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Field Trip Leader: Dan Williams

Pacific-golden Plover, Image by Daniel Brown

Join Dan for a full day of birding two great tidal marsh hotspots in the North Bay Area. We will start at Wetlands Edge Park in American Canyon where we will walk the slough trails toward the Napa River mouth. The marshes at this time of year should be teeming with migrant shorebirds such as Marbled Godwits, Willets, both Yellowlegs, both Dowitchers, and Wilson's Phalaropes. There are usually Caspian and Forster's Terns out over the open water, and we may even get lucky and spot a Least Tern. We will spend the morning at this location, then head west into Sonoma County to Shollenberger Park in Petaluma. There we will eat our lunch, then take a leisurely stroll around Shollenberger's legendary wetlands where there are always multitudes of birds. Some less common targets we'll be looking for include Blue-winged Teal, Pacific Golden-Plover, American Bittern, and Golden Eagle. Hiking is easy on dirt trails and mostly flat ground.

Meeting location and directions will be provided upon registration.

COVID 19 Precautions:

• All participants must register in advance to attend this field trip. Registration for this field trip will be limited to 12 participants.

• All participants, including field trip leaders, must be vaccinated.

Field Trip Registration

To register for this field trip, please complete the form below. You will be sent an email by our Registration Coordinator within 48 hours. The first participants to register will be sent an email with meeting location and directions. Remaining registrants will be added to a waiting list.