Tomales Bay is an important area for thousands of waterbirds. Visit sites along the East Shore to observe shorebirds, raptors and more!
Date and time
Fri, February 4, 2022
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM PST
About this event
Tomales Bay provides wintering habitat for thousands of loons, grebes, ducks and other waterbirds. The tidal flats, marshes, rocky shores, and beaches provide diverse feeding areas for raptors, shorebirds and waders. We will focus on bird identification and behavior during short and easy walks.
Our trip begins in the town of Tomales. From there we will car-caravan to several sites along the east shore of the Bay, including Lawson’s Landing and Cypress Grove Preserve. The latter is a research center of Audubon Canyon Ranch (www.egret.org) that protects nearly 500 acres of important and diverse lands on Tomales Bay. The class will end with an overlook of the Giacomini wetlands, one of the largest wetland restoration projects on the California coast.
David Wimpfheimer is a professional naturalist and biologist. After earning a degree in Biology from Beloit College he has pursed his passion, the natural history of the America West. For more than thirty years David has shared his extensive knowledge about all aspects of the natural world with hundreds of groups including the Smithsonian Institution, California Academy of Sciences, Road Scholar and Oceanic Society. For more about David and his photographs go to www.calnaturalist.com.