More Dates, Outings and Events... West County Hawkwatch into 2020

                  Upcoming West County Hawkwatch 

Hikes, outings, walks, events and presentations 2019 2020

 Birds of Prey observation and identification tours along with educational programs.

call Larry Broderick at 707-791-0335

or email Larry at northcoastraptor@gmail.com

Nov 23rd Saturday, 10am to 1:30/2pm Lynch Canyon Open Space, with Solano Land Trust, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification.

 (Public Guided Hike) Go to Solano Land Trust website for details.

Dec 7^th, Saturday, 10am to 2pm, Estero Americano, with Sonoma Land Trust, Migration and Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification (Public Guided Hike) Go to Sonoma Land Trust website for details.

Dec 8^th Sunday, 10am to 2pm Rush Ranch Open Space, Solano Land Trust, Birds of Prey Education Day and Hawk Hike. Short Raptor ID and Rare Hawks power point program, Birds of Prey on display from Suisun Wildlife Center, brief hike around the property. Announcement’s on Solano Land Trust website.

Jan 11^th  Saturday, 10am to 1:30/2pm Lynch Canyon Open Space, with Solano Land Trust, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification.

 (Public Guided Hike) Go to Solano Land Trust website for details.

Jan 16^th Thursday Night 6pm to 7:30pm Santa Rosa, Trione-Annadel State Park, (limited to Park volunteers & Staff of Sonoma State Historic Park and Trione-Annadel Staff &  volunteers.) Raptor Identification & Natural history with rare local updates presentation.

Jan 23^rd Thursday Night, (time TBD) Santa Rosa, Sonoma Land Trust, Raptor Identification and Natural history with rare local updates presentation Sonoma, Still working out details, look to the Sonoma Land Trust Website for information.

Susana de Trapaga  

Jan 26^th 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, with Sonoma Land Trust, 10am 2pm, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification, (Still working details on member vs guided public outing)

Go to Sonoma Land Trust website for details.

February 9^th, 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 16^th, 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, with Sonoma Land Trust, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification, (still working out details on member vs guided public outing) details at Sonoma Land Trust website.

March 7^th, 10am to 2pm Rush Ranch Open Space, Solano Land Trust, Power Point Presentation and Hawk Hike. Raptor Identification Slideshow program, snacks, hike around the property and Suisun hills. Announcement’s on Solano Land Trust website.

March 8^th , 10am to 2pm, Skaggs Island, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, with Sonoma Land Trust, Over-wintering Raptor Education and Identification, (Still working out details on member vs guided public 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 with seasonal highlights, identification help as well as help on where to go to see regional birds of prey. Details are at Madrone Audubon website.

2020 Lower Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge - Butte Valley Wildlife Area, a West County Hawkwatch Annual Expedition, Either late February or early March, 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.

The Solano Land Trust the events have no limit on attendance.

Same with Madrone Audubon there has been no limits on attendance base.

For The Wildlands Conservancy and Sonoma Land Trust, events often have limits of 15 to 20 attendees and most a booked 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.

For The Wildlands Conservancy events go to their webpage: www.wildlandsconservancy.org

under online calendar & registration; located under specific locations (Jenner Headlands Preserve or Estero Americano Coastal Preserve) open registration starts  a couple weeks before a selected event.

For Sonoma Land Trust events go to their webpage: sonomalandtrust.org
Go to outings page: https://sonomalandtrust.org/outings

For Solano Land Trust go to their webpage: solanolandtrust.org
Home click,  Events click, 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

 

official Web page www.westcountyhawkwatch.com 

 

on Facebook  www.facebook.com/WestCountyHawkWatch

 

on Google Blogger  http://westcountyhawkwatch.blogspot.com 

 

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

 

Larry Broderick  707-791-0335, talk, text, message...
Raptor / Conservation page:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-broderick-99695336

Susana de Trapaga 

Copyright 2019 - 2020 West County Hawkwatch Raptor Research Group

L. Broderick always available 24/7/365 @ 707-791-0335

Suisun Hill Trail West County HawkWatch 2015-2016

Suisun Hill Trail: Suisun Hill Trail is a 1.3 mile loop trail located near Suisun City, CA that offers scenic views and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily used for hiking and horses and is accessible year-round. Dogs and horses are also able to use this trail.

We just had our 3-19-2016 (2015-2016 season close) Rush Ranch and Suisun Hills Trail Birds of Prey workshop and hike.... we had over 30 attendees and 10 Raptor Species. Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, Ferruginous Hawk, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers, White-tailed Kites, Turkey Vultures, Barn Owl and Great-horned Owl. I wanted to thank all of the attendees and docents who came out this year.... and a special, special thanks to Natalie DuMont, Earl Swenerton Linda Sonner and Jim Coleen Walsh for making the Raptor tours and workshops a success.... also thanks to all the West County HawkWatch team members who helped out this year, Tom Motherwell, Yvonne Motherwell, Dave Laurice and Steve Corey... It was a fantastic year we had over 250 people attending and we counted as many raptors as we had attendees!

"Bird-Safe" Wind Turbines May Soon Take Flight

"Bird-Safe" Wind Turbines May Soon Take Flight

Lynch Canyon 2011 season....

1-11-2012 down loads.... from 2011 5821, originally uploaded by norcal_birdman.

WCHW is a North Bay Area group bringing attention to threats that North American Birds of Prey face. We provide Identification and Education programs, Hikes, Tours and Workshops. WCHW monitors encroachment of wind turbines into Sonoma and Marin. We do Nest site protection. Raptor Migration counts, studies and documentation. Children’s Educational Program providing field study and books. Please Help Support our efforts.

Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge. Rough-legged Hawks 2013

 

We had a few real good looks at Rough-legged Hawks at the Lower Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge this week. We saw a half dozen dark morphs.  It was a great trip. Thanks Dave and Josh for coming along.



Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

So anyways really don't shoot to much anymore, but friends always have cameras laying around and its always for to "pop off a couple snaps" as Zach would say. me and Jesse were passing the camera to each other on this day....

Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

Good clean Patagials, strong marked up carpal blocks, dark wing tips, light colored head, eye stripe, dusky sub-terminal, brown body, buff-streaked chest, there is a lot going on here, totally different from any RTHA wing configuration....

What a year for the Rough-legged Hawks. They always show up every winter in the Lower Klamath Basin. We also had a real good year down here in the North Bay Area.
 
Lots of sightings and over-wintering Rough-legged in Sonoma, Marin and Solano. At least that is from our records at WCHW.  Also the list serves have listed the Roughies through-out their traditional over-wintering range in good numbers

Broderick_House photo copyright 2013

Here's the Rough-legged's we were able to capture, damn auto focus kept focusing on the clouds when the epic shot was right in front of you!

2013 up coming events and new west county hawk watchers!

Welcome everyone, here is a few dates and items for the next couple weeks...

 

Thanks for coming out to the events, whether it was Lynch Canyon, Sears Point
Baylands, Rush Ranch or Tolay creek! We just did those 4 properties over the last few weeks and boy did we see some good stuff.

Regarding upcoming items, We have a Lynch Canyon Raptor overload coming up 3/3/2013 and the season close at Rush Ranch 3/17/2013 powerpoint workshop and  short hike.

We have a few things lined up for the end of the raptor season. For us theseason runs mid-august to early-march, this being the annual migration times and the population influx of over-wintering raptors.

March 3rd Sunday, 10am – 2pm: Lynch Canyon Raptor Hike, Last Lynch raptor hike until August. Public is invited. R.S.V.P at www.solanolandtrust.org under the events calendar.

March 17th Sunday,  11am – 2pm: Rush Ranch Raptor "Season-End" Workshop & Hike Public is invited R.S.V.P at www.solanolandtrust.org

March 18th Monday 7:30pm Sonoma County & North Bay Raptor 2013 updates & Identification workshop.  Public is invited. First United Methodist Church. 1551 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa.

April 6th 10pm to 3pm Birding workshop with LandPaths and Bohemian Preserve,with David Barry and Larry Broderick _ Details forth coming

best wishes to you all it has been an incredible year for raptors in the bay area, and we are set to go to the Klamath Basin in a few days, email me if you'd like the details, larry.

larry broderick northcoastraptor@gmail.com

 

Golden Eagle Tail Study

...............and the Bald

 

all photos used for non-profit & education only.

west county hawk watch 2013. copyright original owners.