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WINGBEAT!
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NOVEMBER 2006
1 Birding Workshops
2 Bird Observatory Events
3 Coyote Creek Field Station Update
4 News on the Fly:
Thank you!
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Birding Workshops with Alvaro
Jaramillo
For the Birder and
Naturalist in the Winter and Spring 2007
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GULLS, WATERFOWL,
and SHOREBIRDS AND MIGRATION workshops will be in January, February, and
April at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in
Alviso, CA. These workshops will incorporate ecology, evolutionary
biology, behavioral ecology, and natural history to complement bird
identification information taught in class. There will be two days of
instruction and a weekend all-day fieldtrip. Cost per workshop is $150; space is limited
to 15 people. More information and registration form are available online or from Bird Observatory
office. Please see website or call 408 946 6548 to check course
availability.
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
Upcoming Events
Coyote Creek
Field Station Work Day, Dec. 2 & 3, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
If you enjoy spending time
outside with other people while observing wildlife around, then come help
out at the work day! Activities include: clipping vegetation along mist-net
paths, shifting orientation of nets, repairing and replacing nets, and
repairing pallets used as boardwalks. Please contact Gina Barton,
gbarton*sfbbo.org, with your availability and activity preference.
"Birding
the Bay Trail" at Palo Alto Baylands with Al Jaramillo, Dec. 9, 1 - 3
p.m.
Walk is full. Biologist Alvaro Jaramillo leads
a winter bird walk at the Palo Alto Baylands, which has long been a haven
for the Bay Area’s Clapper Rails.
November "Coyote Creek
Tour and Bird Banding Demo" rescheduled for Jan. 20
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Coyote Creek Field Station Update
Notes from
Biologist Gina Barton
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Migration is over and our winterers have arrived and
are settling in. We had a winter capture of a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
on the 21st. This was a new bird that didn’t have a band on
it, and so was not the same bird that wintered at CCFS during 2003/2004
and 2004/2005.
Read more...
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News on the Fly
Thank you
to all our members, sponsors, and donors for a successful California Fall
Challenge and 25th Anniversary celebration!
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Bird Observatory members
toast to another 25 years! (photo by Chris Illes)
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The 10th Annual
California Fall Challenge Bird-a-thon culminated with the San Francisco
Bay Bird Observatory's 25th Anniversary celebration on October 29th at
the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Top fundraiser Joelle Buffa chose
kayak trips for her prize while runner-up Lisa Myers snagged a new scope
and tripod.
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The "Refugees" (Mike Mammoser, Mike Rogers, and Francis Toldi)
took home the Mewaldt Cup for Big Day competitive birding. For detailed
statistics, see the upcoming print newsletter.
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Special Thanks
for contributions to the 25th Anniversary Celebration: Randy
Arnold (Barefoot Wine), Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve (Philippe Cohen,
Cindy Wilbur, Ron Arps, Bob Buell, Ted Chandik, Ed Ehmke, and Peter
LaTourrette), Robots Inc. (Jim Hall), Steve and Sandy Moore
(toffee), Chris Illes (photography), Starbucks, and Nob Hill Foods.
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California
Fall Challenge Prize Sponsors:
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Los
Gatos
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SF Silver Fox Charters
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And other CFC prize sponsors: American Birding
Association, Avisys/Perceptive Systems, Bird Watcher’s Digest, Camera
Cinemas, Cheeseman’s Ecology Safaris, Classic Car Wash, Douglas Stinson,
Keeble and Schugat, Monterey Bay Kayaks, ProImage Studios, Sorenson’s
Resort, Thayer Birding Software, Trailsloggers, University of California
Press.
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