stressed community. Under his organization Rodney’s Raptors\, Mr. Stotts creates interactive and educational programming\, allowing adults and children of all ages to experience the excitement that comes from holding a live bird of prey. \nThis is a story of second chances: for injured birds of prey\, for an abandoned plot of land\, for a group of teenagers who have dropped out of high school\, and for Rodney himself. The Falconer weaves Rodney’s present-day mission with the story of his past\, both of which are deeply rooted in issues of social and environmental injustice\, and consistently orient the viewer to his worldview: nature heals.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/the-falconer-an-online-film-screening/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211106T143000
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SUMMARY:MDAS Field Trip—Charleston Slough
DESCRIPTION:We see a variety of birds on the water on this trip. Locations might include Charleston Slough\, Shoreline Lake\, Palo Alto Baylands\, Alviso and Redwood Shores. \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: Moderate \nDistance: We do some walking\, but drive from location to location \nElevation change: N/A \nLeader: Beth Branthaver\, please call to confirm: 510-502-4869 \nMeet: Meet at Terminal Road in Mountain View at 8:30 AM. \nDirections: Go south on I-680\, take Exit 12\, Mission Boulevard west. Continue through two traffic lights and take I-880 ramp south. Exit to SR 237\, connect to US 101 north at Moffett Field. Exit at San Antonio Road\, turn right (north) to Terminal Road\, turn right and park. Entrance is on left. Drive time is about one hour from Walnut Creek/Danville. \nRegister for this event HERE. \n(American Avocets photo by Maren Smith)
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/mdas-field-trip-charleston-slough/
LOCATION:Charleston Slough\, Mountain View\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conservation,Field Trips
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211110T150000
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SUMMARY:WOW Presents: Mount Diablo State Park Centennial
DESCRIPTION:Rising almost 4\,000 feet from the valleys of Contra Costa County\, Mount Diablo is one of the most recognized geologic features of the San Francisco Bay Area. This year\, Mount Diablo State Park is celebrating 100 years since being established in 1921. Join Wonders of the World (WOW) for a webinar that will explore the human history of the mountain from its humble beginnings to present day including the historic Civilian Conservation Corps who built most of its infrastructure. Discussions include the history of early Native Americans\, cattle ranching\, horse racing\, automobile racing\, and tourism on the mountain. Learn how the park has grown in size thanks to visionaries like Mary Bowerman and Raymond Force. See how different organizations protect the mountain like Mount Diablo Interpretive Association (MDIA) and Save Mount Diablo (SMD). Our speaker will be Steve Smith\, President of MDIA.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/wow-presents-mount-diablo-state-park-centennial/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conservation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201554
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T213759Z
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SUMMARY:Cruise w/ Dolphin Charters - Birds of the San Francisco & San Pablo Bay
DESCRIPTION:San Francisco Bay\, the largest and one of the most important estuaries along the Pacific Flyway\, is right in our own backyard. Join us as we cruise from Berkeley toward the Golden Gate Bridge and north into San Pablo Bay\, hugging the shorelines and waters that are home to thousands of wintering birds. We will pass ten islands\, under two bridges\, and up two creeks in four counties in search of migrating and resident waterfowl\, shore-birds and marine mammals. This trip offers water bird and marine mammal viewing in stunning locations\, many of which can only be seen by boat. In addition to the many ducks\, loons\, pelicans and gulls that come into the Bay for the winter\, we can also expect to see resident cormorants\, grebes\, terns\, and murres. \nThe trip costs $120 and is limited to 25 people.\nRegistration for this trip opens October 8 at 8 AM\nAll participants must be fully vaccinated. There will be a waiting list if this trip sells out\, and you will be notified if space becomes available.
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/6527/
LOCATION:Berkeley Marina\, 201 University Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94710\, United States
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T203000
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CREATED:20210916T000613Z
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SUMMARY:Climate and Birds in California
DESCRIPTION:North America’s bird populations have declined by approximately 3 billion birds since 1970 and two-thirds of North America’s bird species now face an even greater risk of extinction due to climate change. Mike Lynes will discuss the threats California birds face from climate change and how Audubon California is working with chapters\, allies\, and decision-makers to implement climate-smart\, nature-based policies like California’s “30 by 30” initiative aimed at expanding open spaces to meet climate goals and benefit human communities. \nAbout Our Speaker:\nMike Lynes is Director of Public Policy for Audubon California and formerly served as Executive Director of Golden Gate Audubon Society. \nAcorn Woodpeckers by Alicia Shaffer
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/climate-and-birds-in-california/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Birding
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211123T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T201554
CREATED:20210919T225727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220217T080505Z
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SUMMARY:MDAS Field Trip—Mt. View Sanitary/McNabney Marsh
DESCRIPTION:We expect to see a variety of water birds here\, from grebes and ducks\, to waders and peeps. Marsh passerines and raptors might also be present. \nThis hike is limited to 20 participants. All Field Trips are first-registered\, first-served. Participants acknowledge the MDAS Liability Waiver (available during registration). \nRating: Moderate \nElevation change: N/A \nLeader: Randy Huey\, please call to confirm: 925-518-8439 \nMeet: Meet at Mt. View Sanitary Visitor Center at 10:00 AM. \nDirections: Exit from I-680 southbound at Arthur Road\, turn left and go under the freeway. Exit I-680 northbound at Pacheco Blvd\, turn right onto Arthur Road and go under the freeway. Arthur Road will turn left. At .4 miles turn sharp left onto Mt. View Sanitary’s private road. Follow the road through the entry gate\, alongside the freeway and through the tunnel under I-680. Park and sign-in at the Visitor Center. \nRegister for this field trip HERE. \n(Snowy Egret photo by Beth Branthaver)
URL:https://mtdiablobirds.org/event/mdas-field-trip-mt-view-sanitary-mcnabney-marsh/
LOCATION:Mountain View Sanitary District\, 3800 Arthur Rd\, Martinez\, CA\, 94553\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conservation,Field Trips
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