CVBC’s Fall Birding Event and General/Board in Merced County

September 6 and 7, 2003


Please join the bird club in Merced County for a weekend of birding and presentations. Along with what should be some excellent birding we are fortunate to have two presenters at this event who are regional experts in their fields. Bob Allen is a biologist for California Department of Fish and Game who has worked on game and non-game bird studies in Merced County since the mid 1990's. He previously was at PRBO, Humboldt State and is originally from New York. Bob Edminster is professor and dean emeritus from Merced College. He has a wealth of information about geology, native plants, and the distribution of wildlife habitats of the Central Valley. He has seen the Valley change considerably since the 1930's and can provide glimpses of his insights he earned with decades of experience.

For more information see the draft agenda below or contact:

John Fulton
Respond to: john_fultonatr1.fws.gov
Refuge Operations Specialist
(Visitor Services)
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex
947-C West Pacheco Boulevard
Post Office Box 2176
Los Banos, CA 93635
Phone: 209-826-3508 ; fax: 209-826-1445

Draft Agenda
Saturday, September 6th

6 AM: Merced National Wildlife Refuge and Los Banos Wildlife Area for migrant shorebirds and songbirds

12 Noon – 2 PM: CVBC Board/general meeting at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife office: 947-C West Pacheco Blvd, Los Banos

2 – 3 PM: Presentation by Bob Allen, California Department of Fish and Game: Shorebird response to wetland management including a review of recent shorebird breeding data for Merced County

3 – 4 PM: Presentation by Bob Edminster, author of “The Streams of the San Joaquin”: Geology and historic geography of the San Joaquin Valley

4 PM: O'Neill Forebay and Pacheco State
Park

Dinner at the "Woolgrowers" Restaurant in Los Banos

Sunday, September 7th

7 AM: Early-bird Tule Elk tour at San Luis National Wildlife Refuge


 

Birding the Yucatan Peninsula and Isla Cozumel, 24 January to 1 February, 2004 The CVBC is sponsoring a trip to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in January 2004. The cost will be about $2,300, a portion of which will go to the CVBC Scholarship Fund. The leaders will be David Yee and Keith Hansen. The itinerary will include visits to a botanical garden, mangrove wetlands, and the largest freshwater lake in the Yucatan. While birds will be emphasized, we will not ignore the fascinating Mayan ruins and will visit renowned sites at Tulum and Chichen-Itza. Yucatan specialties such as Mexican Sheartail, Yucatan Wren, Yucatan Bobwhite, Yucatan Jay, and Orange Oriole will all be expected. On the north coast we expect to find a stunning number of American Flamingos. The trip will conclude with a visit to Cozumel Island where we can expect at least 3 island endemic species and many distinctive races (or species?) of many other birds. For more information and itinerary, contact David Yee at 209-365-1526 or e-mail him at davidyeeatlycnet.com