Environmental Action Committee of ’s Annual Spring Fundraiser Birding and Nature Festival | Schedule 2017 Friday Saturday Sunday April 28, 2017 April 29, 2017 April 30, 2017 Full-Day Full-Day Full-Day Birds of Cypress Grove (J. Kelly)...... 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Microhabitats of Inner Marin (D. McKenzie)...... 7:00 am - 2:00 pm Walking Big Day (D. Wimpfheimer)...... 7:00 am - 4:30 pm Birdsong Extravaganza (C. Longstreth)...... 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Pine Mountain Adventure (T. Plummer)...... 7:00 am - 2:00 pm Land Birds of Outer Point (D. Singer)...... 7:00 am - 2:00 pm Habitat Potential (J. Clark)...... 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Birding to a Fault: Pacific Plate Sit In (K. Hansen)...... 7:30 am - 2:30 pm Birding Chileno Valley Ranchlands (B. Power)...... 7:30 am - 2:00 pm Water and Shore Birds of Bodega Bay (L. Hug)...... 8:30am - 3:30 pm Birding to a Fault: Continental Plate Sit In (P. Pyle)...... 7:30 am - 2:30 pm King Ridge Road & Russian River (K. Wilson)...... 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Birds of Mount Wittenberg & Bear Valley (B. Power)...... TBD Birding Stinson & Bolinas (K. Hansen)...... 8:30 am - 2:00 pm Birds of Limantour Estero (D. Shuford)...... 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Birding by Bike: Bear Valley to Glen Trail (J. Clark)...... 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Birding by Kayak with Blue Waters (D. Wimpfheimer)...... 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Morning Morning Morning Chaparral Follies Pine Mountain (M. Forney) ...... 6:30 am - 11:30 am Bird and Wildlife Tracking at Limantour (R. Vacha)...... 7:30 am - 12:30 pm Photographic Wildlife Safari (D. Dietrich)...... 6:30 am - 10:30 am Mysteries of Sparrow Identification (D. Jaffe)...... 7:30 am - 12:00 pm River Otters at Abbotts (M. Isadore)...... 8:00 am - 11:00 am Birding by Ear: Five Brooks (D. Edelstein)...... 8:00 am - 12:30 pm Bird Sit-In Limantour Wetland (R. Cimino)...... 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Coast Miwok Ethnobotany (W. Dreskin)...... 8:30 am - 11:30 am Raptors (J. Didonato)...... 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Laguna de la Santa Rosa (S. Carey)...... 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Kingbirds & Sparrows Tomales Ranches (J. Benson)...... 8:00 am - 12:00 pm A Walk into Wilderness (G. Bennett)...9:00 am - 1:00 pm Spring Bird and Whale Migration (S. Allen)...... 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Birding with KeyNote Speaker (J. Zickefoose)...... 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Duxbury Reef Tidepool Adventure (A. Freeman)...... 9:00 am - 12:00 am Tides, Breeze, Birds: Deep Listening (C. Peaslee)...... 9:00 am - 11:30 pm Rodeo Lagoon: Birds, Plants, Plankton (J.C. Solis)...... 8:30 am - 11:30 am Birding Point Reyes Peninsula (B. Yeates)...... 9:30 am - 11:30 pm Mist Netting & Banding t Muddy Hollow (L. Arata)....9:00 am - 12:30 pm Beginning Birding on Woodpecker Trail (R. Cimino)...... 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Wildflowers of Chimney Rock (S.Cochrane Levitsky)....9:30 am - 1:00 pm Sketching Birds (J.Muir Laws)...... 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Winged Wonders & Wildflowers (B. Heneman)...... 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Abbotts Lagoon Families (S. Barnett & K. Stockman)..9:00 am - 1:00 pm Rush Creek (B. Power)...... TBA Bird Walking Olema Marsh to Bear Valley (H. Fuller)...... 8:30 am - 1:00 pm Youth Nature Journaling Ages 12-18 (J. Zickefoose)...10:00 am - 1:00 pm Avian Adventure at Abbotts Lagoon (M. Ellis)...... TBA Birding Estero Trail (A. Hopkins)...... 8:30 am - 1:00 pm Nesting Herons & Egrets of Santa Rosa (E. Condeso)...... 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Birding West Marin ‘Burbs (B. Battagin, A. Donkin)...... 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Birds of Schollenberger Park/Petaluma (P. Colasanti)...... 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon Migratory Birds at Corte Madera Marsh (R. Harris)...1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Artic Owls: Birds & Stories of Owls (P. Bannick)...... TBD Sharks of the Bay and Pacific Coast: A Walk in the Woods (T. Gaman) ...... 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Trekking & Tule Elk (F. Binney)...... 11:00 pm - 3:00 pm Short Film and Talk (D. McGuire)...... TBA Marin’s Northern Spotted Owls (T. Ellis)...... 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Dragonflies of Five Brooks (S. Hunt-von-Arb)...... 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Limantour Spring Migration (D. Wimpfheimer)...... 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Learning eBird App (D. Singer)...... 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Early-bird Registration - Feb. 13 Evening Evening Owls of Point Reyes (J. Mueller)...... 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm Brews & Bites (And of Course Wine!) + Silent Auction...... 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (Open to Current EAC Members Only) $20, or included in Dinner Ticket Price Open Registration - Feb. 17 Friday Night Keynote and Cheese & Wine Reception: A Year in Life of North American Owls with Paul Bannick Saturday Night Keynote and Dinner at the Dance Palace: Descriptions, Bios, Fees $40 ($20 tax-deductible)...... 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm An Artist looks into the Nest with Julie Zickefoose and Carpool Info Online $75 includes dinner and libations ($40 tax-deductible)...... 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm www.eacmarin.org January 2017 Schedule Preview Subject to Change