Stay tuned, dates coming for West County Hawkwatch 2021/2022 season !
2021 season dates coming!
Tolay Lake Regional Park,
Lynch Canyon Open Space,
Jenner Headlands Preserve,
Estero Americano Coastal Preserve...
Will update soon!
MBC Dilute Plumage Bald profile photo.
the Lower K. Legend. MBC Photo
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Friday, September 17, 2021
Saturday, September 5, 2020
hawk watch 9-6-2020 jenner
Team 3 Sunday 9-6-2020 Greetings Fellow Raptor Enthusiasts, We are excited to share our weekend hawk watch dates at Jenner headlands for this fall Enthusiasts of all levels are encouraged to come and help us ID and count your favorite raptors up on the hill.
Shelly Anderson will be hosting Team #3 on the weekends with Larry Broderick (some dates) Volunteer spaces are limited due to COVID and parking protocols, so it is imperative we know how many people intend to join the count.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE IF YOU ARE COMING - by responding here, or by emailing us at Shellyjanderson@sbcglobal.net Or Call: 415-519-9849
Here is the list we know of so far:
Sunday 9/6/2020
Possible 9/12 or 9/13 date if anybody wants to initiate a day
Sunday 9/20/2020
Saturday 9/26/2020 ( joined by Larry’s Jenner Hawk hike)
Sunday 10/11/2020
Sunday 10/25/2020
Sunday 11/1/2020
Sunday 11/8/2020
Orientation will be this Sunday. 9-6-20 We hope you can join us at 9:15am at the Jenner Visitor Center. We will carpool [or drive alone in individual cars] up the hill (with masks ) for a 10:00am count start. If the weather cooperates, we will stay up on the hill until 20pm.
Please notify Shelly if you plan to come via email
•Shellyjanderson@sbcglobal.net
•Or Cell: 415-519-9849
Hope to see you there! Please bring:
•Mask
•Water
•Sun shelter
•SunScreen
•A chair
•Lunch
•Binoculars
•Scope
Redundant [sorry for duplicated information] but here is Basic protocols:
Meet at the Jenner Visitor Center (JVC) at 9:15 AM. Promptly at 9:30 AM, we will drive up to the Jenner Headlands.
The count up on the hill runs from 10 AM - 2 PM, weather permitting. We'll drive back down to JVC by 2:30 PM.
All attending MUST sign a liability waiver each time you go (per The Wildlands Conservancy). COVID-19 Protocols:
* We will practice social distancing on the hill!
* Maintain a minimum 6-feet distance from anyone who is not a household member.
* Do not attend the count if you're feeling sick, or have a cough or fever.
* Sneeze and cough into a cloth or tissue, or, if not available, into one's elbow.
* Do not shake hands or engage in any unnecessary physical contact.
* Volunteers must bring their own mask/face-covering of some type, and are required to wear them at all times.
* We suggest not sharing optics or field guides, and using alcohol sanitizer when signing waivers (using pens or pencil).
* If carpooling, wear masks and leave windows down for the short drive.
Please note: Some will not be bringing anyone else in our car. Some will car pool, windows down would be best, if car pooling wear mask. There is limited space for parking on the hill. If you choose not to carpool with anyone else, please be aware that the road up to the hill is unpaved and bumpy, please drive slowly... if you're kicking up dust you're going too fast.
Please mind the gates, if the cows get out we may lose our privileges. What to bring: Face-mask, hand sanitizer, water, lunch, layered clothing, sunscreen, shade hat, camping chair or blanket to sit on, raptor ID books, binoculars, spotting scope.
email LB with any questions on protocol or if you want an alternate date, During peak I may run a team 4 northcoastraptor@gmail.com
Bird photos below by Don Bartling, all crest and copyright 2020
Above photos by Don Bartling.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Updates for folks who attended recent outings and presentations
Greetings everyone, we've had such good events the last couple of weeks we wanted to thank everyone for coming out, Trione - Annadel presentation a couple weeks back, Sonoma Land Trust presentation a week ago, Lynch Canyon Open Space raptor tour a couple weeks ago, and Skaggs Island raptor tour a week ago....
I wanted to personally thank you all for coming out, January 26th at Skaggs Island was great with Merlin's and Coopers Hawks, an elusive Great-horned Owl to top it off, also saw lots of Red-tailed Hawks, Harriers, Kites and a handful of Kestrels.... On January 11th Lynch Canyon it was an incredible outing with multiple Rough-legged Hawks, a Golden and a Bald Eagle, lots of Red-tailed Hawks, Harriers, Kestrels and a few Kites.
We have a Few more dates coming up, please check the dates and events below with the webpages for Sonoma Land Trust, Solano Land Trust as well as Madrone Audubon. Also will follow up here on this page with some Silhouettes and Identification photos... soon, sorry super busy at the day job.
February 8th Saturday 9am to Noon, part
of the Bay Area Flyway Festival presents; Baylands Sears Point Wetlands, San
Pablo Bay Wildlife Refuge, Sonoma
Land Trust, Over-Wintering Raptor Tour and Tidal Restoration walk.
February 9th, Sunday, 10am to 1:30/2pm, part of Bay Area Flyway Festival presents; Lynch Canyon Open Space,
Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification with Solano Land Trust, (Public Guided Hike) Go to Solano Land Trust website
for details.
February 16th, 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island, San Pablo Bay National
Wildlife Refuge, with Sonoma Land
Trust, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification, (guided
public outing details at Sonoma Land Trust website)
2020 Lower Klamath Basin National
Wildlife Refuge - Butte Valley Wildlife Area, a West County Hawkwatch Annual
Expedition, March 1st
to 4th; 1 day up, 2 days there, 1 day back, email Larry at northcoastraptor@gmail.com
for details;
lots of planning and logistics for this event.
lots of planning and logistics for this event.
March 7th,
10am
to 2pm Rush Ranch Open Space, Solano
Land Trust, Power Point Presentation and Hawk Hike. Raptor Identification Slideshow program, snacks, hike the property and Suisun hills. Announcement’s on Solano Land Trust
website.
March 8th , 10am to 2pm, Skaggs
Island, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
with Sonoma Land Trust, Over-wintering
Raptor Education and Identification,
(member outing Go to Sonoma Land Trust website for details)
April 20th, 7pm to 8:30pm Madrone
Audubon Society West County Hawkwatch 2020 Winter Season Close, Slide Show on seasonal highlights, identification
hints, as well as where to go to see birds of prey. Details on
Madrone Audubon website.
The Solano Land Trust the events have no
limit on attendance.
Same with Madrone Audubon there has been no
limits on attendance base.
For Sonoma Land Trust, events often have
limits to 20 attendees and most book early, via membership announcements.
Sometimes people book early then cancel and openings happen. Hence signing up
for the waitlist is a great way to gain access to these popular outings. Even
if outing is booked, if you are interested sign up on wait list and possibly
you'll be able to attend.
Go to
outings page: https://sonomalandtrust.org/outings
For Solano Land
Trust go to their webpage: solanolandtrust.org
Home
> Events > Birds of Prey solanolandtrust.org/events/birds-of-prey
For
Madrone Audubon Society check their webpage: www.madroneaudubon.org
For more info, updates and resources
check out these pages:
West
County HawkWatch Raptor Research Group (WCHW)
SF
Bay Area & the Lower Klamath Basin.
on
Facebook www.facebook.com/WestCountyHawkWatch
Jenner
Headlands Hawk Migration Project / Jenner Bald Eagle Group
Jenner
Hawkwatch on Facebook www.facebook.com/JennerHawkwatch
Jenner
Hawkwatch Message board headlandhawks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Jenner Bald Eagles Group on Facebook www.facebook.com/JennerBaldEagles
Copyright
2019 - 2020 West County Hawkwatch Raptor Research Group
L. Broderick
always available 24/7/365 @ 707-791-0335
Photos by Tom Reynolds, copyright and credit 2020
Sunday, November 17, 2019
update on the Skaggs Island, tour resiults 11-16-19 10am to 2pm
as promised list and notes on the Skaggs, 11-16-19 auto tour, walk.
Sonoma Land Trust outing 11-16-19, Highlights and Count from todays Skaggs Island [San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge] public guided auto tour and hike.
Highlight 1, Merlin attacking Great-horned Owl, epic display of Merlin's tenacious [over-wintering] territorial defense.
Highlight 2, Shorth-eared Owls on display, 1 flying right over us and 2 more off in the distance.
Highlight 3, Burrowing Owl flying right over us, giving great looks.
Highlight 4, a Coopers Hawk soaring right above us, giving us great looks.
3 Great-horned Owls, (5 sightings)
3 Short-eared Owls, (5 sightings)
1 Burrowing Owls, (2 sightings)
1 Coopers Hawk, Juvenile, Female
1 Prairie Falcon (will check age with K.M)
4 Merlin (7 sightings) 3 taiga, 1 dark
1 Peregrine Falcon*
5 American Kestrel, (8 sightings)
13 White-tailed Kites, (21 sightings)
23 Northern Harriers, (36 sightings) **** notes
22 Red-tailed Hawks, (34 sightings) ***notes
5 Red-shouldered Hawks**
3 Turkey Vulture, (oddly low)
* (seen on highway 37 leaving the tour)
** (3 seen on highway 37, 2 seen on Lakeville)
*** (most were western adults, 4 of them juvenile western, 1 was juvenile intermediate)
**** (most were distant, but we did have 4 male, 7 female, 3 juvenile, rest undoc...)
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