Date: 4/21/26 11:33 am From: basquebirder via groups.io <allaboutbirds...> Subject: [northbaybirds] 04/16 Marin County Biking Big Day
Hi all,
On April 16th, Josiah Clark and I embarked on a Marin biking big day, attempting to see as many species as possible while traversing across the varied habitats this county has to offer. The evening prior, we dropped off Josiah's truck in front of Jim White's house at Muir Beach, which greatly helped logistically (so thanks for that Jim!). The morning of, I picked up Jo and heading up to the Atherton park-and-ride by Rush Creek in Novato and began our journey at about 5:15 am.
We took the path hugging the creek in the dark, and heard our first bird of the morning, a few Least Sandpipers calling along the water's edge. A Great Horned Owl sounded off nearby, which we somehow missed entirely last year. We checked out the spot we lucked into a Western Screech-Owl last year, but alas no response. We arrived at Bahia Marsh just before dawn, and were greeted by pretty thick low tule fog. We couldn't see out more than 30-40 feet on the water. No matter... A couple Soras started calling from the reeds, a raucous group of Ridgway's Rails sounded off rather readily, and our more difficult target Black Rail took a little bit of effort, but eventually starting grrr-grrr-grrr ing for us to both hear. As we looped around in the early light, the expected land birds were making themselves known, a White-tailed Kite sat in an oak watching the day slowly get brighter, and we managed to catch up with a few Bufflehead and Greater Scaup lingering near shore out of the fog's engulfing embrace.
As we made our way back through the neighborhood towards the Bahia Trail, we lucked into a Hooded Oriole calling from a lone palm tree. Right at the trailhead, Josiah had scouted a Lincoln's Sparrow a few days before, which was happy to hear one of its kind calling and came out right where he had seen it before. The oak specialists were all present, with Acorn Woodpeckers, Oak Titmouse, and White-breasted Nuthatches all stoked to see us out there seizing the day. We ended up hearing a couple House Wrens singing, a couple American Goldfinches flew out of the oaks (our only ones of the day in the end), and a lucky Ash-throated Flycatcher called out distantly. As we approached the mudflats, the fog began clearing, revealing the large numbers of waterfowl and shorebirds out there. The vast majority of the ducks here were Green-winged Teals, and the shorebirds were mostly peeps and Dunlin.
We rounded a corner on the trail, and were overlooking the Cemetery Marsh. Josiah had scouted out a couple Kestrels on a dead snag visible from here, wondering if they maybe had a nest. We scanned around with no luck. The marsh itself had a bunch of American Wigeons, and many silent dowitchers (which we learned were Long-billed Dowitchers once we approached them). This was when Josiah pointed out this odd looking shorebird hanging out near the dows. Smaller, grayer and lighter overall, we couldn't figure out what it was. I thought maybe a yellowlegs, but we needed to get closer to figure this one out (in hindsight, we should have just busted out the scopes from there and gotten our answer right away). We got the other side of the marsh, much closer to this bird, and well it ended up being a Stilt Sandpiper! According to eBird anyways, this appears to be only the 4th Bay Area spring record, with the other 3 coming from the south bay in Santa Clara county. Thanks to Dominik Mosur for promptly getting the word out for us, and we were happy to learn other people connected with this bird before it took off and disappeared out in the mudflats. We watched it for about 10-15 min, but big days by bike have to stay moving if we wanted to complete our route, so off we went. We checked out the large span of water in the creek by the highway for any additional waterfowl, but all we got were some disgusting Mute Swans.
After swinging by the car one last time to drop off any unnecessary weight and refuel, the real ride began. We headed straight to Rowland Marsh, where we could hear the Great-tailed Grackles singing, and get some firsts like Virginia Rail and Pied-billed Grebe. We crossed to the east side of the 101, a from there it was basically a straight shot south to Pacheco Pond. We took the SMART Pathway, a very neat bike trail along the train tracks which makes biking in Marin such a kind experience. The Leveroni Basin sits just north of Pacheco Pond, on the other side of Bel Marin Keys Dr., and you get a good view of it from this bike path. We picked up several Greater White-fronted Geese, Ring-necked Ducks, and our first coots of the day here. We finally made it to Pacheco Pond, where we were met with a squad of American White Pelicans in the water, the Great Egret colony in full force, and Cinnamon Teals. We were also met with a concerningly loud airboat (like the ones from the Everglades) zipping around the pond. We couldn't figure out what they could possibly be doing with such a disturbing piece of machinery in this wetland in full breeding season, with Great Egrets flushing from the colony, and baby Mallards jostling around in the wake of the boat. We learned this was for mosquito surveys, I guess to access the shallow corners which are their breeding grounds. Given the time of year and significance of this location, this is highly overkill and we couldn't understand why surveying via kayak or rowboat or even a Jon Boat with the small tiller engine fishermen use to creep around ponds' edges, wouldn't work. Disappointing to see... Nonetheless, we managed to scrape up some new birds like Common Gallinule and the greatly desired Least Bittern.
Next up were the Hamilton Wetlands, our first real look at the shorebirds (the Bahia shorebirds were mostly all too distant to do much with). Semipalmated Plovers, Western Sandpipers, and Marbled Godwits were plentiful, with a few Willets in the mix. We looked closely for Snowy Plover, since this is where we saw some last year, but no luck. We got out to where we could the see deeper water better, where there were Canvasbacks and Ruddy Ducks floating around. We were approaching the end where we did some final hard scoping and Josiah picked out our only Long-billed Curlew of the day and I picked out our only American Kestrel of the day. Team work! We packed up the scopes and headed south towards Las Gallinas WTP. On our way down, there was an adult Bald Eagle causing a scene at one of last ponds we passed by before the WTP. Thanks to a tip from Jim White, we knew to keep our ears open for Horned Lark right around here as well, by the large field. And sure enough, we heard the tinkling song of a skylarking bird basically right on arrival. Love when that happens! We checked out this distant abandoned pier from the trail, in hopes for maybe a grebe or something, and Josiah spots to dark blobs on the pilings. Even in the scope they were just dark shapes in the heat haze, but that's all we needed to see to know these were our first Black Oystercatchers of the day.
Las Gallinas quickly offered us our first Common Mergansers as we scanned the rocky edges for Spotted Sandpipers. We were also looking for Green Heron, always a challenging big day bird. To our surprise, Josiah spotted a Red-throated Loon in one of the ponds. As I look through eBird now as I write this, this wasn't a known bird and the first one here since March of 2024. Hmm... Anyways, the Green Heron appeared and we knew it was time to go. The water fountain at the parking lot here is a critical stop on bike. We downed a bunch of our water to rehydrate, refilled up the bottles, had a snack, and bye-bye bayside!
This was the beginning of the new and improved route from last year. Last year, we headed straight up Lucas Valley Rd. to Big Rock and Loma Alta OSP. Good birds and beautiful, but such a climb and energy expensive. Josiah remembered there was an access via the Mission Pass Path in Sleepy Hollow down Fawn Dr., which basically drops us off in Fairfax. As we biked west along Sir Francis Drake Blvd., we picked up some new birds like Warbling Vireo, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Great Blue Heron (our only one of the day!). We made it to the Cross Marin Trail, which is a walking/biking path that runs parallel to main road, but on the other side of the creek. So it's quieter, safer, and birdier! We have definitely entered a new habitat type at this point, with new birds like Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, and Golden-crowned Kinglets calling around us. The east half of this trail I would say is dominated by redwoods and douglas-fir, and overall darker and colder. The west side opens up more and is dominated by willows and box elders, and much warmer in the sun. Right about at this transition zone, Josiah made the best spot of the day. We were flying down this bike path, listening more than looking. I was ahead, and all of a sudden I hear Josiah call out 'Wood Duck!'. He was biking as fast as I was, and happened to look into the creek during the maybe half a second window the vegetation opened up and noticed the striking male in the creek. It would have been so easy to miss. I backed up to him and sure enough there the male was, joined by a female. Nice to see this low-density species in prime habitat, hoping they are breeding and successful. We also added Allen's Hummingbird and Black-headed Grosbeaks to the day list on the west end where the trail ends.
The next chapter of our day takes us up the scenic Bolinas Ridge Trail. The lower north end of the trail is dominated by open grassland and patchy coastal scrub. Our first new bird here was a Purple Finch on the barbed wire fence out in the grassland, a funny visual indeed. We stopped many times in this habitat to listen for Grasshopper Sparrow and Lark Sparrow, a species Josiah says you didn't even need to try for back in the day, they would just be there singing. Perhaps the changes this habitat has underwent, different grazing regimes, or corvid abundance are to blame, but regardless we dipped hard. The trail is a fun ride with a mountain bike or at least something with burly tires, but our narrowly tired gravel/road bikes made this ride somewhat challenging. We ended up spending about 3h ascending the rolling hills to reach the Randall Trail. But we did add some new birds like Pileated Woodpecker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, some late winterers like Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Fox Sparrow, Steller's Jay, and Red Crossbill at the Eucalyptus spring! I also got charged at by a muscular steer which caused me to fall off my bike, which then required us to deal with some bike stuff, in the form of a broken bolt attaching the rack to the bike. But after a little bike surgery, we were off again.
It was already 6:15pm by the time we were at the top of the Randall Trail. We would've tried harder for Hermit Warbler if we had more time, but given we hadn't even looked at the ocean, it was time to jam! Down the Randall Trail we went, and south on the 1. We took Horseshoe Hill Rd. to arrive at the mouth of Bolinas Lagoon. Finally, we hadn't seen salt water since this morning. And a whole new slew of birds to find. A skein of Brant floated near the mouth, Whimbrels on the sandbars, Common Loons and a Herring Gull in the lagoon, and pelicans, Elegant Terns, both Aechmophorus grebes, Common Murres, and Surf Scoters in the ocean. With the little light we had left, we figured we should just double-down on the ocean birds and headed to the Duxberry Reef overlook. This was the right call, because we manage to eke out 3 new birds, in the form of Black Turnstone, Pelagic Cormorant, and Pacific Loon. And just like that, nighttime had taken over, and our birding was done by 8:30pm. Our birding was done but not our day, since we still have to bike south to Muir Beach. After a steady 1h30 ride along the 1, we arrived back at Jim's house at 10pm. The idea originally was to maybe do some owling at Muir Woods, but we arrived later than expected and still had to pick up my car in Novato and then drive back home to San Francisco, so no owls.
We ended up with the modest total of 157, and covered about 70 miles of riding. Considering the minimal scouting that we did, and only having ridden piecemeal sections of this route, I think we did good! This new route was certainly more sane than last year (where we crested Loma Alta OSP, Carson Ridge, and Mt. Tamalpais in a row), but the Bolinas Ridge section might have eaten up too much of our time. Nonetheless, it was fun day and something I look forward to doing each year.
Thanks to Josiah for crafting this route, and putting in more scouting effort than I, thanks to Jim White for offering us his driveway and giving some tips for certain keys birds, and thanks to all the friends stoking us to get out there and do it. And thanks to you the reader if you made it this far.
Date: 4/15/26 5:16 pm From: Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Bodega Bay & California Bird Atlas
Hi all,
David and I were at Bodega Bay on the 8th. We stopped behind Patrick's Saltwater Taffy store and noticed 2 N. Rough-winged Swallows - one sitting on top of the chain-link fence that surrounds the cement pad that has the fish sculpture and another going into an old rusty pipe in the wall of the cement pad (facing toward the Tides restaurant.) The one in the pipe stayed in there a long time and then it came out and they both flew away together. We are not sure whether or not it was just checking out a nest site OR if they are nesting in there. We probably won't be going back there anytime soon, so I am wondering if any of you that go out there more often (AND are helping out on the CA Bird Atlas) you could stop and check them out over the next few weeks.
with picture of the pipe included. This was at low tide, so could walk out there by the pipe. Not sure how high the water level is when the tide is up there.
Date: 4/12/26 8:27 pm From: Lisa Hug via groups.io <lisahug...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Bodega Bay Golden-plover
Hi everyone,
So, this week there has been a golden-plover at Bodega Bay. It was
originally thought to be a Pacific Golden-plover but through some online
discussions, the thinking has now changed to American Golden-plover. I
don't think the bird is still in the harbor. The photographs are not
great but they are on eBird. I changed my ID to AGPL but since the
photos are not great, I may in the end change my ID again to PGPL/AGPL.
One photo on eBird (not mine) does show 4 primaries extending past the
longest tertial - which should be a good field mark for American Golden
Plover (Pacific should only have 2 or 3 primaries extending beyond the
longest tertial). But, then there is the question: What if the longest
tertial was actually still growing? Then it could expose more
primaries, right?
Anyway, technical jargon aside, the bird is very most likely an American
Golden-plover, but given that the bird was always far away and in dim
light - calling it an American/Pacific might be the best call of all!
Happy Spring Birding! Go look at some colorful spring migrants! Like
Orioles or Kingbirds or something.
We presented this slideshow before with Marin Audubon on zoom (some sound
problems).and we are excited to present it live and talk about and answer
questions about all the amazing places we birded in North America and
Hawaii.
Bird with honor, Larry
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Date: 4/2/26 4:23 pm From: Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Have you ever seen the "Weed Ceremony" of Western/Clark's Grebes?
Hi all,
David and I went to the north arm of Lake Hennessey (off Conn Valley Rd. in
Napa Co. on March 30, in hopes of finding the Least Bittern discovered on
March 27. That did not happen I'm sorry to say. But way up on the
northern tip of the lake 20+ Western & Clark's Grebes had gathered and
there were MANY courtship dances happening! Of course, the section of the
trail we were on had a lot of leafed-out trees along the edge of the lake
so we had to keep moving around to watch the grebes, but they were so close
to us! We both zeroed in on a pair of Western Grebes in an opening where
David could take some pictures and we noticed that both of them went under
water and came up with beaks full of grass! And happily, David caught it
all on a video! You can see it here: California Bird Atlas Checklist - 30
Mar 2026 - Lake Hennessey--north arm - 40 species (+1 other taxa)
<https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S314956936>
We both stared at each other and wondered, 'what did we just see??' I
looked it up in the Birds of the World site and found the answer (here is a
shortened-up version of the article section):
Weed Ceremony... Late in pair-formation.. Weed-diving follows, in which
bird in neck-stretched posture suddenly dives vertically, head entering
water near base of neck, bird brings organic material from below, surfacing
in erect posture. When one bird dives, second usually does also. When both
birds have weeds, they approach, feet churning, and rise into vertical
posture with most or all of body out of water, necks stretched upward,
bills raised 20° to 80° above horizontal birds move slowly forward or
spiral, heads may be rotated intermittently from side to side. Display ends
when one bird discards weeds with quick head shakes and resumes horizontal
body posture; other then follows suit. Bob-preening follows, birds swimming
side by side ...
Between all the dances and the 'weed ceremony', which was a first for us,
we couldn't have asked for a better outing!
We are wondering if any of you have seen this before.
At home we still have plenty of White a & Golden-crowned Sparrows; Rufous
Hummers are starting to appear, and a beautiful male Hooded Oriole who is
at some neighbor's palm tree has found our feeder and pond! And hopefully
W. Bluebirds and Oak Titmice will have successful nesting in our two boxes.
Happy Spring birding!
Denise and David Hamilton
Napa
Date: 3/28/26 4:27 am From: Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] imm. White-tailed Eagle
Dan
I get to see a lot of White-tailed Eagles in Japan every winter. Your description actually does not sound like one. Juvenile and young White-tails have substantial white on the tail, they also look super mottled below. They also show pale on the underwings, in the wingpit like a Bald Eagle. I don’t know what you saw, but it does not sound like a White-tailed.
From: <northbaybirds...> <northbaybirds...> On Behalf Of Dan Nelson via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2026 2:59 AM
To: <northbaybirds...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] imm. White-tailed Eagle
Birders,
Today March 27 at 5:30pm while walking Limantour Beach, and standing near the 'main' beach access I was looking West and noticed a large raptor flying toward me, as if it had flown directly over water from the Fish Docks area to the W. on Outer Point Reyes. It flew directly overhead crossing the beach area and continuing E. toward Inverness Ridge. Flapping steadily and constant, only once circling over the park residence E. of the beach. In recent years, it's not uncommon to witness the local-breeding pair of Bald Eagles fly out over the ocean to rob Ospreys of their catch, returning over the beach on a similar flight trajectory. But I was surprised to see (through the bins) that this bird was mostly dark, with NO obvious white head/tail, or any whitish found on the body or wing linings as a typical young Bald Eagle would have. But....interestingly before I raised the bins, I was puzzled by the size, thinking (hahaha) Common Raven- due to a noticeably wedge-shaped tail. "Well since it's obviously NOT a BALD Eagle, it's a Golden Eagle right?" My thoughts at the time. But it just didn't look like any Golden I've ever seen. The body seemed darker than the browns I expect on a typical Golden. While the body/underwings were fairly uniform with minimal "mottling" I noticed, for sure, that the tail, and only the tail (underside is all I could see) was a shade lighter and "creamier" than the rest of the body. That was when I ruled out Bald and Golden and concluded I was looking at my first White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately no photos. Seemed headed for Tomales Bay, maybe Bolinas or South. Hopefully others may get on this special bird. - Dan Nelson, Petaluma
Date: 3/27/26 11:58 pm From: Dan Nelson via groups.io <birdsurf64...> Subject: [northbaybirds] imm. White-tailed Eagle
Birders,
Today March 27 at 5:30pm while walking Limantour Beach, and standing near the 'main' beach access I was looking West and noticed a large raptor flying toward me, as if it had flown directly over water from the Fish Docks area to the W. on Outer Point Reyes. It flew directly overhead crossing the beach area and continuing E. toward Inverness Ridge. Flapping steadily and constant, only once circling over the park residence E. of the beach. In recent years, it's not uncommon to witness the local-breeding pair of Bald Eagles fly out over the ocean to rob Ospreys of their catch, returning over the beach on a similar flight trajectory. But I was surprised to see (through the bins) that this bird was mostly dark, with NO obvious white head/tail, or any whitish found on the body or wing linings as a typical young Bald Eagle would have. But....interestingly before I raised the bins, I was puzzled by the size, thinking (hahaha) Common Raven- due to a noticeably wedge-shaped tail. "Well since it's obviously NOT a BALD Eagle, it's a Golden Eagle right?" My thoughts at the time. But it just didn't look like any Golden I've ever seen. The body seemed darker than the browns I expect on a typical Golden. While the body/underwings were fairly uniform with minimal "mottling" I noticed, for sure, that the tail, and only the tail (underside is all I could see) was a shade lighter and "creamier" than the rest of the body. That was when I ruled out Bald and Golden and concluded I was looking at my first White-tailed Eagle. Unfortunately no photos. Seemed headed for Tomales Bay, maybe Bolinas or South. Hopefully others may get on this special bird. - Dan Nelson, Petaluma
Date: 3/26/26 8:29 am From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Noyo Pelagics April 4 and 19
Greetings Bay Area -
We still have some space available for our full day pelagic trips on April 4th and 26th out of Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg. We are already seeing up to 135 Black-footed Albatrosses at once over Noyo Canyon and I had a Parakeet Auklet just 2-2.5 miles from shore on March 15th. Our most recent trip reports are here:
Last year in April we had over 600 albatrosses on one trip including several Laysans and a Short-tailed, and throughout May we had dozens of Pterodroma petrels of three species plus two more Short-tailed Albatrosses.
We have also just set up a half-day trip on April 19th. Half the boat will be filled with college students so if you are interested in this one I wouldn't wait too long.
You can sign up for these and other trips this year at
Hope you'll join us for one or more trips. Happy spring birding!
Peter
On 3/10/2026 12:23 PM, Peter Pyle wrote: > Greetings Bay Area on this nice spring day (for upwelling and the > ocean, at least...). > > Our buttons for full-day Noyo Pelagics trips are now ready for > sign-ups for the previously mentioned dates: > > https://noyopelagics.com/ > > We had a fine half-day trip on March 1st including an unexpected > Scripps's Murrelet and early Humpback Whales (see report at the link > above). We will be offering more half-day trips on a short-notice > (7-10 day) basis as good-weather windows approach; if you may be > interested in these you can monitor Mendobirds or sign up for the > Mendo-Pelagics io group serve > (<https://groups.io/g/Mendocino-Pelagics>). See > https://noyopelagics.com/about-our-trips/ for more on our half-day, > full-day, and educational trips. > > We have attempted this year to organize some back-to-back trips along > the NorCal coast, or with a day or two in between. Unfortunately at > this time there are no trips planned to Cordell Bank since the Bodega > Bay skipper sold his boat this winter. Hopefully something will work > out there soon. For now, we have some back-to-back or even week-long > opportunities for multiple trips from Sausalito, Fort Bragg, and > Eureka. I have listed these below (with sign-up information below the > dates); if you know of ABA folks or others around the country that may > be interested, please pass this along. Logan has also set up a Google > calendar which he will finalize tonight at: > > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/month/2026/10/1?cid=bG9nYW5rYWhsZWJpcmRAZ21haWwuY29t > > > Hope to see you up here for a trip, or two, or more! > > Good birding, Peter > > Northern California Pelagic Trip dates: > > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - April 4th (Saturday) > Sausalito - SF waters trip April 18th (Saturday) - currently full but > see below* > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - April 26th (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - May 2nd (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - May 9th (Saturday) - > Eureka RRAS - May 10th (Sunday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - May 30th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - June 13th (Saturday) > Sausalito Al's Adventures - Farallon Islands trips weekly June 13 - > August 8 > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - June 14th (Sunday) > Eureka RRAS - June 20th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - June 26th (Friday) > Eureka RRAS - July 18th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - July 20th (Monday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - July 25th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - August 3rd (Monday) > Eureka RRAS - August 15th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - August 29th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - August 30th (Sunday) > Eureka RRAS - September 5th (Saturday) > Sausalito Al's Adventures - SF trip September 13th (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - September 19th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - October 3rd (Saturday) > Eureka RRAS - October 10th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - October 17th (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - October 24th (Saturday) > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics) - November 1st (Sunday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - November 14th (Saturday) > Eureka RRAS - November 21st (Saturday) > Eureka Rob Fowler - December 5th (Saturday) > > *The 4/18 trip from Sausalito is full but there are still spaces left > on the back-up date (4/21). Contact Logan Kahle <logan...> if > interested in this back-up trip. > > Contacts and to sign up: > > Fort Bragg (Noyo Pelagics): https://noyopelagics.com/ > Eureka Rob Fowler: contact Rob at <migratoriusfwlr...> > Eureka RROS: contact Sean McAllister at <whiteouters...> > Sausalito Al's Adventures: > https://www.alvarosadventures.com/pelagic-dates-2026.html > > On 12/19/2025 7:36 AM, Peter Pyle wrote: >> Greetings Bay Area birders - >> >> We have finalized our dates for full-day Noyo Pelagics trips (below). >> >> We are running 2-3 more trips in April-July due to great success last >> year with albatrosses (up to 1000 Black-foots, many Laysans, and >> three separate Short-taileds) and Pterodroma petrels (6+ Hawaiians, >> 90+ Murphys, 15 Cook's, and one likely Herald) during these months. I >> am also working with the organizers of pelagic trips from Bodega Bay >> and Eureka to try and schedule some "runs" of back-to-back-to-back >> trips over 3-5 days moving up or down the coast. I have suggested the >> four dates below for these but they may occur at other times. >> >> Our payment system for these trips at https://noyopelagics.com/ is >> not yet set up. I'll send an announcement when it is, hopefully by >> mid January. We wanted to get the dates out now so birders can start >> thinking about joining us on one or more trips. Hope to see you at >> Noyo in '26! >> >> Peter >> >> April 4th (Saturday) (Easter weekend) >> April 26th (Sunday) >> May 9th (Saturday) - coordinate with Humboldt and Bodega? >> May 30th (Saturday) >> June 14th (Sunday) - coordinate with Humboldt and Bodega? >> June 26th (Friday) >> July 20th (Monday) - coordinate with Humboldt and Bodega? >> August 3rd (Monday) >> August 30th (Sunday) - coordinate with Humboldt and Bodega? >> October 17th (Saturday) >> November 1st (Sunday) >> >
