SCHEDULE OF EVENTS   2007
  Event Code Field Trip Location Time Meeting Place
Cost  
 

 

Friday, September 21
Friday Morning All-Day Field Trips
  Shearwater Journeys Pelagic Trip $100 7:00 am End of Fisherman's
Wharf, Monterey		  
             
Friday Morning Half-Day Field Trips
    Elkhorn Slough Reserve (Interior) $ 15 7:30 am Red Roof Inn  
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal) $ 15 7:30 am Red Roof Inn  
  Watsonville Sloughs $ 15 7:30 am Red Roof Inn  
  Pajaro Dunes/Sunset Beach $ 15 7:30 am Red Roof Inn  
  Pinto Lake and Local Hotspots $ 15 7:30 am Red Roof Inn  
  Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours) $ 15 9:00 am Red Roof Inn  
           
Friday Afternoon Half-Day Trips
    Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal) $ 15 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Watsonville Sloughs $ 15 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Pajaro Dunes / Sunset Beach $ 15 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours) $  5 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Slough Safari $ 28 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing Kayaking $ 55 1:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
  Monterey Bay Kayaking $ 55 1:30 pm Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey  
  Owling Adventure $ 25 6:30 pm Red Roof Inn  
           

Friday Afternoon Workshops:
    Birds at your Feeder   1:30 pm Pajaro Dunes  
  Shorebird Identification   3:30-5:15 pm WERC (Pajaro Valley High School)  
  Birds of Prey Identification     WERC (Pajaro Valley High School)  
  Bird Year Without Fossil Fuels     Pajaro Dunes  
           
Friday Evening Reception
  013 Steve Howell
Author's Reception and Book Signing		 6:00 pm Pajaro Dunes $5  

 

Saturday, September 22
Saturday Full Day Trips
 
 
    Big Sur Ornithology Lab   7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Pinnacles National Park   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Shearwater Journeys Pelagic Trip        
  California Specialties   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Santa Cruz & the North Coast   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
           
Saturday Morning Half-day Trips
    Vagrant Chasing at the Carmel River Mouth        
  Rancho Del Oso   8:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Elkhorn Slough Reserve (Interior)   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal)     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Watsonville Sloughs     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Pajaro Dunes/Sunset Beach     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Pinto Lake and Local Hotspots     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Salinas River Mouth     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Vagrant Chasing, Pt. Piños and Monterey Peninsula     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Natural Bridges State Park     Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  UCSC Arboretum   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  New Brighton State Beach   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing Kayaking   7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
  Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours)   8:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn  
           
Saturday Afternoon Half-day Trips
    Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal)   1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Watsonville Sloughs     Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Pajaro Dunes/Sunset Beach     Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours)     Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Slough Safari   1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing Kayaking   1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Monterey Bay Kayaking     Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
  Owling Adventure     Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
        Meet at Red Roof Inn $ 20
Saturday  Workshops:
    Getting Started - Basic Skills for New Birders   1:30-3:15 pm Pajaro Valley High School $ 20
  Birds at Your Feeder     Pajaro Valley High School $ 20
  Natural History of Owls     Pajaro Valley High School $ 20
  Digital Photography with Ron LeValley     Pajaro Valley High School $ 20
        Pajaro Valley High School $ 20
Saturday Evening
  034 Ron LeValley, Keynote Speaker:
"Conversations with a Snowy Plover and Other Shorebird Writings of William Leon Dawson"		   7-8:30 pm Pajaro Dunes  
             

 

 Sunday, Sept 23
Sunday Full-day Trips
 

 

 035 Searching for Eastern Warblers at Pt Reyes 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $20  
036 Big Sur Ornithology Lab 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $20  
037 Pinnacles National Monument 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $20  
038 Shearwater Journeys Pelagic Trip 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $20  
039  Santa Cruz & the North Coast 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $20  
           
Sunday Morning Half-day Trips
 

 

 

 039A Vagrant Chasing, Carmel Rivermouth 4:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
040 Rancho Del Oso 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
040A  Elkhorn Slough Reserve (Interior) 7:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal)        
  Watsonville Sloughs        
  Pajaro Dunes / Sunset Beach        
  Pinto Lake and Local Hotspots        
  Salinas Rivermouth        
041 Vagrant Chasing, Pt Piños & Monterey Peninsula 7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
042 Natural Bridges State Park 7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
043 UCSC Arboretum 7:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
044 New Brighton State Beach 8:00 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
044A Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours) 10:30 am Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
           
Sunday Morning Workshop
  Getting Started - Basic Skills for Beginners        
           
Sunday Afternoon Half-day Trips
    Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing (Coastal) 1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
046 Watsonville Sloughs 1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
047 Pajaro Dunes / Sunset Beach 1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
048 Beginners Birding Trip (2 hours) 1:30 pm Meet at Red Roof Inn $10  
  Slough Safari        
  Elkhorn Slough / Moss Landing Kayaking