Environmental Action Committee of West Marin’s Annual Spring Fundraiser Point Reyes 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 Lagoon (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 Drakes Estero 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 Tomales Point & 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.